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  The Danny Thomas Show - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Danny Thomas Show (also known as Make Room for Daddy for the first three seasons) was a comedy television series starring Danny Thomas, Jean Hagen, Rusty Hamer, Sherry Jackson and Louise Beavers.
The Danny Thomas Show is also notable as having been the vehicle by which The Andy Griffith Show spun off.
The character of Andy Taylor appeared in an episode in which Danny Williams was caught for speeding in the small fictional town of Mayberry, North Carolina.
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 Danny Thomas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Danny Thomas (January 6, 1914 - February 6, 1991) was an American nightclub comedian and television and film actor of Lebanese Antiochian Orthodox descent.
Danny Thomas was born Muzyad Yakhoob in Deerfield, Michigan.
Thomas later became a successful television producer, working on many popular shows including The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mod Squad.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Danny_Thomas   (223 words)

  
 The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
"Danny Thomas is a legend, one of the pioneers of television, as not only a performer, but as a very successful producer.
Thomas started in the entertainment business in 1934 at a radio station in Detroit, eventually moving to Chicago radio in 1940 where he also worked as a master of ceremonies at several nightclubs including the 5100 Club until 1943.
Thomas was actively involved in St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital until he died of a heart attack in 1991.
www.emmys.org /primetime/2004/news/dannythomas.php   (615 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Danny Thomas
The Mod Squad was a television police drama from executive producer Danny Thomas in the United States that ran from 1968-1973.
Marlo Thomas (born Margaret Julia Thomas on November 21, 1937 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actress, first appearing on the scene as That Girl in the 1960s ABC sitcom.
Tony Thomas is a TV producer, who has produced such TV series as Nurses, Hermans Head, Blossom, Empty Nest, Beauty and the Beast (series), Golden Girls, Heartland (television series), and Its a Living, as well as the Robin Williams movie Dead Poets Society.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Danny-Thomas   (686 words)

  
 Danny Thomas biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Danny Thomas (January 6, 1914 - February 6, 1991) was an American television and film actor of Lebanese descent.
Thomas was born in Deerfield, Michigan under the name Muzyad Yakhoob.
His most famous role was on his self-titled television show, The Danny Thomas Show.
danny-thomas.biography.ms   (81 words)

  
 City of Austin - City of Austin: Austin City Council - Mayor Pro Tem Danny Thomas
Council Member Thomas ran for re-election in June 2003 and was victorious for the position of Place 6 on the City Council.
During that ride, Thomas came to realize two things: Foremost, that a police officer's main responsibility is to serve and protect the community; and secondly, it is sometimes best serving an individual if he/she is not put behind bars but referred to outreach services.
Thomas believes that helping people to survive and cope with the trauma of losing a family member is one of his most rewarding experiences.
www.ci.austin.tx.us /council/thomas_bio.htm   (497 words)

  
 Danny Thomas Story
Danny saved enough from jobs as a bus boy, punch-press operator's assistant, and a lumber yard watchman to buy a couple of suits and several pairs of shoes so he could go to Detroit to look for a job in show business.
Danny went on to become one of the best-loved entertainers of his time, starring in shows in New York and Chicago, Hollywood movies and in the television series "Make Room for Daddy," (ABC-TV), which evolved into one of the most successful and honored family comedy shows in television history.
From Danny's pledge that hospital care would be accessible to all children, regardless of their ability to pay, grew ALSAC®, one of the most successful fund-raising organizations in American history.
www.stjude.tv /danny_thomas_story.cfm   (533 words)

  
 Daily Celebrations ~ Danny Thomas,What You Do For Others~ April 24 ~ Ideas to motivate, educate, and inspire
Danny was also immensely successful as a television producer, collaborating with powerhouses Sheldon Leonard and Aaron Spelling to produce many classic programs.
Thomas is also personally responsible for casting Mary Tyler Moore as Laura Petrie in the Dick Van Dyke Show.
Thomas insisted that knowledge gained from the cutting-edge research facility would be "freely shared with the rest of the world" and that "no child would be refused treatment based on an inability to pay."
www.dailycelebrations.com /042400.htm   (352 words)

  
 Thomas, Danny
Danny Thomas was one of television's most beloved and enduring entertainers.
Thomas began his career as the stand-up comic Amos Jacobs, developing his story-telling shtick into a familiar routine of lengthy narratives peppered with a blend of Irish, Yiddish, Lebanese and Italian witticisms.
Thomas obtained his own program when agent Abe Lastfogel pressured fledgling network ABC into accepting Thomas as part of their terms for acquiring the much-coveted Ray Bolger.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/T/htmlT/thomasdanny/thomasdanny.htm   (1188 words)

