Mae Questel provided the voice of Winky Dink, better known as the voice of Betty Boop.
Fifty cents bought a Winky Dink TV Kit, a plastic sheet and magic crayons
to use on your television set during the show.
Kate Bradley’s (Bea Benaderet’s) daughters on the TV series “Petticoat Junction” were named Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo. Billie Jo was played by Jeannine Riley (1963-65), Gunilla Hutton (1965-66), and Meredith MacRae (1966-70). Bobbie Jo was played by Pat Wood-ell (1963-65) and Lori Saunders (1965-70). Betty Jo was played by Linda Kaye (Henning)…
Kate Jackson as Sabrina Duncan, Farrah Fawcett as Jill Munroe, Cheryl Ladd as Kris Munroe, Jaclyn Smith as Kelly Garrett, Shelley Hack as Tiffany Welles, and Tanya Roberts as Julie Rogers were the names of “Charlie’s Angels” on the TV series (ABC, 1976-81).
No, Peter Falk, aka Lieutenant Columbo, never appeared on the series “Mrs. Columbo” (NBC, 1979). It was never completely clear that the title character, Kate Columbo (Kate Mulgrew) was even married to the rumpled policeman. Midway through the short-lived series, the character was renamed Kate Callahan and the title became “Kate Loves a Mystery.”
“Dirty Sally” (CBS, 1974) was a spin off of “Gunsmoke” (CBS, 1955-75).
Chuckles the Clown’s sign-off line on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” (CBS, 1970-77) was “A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants.” The words were remembered by those mourning Chuckles’s death after he was killed by a rogue elephant. Chuckles was dressed as Peter Peanut at the time.
The Alka-Seltzer mascot’s name was Speedy, a puppet, who has been around since 1953.