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A REAL TV WESTERN!

 

BOBBY HART BLOWS OUT 73 TOP 40 CANDLES TODAY

 

On this day in 1939, singer/songwriter Bobby Hart was born...He is 73 today

The team of Boyce & Hart had a 1968 US #8 single:  'I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite'...he also wrote 'Last Train To Clarksville', 'I'm Not Your Stepping Stone' and 'Scooby Doo Where Are You'.....(+ wrote lots of songs for The Monkees)  Boyce & Hart sold over 40 million records during their career

 

PERFECT HARMONY FROM PETER & GORDON

 

WHAT'S MY LINE AIRED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THIS DAY IN 1950

 

 On this day in 1950, Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen, humorist Hal Block, and Louis Untermeyer joined host John Daly as one of the classics of early television debuted on CBS. What’s My Line stayed on the air for 17 years -- the longest-running game show in the history of prime-time network television -- and launched one of TV’s biggest production companies: that of Mark Goodson and Bill Todman.

During many years in the television industry, the Goodson-Todman name became famous for such hit game shows as I’ve Got a Secret, Beat the Clock, The Name’s the Same, To Tell the Truth.

 

RARE APPEARANCE ON THE PANEL BY JOHNNY CARSON

 

ON THIS DAY IN 1965....A SAD ONE FOR THE MUSIC WORLD

 

ON THIS DAY IN 1965, NAT KING COLE DIED IN SANTA MONICA DUE TO LUNG CANCER. HE WAS A NATIONAL TREASURE.

 

 

DOCTORS CAN'T BE WRONG!

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OREGON! 153 YEARS OLD TODAY

53 years ago, Oregonians were excited about celebrating the 100th birthday of our state.

Events took place all over the state. Songs were sung and pageants were held, along with numerous birthday parties and parades.

On the snowy Feb. 14 of 1959, new Gov. Mark Hatfield kicked things off at a centennial celebration in Salem attended by dignitaries such as Vice President Richard Nixon. Schoolchildren gathered for their own celebration at Champoeg, site of the vote that created Oregon's provisional government in 1843.

In Portland, the Oregon Centennial Exposition and International Trade Fair ran 100 days, drawing visitors from all over the state, nation and world.

A giant statue of Paul Bunyan, built for the expo, still stands in the Kenton neighborhood, near the University of Portland, as a reminder of those days. The Portland Zoo train made its debut at the expo, as well.

 

 

SHE WOULDN'T THINK OF OFFENDING!!!!!!!!

 

THIS MONKEE IS 70 YEARS YOUNG TODAY

 

PETER TORK IS 70 TODAY

LOOKS LIKE A TYPICAL DEBATE IN THESE TIMES!