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This Week in Television History: July 2024 PART V

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2024/07/29

August 2, 1924 John Carroll O'Connor was born.Actor, producer, and director whose television career spanned four decades. Known at first for playing the role of Major General Colt in the 1970 cult movie, Kelly's Heroes, he later found fame as the bigoted workingman Archie Bunker, the main character in the 1970s CBS television sitcoms All in the Family (1971 to 1979) and Archie Bunker's Place (1979 to 1983). O'Connor later starred in the 1980s NBC television crime drama In the Heat of the Night,

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This Week in Television History: July 2024 PART IV

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2024/07/22

July 23, 1984 Miss America 1984 Vanessa Williams (The first black Miss America) resigns ten months into her reign.She received an anonymous phone call stating that nude photos of her taken by photographer Tom Chiapel prior to her pageant days had surfaced. Williams believed the photographs were private and had been destroyed. Days later, Bob Guccione, the publisher of Penthouse, announced that his magazine would publish the photos in their September 1984 issue, and paid Chiapel for the rights to

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Bob Newhart

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2024/07/18

This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I'm not about to screw with it now.-Bob NewhartGeorge Robert NewhartSeptember 5, 1929 – July 18, 2024After the Korean war, Newhart worked forUnited States Gypsumas an accountant. He later said that his motto, "That's close enough", and his habit of adjustingpetty cashimbalances with his own money showed he did not have the temperament to be an accountant.In 1958, Newhart became an advertisingcopywriterfor Fred A. Niles, a major independent film and

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James B. Sikking

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2024/07/16

I probably would do something if it got me going.Acting is a license to do self-investigation.It’s a great ego trip to be an actor-James B. SikkingJames Barrie SikkingMarch 5, 1934 – July 13, 2024James B. Sikkingstarred on theABCTV seriesDoogie Howser, M.D.as Dr. David Howser: and on the 1997 drama seriesBrooklyn Southas Captain Stan Jonas.Sikking appeared as Sergeant (later promoted to Lieutenant) Howard Hunter onHill Street Bluesfrom 1981 to 1987. He also portrayed Geoffrey St. James on the NBC

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This Week in Television History: July 2024 PART III

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2024/07/15

July15,1964TheUniversalStudio Touropened.The Tour is the signature attraction at the park, and goes into a workingmovie studio, with various film and Television sets on the lot. In recent years, guests have sat in multi-car trams for the duration of the ride. The Tour lasts about 45–50 minutesand is led by a live tour guide who can be seen throughout the tram on video screens. It travels through the Front Lot, Backlot and various attractions, passing sets and props from movies along the way.From

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Shannen Doherty

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2024/07/15

Whenever I get frustrated, I tell myself, you could be working at a 7-Eleven right now, so never take for granted what you do for a living.-Shannen DohertyShannen Maria DohertyApril 12, 1971 – July 13, 2024In 1982, Doherty had guest spots on TV series includingVoyagers!andFather Murphy, which was created and produced byMichael Landon. The same year, 11-year-old Doherty won the recurring role of Jenny Wilder onLittle House on the Prairie,which Landon starred in and produced.Doherty appeared in all

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Dr. Ruth Westheimer

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2024/07/14

If Congress wants to get involved in the business of morality by allowing a moment of silence in our schools, I support that. But if our representatives in Washington are truly going to be moral leaders, then they have to do more than just tell us to pray for guidance.-Ruth WestheimerKarola Ruth WestheimerJune 4, 1928 – July 12, 2024better known asDr. RuthAfter receiving her doctorate, Westheimer briefly worked forPlanned ParenthoodinHarlemtraining women to teach sex education, and this experience

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Richard Simmons

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2024/07/14

When the king gets depressed, he doesn't call for his wife or the cook. He turns to the little man with the pointed hat and says to the court jester "make me laugh". And I am that court jester.— Richard Simmons,Men's HealthMilton Teagle"Richard"SimmonsJuly 12, 1948 – July 13, 2024Upon moving to Los Angeles in the 1970s, Simmons worked as themaître d'hôtelat Derek's, a restaurant inBeverly Hills. He developed an interest in fitness. Exercise studios of the day favored the already fit customer, so

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Shelley Duvall

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2024/07/11

There's nothing that can beat the feeling of doing a movie or a TV show that makes everyone feel good.-Shelley DuvallShelley Alexis DuvallJuly 7, 1949 – July 11, 2024In 1982, Duvall narrated, hosted and was executive producer of the children's television programFaerie Tale Theatre. She starred in seven episodes of the series; "Rumpelstiltskin" (1982), "Rapunzel" (1983), "The Nightingale" (1983), "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1984), "Puss in Boots" (1985), and "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp"

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This Week in Television History: July 2024 PART II

