Cornfields to the Cosmos

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[Carolyn Muse @NLCarolynMuse]

Remembering film/stage/television, actress, dancer, and singer Yvonne DeCarlo, who was born #OTD (September 1st) in 1922. #Deerslayer #SalomeWhereSheDanced #FrontierGal #SongofScheherazade #TheTenCommandments #TheSwordandtheCross #FollowtheSun #TheVirginian #TheMunsters

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Remembering country music singer, television host, film/television actor, and sausage company founder Jimmy Dean, who was born #OTD (August 10th) in 1928. #TheJimmyDeanShow #DanielBoone #DiamondsAreForever #FantasyIsland #JJStarbuck

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Remembering actress #PatWoodell, who was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts, #OTD (July 12th) in 1944. Woodell was best known as one of the actresses who played Bobbie Jo Bradley on the 1960s CBS TV sitcom #PetticoatJunction. #1960sTV #whatamericawatched

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#OTD (July 1st) in 1957, "The Mickey Farmer Case," the first episode of the television series Richard Diamond, Private Detective aired. #DavidJanssen played Diamond, a role earlier played by #DickPowell on the radio version of the show which aired from 1949-53.

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#OTD (June 30) in 1960, "Cave-In," the final episode of the TV western Johnny Ringo starring #DonDurant and #MarkGoddard aired. The series was created by #AaronSpelling. #TVwesterns #classicTV #JohnnyRingo

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A #HappyBirthday to film/stage/television/voice actor, director, writer, comedian, producer, and composer Mel Brooks (96)! #YourShowofShows #TheProducers #TheElectricCompany #BlazingSaddles #YoungFrankenstein #HighAnxiety #HistoryoftheWorldPartI #Spaceballs #MadAboutYou

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#OTD in 1966, with the words "My name is Victoria Winters" spoken by actress #AlexandraMoltke, the Gothic daytime soap #DarkShadows debuted on ABC-TV. The series, created by #DanCurtis, also initially featured #JoanBennett, #LouisEdmonds, and #KathrynLeighScott, among others.

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Remembering film/television/voice actor, comedian, composer, musician, activist, SABR member, and #MLB talent scout David L. Lander, who was born #OTD (June 22nd) in 1947. #LaverneandShirley #WhollyMoses #UsedCars #TitanAE #PacificBlue #Angels #Mariners

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Remembering actor/singer/producer #DeanMartin (birth name Dino Paul Crocetti), who was born in Steubenville, Ohio, #OTD (June 7th) in 1917. In 1949, Martin along with his nightclub act sidekick, #JerryLewis, made their feature film debut in #MyFriendIrma.

[Carolyn Muse @NLCarolynMuse]

(June 6th, 1944). All gave some, some gave all. The #WWII Allies gained victory in the battle of Normandy, also known as the D-Day Invasion. #DDay78thAnniversary #NeverForgotten

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#OTD (June 3) in 1967, the CBS TV musical variety series Away We Go debuted. The summer replacement series for the #JackieGleasonShow was named for Gleason's catchphrase "And away we go!" The show included regulars #GeorgeCarlin, #BuddyGreco, and #BuddyRich.

[Carolyn Muse @NLCarolynMuse]

Remembering film/television actor, comedian, television producer, gospel singer, musician, and writer Andy Griffith, who was born #OTD (June 1st) in 1926. #AFaceintheCrowd #NoTimeforSergeants #TheAndyGriffithShow #MayberryRFD #Headmaster #RustlersRhapsody #Matlock #Waitress

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Remembering film/radio/television/theatre/vaudeville actor, boxer, dancer, and singer Bob Hope, who was born #OTD (May 29th) in 1903. #RoadtoSingapore #MyFavoriteBlonde #ThePaleface #RoadtoRio #TheGreatLover #TheLemonDropKid #ParisHoliday #IllTakeSweden #TheBobHopeShow

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OTD (May 27th) in 1933, the animated short The Three Little Pigs debuted. The film was part of Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies series. #threelittlepigs #waltdisney #classicanimation #disney #3littlepigs #sillysymphonies

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Remembering actor #JamesArness (birth name James King Aurness), who was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, #OTD (May 26th) in 1923. Arness is best known for playing Sheriff #MattDillon on the long-running CBS prime time western #Gunsmoke (1955-1975).

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OTD (May 26th) in 1970, "My Master, the Chili King," the last original episode of the prime time fantasy-comedy series #IDreamofJeannie starring #BarbaraEden and #LarryHagman, aired on NBC. #whatamericawatched #1960sTV #classictv

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#OTD (May 26th) in 1934, the feature #TwentyMillionSweethearts premiered. The film, based on "Hot Air," a story by #PennState graduate #PaulFinderMoss, starred #DickPowell, #GingerRogers, #PatOBrien, and #TheMillsBrothers. #PSU alum, #JuliusJEpstein, also assisted with the script

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#OTD (May 25) in 1934, #WilliamPowell and #MyrnaLoy make their first big screen appearance as sleuths Nick Charles and his wife Nora in #TheThinMan. The Charles' dog #Asta joined in the investigations as well. The movie was based on a novel of the same name by #DashiellHammett.

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#HappyBirthday to actress #JoanCollins, who was born #OTD (May 23rd) 1933, in London, England. Collins is best known for her role as Alexis Carrington Colby on the prime time TV soap opera #Dynasty (1981-89). #1980sTV

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#OTD (May 19) in 1996, "Death by Demographics," the final original episode of #MurderSheWrote, starring #AngelaLansbury as writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher, airs on #CBS. The hourlong prime time series debuted in 1984. #1980sTV #whatamericawatched #1990sTV