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SITCOM DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1953

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Private Secretary
(also known as Susie) aired from February 1,
1953 to September 10, 1957 on CBS, alternating with The Jack
Benny Program
on Sundays at 7:30pm EST. The series stars
Ann Sothern as Susan Camille "Susie" MacNamara, devoted
secretary to handsome talent agent Peter Sands, played by
Don Porter.

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TELEVISION ACTOR HAS DIED AT 89

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Russell Johnson

     Russell David Johnson
(November 10, 1924 – January 16, 2014)

Actor Russell Johnson, who played The Professor on the CBS television
sitcom series "Gilligan’s Island," has died. Johnson’s agent that the actor
passed away at his home in Washington State Thursday morning from
kidney failure, with his wife and daughter by his side. He was the last
surviving male cast member of the show that ran from 1964 to 1967.

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MARY TYLER MOORE IS 77 TODAY

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Moore is primarily known for her roles in television sitcoms such
as
The Mary Tyler Moore Show on CBS from 1970 to 1977.

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Originally aired on CBS television from 1961 to 1966

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MIKE LOOKINLAND IS 53 TODAY

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Michael Paul "Mike" Lookinland

Mike is best known for playing the role of Bobby Brady on the ABC TV
series, The Brady Bunch from 1969-1974. He was a commercial actor
who had done around 30 commercials before being cast in the show.

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BEFORE “I LOVE LUCY” ~

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Lucille Ball and Richard Denning

“My Favorite Husband”, starring Lucille Ball and Richard Denning, was the initial
basis for what would become the most beloved groundbreaking TV sitcom of all
time, I Love Lucy. The CBS program aired 124 episodes from July 23, 1948,
through March 31, 1951. The series was based on the novels Mr. and Mrs.
Cugat, the Record of a Happy Marriage
(1940) and Outside Eden (1945)
written by Isabel Scott Rorick. The main sponsor was General FoodsJell-O.

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