On this day in television history - The Gong Show (1976 - 1989)

The Gong Show

originally created and produced by Chuck Barris,

ran from June 14, 1976 – September 15, 1989.

Music by Chuck Barris and Milton Delugg.

A revival series ran from June 22, 2017 – August 30, 2018.

Cast:

Chuck Barris, Trixie Dejonge, Gary Owens, Rocky Bonifield, Arte Johnson, Jamie Farr, Jo Anne Worley, Mat Plendl, Curt Vig (The Puppets and Friends), Louanne, Murray Langston, (The Unknown Comic), John Barbour, Adrienne Barbeau, Richard Dawson, Jack Cassidy, Phyllis Diller, Anson Williams, Aesop Aquarian (The Shortest Cowboy Song), Marc Siciliani (Elvis the Pelvis), Nancy Lee, Patty Harris, Huck Flyn, Michael Munoz (Tap Dancing Gorilla), Hillary Carlip, Barbara McNair, Jaye P. Morgan, Gene Patton (Gene Gene, The Dancing Machine), Stan Lemkuil (The Old Victrola), The Souvenirs, Kenny Pierce, Marvin Fulalove, Dave And Karen, Dick Green, Della Barris, Milton Delugg, Larry Spencer (Larry the Evil Villain), Sivi Aberg, Johnny Jacobs, Barry Zweig, Jerry Maren, John Rodby, Bill Neale, Frederick Long, Jack Clark, Michael McConnohie (The Amazing Dolphin Brothers), John Naulin (The Amazing Dolphin Brothers), David Letterman, Rex Reed, Carol Connors, Ray Neapolitan (Raybodoo), Lanny Morgan, Manny Stevens, Elizabeth Maren, Bobby Findley, Joe Howard (Waltah), Jill Freeman, Julie McCray, Marlana Clark, Mark Z. Stevens, Frankie Verroca.

On this day in movie history - Prizzi’s Honor (1985)

Prizzi’s Honor

directed by John Huston,

written by Richard Condon and Janet Roach,

based on the novel by Richard Condon,

was released in the United States on June 14, 1985.

Music by Alex North.

Cast:

Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Anjelica Huston, Robert Loggia, John Randolph, William Hickey, Lee Richardson, Michael Lombard, C. C. H. Pounder, George Santopietro, Ann Selepegno, Lawrence Tierney, Vic Polizos, Dick O’Neil, Sully Boyar, Raymond Heller, Joseph Ruskin, Seth Allen, Dominic Barto, Stanley Tucci.

On this day in movie history - That Touch of Mink (1962)

That Touch of Mink

directed by Delbert Mann,

written by Stanley Shapiro and Nate Monaster,

was released in the United States on June 14, 1962.

Music by George Duning.

Cast:

Doris Day, Cary Grant, Gig Young, Audrey Meadows, John Astin, Alan Hewitt, Dick Sargent, Joey Faye, Laurie Mitchell, John Fiedler, Willard Sage, Jack Livesey, Yogi Berra, Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Dorothy Abbott, Richard Deacon, William Lanteau, Ralph Manza.

Born on this day – Odile Versois:

Actress

June 14, 1930 – June 23, 1980

Born on this day – Gene Barry:

 

Actor

Singer

June 14, 1919 – December 9, 2009

Born on this day – Dorothy McGuire:

 

Actress

June 14, 1916 – September 13, 2001

Born on this day – Gisèle Casadesus:

 

Actress

June 14, 1914 – September 24, 2017

Born on this day – Burl Ives:

 

Actor

Writer

Singer

Musician

June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995

Born on this day – May Allison:

 

Actress

June 14, 1890 – March 27, 1989

Credits:

A Fool There Was (1915); A Successful Adventure (1918); Almost Married (1919); Are All Men Alike? (1920); Big Game (1921); Big Tremaine (1916); Castles in the Air (1919); David Harum (1915); Extravagance (1921); Fair and Warmer (1919); Flapper Wives (1924); Held in Trust (1920); Her Indiscretion (1927); Her Inspiration (1918); I Want My Man (1925); In for Thirty Days (1919); Life's Blind Alley (1916); Lillo of the Sulu Seas (1916); Men of Steel (1926); Mismates (1926); Mister 44 (1916); One Increasing Purpose (1927); Pardoned (1915); Peggy Does Her Darndest (1919); Pidgin Island (1916); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 1-F (1921); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 22-F (1922); Social Hypocrites (1918); The Broad Road (1923); The Broken Cross (1916); The Buzzard's Shadow (1915); The Cheater (1920); The City (1926); The Come-Back (1916); The End of the Road (1915); The Gamble (1916); The Governor's Lady (1915); The Great Question (1915); The Greater Glory (1926); The Hidden Children (1917); The House of a Thousand Scandals (1915); The Island of Intrigue (1919); The Last Card (1921); The Man in the Sombrero (1916); The Marriage of William Ashe (1921); The Masked Rider (1916); The Other Side of the Door (1916); The Promise (1917); The Return of Mary (1918); The River of Romance (1916); The Secret Wire (1916); The Secretary of Frivolous Affairs (1915); The Telephone Girl (1927); The Testing of Mildred Vane (1918); The Tragic Circle (1915); The Uplifters (1919); The Walk-Offs (1920); The Winning of Beatrice (1918); The Woman Who Fooled Herself (1922); Wreckage (1925); Youth for Sale (1924).

Julia Alvarez, on writing:

 

But the sensibility of the writer, whether fiction or poetry, comes from paying attention.

I tell my students that writing doesn't begin when you sit down to write.
It's a way of being in the world, and the essence of it is paying attention.
– Julia Alvarez.