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	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Television (Early to Bed)
		Mary Kay had been modeling junior wear on a weekly TV show when her husband pitched the idea of a television-based domestic comedy to a sponsor.
		Johnny got the go-ahead to produce a single episode, so he wrote a light comedic script about a newly-married couple who lived in a Greenwich Village apartment, just as he and Mary Kay, also a newly-married couple, did.
		Mary Kay and Johnny's apartment included a bedroom (but not a bathroom), and their bedroom had but a single bed, which they shared.
	www.snopes.com /radiotv/tv/marykay.htm (648 words)

	Plot Summary for "Mary Kay and Johnny" (1947) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Her husband, Johnny, was a sane, sensible banker who had to rescue her from herself.
		Because Mary Kay's pregnancy was hard to hide, his birth was incorporated into the show.
		During shooting, he either lay in his bassinet or was held by one of the Stearns or Mary Kay's mother.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0128883/plotsummary (211 words)

	Site In A Box - The Arts - Story50 years later, Mary Kay and Johnny recall TV's first sitcom 11/14/97
		Mary Kay, a homemaker, was as cute as a button and somewhat of a screwball.
		Or maybe Mary Kay left the apartment with a cake in the oven, leaving the culinarily-challenged Johnny to finish the task.
		Mary Kay's second pregnancy spelled the end of the series -- that, and the growing fatigue she shared with Johnny.
	www.news-star.com /stories/111497/art_sitcom.html (1007 words)

	Situation comedy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first in the United States was probably Mary Kay and Johnny, a fifteen minute sitcom which debuted on the DuMont Television Network in November of 1947.
		A common aspect of family sitcoms is that at some point in their run they introduce an addition to the family in the form of a new baby.
		Mary Kay and Johnny was followed by The Goldbergs which first aired on January 17, 1949.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Situation_comedy (2748 words)

	Townhall.com :: Columns :: Mary Kay's crime pays by Brent Bozell - May 27, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Take Mary Kay LeTourneau, the grade-school art teacher who first collided with the TV news cycle in 1997 when, as a 35-year-old mother of four, she was convicted of seducing a 12-year-old boy into sex.
		But today's media will rationalize anything to draw eyeballs to the tube, so when Mary Kay's conquest, a boy named Vili Fualaau, grew into a man, and she was eventually released from prison, the next stage of infamy could ensue: They would be married.
		Mary Kay was delighted that Paramount took their time and money to promote her side of the adultery/pedophilia argument against the troublesome opinions of the public.
	www.townhall.com /columnists/brentbozell/bb20050527.shtml (859 words)

	Anecdote - Mary Kathlyn ["Mary Kay"] Wagner Ash - Mary Kay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Kay left Stanley Home Products in 1953 when she was passed over for a management position in favor of a man she had trained.
		Cadillacs painted Mary Kay Pink (as the color was known) by the automaker.
		Ash, Mary Kathlyn ["Mary Kay"] Wagner (?-2001) American direct sales entrepreneur, founder of Mary Kay cosmetics (1963) and the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation (1996) [noted for her love of the color pink, for her mentoring and motivational management approach, for her annual extravaganzas and sales conventions, and for her autobiography, Mary Kay (1981)]
	www.anecdotage.com /index.php?aid=4613 (244 words)

	Trivia and useless fun.
		Because of the inherent limitations of live television, most of the episodes of Mary Kay and Johnny were set in the couple's apartment.
		Mary Kay and Johnny's apartment included a bedroom and their bedroom had but a single bed, which they shared.
		Unfortunately, not even kinescopes of Mary Kay and Johnny have survived, so it exists only in the memories of those who saw the program during its original run over half a century ago.
	www.thews.net /cg/trivia.htm (1252 words)