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2024/07/08

July 10, 1989Mel Blanc died.Mel Blanc began smokingcigarettes when he was 9 years old.He continued his pack-a-day habit until he was diagnosed with emphysema, which pushed him to quit at age 77. On May 19, 1989, Blanc was checked into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center by his family when they noticed he had a bad cough while shooting a commercial; he was originally expected to recover. While sleeping in his hospital bed, Blanc accidentally fell and broke his femur resulting in fat embolism in the brain

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The Declaration of Independence • Dramatic Reading

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2024/07/04

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This Week in Television History: July 2024 PART I

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2024/07/01

July 4, 1927Playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon born in the Bronx section of New York City.In one of his earliest jobs, in the 1950s, Simon wrote for Sid Caesar’s live comedy television program Your Show of Shows, alongside other future greats such as Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner. As Simon went on to write for the stage and big screen, humor would continue to play a major role in his work. Simon’s first Broadway play, Come Blow Your Horn, opened in 1961. He went on to write over 30 plays,

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Martin Mull

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2024/06/29

It's hard to decide if TV makes morons out of everyone,or if it mirrors Americans who really are morons to begin with.-Martin MullMartin Eugene MullAugust 18, 1943 – June 27, 2024Throughout the 1970s, and especially in the first half of the decade, Mull was best known as a musical comedian, performing satirical and humorous songs both live and in studio recordings. Rather than use the stage trappings of most musical acts, Mull would decorate his stage with comfortablethrift storefurniture.Notable

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Your Mental Sorbet: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog...

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2024/06/28

Here is another"Mental Sorbet"A little spark of madnessthat we could use to momentarily forget about thosethings that leave a bad taste in our mouthsTriumph the Insult Comic Dog sits down with a group of undecided voters and tries a handful of tactics to get them to make up their damn minds, from sandwich comparisons to Cheesecake Factory metaphors.Stay TunedTony Figueroa

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This Week in Television History: June 2024 PART IV

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2024/06/24

June25, 2009Farrah Fawcett died at approximately 9:28a.m.on June 25, 2009, in the intensive care unit ofSaint John's Health CenterinSanta Monica, California.She was 62 years old.A private funeral was held in Los Angeles on June 30, 2009 for Fawcett. Her son Redmond was permitted to leave his California detention center to attend his mother's funeral, where he gave the first reading. She isburiedat theWestwood Village Memorial Parkin Los Angeles,News of the death was significantly overshadowed by

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This Week in Television History: June 2024 PART III

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2024/06/17

June 17, 1994O.J. Simpson arrested after flight from justice.After a dramatic flight from justice witnessed by millions on live television, former football star and actor O.J. Simpson surrenders outside his Rockingham estate to Los Angeles police. The police charged him with the June 12 double-murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald L. Goldman.Earlier in the day, after learning he was to be arraigned on the charges, Simpson attempted to escape Los Angeles, but the police

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This Week in Television History: June 2024 PART II

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2024/06/10

June 10,1989HBO aired the first episode ofTales from the Crypt.Thishorroranthologytelevision series ran from June 10, 1989 to July 19, 1996 onHBOfor seven seasons with a total of 93 episodes. The title is based on the 1950sEC Comicsseriesof the same nameand most of the content originated in that comic or the six other EC Comics of the time (The Crypt of Terror,Haunt of Fear,Vault of Horror,Crime SuspenStories,Shock SuspenStoriesandTwo-Fisted Tales). The show was produced by HBO with uncredited

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This Week in Television History: June 2024 PART I

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2024/06/03

June 5, 1954 Your Show of Shows final episode.On this day in 1954, Your Show of Shows airs its last episode. The comic variety show featuring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca launched in 1950.Other featured performers were Carl Reiner, Howard Morris, Nanette Fabray, Bill Hayes, Judy Johnson, The Hamilton Trio and the soprano Marguerite Piazza. The show was created by Sylvester Weaver and directed by Max Liebman. Writers for the show included Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Danny Simon, Larry Gelbart, Mel

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This Week in Television History: May 2024 PART IV

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2024/05/27

First end of Leno onThe Tonight ShowOn September 27, 2004, the 50th anniversary ofThe Tonight Show's debut, NBC announced Leno would be succeeded by O'Brien, in 2009. Leno explained he did not want to see a repeat of the hard feelings and controversy that occurred when he was given the show over Letterman following Carson's retirement.[9][10]It was announced on July 21, 2008, that Leno would host his final episode ofThe Tonight Showon Friday, May 29, 2009, with O'Brien andJames Tayloras his

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This Week in Television History: May 2024 PART III

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2024/05/20

May 20, 1989Gilda Radner died. In the fall of 1988, after biopsies and a saline wash of her abdomen showed no signs of cancer, Radner went on a maintenance chemotherapy treatment to prolong her remission, but later that same year, she learned that her cancer returned after a routine blood test showed that levels of the tumor marker CA-125 had increased. She was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on May 17, 1989 for a CAT scan. Despite expressing her fear that she would

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