ERIN GRAY IS 61 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Erin Gray is best known for her role as Col. Wilma Deering in the 
NBC-TV science fiction series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. It
ran from 1979 until 1981 when it was cancelled.    
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Erin Gray and the robot Twiki, below, from Buck Rogers 

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WILD KINGDOM DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1963

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WILD KINGDOM was hosted by Zoologist and zoo curator Marlin Perkins.
The half-hour nature program aired Sundays on NBC-TV until 1971, when
it went into syndication. Perkins was host for most of the show’s history
until he was forced to retire in 1985 for health reasons. Perkins died the 
following year at the age of 81. Jim Fowler, seen below, a long-time
assistant of Marlin’s became the host.  

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                                                     Jim Fowler   

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                    Marlin Perkins with one of his many animal friends

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THE FIRST WHEEL WAS SPUN ON THIS DATE IN 1975

 

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The original network TV version of WHEEL OF FORTUNE ran from 1975 to
1991 on
 both NBC and CBS before syndication. The current version of
the show premiered on September 19, 1983 with hosts Pat Sajak and
letter turner Vanna White.

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              The  host and hostess of the first WHEEL OF FORTUNE  
             
were Chuck Woolery and Susan Stafford, shown above.

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FROM THE COMIC STRIP TO THE TV SCREEN

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The  NBC Television  version of BLONDIE premiered on  this date
in 1957. The sitcom starred (above) Arthur Lake as Dagwood
Bumstead and Pamela Britton as his wife Blondie. The show had
a short run till July 5, 1957. 

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TV SHOW INSPIRED BY I LOVE LUCY

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My Little Margie premiered on CBS as a summer sitcom replacement   
for I love Lucy in 1952, sponsored by Philip Morris cigarettes.The show
alternated TV networks between CBS and NBC until the final episode 
aired in 1955.

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My Little Margie starred Gale Storm (left) as Margie Albright
and former silent film star Charles Farrell ( right) played her
father Vern Albright.

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