Sandy Kozel

A young Paul Winchell and his young dummy Jerry Mahoney

Paul Winchell was born Paul Wilchinsky in New York 
City, New York.

             (December 21, 1922 – June 24, 2005)

Winchell was a ventriloquist, actor, and comedian who hosted
The Paul Winchell Show from 1950 to 1954 on NBC along
with Winchell-Mahoney Time from 1965 to 1968. He was
also the cartoon voice for Tigger in Winnie the Poo.

Winchell, who had medical training, was also an inventor,
becoming the first person to build and patent a mechanical
artificial heart.

Edgar Bergen and his dummy Charlie McCarthy

Edgar Bergen became the first ventriloquist to perform on national radio when
he and his wooden partner Charlie McCarthy initially appeared on The Rudy
Vallee show on NBC radio, December 17, 1936. Their appearance was so
successful that they were given their own show the following year in May, as
part of The Chase and Sanborn Hour.The program aired until July 1, 1956.

Singer Rudy Vallee

From left: Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy and W.C. Fields, NBC radio.

The Lemon Pipers

"Green Tambourine" was the primary hit by the 1960s Ohio-based rock
group The Lemon Pipers, as well as the title track to their debut-album
Green Tambourine. The song has been credited as being one of the
first bubblegum pop chart-toppers. Released towards the end of 1967,
it peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for one week at the
start of February, 1968 and earned the group a gold record for over
a million copies sold. The record remained on the chart for three
months. It was also the first number-one hit for the Buddah label.

A radio station cartridge (cart) recording.

Original broadcast run on NBC: 1951 – 1959, 1967 – 1970.  The crime drama
starred Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday.

The pilot for Dragnet, "The Human Bomb" (adapted from the July 21, 1949
episode), aired as a special presentation of the NBC program Chesterfield
Sound-Off Time. It introduced to viewers the many close-ups that became
Webb’s trademark. After the pilot’s success, the series debuted in January
1952.

Friday’s original partner in the TV episodes (as on the radio) was Sgt. Ben
Romero, played by Barton Yarborough, who died of a heart attack after just
three episodes were filmed. He was replaced first by Detective Sergeant Ed
Jacobs (Barney Phillips), and then by Officer Frank Smith. Smith was first
played by Herb Ellis. After four episodes, Ben Alexander took the role on
television and radio.

Barton Yarborough (left) and Jack Webb

Barney Phillips as Detective Sergeant Ed Jacobs

Herb Ellis as officer Smith

Ben Alexander (left) and Jack Web

On the Dragnet set, filming a close-up of Officer Smith, played
by Ben Alexander. Jack Web (left) looks on.