Edward Platt did not play the Chief in The Nude Bomb (1980), the movie based on “Get Smart” (NBC, 1965-70).
He starred as the Chief in the series but who died in 1974.
Dana Elcar, later the “chief” in “MacGyver” (ABC, 1986), took the role.
The porn star Sylvia Kristel played Agent 34 in the film.
The seventeen-year Goodson-Todman production “What’s My Line” was hosted by John Daly and featured these panelists: Hal Block (1950-53), Arlene Francis, Dorothy Kilgallen (1950-65), Louis Untermeyer (1950-51), Bennett Cerf (1951-67), Steve Allen (1953-54), and Fred Allen (1954-56).
William (Bill) Loud and Pat Loud were the parents of the family on the TV series “An American Family” (PBS, 1973). Their five children included Lance, their twenty-year-old son. They lived in Santa Barbara, California. The twelve-hour TV series first aired in February 1973.
The One-Armed Man on “The Fugitive” (ABC, 1963-67) was Fred Johnson, played by Bill Raisch. He was captured in the final episode, which aired on August 29, 1967.
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).
Elvis Presley did not make his TV debut on “The Ed Sullivan Show” (CBS, 1948-71), but on “The Jackie Gleason Show” (CBS, 1952-55, 1956-57, 1962-70). Elvis first appeared there in January 1956.
Jimmy Carter was the first president whom Sam Donaldson covered as ABC’s White House correspondent, beginning in 1977. By the time Carter’s term was over, the departing president wished two bad things on his successor: Menachem Begin and Sam Donaldson.