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SPIN-OFF DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1978

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Stars Pam Dawber and Robin Williams

Mork & Mindy is a science fiction sitcom that was televised until May 27, 1982
on the ABC network. The series was a spin-off from the ABC sitcom Happy Days
(1974-1984) and starred Williams as Mork, an alien from the planet Ork who is befriended by a human, played by Dawber. In 1997, the episode "Mork’s Mixed Emotions" was ranked #94 on TV Guide‘s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time list.  

 

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MONKEE BUSINESS BEGAN ON THIS DAY IN 1966

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The Monkees is a situation comedy that aired on NBC until March 25, 1968. The
series introduced many innovative new-wave film techniques to series television
and won two Emmy Awards in 1967. The show was sponsored on alternate weeks
by Kellogg’s Cereals and Yardley of London.

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ANGELA CARTWRIGHT IS 61 TODAY

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Angela Cartwright
Angela Margaret Cartwright 

Actress Cartwright is best known as a child actress for her role as
Brigitta Von Trapp in the 1965 film The Sound of Music, as Danny
Williams’ stepdaughter Linda in the 1950s TV series Make Room
For
Daddy
(a role she played from 1957 to 1964), and as Penny
Robinson in the 1960s television series Lost in Space.

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SPIN-OFF DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1941

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Harold Peary as Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve

The Great Gildersleeve is a radio situation comedy broadcast
from 1941 to 1957. It was one of broadcast history’s earliest
spin-off programs. The series was built around the character
Throckmorton Philharmonic Gildersleeve, a featured regular
of the NBC radio situation comedy Fibber McGee and Molly
where the character was first introduced in the October 3,
1939 episode.

 

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BARBARA EDEN IS 82 TODAY

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Barbara Eden (Barbara Jean Morehead) is best known for starring 
in the title role on the NBC television
sitcom I Dream of Jeannie 
(1965-1970). At age 14, she began singing with local bands for $10
a night in local night clubs.

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Larry Hagman and Barbara Eden, I Dream of Jeannie

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