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SITCOM AIRED ON THIS DAY IN 1945

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Willard Waterman


Those Websters
was a radio situation comedy series on CBS starring 
Willard Waterman and Constance Crowder as George and Jane Webster.

The program began in New York and then moved to Chicago for a short
time before finishing its run from Hollywood.

Those Websters was heard Friday evenings from March 9, 1945 until the
series moved to Mutual on March 3, 1946 when it aired Sunday night until
August 22, 1948.

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ACTRESS SHEILA MACRAE HAS DIED AT 92

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  Sheila Margaret MacRae (Stephens) (Sep. 24, 1920 – Mar. 6, 2014) 

MacRae died on March 6 in Englewood, New Jersey from natural causes at
the Lillian Booth Actor’s Home. No funeral was planned. She married actor
and singer Gordon MacRae in 1941; the couple divorced in 1967.They
often appeared on the stage together, in such musicals as the 1964
production of The Bells Are Ringing, and Guys and Dolls,

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1956

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SHORT-LIVED SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1979

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Flatbush
is an American sitcom that aired on CBS for only three weeks
from February 26, 1979 to March 12, 1979, The series followed five high 
school graduates living in an Italian section of Brooklyn. They are called
‘The Flatbush Fungos’.

The sitcom was criticized for its ethnic stereotypes, but it was the lack of 
laughs (and viewers) that caused CBS to cancel it after only airing three episodes. 

One of the stars of the series was
Joseph Cali who portrayed Presto
Prestopopolos  He is
most remembered for playing Joey in the 1977 film 
Saturday Night Fever.

 

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Joseph Cali


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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1907

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  Robert George Young
(February 22, 1907 – July 21, 1998)

Robert Young appeared in minor roles in silent films and toured with a
stock company before being discovered by an MGM talent scout. He
was in over 100 films between 1932 and 1951 and later played leading
roles in the series, Father Knows Best which ran on NBC radio from
1949 to 1954 and on CBS television from 1954 to 1960. and Marcus
Welby, M.D.on ABC-TV from 1969 to 1976.
 

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Robert Young with Jean Vander Pyl on radios “Father Knows Best”

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The TV cast of “Father Knows Best”

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DUO’S APPEARANCE ON THIS DAY IN 1970

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Boyce, Hart & Serena

Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart performed "I’ll Blow You A Kiss in the Wind"
on ABC-TV’s “Bewitched” in one of several TV series appearances.
 

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