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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.
April 12, 1941
Life of Riley radio show debuts.
An unrelated radio show with the name Life of Riley was a summer replacement show heard on CBS from April 12, 1941 to September 6, 1941. The CBS program starred Lionel Stander as J. Riley Farnsworth and had no real connection with the more famous series that followed a few years later staring William Bendix as a bullheaded family man.
The show ran for 10 years on radio and about six years on television.
April 13, 1986
Return to Mayberry airs on NBC.
The cast of the popular Andy Griffith Show is
reunited for a one-time television special. Besides stars Andy Griffith and Don
Knotts, the original show featured little Ronny Howard, who grew up to become a
star of television's Happy Days and, later, a famous film director. The Andy
Griffith Show ran from 1960 to 1968.
April 14, 1956
First video
camea for sound and pictures demostrated.
The first videotape recorder is demonstrated. The machine, invented by Ray Dolby, Charles Ginsberg, and Charles Anderson, recorded both images and sound. CBS purchased three of the video tape recorders for $75,000 each in 1956.
The first videotape recorder is demonstrated. The machine, invented by Ray Dolby, Charles Ginsberg, and Charles Anderson, recorded both images and sound. CBS purchased three of the video tape recorders for $75,000 each in 1956.
To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
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