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Hello everyone, this is Keep Smiling 's
200th issue of the Keep Smiling
newsletter since I started publishing the newsletter on the website.
We have shared many smiles and jokes and games over the past years. I would
like to take this time to recap some of the changes that Keep
Smiling has gone thru.
Keep Smiling started out as an email newsletter approximately six years ago. Any online editor can relate to the problems that we use to encounter trying to send ezines out on AOL. After a couple of problems Keep Smiling was moved to the WWW so everyone would have the opportunity to view the newsletter the same way.
In this issue along with the jokes you will find links to various parts of the Keep Smiling website. Some are really old some not so old. This is a very long issue so you may want to bookmark it now.
Fun TV Facts
~*~ For many years, the globe on the NBC Nightly News spun in the wrong direction. On January 2, 1984, NBC finally set the world spinning back in the proper direction.
~*~ The 1st televised presidential debate was September 26, 1960, between Nixon and Kennedy.
~*~ The 1st live televised murder was in 1963, when Jack Ruby killed JFK's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald while millions of viewers watched.
~*~ By the time a child finishes elementary school she will have witnessed 8,000 murders and 100,000 acts of violence on television.
~*~ "60 Minutes" is the only show on CBS that doesn't have a theme song.
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More Fun TV Facts
~*~ The first toy product ever advertised on television was Mr. Potato Head. Introduced in 1952, Mr. Potato Head took advantage of TV's explosive growth to gain access to tens of millions of newly "plugged-in" households.
~*~ Casey Kasem is the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo.
Hey Pull Over Buddy
A police officer pulls a guy over for speeding and has the following exchange:
Officer: May I see your driver's license?
Driver: I don't have one. I had it suspended when I got my 5th DUI.
Officer: May I see the owner's card for this vehicle?
Driver: It's not my car. I stole it.
Officer: The car is stolen?
Driver: That's right. But come to think of it, I think I saw the owner's card in the glove box when I was putting my gun in there.
Officer: There's a gun in the glove box?
Driver: Yes sir. That's where I put it after I shot and killed the woman who owns this car and stuffed her in the trunk.
Officer: There's a BODY in the TRUNK?!?!?
Driver: Yes, sir.
Hearing this, the officer immediately called his captain. The car was quickly surrounded by police, and the captain approached the driver to handle the tense situation:
Captain: Sir, can I see your license?
Driver: Sure. Here it is.
It was valid.
Captain: Who's car is this?
Driver: It's mine, officer. Here's the owner's card.
The driver owned the car.
Captain: Could you slowly open your glove box so I can see if there's a gun in it?
Driver: Yes, sir, but there's no gun in it.
Sure enough, there was nothing in the glove box.
Captain: Would you mind opening your trunk? I was told you said there's a body in it.
Driver: No problem.
Trunk is opened; no body.
Captain: I don't understand it. The officer who stopped you said you told him you didn't have a license, stole the car, had a gun in the glove box, and that there was a dead body in the trunk.
Driver: Yeah, I'll bet the lying s.o.b. told you I was speeding, too!
More Fun TV Facts
~*~ Before Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat was the most popular cartoon character.
~*~ On the cartoon show 'The Jetsons,' Jane is 33 years old and her daughter Judy is 15.
~*~ Boris Karloff is the narrator of the seasonal television special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas."
The Choir
It was visitors day at the State Mental Hospital. All the inmates were standing in the courtyard and singing "AveMaria." And singing it beautifully. Oddly, each of them was holding a red apple in one hand and tapping it rhythmically with a pencil.
A visitor listened in wonderment to the performance and then approached the choir. "I am a retired choir director," he said. "This is one of the best choirs I have ever heard."
"Yes, I'm very proud of them," said the conductor.
"You should take them on tour," said the visitor, "What are they called?"
"Surely that's obvious," replied the conductor. "They are the.... Moron Tapanapple Choir."
More Fun TV Facts
~*~ The characters of Homer, Marge, Lisa, and Maggie were given the same first names as Simpsons creator Matt Groening's real-life father, mother, and two sisters.
~*~ Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.
~*~ Cheryl Ladd (of Charlie's Angels fame) played the voice, both talking and singing, of Josie in the 70s Saturday morning cartoon Josie and the Pussycats.
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~*~ What do Lee Meriweather, Eartha Kitt, and Julie Newmar all have in common? They all played Catwoman on Batman.
~*~ The name of Popeye's adopted son is Swee'pea.
~*~ The characters in "The Addams Family" did not have names in the "New Yorker" cartoons; Charles Addams created their names when the television series in the 1960s was developed.
~*~ Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, was home to Rocky and Bullwinkle.
~*~ Muppets creator Jim Henson first created Kermit in 1955 - as a lizard. He was made from Henson's mother's coat and two halves of a Ping-Pong ball (no flipper feet or eleven-point collar).
~*~ Walt Disney named Mickey Mouse after Mickey Rooney, whose mother he dated for some time.
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More Fun TV Facts
~*~ Mickey Mouse's ears are always turned to the front, no matter which direction his head is pointing.
~*~ Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
~*~ John Larroquette of "Night Court" and "The John Larroquette Show" was the narrator of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."
