1959

Arthur William Matthew Carney
(November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003)

Art Carney was an actor and comedian. A recipient of an
Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and six Primetime
Emmy Awards, he was best known for his role as Ed Norton
on the sitcom The Honeymooners (below) (1955–1956).

California born Sally Field has performed in movies, Broadway
theater, television, and made records of popular music. Known
for her extensive work on screen and stage.

Sally Field has received many accolades throughout her career
spanning six decades, including two Academy Awards, two
Golden Globe Awards, and three Primetime Emmy Awards, in
addition to nominations for a Tony Award and two British
Academy Film Awards.

Sally was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
in 2014, the National Medal of Arts in 2014, the Kennedy Center
Honor in 2019, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement
Award in 2023.
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1977

Jackie Gleason

Burt Reynolds and Sally Fields.

ABC TV series…September 7, 1967 to April 3, 1970.

1994

The May 28 – June 3, 1966, issue.

June Lockhart (June 25, 1925 – October 23, 2025)

June Lockhart, a popular actress from the 1950s and ’60s,
has died.  Best known for her roles in "Lost in Space"
(1965 – 1969) and "Lassie" where she appeared from
1958 to 1964.

She was a two-time Emmy Award nominee and a Tony
Award winner. With a career spanning nearly 90 years,
Lockhart was one of the last surviving actors from the
Golden Age of Hollywood.

1960

On October 7, 1960, the first episode of the one-hour television
drama "Route 66" aired on CBS.

The program had a simple premise: It followed two young men,
Buz Murdock (George Maharis) and Tod Stiles (Martin Milner),
as they drove across the country in an inherited Corvette
(Chevrolet was one of the show’s sponsors), doing odd jobs
and looking for adventure.

“The motive power driving our two characters is not a Corvette:
it is the desire for knowledge—and for sentience; it is a quest
through the perennially fascinating cosmos of personal identity.”

On the evening of October 3, 1961, a future television classic
called “The Dick Van Dyke Show” debuted on CBS.

The sitcom’s inaugural episode—which revolves around the
lead couple bickering over leaving sick son, Ritchie, with a
babysitter while they go to a party—kicked off a beloved
show that would run for five seasons and receive 15 Emmy
awards.

The show, created by actor, writer and comedian Carl Reiner,
starred the titular Dick Van Dyke, along with a ensemble cast 
including Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie and Morey Amsterdam.   

Richard Wayne Van Dyke will be 100 on December 13th.