How did Jack Kingman get his start on TV?
Jack Kingman had small parts on Ed Norton’s favorite TV series, “Captain Video,” (DuMont, 1949-55).
Jack Kingman had small parts on Ed Norton’s favorite TV series, “Captain Video,” (DuMont, 1949-55).
On the TV show “Outer Limits” (ABC, 1963-65), Vic Perrin’s voice was used for the line, “There is nothing wrong with your television set; do not attempt to adjust the picture”.
Lucy’s character’s name on “I Love Lucy” (CBS, 1951-57) was Lucy McGillicuddy Ricardo. On “The Lucy Show” (CBS, 1962-68) it was Lucy Carmichael. On “Here’s Lucy” (CBS, 1974) it was Lucy Carter.
The “ten-minute ticker” is a rule devised by Michael Weisman, NBC Sports producer, requiring production assistants covering a game to update the scores for other games every ten minutes.
Peter Deuel (aka Duel) played Hannibal Heyes (alias Joshua Smith) and Ben Murphy played Jed “Kid” Curry (alias Thaddeus Jones) on “Alias Smith and Jones”. After Deuel died of an apparent suicide, Roger Davis took over the role of Smith.
Jesse White, also known as the lonely Maytag Repairman appeared regularly on three series: “Private Secretary” (CBS, NBC, 1953-57), “The Danny Thomas Show” (ABC, CBS, 1953-64), and “The Ann Sothern Show” (CBS, 1958-61).
The “Today” show premiered on January 14, 1952, on NBC, broadcasting from New York. The host was Dave Garroway. Garroway’s sign-off line was “Peace.”