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COMEDIAN BOB ELLIOTT IS DEAD AT 92


Robert Brackett "Bob" Elliott (March 26, 1923 – February 2, 2016)

Actor/comedian Bob Elliott died at his home in Cundy’s Harbor, Maine 
from throat cancer. Ray Goulding died in 1990 from kidney failure at
the age of 68.

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RECAPPING PAST NEWS EVENTS

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Mike Gracia


Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)

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SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1956

 

Indictment was a popular radio drama aired on the CBS network and it
started on January 29, 1956, airing up to 1959. This show was based
on the case files of former New York City Assistant District Attorney
Eleazer Lipsky. The subject of the show was the step-by-step account
of the handling of criminal cases leading to an indictment brought by
Assistant District Attorney Edward McCormick, played by Nat  Polen. 


Nat Polen, known for his role as
Dr. James Craig on ABC-TV’s
soap opera ”One Life to Live.”

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QUIZ SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1940

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Ted Weems and his orchestra, with Perry Como, Marilyn (Marvel)
Maxwell and Elmo Tanner, 1940.

Beat the Band was a musical quiz show heard on NBC radio from 1940 to
1944 in two distinctly different series. The program popularized the catch
phrase
, "Give me a little traveling music”.

In the first series, broadcast on Sundays at 6:30pm from Chicago, host
Garry Moore read music-related questions submitted by listeners to band
members in the 14-piece Ted Weems Orchestra. Originally sponsored by
the General Mills cereal Kix, listeners whose questions were used on the
air received $10; those who stumped the band received $20 and a case
of Kix.


Garry Moore (born Thomas Garrison Morfit, III)
(January 31, 1915 – November 28, 1993)


Kix cereal was introduced in 1937 by the General Mills company
of Golden Valley, Minnesota.

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SERIES BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1956

Fort Laramie spot ad from the February 1 1956

The CBS Radio Western series Fort Laramie starring Raymond Burr
aired January 22–October 28, 1956. Produced and directed by Norman
Macdonnell
, this Western drama depicted life at old Fort Laramie during
the 19th Century. The 41 episodes starred Raymond Burr as Lee Quince,
captain of the cavalry. One year later, Burr became a television star as
Perry Mason.

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