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SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1949

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The original radio series of “Father Knows Best” starred Robert Young as
Insurance agent Jim Anderson. His wife Margaret was first portrayed by
June Whitley and later by Jean Vander Pyl. The Anderson children were
Betty (Rhonda Williams), Bud (Ted Donaldson), and Kathy was played
by
 (Norma Jean Nillson). The show was sponsored through most of its
run by
General Foods, the series was heard Thursday evenings on
NBC until March 25, 1954. It went to television on May 27, 1954. 

Only Robert Young remained of the radio cast when the series moved to
CBS Television.

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VALERIE HARPER IS 75 TODAY

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Valerie Kathryn Harper was born in Suffern, New York

Harper is known for her roles as Rhoda Morgenstern in the CBS television
series The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1977) and its spin-off, Rhoda 
(1974-1978), and later as Valerie Hogan in Valerie (NBC/CBS, 1986-1981).

In 2009, Harper was diagnosed with lung cancer and announced in 2013
that tests had revealed she had a rare condition in which the cancer cells
had spread into the membranes surrounding the brain. She is currently
undergoing chemotherapy to slow its progress. As of April of this year,
Valerie is reportedly responding well to the treatment.

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SALLY STRUTHERS IS 67 TODAY

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Sally Struthers won two Emmy Awards for her portrayal of  Gloria Stivic on
the CBS television series All in the Family (1971-1979). Sally was born in
Portland, Oregon where she attended Grant High School. She received a
scholarship for the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts. Struthers
Made her TV debut as a dancer on a Herb Alpert special. She is presently a
spokesperson for the Christian Children’s Fund.

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ON THE GREEN ACRES SET

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Metropolitan Studios in Hollywood (1921), later called the General Service Studio, where many independent producers shot their films.

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The set of Green Acres on a soundstage at General Service Studios

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The sitcom starred Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor and ran from 1965-1971 on
the CBS television network

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RADIO SHOW BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1939

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Penny Singleton as Blondie with co-star Arthur Lake playing Dagwood


Blondie
is a radio situation comedy adapted from the long-run Blondie comic
strip by Chic Young. The radio program was originally a summer replacement
for The Eddie Cantor Show. However, Cantor did not return in the fall, so the
sponsor, R.J. Reynolds’s Camel Cigarettes chose to keep Blondie on the air
from 1939 to 1950 on several networks. 


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