“Search for Tomorrow” (CBS, 1951-1982; NBC 1982-1987) was the longest-running daytime TV drama.
However, “The Guiding Light” is the longest daytime drama to run on both radio and TV.
It began its run on radio in 1937. It has been on CBS-TV from 1952 to the present.
In the 1960s, Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels (The Lone Ranger and Tonto, respectively) advertised Jeno’s Pizza Rolls.
The TV series “Happy Days” (ABC, 1974-84) generated three spinoffs: “Laverne and Shirley” (ABC, 1976-83) “Mork and Mindy” (ABC, 1978-82) “Joanie Loves Chachi” (ABC, 1982-83).
David Hartman was the first host of “Good Morning America” (ABC, 1975).
Monty Hall was a medical school student in Manitoba, Canada before he hosted “Let’s Make a Deal” (NBC, CBS, 1963-76).
The applicant must have obtained a public school diploma, must have resided in the United States for the past six months, and must pay a $1.50 initiation fee for membership in the Raccoon lodge on “The Honeymooners”. Ed Norton (Art Carney) objects that because of the residency rule, Anthony Eden could not become a Raccoon.
The word “video” comes from the Latin word for “I see.”