Original run: Syndication (1951-1955), CBS (1955-1958), ABC
(1957-1958)
TV Trivia: Burl Ives was originally considered for the role of Jingles in
“Wild Bill Hickok”—but he wanted to play the lead and the idea was
dropped.
The Kellogg’s cereal company was the show’s
national sponsor.
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John Belmont
John Joseph Travolta is 61 years old today.
Guernsey’s Auctions President Arlan Ettinger holds the ‘Black Beauty’, a
prototype made by Guitarist Les Paul.
The Les Paul prototype guitar that came to be known as ‘Black Beauty’ will be on
the auction block at Arader Galleries on Madison Avenue on Thursday, February
19, and could fetch over $2 million.
Dick Clark’s Saturday Night Beechnut Show was a musical variety show broadcast weekly on the ABC television network 7:30-8 PM (Eastern Time) on Saturdays
from February 15, 1958 through September 10, 1960. It was sponsored by
Beechnut Gum.
Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky in Chicago, Illinois)
(February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974)
Jack Benny is recognized as a leading entertainer of the 20th century,
known for his comic timing, and the ability to create laughter with a pause
or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated "Well!" His radio
and television programs, popular from the 1930s to the 1970s, were a big
influence on the sitcom genre. In character, he would be 39 years of age,
regardless of his actual age.
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