Fred Newman (1989 revival, seasons 1-6) Mowava Pryor (1989 revival, seasons 1-3)Theme music composer Jimmie DoddCountry of origin United StatesNo. of seasons 14No. of episodes 360ProductionProducer(s) Bill Walsh (1955–1958)Running time 22-44 minutesProduction company(s) Walt Disney
Walt Disney ProductionsDistributor Sandy Frank Media Disney–ABC Domestic TelevisionReleaseOriginal network United States: ABC (1955–1959) Syndication (1977–1979) The Disney Channel
Disney Channel (1989–1996) Canada: Family Channel (1989–1996)Original release October 3, 1955 (1955-10-03) – March 7, 1996 (1996-03-07)External linksWebsiteThe Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse Club is an American variety television show that aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996 and returned in 2017 to social media
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American Bandstand
American Bandstand is an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989[1] and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer. The show featured teenagers dancing to Top 40 music introduced by Clark; at least one popular musical act—over the decades, running the gamut from Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis to Run–D.M.C.—would usually appear in person to lip-sync one of their latest singles. Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon holds the record for most appearances, at 110. The show's popularity helped Dick Clark
Dick Clark become an American media mogul and inspired similar long-running music programs, such as Soul Train and Top of the Pops
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Native languages as of 2007English 57.4%[2] Spanish 28.5%[3] Chinese 2.8%[3] Filipino 2.2%[3]Demonym CalifornianCapital SacramentoLargest city Los AngelesLargest metro Greater Los Angeles
Los Angeles AreaArea Ranked 3rd • Total 163,696 sq mi (423,970 km2) • Width 250 miles (400 km) • Length 770 miles (1,240 km) • % water 4.7 • Latitude 32°32′ N to 42° N • Longitude 114°8′ W to 124
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Sound
Sound effects (or audio effects) are artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sound processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of films, television shows, live performance, animation, video games, music, or other media. In motion picture and television production, a sound effect is a sound recorded and presented to make a specific storytelling or creative point without the use of dialogue or music. The term often refers to a process applied to a recording, without necessarily referring to the recording itself. In professional motion picture and television production, dialogue, music, and sound effects recordings are treated as separate elements
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Cable television
Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to paying subscribers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fiber-optic cables. This contrasts with broadcast television, in which the television signal is transmitted over the air by radio waves and received by a television antenna attached to the television; or satellite television, in which the television signal is bounced off of the Earth's firmament and received by a satellite dish on the roof. FM radio
FM radio programming, high-speed Internet, telephone services, and similar non-television services may also be provided through these cables
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Variety shows, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is entertainment made up of a variety of acts including musical performances, sketch comedy, magic, acrobatics, juggling, and ventriloquism. It is normally introduced by a compère (master of ceremonies) or host. The variety format made its way from Victorian era stage to radio and then television. Variety shows were a staple of anglophone television from the late 1940s into the 1980s. While still widespread in some parts of the world, the proliferation of multichannel television and evolving viewer tastes affected the popularity of variety shows in the United States
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United States of America Flag Coat of arms Motto: "In God
God We Trust"[1][a] .mw-parser-outpu
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Morality
Morality (from Latin: mōrālis, lit. 'manner, character, proper behavior') is the differentiation of intentions, decisions and actions between those that are distinguished as proper and those that are improper.[1] Morality
Morality can be a body of standards or principles derived from a code of conduct from a particular philosophy, religion or culture, or it can derive from a standard that a person believes should be universal.[2] Morality
Morality may also be specifically synonymous with "goodness" or "rightness". Moral philosophy includes moral ontology, which is the origin of morals; and moral epistemology, which is the knowledge of morals. Different systems of expressing morality have been proposed, including deontological ethical systems which adhere to a set of established rules, and normative ethical systems which consider the merits of actions themselves
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Broadcasting
Broadcasting syndication is the license to broadcast television programs and radio programs by multiple television stations and radio stations, without going through a broadcast network. It is common in the United States where broadcast programming is scheduled by television networks with local independent affiliates. Syndication is less of a practice in the rest of the world, as most countries have centralized networks or television stations without local affiliates; although less common, shows can be syndicated internationally
