As always, the further we go back in Hollywood history, the more that fact and legend become intertwined. It's hard to say where the truth really lies.
February 2, 1950
What's My Line debuted on CBS
television.
What's My Line? is a panel game show which
originally ran in the United States on the CBS Television Network from 1950 to
1967, with several international versions and subsequent U.S. revivals. The
game tasks celebrity panelists with
questioning contestants in order to determine their occupations. It is the longest-running
U.S. primetime network television game-show. Moderated by John
Charles Daly and with panelists Dorothy
Kilgallen, Arlene Francis, and Bennett
Cerf, What's My Line? won three Emmy Awards for
"Best Quiz or Audience Participation Show" in 1952, 1953, and 1958
and the Golden Globefor Best TV Show in 1962.
After its cancellation by CBS in 1967, it returned in syndication as a daily
production which ran from 1968 until 1975. There have been several
international versions, radio versions, and a live stage version.In 2013, TV Guide ranked
it #9 in its list of the 60 greatest game shows ever.
February 6, 1940
Thomas John "Tom"
Brokaw is born.
Television
journalist and author best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He
is the author of The Greatest
Generation (1998), a runaway bestseller, and other books and the
recipient of numerous awards and honors. He is the only person to host all
three major NBC News programs: The Today Show,
NBC Nightly News, and, briefly, Meet the Press. He currently serves as
a Special Correspondent for NBC News and works on documentaries for other
outlets.
February
8, 1985
The last episode of The Dukes of Hazzard aired.
Boss
Hogg grudgingly agrees to participate in Rosco's magic act during a talent
revue at the Boar's Nest. Boss plans to use the "disappearing lady"
act as a way to get to a scheduled appointment, but it works out too well. A
pair of escaped felons, whom Boss helped put away, kidnap Boss and hold him for
ransom. When Rosco is unable to make Boss "reappear," Bo and Luke
investigate and determine foul play was involved. Rosco is convinced Boss
really did disappear into thin air, leaving the Duke boys to ride to Boss'
rescue.
Guest Starring
- Peggy
Rea as Lulu Coltrane Hogg
- Kevin Peter Hall as Floyd Malone
- Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Bubba Malone
To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
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