	Actor johnny mann
		The Johnny Mann Singers (1963-1964) The Earl Brown Singers (1964-1967) The Tony...
		Character actor Johnny Mann dies at age 73 Apr 30, 2004 He landed character roles in various TV shows, including "Remington Steele" "The A-Team" and had a...
		Johnny Mann, actor, of complications from cancer, 73.
	www.malltm.com /actor-johnny-mann.html (1728 words)

	Miscellaneous Albany County, NY, Obituaries
		NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Johnny Stearns, who wrote the popular "Mary Kay and Johnny" show during its 2 1/2-year run and went on to a career as a television producer, director and host, died Wednesday at a Newport Beach, Calif., hospital of complications from a fall.
		The character of Johnny, the more serious of the pair, was a banker; and Mary Kay was his homemaker wife, who was prone to getting into odd predicaments.
		It was during this period that he met Mary Kay Jones, whom he married in 1946.
	www.obitcentral.com /obitsearch/obits/ny/ny-albany32.htm (4599 words)

	Zap2it - TV news - Sitcom Pioneer Johnny Stearns Dies
		"Mary Kay and Johnny" premiered on th DuMont Network in 1947, four years before "I Love Lucy." The 15-minute show, in which Stearns and his wife, Mary Kay, played versions of themselves, was an instant hit.
		Disappointed at the quality of a show his wife appeared on in 1947, Johnny Stearns, at the time an accomplished Broadway actor, told the stage manager he could write something better.
		Stearns based most of his scripts for "Mary Kay and Johnny" on things that happened to the couple in real life, heightening the comic elements for broadcast.
	tv.zap2it.com /tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271\|72433\|1\|,00.html (315 words)

	Straight from the Hip by Matthew Alice \| www.sdreader.com
		From 1947 to 1950, there was a sitcom called Mary Kay and Johnny that showed them in a double bed.
		Their names were Mary Kay and Johnny Stearns.
		Mary Kay and Johnny was also the first situation comedy on network TV.
	www.sdreader.com /php/ma_show.php?id=050902B (680 words)

	NewStandard: 5/1/99
		The series was "Mary Kay and Johnny." Its star gave birth a half-hour before airtime.
		Then viewers watched her co-star and real-life husband perform solo as the expectant TV father, pacing the floor until he got word about his TV wife: Mary Kay was now a TV mom.
		Forever barging in on Ray and his wife, Marie (played by Doris Roberts) is an expert at the put-down that masquerades as helpfulness.
	www.s-t.com /daily/05-99/05-01-99/b03ae072.htm (764 words)

	50 Years and Counting . The Boston Phoenix . 12-01-97
		The Mary Tyler Moore show could offer surprises all the way into its seventh season, such as when Mary and her father-like boss, Lou Grant, share a romantic dinner to see whether there's any sexual chemistry between them.
		The series ended with Mary calling her colleagues at WJM-TV a "family," reflecting the fact that most adult sit-coms had moved to the workplace.
		It was a dead-on parody of soap operas that never winked at the audience (dispensing with a laugh track), leaving many viewers simply confused.
	www.filmvault.com /filmvault/boston/t/tv1.html (6436 words)

	Vanguard News Network Forum - Crazy Multicultural White Women Series, Installment 1: Mary Kay LeTourneau
		Mary Kay's only problem is she fucked with an underage
		Kay was happy for her father even as she continued to
		Kay apparently saw him as an adult in a boy’s body.
	www.vnnforum.com /showthread.php?t=5375 (1877 words)

	TV ACRES: Broadcast Firsts - Pregnancy
		TV's earliest primetime delivery was on the sitcom MARY KAY AND JOHNNY that starred Mary Kay Stearns and Johnny Stearns who played themselves on the series.
		In December, 1948 Mary Kay gave birth in real-life to a baby boy named Christopher.
		Within a month of his birth, the baby was written into the script.
	www.tvacres.com /broad_pregnancy.htm (291 words)

