#bornonthisday — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #bornonthisday, aggregated by home.social.
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"I long for peace, before I die" #rip #freddie #bornonthisday
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"I long for peace, before I die" #rip #freddie #bornonthisday
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"I long for peace, before I die" #rip #freddie #bornonthisday
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"I long for peace, before I die" #rip #freddie #bornonthisday
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"I long for peace, before I die" #rip #freddie #bornonthisday
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"Abe was just 53 when he started #BarneyMiller. But he had that demeanor that made him look tired and old and he played it so well.”
— #HalLinden#AbeVigoda (1921–2016) was #BornOnThisDay.
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“Everybody brings up the confetti. I must do it pretty well, for them to remember it!”
Actor, comedian, voice artist, game show host/panelist and "King of Confetti" #RipTaylor (1931-2019) would have been 92 today.
📷 w/ #Debbie Reynolds in 1981
#BornOnThisDay #Nostalgia #1970s #1980s #Comedians #ClassicTV #ClassicGameShows
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"We went on the air, I had a hit TV show, and I didn’t know how to do it! In today’s marketplace, I would have been fired the first week…But they let me learn.”
— #BobEubanks, on hosting #TheNewlywedGameThe veteran game show host is 85 today.
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"We went on the air, I had a hit TV show, and I didn’t know how to do it! In today’s marketplace, I would have been fired the first week…But they let me learn.”
— #BobEubanks, on hosting #TheNewlywedGameThe veteran game show host is 85 today.
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"We went on the air, I had a hit TV show, and I didn’t know how to do it! In today’s marketplace, I would have been fired the first week…But they let me learn.”
— #BobEubanks, on hosting #TheNewlywedGameThe veteran game show host is 85 today.
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"We went on the air, I had a hit TV show, and I didn’t know how to do it! In today’s marketplace, I would have been fired the first week…But they let me learn.”
— #BobEubanks, on hosting #TheNewlywedGameThe veteran game show host is 85 today.
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"We went on the air, I had a hit TV show, and I didn’t know how to do it! In today’s marketplace, I would have been fired the first week…But they let me learn.”
— #BobEubanks, on hosting #TheNewlywedGameThe veteran game show host is 85 today.
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“It takes a special skill to do it, which I happened to have.”
#MatchGame host #GeneRayburn (1917-1999) was #BornOnThisDay.
Before emceeing one of TV’s greatest game shows, he starred in #ByeByeBirdie and #ComeBlowYourHorn on Broadway!
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“I don’t like to be sad, so I’ve played mostly happy, silly characters.”
— #JoyceBulifantMurray’s wife from #TheMaryTylerMooreShow is 85 today.
She’s been a familiar face since the 1960s in movies like #Airplane and #TheHappiestMillionaire, game shows like #MatchGame, and more.
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"On most of the other shows, there are contestants between 20 and 40 who are physically attractive. They're pre-selected, they’ve learned the game, and they don’t have the same attitude as people right out of an audience. We’re the only show that does that….It looks different, it feels different, and it is different.”
— Bob Barker, on the enduring popularity of #ThePriceIsRightThe game show legend is 99 today.
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“I came to California in 1959 and I’ve never been out of work.”
Happy birthday (belatedly), #WinkMartindale!
The host of #ClassicGameShows like #TicTacDough is 89 — and still working as a radio DJ.
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"I had a ball on that show because I could do anything I wanted to. Of course, I got fired for it!"
— #JayePMorgan on her late '70s stint on #TheGongShowThe singer, actress, and (notorious) game show panelist is 91 today!
#BornOnThisDay #ClassicTV #1970s #1970sTV #ClassicGameShows #Nostalgia
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"People of all ages say to me…’I grew up with you. Thank you for all the good times.' If that’s my legacy, that’s pretty good.”
#DickClark (1929–2012) would have been 93 today.
#BornOnThisDay #ClassicTV #1970sTV #AmericanBandstand #NewYearsRockinEve #ClassicGameShows
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“Working with #EveArden taught me so much. #OurMissBrooks was one of the better experiences in my life. ”
— Richard Crenna (1926-2003), on his start in #OldTimeRadioThe Emmy-winning actor and director would have been 96 today.
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"Say, kids, what time is it?"
#BuffaloBobSmith (1917–1998) was #BornOnThisDay.
The radio D.J. created #HowdyDoody, then teamed up with the freckle-faced puppet for one of the most popular kids shows in TV history (1947-60 and again in 1976-77).