20 Iconic TV Shows Awarded First-Class Stamps of Approval

20 Iconic TV Shows Awarded First-Class Stamps of Approval

What: First-Day-of-Issue dedication ceremony for the 44-cent Early TV Memories First-Class commemorative stamps.

   Who:    Participants   --  Carl Reiner, director, producer, writer and actor   --  Jayne Meadows Allen, actress (Steve Allen's wife)   --  John Shaffner, chairman, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences    --  James Miller, III, U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors member    Attendees   --  June Lockhart (Timmy's mother Ruth Martin of Lassie)   --  Lassie   --  Barbara Hale (Della Street of Perry Mason)   --  Ozzie and Harriet's grandchildren Tracy Nelson (actress)   --  Groucho Marx's son Arthur Marx   --  Jack Webb's wife Opal   --  William Boyd's (Hopalong Cassidy) wife Grace Bradley Boyd   --  Milton Berle's wife Lorna Berle   --  Clayton Moore's (The Lone Ranger) daughter Dawn Moore   --  Phil Silvers' daughter Tracey Silvers   --  William Talman's (Perry Mason District Attorney) son, actor Tim Talman   --  Steve Allen's son Bill Allen    --  Red Skelton's wife Lothian Skelton    When:  10:30 a.m. PT, Aug. 11, 2009    Where:   Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre   Academy of Television Arts and Sciences   5230 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91605    Background:   

The Early TV Memories commemorated in the 20 stamp set include: Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet; Alfred Hitchcock Presents; Dinah Shore Show; Dragnet; Ed Sullivan Show; George Burns & Gracie Allen Show; Hopalong Cassidy; The Honeymooners; Howdy Doody; I Love Lucy; Kukla, Fran and Ollie; Lassie; The Lone Ranger; Perry Mason; Phil Silvers Show; The Red Skelton Show; Texaco Star Theater; Tonight Show; Twilight Zone; and, You Bet Your Life.

   Some of the memorabilia on display include:   --  The Lone Ranger's silver bullet and mask Clayton Moore wore for       personal appearances,   --  Howdy Doody   --  Buffalo Bob's tunic    --  Groucho's "duck" from You Bet Your Life   

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CONTACT: Mark Saunders, (O) +1-202-268-6524, (C) +1-202-320-0782, mark.r.saunders@usps.gov; or Rich Maher, (O) +1-714-662-6350, Aug. 11 call (C) +1-714-307-0202, richard.j.maher@usps.gov

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