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A homily is a commentary that follows a reading of scripture.[1] In Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Eastern Orthodox Churches, a homily is usually given during Mass ( Divine Liturgy
Divine Liturgy or Holy Qurbana
Holy Qurbana for Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, and Divine Service for the Lutheran Church) at the end of the Liturgy
Liturgy of the Word. Many people consider it synonymous with a sermon.[1]Contents1 Etymology 2 Roman Catholic Mass homily 3 Other senses 4 See also 5 Footnotes 6 External linksEtymology[edit] According to The Catholic Encyclopedia (1910) :The word homily is derived from the Greek word ὁμιλία homilia (from ὁμιλεῖν homilein), which means to have communion or hold verbal intercourse with a person. In this sense homilia is used in 1 Corinthians 15:33
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Timothy Hayes Yule (January 4, 1947 – September 23, 2006), better known as Tim Rooney, was an American actor. He was the second son of actor Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney and suffered from a muscle disease known as dermatomyositis.[1]Contents1 Early life 2 Career 3 Death 4 References 5 External linksEarly life[edit] Tim Rooney
Tim Rooney was born in Birmingham, Alabama. His mother was a former Miss Birmingham and singer, Betty Jane Rase, who performed as B. J. Baker. Career[edit] Rooney's notable appearances included the films Village of the Giants and Riot on Sunset Strip, and also the TV series The Donald O'Connor Show, Maverick, Dr. Kildare, Gidget, Bewitched, Dragnet and the cartoon show Mister T, in voiceovers. In 1962 he co-starred as one of the children in the ABC comedy Room for One More
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Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an American actress and former fashion model. She won five Emmy Awards
Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for her ten seasons as the title character on the CBS
CBS sitcom Murphy Brown
Murphy Brown (1988–98). She is also known for her role as Shirley Schmidt on the ABC drama Boston Legal
Boston Legal (2005–08). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Starting Over (1979), and for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Gandhi (1982). Bergen began her career as a fashion model and appeared on the front cover of Vogue magazine
Vogue magazine before she made her screen debut in the 1966 film The Group
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Bill Walsh (September 30, 1913 – January 27, 1975) was a comic author, film producer and screenwriter who primarily worked on live-action films for Walt Disney
Walt Disney Productions. He was born in New York City. For his work on Mary Poppins, he shared Academy Award nominations for Best Picture with Walt Disney, and for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium with Don DaGradi. He died in Los Angeles and was interred in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Filmography[edit]Year Film Producer Screenwriter1961 The Absent-Minded Professor Yes Yes1963 Son of Flubber Yes Yes1964 Mary Poppins Yes Yes1965 That Darn Cat! Yes Yes1966 Lt
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Roberta Jymme Schourop (born April 7, 1943, Monterey Park, California), better known as Roberta Shore, is a retired American actress and performer.Contents1 Career 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External linksCareer[edit]This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)Shore co-starred in several Walt Disney
Walt Disney productions featuring the Mouseketeers and thus came to be associated with them. She appeared as Annette Funicello's rival Laura Rogan in Annette's self-titled series and as French-speaking Franceska in The Shaggy Dog (1959). Aside from Disney, Shore had a featured role in the 1959 screen version of Blue Denim, duetting with Warren Berlinger, and an uncredited cameo appearance in A Summer Place as Sandra Dee's gossipy schoolmate Anne Talbert
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My Three Sons
My Three Sons is an American sitcom. The series ran from 1960 to 1965 on ABC, and moved to CBS
CBS until the end of its run on April 13, 1972. My Three Sons
My Three Sons chronicles the life of widower and aeronautical engineer Steven Douglas (Fred MacMurray) as he raises his three sons. The series originally featured William Frawley
William Frawley (who'd first co-starred with MacMurray 25 years earlier in the movie Car 99) as the boys' live-in maternal grandfather and maid, William Michael Francis "Bub" O'Casey. William Demarest, playing Bub's brother, "Charley", replaced Frawley in 1965 due to Frawley's illness. In September 1965, eldest son Mike (Tim Considine) married, and his character was written out of the show. To keep the emphasis on "three sons", original youngest son Chip's friend Ernie was adopted
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Darlington
Darlington is a large market town in County Durham, in North East England. With a population of 92,363[2] in 2011, the town lies on the River Skerne, a tributary of the River Tees.[3][4] The town is administered as part of the Borough of Darlington. The town owes much of its development to the influence of local Quaker
Quaker families in the Georgian and Victorian era, and who provided much of the finance and vision in creating the Stockton and Darlington
Darlington Railway, the world's first steam locomotive powered, permanent passenger railway
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