Danny played Louie DePalma in the TV sitcom“TAXI”. He
won a Golden Globe and an Emmy for his performance.
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Danny costarred in “Twins.”   He was the Penguin in “Batman”.

Character actor Burgess Meredith died
September 9, 1997 at the age of 89.

Twilight  Zone……“Time Enough at Last”(1959).

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Trainer Mickey Goldmill in the Rocky films.

The Penguin in the Batman TV series.

Burgess as the father of Jack Lemmon’s
character in “Grumpy Old Men”(1993).
”drop that fish!”

   
It was on this date back in 1953 that one of Portland’s most
popular local children’s show’s…Mr. Moon hit the air on a 
Monday afternoon at 4:30PM on KOIN-TV Channel 6.
The man behind the successful series was Ed Leahy,
a popular radio personality for many years. He started
the show and created the cast of characters that
included Harry the Heron, Rocket, Kitty, Mrs. Cow
and many more puppet friends designed by radio
legend, Bill Howlett of KVAN/KISN 910.  

Another well-known Portland broadcaster, Art Morey
joined the crew as the voice of two animal character’s
along with Ed’s wife, Toni. Good habits like keeping
a kid’s room neat and clean to proper nail care and
a weekly honor roll day were some of the features
of the show that had a huge following of thousands.
Note: KOIN-TV had only been on the air for a month
when Mr. Moon joined the lineup.

 
                                                                                                                                                                                     Mr. Moon with some of his puppet friends.

On this date in 1965, The Rolling Stones made their U.S.
TV debut on NBC’s musical verity show Hullabaloo. They
performed their second #1 single…”GET OFF MY CLOUD”.

  
Ding Dong School with Miss Francis(Dr. Frances Horwich) was one of the first children’s TV shows in the early 1950’s.  It was before Romper Room, Mr. Rogers and even before Sesame Street. The show was a half-hour production that originated from the studios of WMAQ-TV in Chicago. It aired live on NBC weekdays from November, 1952 to 1956. At one point is was the most popular pre-school series. Those were the simple days! 
      



Miss Frances on the set during the show.