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TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 7/8/23 – ZIEGFELD FOLLIES DAY!

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Florenz Ziegfeld staged his first one on the Roof Theater called Jardin de Paris on Broadway on July 8, 1907, beginning a 30-year run and making today NATIONAL ZIEGFELD FOLLIES DAY!  Inspired by Paris’ Follies Bergere, showman Florence Ziegfeld conceived and produced lavish revues featuring dozens of beautiful dancers and chorus girls (the legendary Ziegfeld …

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TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY – 11/27/22 – HOWDY DOODY DAY!

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105 years ago today, on November 27, 1917, Robert Emil Schmidt was born, who would grow up to create television’s first children’s idol, making today NATIONAL HOWDY DOODY DAY! Television’s first generation of kiddie viewers knew and loved Schmidt as Buffalo Bob Smith. For 2,543 shows from 1947 to 1960, the creator, producer and host …

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