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NEW NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBORS ON THIS DAY IN 1971

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(CBS-TV from 1971-1979)

On an All in the Family episode, Archie and Edith Bunker got new next-door
neighbors, Michael and Gloria’s best friend, Lionel Jefferson (played by Mike
Evans) and his parents, mother Louise Jefferson (Isabel Sanford).and his
father,George Jefferson (played by Sherman Hemsley) who did not appear
on-screen until a later episode in 1973.

The Jefferson family later moved to an apartment in Manhattan which resulted
in their own show The Jeffersons on CBS from 1975-1985.

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From left: Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, and Mike Evans

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Archie Bunker (Carroll O’Connor) with the Jeffersons

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RADIO COMEDY DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1941

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Duffy’s Tavern
was a popular radio situation comedy series which ran for
a decade on several networks (CBS, 1941–1942; NBC-Blue Network, 1942–
1944; NBC
, 1944–1951), concluding with the December 28, 1951 broadcast.


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ROBERT YOUNG WAS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1907

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

Young was a television, film, and radio actor, best known for his leading
roles as Jim Anderson of Father Knows Best on CBS from 1954-1960,and
as physician Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D. on ABC-TV from 1969-
1976.

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ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1906

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             Gale Gordon
(February 20, 1906 – June 30, 1995)

Character actor Gale Gordon is probably best remembered as Lucille
Ball’s longtime TV foil and bank executive Theodore J. Mooney, on Ball’s
second TV sitcom, The Lucy Show on CBS from 1962-1968. Prior to his
television career, Gordon was a respected radio actor.

 

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Gale Gordon with co-star Lucille Ball

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Gale Gordon co-starred with Eve Arden on the CBS
television show Our Miss Brooks (1952-1956). The
show began as a CBS radio program from 1948 to
1957.

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JENNIFER ANISTON IS 43 TODAY!

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Jennifer Joanna Aniston is a actress, film director, and producer who gained
wide recognition in the 1990s for her portrayal of Rachel Green on the NBC
television sitcom, Friends (1994-2004). The role earned her an Emmy Award,
Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Aniston’s greatest
successes came with the 2003 film Bruce Almighty. She has been selected
to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this year.

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Jennifer Aniston with Bruce Almighty co-star Jim Carrey

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