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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.
Nov 2, 1966
Friends star David Schwimmer born in Astoria, Queens,
New York.
Schwimmer was raised in Southern California and attended Beverly Hills High School. He graduated from Northwestern University and went on to co-found the Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago. In addition to stage work, Schwimmer’s early acting credits include guest roles on TV shows such as The Wonder Years, L.A. Law and NYPD Blue. The dark-haired actor’s big break came when he was cast in Friends, a half-hour comedy about the careers and love lives of six young adults living in New York City. Schwimmer played Ross Geller, a neurotic paleontologist and the older brother of the obsessive-compulsive Monica Geller (Courteney Cox Arquette). One of the show’s key storylines involved Ross’s on-again, off-again romantic relationship with Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Monica’s high school friend and current roommate who, for a time early in the series, worked as a waitress at Central Perk, a coffee shop that served as a gathering spot for the six friends.
Schwimmer was raised in Southern California and attended Beverly Hills High School. He graduated from Northwestern University and went on to co-found the Lookingglass Theatre Company in Chicago. In addition to stage work, Schwimmer’s early acting credits include guest roles on TV shows such as The Wonder Years, L.A. Law and NYPD Blue. The dark-haired actor’s big break came when he was cast in Friends, a half-hour comedy about the careers and love lives of six young adults living in New York City. Schwimmer played Ross Geller, a neurotic paleontologist and the older brother of the obsessive-compulsive Monica Geller (Courteney Cox Arquette). One of the show’s key storylines involved Ross’s on-again, off-again romantic relationship with Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Monica’s high school friend and current roommate who, for a time early in the series, worked as a waitress at Central Perk, a coffee shop that served as a gathering spot for the six friends.
Friends, which debuted on September 22, 1994, on NBC, became a
massive hit and a pop-culture icon, propelling Schwimmer and the five other
main cast members--Aniston, Cox Arquette, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and Matthew
Perry--to Hollywood stardom. The show inspired fashion and hairstyle trends
(notably Aniston’s layered cut, known as “The Rachel”), as well as such
catchphrases as “How you doin’?” and “We were on a break.” After 10
seasons, the final episode of Friends aired on May 6, 2004; more than 50
million viewers reportedly tuned in, one of the all-time largest audiences for
a TV finale. (By comparison, the most-watched last episode in TV history, the
l983 finale of M*A*S*H, drew some 106 million viewers, while the last
episode of Seinfeld, in 1998, was seen by over 76 million people.)
In addition to his work on Friends, Schwimmer has appeared in such
movies as
The Pallbearer (1996), with Gwyneth Paltrow; Six Days Seven Nights
(1998), with Harrison Ford and Anne Heche; Picking Up the Pieces
(2000) with Woody Allen and Kiefer Sutherland; and HBO’s critically acclaimed
World War II miniseries Band of Brothers (2001). Schwimmer played the
title role in the 2005 film Duane Hopwood and voiced the character of
Melman the Giraffe in the animated feature Madagascar (2005).
November 3, 1956
The Wizard of Oz is broadcast on television for the first time.
Some 45 million people tuned in to CBS to see the movie, which was broadcast on Ford Star Jubilee. Judy Garland's 10-year-old daughter, Liza Minnelli, introduced the program.
Some 45 million people tuned in to CBS to see the movie, which was broadcast on Ford Star Jubilee. Judy Garland's 10-year-old daughter, Liza Minnelli, introduced the program.
November 5, 1911
Leonard Slye, later
known as Roy Rogers, is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Rogers first came to Hollywood in the 1920s as a migrant fruit picker. In the early 1930s, he joined a singing group called Uncle Tom Murray's Hollywood Hillbillies, which first sang on the radio in 1931. Rogers went on to sing with other similar groups, including the Sons of the Pioneers, which recorded hits like "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." The Sons of the Pioneers group was recruited for low-budget western films, and Rogers was soon playing bit parts for Republic Pictures, the same studio where cowboy star Gene Autry worked. When Autry quit over a dispute with the studio in 1937, Rogers gained more exposure. Starring with his trick horse, Trigger, and his frequent co-star Dale Evans, Rogers soon became one of the Top 10 moneymakers in Hollywood.
Rogers first came to Hollywood in the 1920s as a migrant fruit picker. In the early 1930s, he joined a singing group called Uncle Tom Murray's Hollywood Hillbillies, which first sang on the radio in 1931. Rogers went on to sing with other similar groups, including the Sons of the Pioneers, which recorded hits like "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." The Sons of the Pioneers group was recruited for low-budget western films, and Rogers was soon playing bit parts for Republic Pictures, the same studio where cowboy star Gene Autry worked. When Autry quit over a dispute with the studio in 1937, Rogers gained more exposure. Starring with his trick horse, Trigger, and his frequent co-star Dale Evans, Rogers soon became one of the Top 10 moneymakers in Hollywood.
Rogers also followed Autry into the radio
medium, launching The Roy Rogers Show in 1944. The show, a mix of music
and drama, always closed with the song "Happy Trails," which became
known as Rogers' theme song.
After Rogers' wife
died in 1946, he married co-star Dale Evans. His radio program ran until 1955.
In 1951, a TV version of the program debuted and ran until 1957. Rogers became
one of the wealthiest men in Hollywood by diversifying his money: His empire
included a TV production studio, real estate, cattle, horses, a rodeo show, and
a restaurant chain. Roy Rogers died in 1998.
To quote the Bicentennial
Minute, "And that's the way it was".
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Tony Figueroa
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