  
 College Sporting News
Danny and his brothers attended Irondale schools, where Danny was active in soccer and baseball until ninth grade.
Danny was the team’s captain that year, and was named to the All-Conference team.
Danny began his freshman year at St. Thomas on the junior varsity, but moved up to the varsity by Christmas.
www.collegesportingnews.com /article.asp?articleid=67085   (1599 words)

  
 Significant Decision Danny B. Thomas 40665   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The issue in this appeal, restated, requires a determination of the right of Carol Ann Thomas, an illegitimate child, to benefits under the Workmen's Compensation Act of this state in view of the definition of the term "child" as contained in RCW 51.32.005.
At the time of claimant's industrial injury of April 3, 1968, he was an unmarried man who had one child, Carol Ann Thomas, born March 19, 1966, whom he was supporting but who was not in his custody.
On April 3, 1968, Carol Ann Thomas was in the custody of Georgina Olebar, her natural mother, who was then living separate and apart from the claimant.
www.biia.wa.gov /40665.htm   (1901 words)

  
 * Danny Thomas - (Stars): Definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Griffith ShowDanny Thomas (January 6, 1914 - February 6, 1991) was an American television and film actor of Lebanese descent...
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 The Thomas Family Legacy
Thomas has been a spokesperson for the hospital before many groups across the nation including ESA International, a volunteer service organization working to make a positive difference locally, nationally and internationally.
Thomas and his partners were responsible for many top television series, including "Soap," "Benson," "The Golden Girls," "Empty Nest," "The John Larroquette Show" and "Brotherly Love." Thomas and Witt also produced the feature film "Dead Poet's Society," a Touchstone Pictures release that met with resounding critical success and captured an Oscar for Best Screenplay.
Thomas blazed the trail as television's first single woman living alone in the hit series "That Girl" and has since produced numerous inspiring projects such as the beloved television special, book and record "Free to Be…You and Me." Ms.
www.stjude.tv /thomas_family_legacy.cfm   (578 words)

  
 Greater Florida Mass Choir
Danny Thomas, the sixth child of six children was born to the late Mother Sarah Dukes Thomas.
In October 1994 Thomas was consecrated and ordained an Elder by Bishop James Morton.
Elder Thomas serves as CEO and Executive Director of the Greater Florida Mass Choir, Inc. With divine vision from God and His Holy Spirit, in May 2002 Elder Thomas, organized and founded Promise Records, Incorporated where he serves as President and CEO.
www.greaterfloridamasschoir.com /exec.htm   (439 words)

  
 George Bush Presidential Library and Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The death of Danny Thomas leaves a noticeable void in the world of American humor.
Danny Thomas entertained Presidents from Eisenhower to the present.
It became more than a leading research center dedicated to finding cures for children's cancer and other diseases, but a symbol of the love that one man had for his fellow man. That was Danny Thomas.
bushlibrary.tamu.edu /research/papers/1991/91020605.html   (183 words)

  
 Danny's Promise   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
More than 50 years ago, Danny Thomas, then a struggling young entertainer with $7 in his pocket, knelt in a Detroit church before a statue of St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of hopeless causes.
In 1955, Thomas and a group of Memphis businessmen who had agreed to help support his dream seized on the idea of creating a unique research hospital devoted to curing catastrophic diseases in children.
He was laid to rest in a family crypt at the Danny Thomas / ALSAC Pavilion on the grounds of the hospital.
www.stjude.org /about-st-jude/0,2569,460_3202,00.html   (1030 words)

  
 FROM HIS PROMISE, the story of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
To pay the costs of the hospital’s research and treatment, Danny brought together fellow Arab-Americans and formed American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities, destined to be one of this country’s most successful fund-raising organizations.
Danny Thomas, ALSAC, and St. Jude Children’s Hospital took on the challenge of fighting childhood cancer despite overwhelming odds.
Yet, researchers were undaunted by the odds; their unwaivering dedication has brought overall survival rates for childhood cancers up to 60 percent since the hospital’s opening in 1962.
www.abooks.com /stjude   (556 words)

  
 St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Danny Thomas
While Danny was on the road, the children took over his space in the home, and when he returned, they had to shift bedrooms and move their belongings to "make room for Daddy."
In 1957 the renamed Danny Thomas Show was moved to CBS and aired on Monday night in the 9 p.m.
Danny's real-life children also became important in show business; son, Tony, produced such hit shows as Golden Girls and Empty Nest, and daughter, Marlo,; starred in the hit series That Girl.
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 August 12, 1999 TOP 100 CATHOLICS: (aug12top.htm)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Danny agreed with the idea which moved him greatly that he could fulfill this promise he made and the rest, as they say, is history.
Danny had always been proud of his ethnic heritage as a Lebanese American and felt that more immigrants from the mideast who had accomplished their American dream should give something back to their ancestors through good deeds.
There were 9,000 in attendance at the inauguration of the hospital as Danny stood teary-eyed beneath the impressive 5,000 pound ten-foot high marble statue of Saint Jude Thaddeus from Rome.
www.dailycatholic.org /issue/archives/1999Aug/151aug12,vol.10,no.151txt/aug12top.htm   (1497 words)

