James Gilmore "Jim" Backus

Jim Backus is probably best known as playing multi millionaire Thurston Howell lll 
on the CBS television sitcom “GILLIGAN’S ISLAND” (1964-1967). He was also the 
voice of nearsighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo.

Pictured (center) is munchkin Jerry Maren from the 1939 film 
classic The Wizard of Oz

Jerry as cartoon character “Buster Brown”, the advertising mascot
for Buster Brown Shoes.

Jerry Maren (Gerard Marenghi)

Actor Jerry Maren is the only confirmed surviving dwarfmunchkin from
The Wizard of Oz, in which he portrayed a member of the Lollipop Guild.

He became the last surviving Munchkin cast member following the death
of Ruth Duccini (below) on January 16, 2014.

Last surviving female munchkin member, Ruth Duccini

2013

Credit for the invention of Silly Putty is disputed. It has been attributed to Earl
Warrick, of the then newly formed Dow Corning in 1943 and also Harvey Chin;
and James Wright, a Scottish inventor working for General Electric in New
Haven,  Connecticut.Throughout his life, Warrick insisted that he and his
colleague, Rob Roy McGregor, received the patent for Silly Putty before
Wright did; but Crayola’s history of Silly Putty states that Wright invented
it first.

In 1961 Silly Putty went worldwide, becoming a hit in the Soviet Union and
Europe. In 1968 it was taken into lunar orbit by the Apollo 8 astronauts.

Silly Putty was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2001.

1950’s

Clara Peller (August 4, 1902 – August 11, 1987), was a retired manicurist
and character actress

Clara was first seen by TV viewers in the "Where’s the Beef?" commercial campaign
for Wendy’s chain of hamburger restaurants. In 2011, Wendy’s revived the phrase
for its new ad campaign, finally answering its own question with "Here’s the beef”.