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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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RADIO SERIES DEBUT ON THIS DAY IN 1932

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Vic and Sade rehearsal: from left: Art Van Harvey, Bernardine Flynn, Paul
Rhymer and Bill Idelson

The radio program Vic and Sade was created and written by Paul Rhymer. It
was regularly broadcast on radio (NBC/CBS) from 1932 to 1944, then heard
intermittently until 1946, and was briefly adapted to television in 1949 and
again in 1957.

During its 14-year run on radio, Vic and Sade became one of the most
popular series of its kind, earning critical and popular success: according
to Time, Vic and Sade had 7,000,000 devoted listeners in 1943. For the
majority of its span on the air, Vic and Sade was heard in 15-minute
episodes without a continuing storyline. The central characters, known
as "radio’s home folks," were accountant Victor Rodney Gook (Art Van
), his wife Sade (Bernardine Flynn) and their adopted son Rush played
by (Bill Idelson).



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JERRY MATHERS IS 66 TODAY

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Gerald Patrick "Jerry" Mathers

Mathers is best remembered for his classic role as a child on the CBS/ABC 
television show, Leave It To Beaver from 1957-1963. He made a PET milk
commercial at the age of 2 and was also a model for a department store ad.

Jerry Mathers later became a successful banker and real estate investor
and reentered the entertainment industry in 1978. 

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LISA WHELCHEL IS 51 YEARS YOUNG TODAY

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Lisa Diane Whelchel

Whelchel is best known for portraying Blair Warner on The Facts of Life
which aired on NBC from 1979 to 1988. She was a Mousekeeter on The
New Mickey Mouse Club. Her Christian album “All Because of You” earned
her a Grammy Award Nomination for Best Inspirational Performance. She
was a contestant on the twenty-fifth season of Survivor and came in 2nd
place.

 


“All Because of You” (1984)

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