  
 On the Move: Council Member Danny Thomas Appointed to Capital Metro Board
Thomas took the oath of office, administered by Vice-Chairperson Margaret Gomez, at the Capital Metro board meeting.
Thomas' calling to public service came when he decided to ride along with a former high school classmate who had become a police officer.
During that ride, Thomas came to realize two things: first, that a police officer's main responsibility is to serve the community; and second, sometimes it best serves an individual if he/she is not put behind bars but referred to outreach services.
www.enewsbuilder.net /capmet/e_article000076504.cfm   (393 words)

  
 Danny Thomas at the Copacabana - 1953
Danny Thomas' performance in a two-hour dinner show on his return Thursday to Jules Podell's Copacabana in a night club classic that ranks with a memorable night in the theater.
I can remember few such touching sights as the capacity Copa audience looking with the misty eyes as Danny and his pretty little television pal, Bunny Lewbel, visitor in the audience, sing the title song from "I'll See You in My Dreams," the film in which Thomas portrays the great lyric writer, Gus Kahn.
Danny and members of Michael Durso's orchestra open the show with their allegiance to the management.
www.bigbandsandbignames.com /dannythomas.html   (445 words)

  
 SikhSpectrum.com Monthly. Danny Thomas: To America With Love   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
When founder Danny Thomas was a struggling entertainer, he questioned whether God wanted him to have a show business career.
A few days later Thomas landed a job as headline comedian at the 5100 Club, which led to his career as a popular actor and producer.
In 1985, Danny was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor, the highest civilian award.
www.sikhspectrum.com /052003/stjude.htm   (1170 words)

  
 famous maronites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Danny Thomas was born in Deerfield, Michigan, the fifth of ten children born of Maronite-Lebanese immigrants.
Thomas performed for five Presidents: Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson.
He served on the faculty of Thomas M. Cooley School of Law from 1981 to 1983.
www.maronitechurch.org.uk /famous/famous.html   (2238 words)

  
 Danny Thomas
Born Muzyad Yakhoob in Dearborn, Michigan, and later known as Amos Jacobs, Danny Thomas was best known for his television portrayal of Danny Williams on Make Room For Daddy.
Danny Thomas also founded the St. Jude's Children Research Hospital in Memphis in 1962 and raised $12 million annually to keep it operating.
Brother Thomas' initiation on March 15, 1984 led to a brief withdrawal of recognition by the Grand Lodge of California of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey from August 29, 1984 to October 19, 1984, as Thomas was a resident of California at the time.
freemasonry.bcy.ca /biography/jacobs_a/thomas_d.html   (164 words)

  
 Danny Thomas / ALSAC Pavilion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The life of Danny Thomas and the history of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital are commemorated in the Danny Thomas / ALSAC Pavilion, located on the campus of St. Jude.
One alcove in the Pavilion is dedicated to Thomas' life as a humanitarian, including an entire wall filled with hundreds of awards, honorary degrees and keys to cities that he received from admirers over the years.
The architectural layout of the Danny Thomas / ALSAC Pavilion emits a star-like shape with five alcoves surrounding the rotunda.
www.stjude.org /about-st-jude/0,2569,460_3203,00.html   (531 words)

  
 Danny Thomas
Danny Thomas was born in Deerfield, Michigan, the fifth of ten children born of Lebanese immigrants.
At age 10, he was selling newspapers on the street and candy in a burlesque theater.
He married Rosemarie Mantell, whom he met while singing on the radio show "The Happy Hour Club." As the birth of their first child approached, Thomas was earning a precarious living.
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 Amazon.ca: Books: Make Room for Danny [Large Print]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The son of poor Lebanese immigrants, the entertainer was born in 1914 on a horse farm in Michigan and grew up among Jewish, Irish, Italian and other new Americans, an ethnic mix that provides the material for the comic's storytelling routines.
After breaking into radio in his youth, Thomas rose to fame in films and TV, remained married to his wife of 54 years, Rose Marie.
He attributes his successful life to a kept promise to St. Jude to found and support a children's hospital in his name, an institution for which Thomas was awarded the Congressional Medal.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0816152519   (363 words)

  
 Danny Thomas Show
If you are going to start watching the Danny Thomas Show again, this is the season to begin with and the DVD set to own.
As one of the few sitcoms ever to exceed a decade on the air, Danny Thomas was unique in many ways.
Generously provided with the set is the 4th season episode in which Danny and Kathy get married.
www.fiftiesweb.com /tv/danny-thomas-dvd.html   (289 words)

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