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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sat Jul 30, 2022, 12:42 PM Jul 2022

Actor Edd Byrnes was #BornOnThisDay July 30,1932. Survived a troubled adolescence ...

Actor Edd Byrnes was #BornOnThisDay July 30,1932. Survived a troubled adolescence which included prostitution, before reaching film &TV stardom. Remembered for the TV's "77 Sunset Strip"1958-'64. Burdened with #addiction he later gained sobriety before passing in 2020(age 87)#RIP



Edd Byrnes & Connie Stevens "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb"
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Edd Byrnes & Connie Stevens "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb"
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Saturday Night Beech-Nut Show. April 04, 1959.

My mom used to love this show.



77 Sunset Strip (1958)
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A clip from the second episode of the series. Kookie (Edd Byrnes) and Stuart Bailey (Efrem Zimbalist, Jr) at one of their usual cool briefings.
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Actor Edd Byrnes was #BornOnThisDay July 30,1932. Survived a troubled adolescence ... (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 OP
Great show! Opening: cast announced and we would all say Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. together because CurtEastPoint Jul 2022 #1
I had the biggest crush on Kookie as a girl. Arkansas Granny Jul 2022 #2

CurtEastPoint

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1. Great show! Opening: cast announced and we would all say Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. together because
Sat Jul 30, 2022, 12:45 PM
Jul 2022

it was such a cool name.

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