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Paul Vincent Shannon (November 11, 1909 – July 25, 1990) was a Pittsburgh radio and television announcer best known for hosting the local children's television show, Adventure Time, and for his part in bringing about the early sixties resurgence of The Three Stooges.
A high point of the show came each Christmas season, when Paul Shannon loaded children's letters to Santa Claus into a rocket and launched it to the North Pole. Santa later opened and read the letters on the air. Joe Negri took over the show after Shannon retired in 1975. Negri, the music director for ABC affiliate WTAE from 1960 to 1982, was ...
An invitation letter to appear on the show, from 1961. The series was hosted by Ricki Wertz and "Copper", a half whippet, half golden retriever with reddish hair, who in real life was owned by Wertz. The live program featured children in the audience and like most children shows back in the day featured fun, games, safety tips and cartoons.
When Craig Melvin was announced as Hoda Kotb’s replacement on the Today show for 2025, coanchor Savannah Guthrie and the entire NBC family were quick to celebrate the news. At the time, Kotb ...
NDZ/Star Max/GC Images Al Roker returned to starting his mornings on Today following the death of his ex-wife, Alice Bell. After skipping the NBC morning show’s Tuesday, February 11, episode ...
Shannon was married to the 56-year-old entrepreneur from 2000 to 2019. They split in September 2017 after 17 years of marriage. The former couple share three daughters: Stella, 19, and 16-yer-old ...
Darby Leigh Stanchfield (born April 29, 1971) [1] is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Abby Whelan in the ABC political drama series Scandal (2012–2018). ). Stanchfield is also known for roles as April Green in the CBS post-apocalyptic drama series Jericho (2006–07), and as Helen Bishop in the AMC period drama series Mad Men (2007–
His trio, with accordionlist Dom Trimarkie and bassist Lou Mauro, were the regular band on the live KDKA variety show Buzz and Bill, hosted by the team of Buzz Aston and Bill Hinds. Around 1960, WTAE, Pittsburgh's ABC television outlet, hired him as its music director. Negri played on various live programs and composed theme music as well.