TODAY IS DAVID BRENNER’S 75th BIRTHDAY

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David Brenner  is a standup comedian, actor, author, and filmmaker. Prior to
beginning his standup career, he wrote and directed over a hundred made-for-TV documentaries, which garnered him many awards, including an Emmy. Making his national television debut on the The Tonight Show, he has since become the most frequent guest on the show, with 158 appearances.

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MORGAN FAIRCHILD BECAME 61 TODAY

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Actress Morgan Fairchild’s first acting job was as a double for Faye Dunaway during location filming for the movie Bonnie and Clyde (1967). Fairchild has also performed in live theater and played guest roles in television comedies. In 1980, she scored her first regular primetime role as Constance Weldon Carlyle on the NBC-TV soap opera
Flamingo Road. She was nominated for a Golden Globe award for her role. In
addition to acting, Fairchild is a board member of the Screen Actors Guild. 
 
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SHOW BEGAN RUN ON THIS DATE IN 1973

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The Midnight Special is a  musical variety series that aired during the 1970s
and early 1980s on NBC-TV. It was created and produced by Burt Sugarman. It
debuted as a special on August 19, 1972, then began its run as a  regular series
on February 2, 1973, with its last show airing on May 1, 1981. The ninety-minute
program followed the Friday night edition of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny
Carson
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The show mostly featured guest hosts, except for a period from July 1975 through
March 1976 when Helen Reddy was the regular host. Wolfman Jack served as the announcer. The theme song, a traditional folk song called "Midnight Special", was performed by Johnny Rivers. The Midnight Special was noted for featuring musical
acts performing live, rather then lip-synching to prerecorded music.

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                 Helen Reddy hosting The midnight Special

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                    The Wolfman on The midnight Special

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GAME SHOW DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1950

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What’s My Line? a panel game show which originally ran on the CBS Television
Network from 1950 until it’s cancellation in 1967. It is the longest-running game
show in the history of U.S. prime time television. It was hosted by John Charles
Daly with panelists Dorothy Kilgallen. Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf. 

The show won three Emmy Awards for “Best Quiz or Audience Participation Show”
in 1952, 1953 and a Golden Globe for Best TV show in 1962. After it was 
cancelled by CBS in 1967, it returned in syndication as a daily production
returned in syndication as a daily production which ran from 1968 until 1975.

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BILL MUMY TURNED 57 TODAY

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Charles William "Bill" Mumy, Jr. is an actor, musician, voice-over artist
and a figure in the science-fiction community. He is known primarily for his
work as a child television actor in the 1960s, most notably as Will Robinson
in the CBS-TV sci-fi series Lost in Space.

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              The Robot and Bill Mumy on the set of Lost in Space

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