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John Astin was born on March 30th, 1930 in Baltimore, MD.
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| John Astin |
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| John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy, Lisa Loring, Carolyn Jones and Ken Weatherwax (1964-1966) |
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| John replaced Frank Gorshin as the Riddler in one episode of the Batman TV series starring Adam West (1966) |
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| Evil Roy Slade (1972) |
Vic Mizzy was born on January 9th, 1916.
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| Vic Mizzy (1916-2009) |
Throughout the 30’s and 40’s Mizzy wrote many songs including Doris Day’s 1945 hit “My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time”.
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| Doris Day (1945) |
From the 60’s into the 70’s he began work in television and film including The Addams Family and Green Acres themes and the scores for a string of Don Knotts movies.
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| The Addams Family (1964) |
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| Green Acres (1965) |
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| The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) |
He wrote an anti-jaywalking public service jingle that featured his daughter (and singer/songwriter) Patty Keeler on vocals. The song was later covered on the They Might Be Giants childrens album No! (2002). The track is sung by TMBG’s John Flansburgh’s wife, Robin Goldwasser.
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| They Might Be Giants - No! (2002) |
On October 26th, 1914 Jackie Coogan was born.
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| Jackie Coogan (1914-1984) |
Coogan began acting at an early age and was discovered by Charlie Chaplin before his 5th birthday.
After World War II, Coogan settled into a TV career and eventually into the role of Uncle Fester on the Addams Family television series.
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| Uncle Fester (1964-1966) |
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| Coogan as Uncle Fester and Ted Cassidy as Lurch |
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| John Astin, Coogan, Ted Cassidy, Lisa Loring, Carolyn Jones and Ken Weatherwax (1964-1966) |
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| Ted Cassidy (1932-1979) |
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| Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester and Cassidy as Lurch Cassidy also played Thing  |
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| John Astin, Jackie Coogan, Ted Cassidy, Lisa Loring, Carolyn Jones and Ken Weatherwax (1964-1966) |
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| Lurch window cameo on the Batman TV series with Adam West |
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| Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek |
