Original release on ABC-TV: September 16, 1963 – January 16, 1965

Victor Herbert "Vic" Perrin
(April 26, 1916 – July 4, 1989) 

Veteran actor Vic Perrin is best remembered for
having provided the "Control Voice" for the series.

The musical variety series "Shindig!" premiered on ABC-TV. The first
show, which was also the pilot, opened with Sam Cooke, The Everly
Brothers, The Wellingtons, The Righteous Brothers, Bobby Sherman
and Alan Sues. The show aired until January 8, 1966.

The show was hosted by Jimmy O’Neill,
a disc jockey in Los Angeles at the time.

James Franklin "Jimmy" O’Neill
(January 8, 1940 – January 11, 2013)

Clayton Moore (Born Jack Carlton Moore in Chicago, Illinois) 
(September 14, 1914 – December 28, 1999)

Clayton Moore was known as the masked man, television’s The Lone
Ranger from 1949–1951 and 1954–1957. He had to train his voice to
sound like the radio version of the Ranger character. A young Moore
became a circus acrobat, performing trapeze acts in various shows 
at age 8.
 

Davenie Johanna "Joey" Heatherton

Heatherton appeared in Bob Hope‘s USO troupe between 1965
and 1977. She also appeared in films like 1963’s Twilight of
Honor and 1964’s Where Love Has Gone. She took ballet
lessons as a child, which lead to her interest in performing
on Broadway. She began acting when she was a child with
her first role as an understudy on the Broadway play, The
Sound of Music.

Joey Heatherton follows as Bob Hope dances during a
1966 USO Christmas show in South Vietnam.

          CBS/Syndication: September 12, 1954 – March 24, 1973

The show Lassie was the fourth longest-running primetime television series
after The Simpsons, Gunsmoke, and Law & Order. It  received critical favor
at its debut and won two Emmy Awards in its first years. Stars Jan Clayton
and June Lockhart were nominated for Emmys.