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Mayor Fletcher Bowron of Los Angeles welcomed people to the first Emmy Awards ceremony, which was held Jan. 25, 1949, at the Hollywood Athletic Club. Before there was a Peak TV era, before there were performances from Mary Tyler Moore, Cloris Leachman or Julia Louis-Dreyfus, there was Judy Splinters. “Judy Splinters,” a children’s television show hosted by a 20-year-old ventriloquist named Shirley Dinsdale and her puppet — wait for it — Judy Splinters, was nominated for the so-called most popular program at the very first Emmy Awards. All nominated shows had to have been filmed in Los Angeles, and the award show itself was only broadcast on a local station in Los Angeles. “It was so brand-new,” Dinsdale told The Los Angeles Times in 1998.
Persons: Fletcher Bowron, Mary Tyler Moore, Cloris Leachman, Julia Louis, Dreyfus, Judy, Shirley Dinsdale, Dinsdale, John Leverence, , ” Dinsdale, , ” Leverence, , That’s Organizations: Hollywood Athletic Club, Television Academy, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, KTLA, Times, Lucky Locations: Los Angeles, Los
A low-flying helicopter sparked a mating frenzy at a crocodile farm in Australia. The crocs may have mistaken the chopper's sound for a storm or rival males. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . But for the reptilian residents of a crocodile farm, a low-flying chopper seemed to signal mating season. It's not quite clear what about the Chinook helicopter excited the crocs, but experts suspect the animals may have mistaken it for a thunderstorm.
Persons: It's, , John Lever, herpetologist Mark O'Shea, O'Shea Organizations: Service, ABC, University of Wolverhampton, Live Locations: Australia, Queensland
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