~*~ Alan Thicke, the father in the TV show 'Growing Pains' wrote the theme songs for 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes'.
Pilot Stunts
A couple of F-15's are escorting a C-130 Hercules, and their pilots are chatting with the pilot of the transport to pass the time. Talk comes around to the relative merits of their respective aircraft.
The fighter pilots contend that their airplanes were better because of their superior speed, maneuverability, weaponry, and so forth, and pointed out the Hercules deficiencies in these areas.
After taking this for a while, the C-130 pilot says, "Oh yeah? Well, I can do a few things in this old girl that you'd only dream about."
Naturally, the fighter pilots challenge him to demonstrate.
"Just watch," comes the quick retort.
And so they watch. But all they see is that C-130 continue to fly straight and level...
After several minutes the Hercules pilot comes back on the air, "There! How was that?"
The fighter pilots reply, "What are you talking about? What did you do?"
And the Hercules pilot replies, "Well, I got up, stretched my legs, and got a cup of coffee."
More Fun TV Facts
~*~ That's Paul Reiser playing the piano on the 'Mad About You' theme.
~*~ The Andy Griffith Show was the first spin-off in TV history. It was a spin-off of the Danny Thomas Show.
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~*~ Kelsey Grammer sings and plays the piano for the theme song of Fraiser.
~*~ The American situation comedy "Sanford and Son" was adapted from the British show, "Steptoe and Son".
~*~ Gilligan of Gilligan's Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy.
~*~ The Professor on "Gilligan's Island" was named Roy Hinkley.
~*~ The skipper's real name on Gilligan's Island is Jonas Grumby. It was mentioned once in the first episode on their radio's newscast about the wreck.
~*~ Gary Burgoff (Radar on MASH) always kept his left hand out of the view of the camera, either in his pocket or under a clipboard, because his left hand is deformed.
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~*~ Jamie Farr (who played Klinger on M*A*S*H) was the only member of the cast who actually served as a soldier in the Korean War.
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~*~ Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of "Lorne Greene's Wild Kingdom."
~*~ Sharon Stone was the first Star Search spokes model.
~*~ Ralph Kramden made 62 dollars a week.
~*~ Hugh "Ward Cleaver" Beaumont was an ordained minister.
~*~ Producers of the Dick Van Dyke show originally considered casting Johnny Carson as 'Rob Petrie'.
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~*~ More than 60 actresses were interviewed before settling on Mary Tyler Moore as 'Laura'.
~*~ Helen Hunt got her start on the Mary Tyler Moore Show. She played Murray Slaughter's daughter.
More Fun TV Facts
~*~ Some television families' home addresses: The Simpsons - 714 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield; The Bunkers (All In The Family) - 704 Hauser, Queens; The Munsters - 1313 Mockingbird Lane, Mockingbird Heights
~*~ The first female guest host of Saturday Night Live was Candace Bergen.
More Fun TV Facts
~*~ The first episode of "Joanie Loves Chachi" was the highest rated American program in the history of Korean television. By the way, "chachi" is Korean for "penis".
~*~ Actor Tom Selleck made multiple appearances on the U.S. game show "The Dating Game". He was always bachelor number two, and NEVER won.
~*~ The famous dum-de-dum-dum theme, obstensively from 'Dragnet', was actually composed by Miklos Rozsa for the 1946 film noir classic, 'The Killers'.
~*~ Gunsmoke debuted on CBS-TV in 1955, and went on to become the longest-running (20 years) series on television.
More Fun TV Facts
~*~ Elvis Presley made his first appearance on national television in 1956. He sang Blue Suede Shoes and Heartbreak Hotel on "The Dorsey Brothers Show."
~*~ The "Miss America" pageant made its network TV debut on ABC In 1954. Miss California, Lee Ann Meriwether, was crowned the winner.
~*~ Lucy Ricardo's maiden name was McGillicudy.
~*~ Petey, the beloved pit bull of "Our Gang" fame is buried at historic Clara Glen pet cemetery in Linwood, New Jersey.
~*~ Lenny Kravitz's mother played the part of "Helen" on "The Jeffersons."
~*~ Johnny Carson was born in Corning, Iowa and grew up in Norfolk, Nebraska.
~*~ Beaver Cleaver's locker number was #9.
~*~ The blond woman in the Tic Tac yoga commercials is Mark Harmon's sister.
More Fun TV Facts
~*~ Joe Friday, from Dragnet (later known as Badge 714), lived in Eagle Rock, California.
~*~ Comedian/actor Billy Crystal portrayed Jodie Dallas, the first openly gay main character on network television on ABC's Soap, which aired from 1977 to 1981.
~*~ James Doohan (Scottie, Star Trek) is missing the entire middle finger on his right hand.
~*~ The name of the Vulcan's heaven is Sha Ka Ree.
~*~ Mr. Spock's blood type was T-Negative.
~*~ The identification number of the Starship Enterprise is NCC-1701.
~*~ Captain Kirk never said "Beam me up, Scotty," but he did say, "Beam me up, Mr. Scott."
~*~ The 1st interracial kiss on TV took place Nov. 22, 1968 between Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols) on an episode of "Star Trek."
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