	The Anniston Star - The Museum of TV and Radio: Like the Louvre, full of video and sound
		There’s also the first reality show, Queen for a Day (1956), and the first sitcom ever to show a married couple sharing a bed (Mary Kay and Johnny in 1947).
		However, you won’t find Cavett’s famous interview with the novelist Mary McCarthy in 1980, in which she mocked the playwright Lillian Hellman ("every word she writes is a lie, including ‘and’ and ‘the’"), which led to their legendary feud and lawsuit.
		Nowadays, no master tape of a show, no matter how insignificant, is thrown away; in the era of the Internet and cable, everything has resale or rerun potential.
	www.dailyhome.com /entertainment/2004/as-tv-0704-0-4g03v3730.htm (752 words)

	AskMen.com - TV firsts
		Mary Kay and Johnny stars Mary Kay and John Stearns broke new ground in the late '40s when they became the first couple to share a bed.
		Other couples weren't spotted sharing sheets again until the 1960s when Fred and Wilma routinely made their Bedrock bed rock with cartoonish enthusiasm.
		Try Mary Kay and Johnny; they were television's very first sitcom.
	www.askmen.com /toys/top_10_100/114_top_10_list.html (591 words)

	Mary Kay Adams Chat
		Mary Kay was gracious enough to join us here on August 14th for a chat.
		[ScooterB] Mary Kay, which sci-fi series was your fav.
		[ScooterB] Mary Kay, you were in a scene on Roseanne with Mr.
	www.geocities.com /TelevisionCity/6608/marykaychat.html (2888 words)

	NewStandard: 11/17/97
		Mary Kay and Johnny introduced a new artform to television
		It would have been the perfect November "sweeps" ratings-getter: "Bill Cosby and the Olsen Twins Salute 50 Years of TV Sitcoms...
		The sitcom's big Five-O arrives just weeks into a TV season gorged with more sitcoms than ever before.
	www.s-t.com /daily/11-97/11-17-97/digest.html (4303 words)

	What ever happened to Karen Grassle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I was later corrected, Ozzie and Harriet had a queen-size bed.
		"Mary Kay and Johnny" were the first in 1947, Mary Kay also was shown pregnant on this early sit-com.
		And since "Mary Kay and Johnny" was the first sit-com, I don't think I'll ever have to correct my answer again!
	www.mortystv.com /q1c.shtml (185 words)

	Bedtime for Bewitched - Bewitched @ Harpies Bizarre
		Some have said Lucy and Ricky of I Love Lucy, others have gone for Carol and Mike of The Brady Bunch, Wilma and Fred of The Flintstones, Lily and Herman of The Munsters, and, of course, Samantha and Darrin of Bewitched.
		The winner is Mary Kay and Johnny, which first aired on November 18, 1947.
		This was a 15-minute series that ran for three years.
	www.harpiesbizarre.com /bedtime.htm (1393 words)

	CBSNews.com
		Acclaimed as one of the theater's finest actresses in the 1950s in plays like "Bus Stop," "A Touch of the Poet" and "Picnic." Aug. 20.
		Half of the duo in one of television's earliest sitcoms, "Mary Kay and Johnny." Dec. 1.
		Actress who earned an Academy Award for her role as William Holden's estranged wife in the television spoof "Network." April 7.
	www.cbsnews.com /htdocs/2001_year_in_review/obit_actor.html (786 words)

	TV at 50 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Mary Tyler Moore Show, about a single woman in a big city, was the first hit in a campaign to win back younger, urban audiences after a decade of cornpone programs.
		MAS*H was the last of the three series that redefined the sit-com as an art form.
		By the mid '70s, an entire generation had grown up with TV, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman made sense only to people who knew the conventions of the medium.
	www.providencephoenix.com /archive/television/97/11/27/TV_AT_50.html (6451 words)

	TV ACRES: Broadcast Firsts - Bed Sharing (Sex)
		Many of the top couples of all time such as Rob and Laura Petrie, and even Ward and June Cleaver never had the satisfaction of knocking knees in the same bed in front of the American public.
		The first TV program to show a husband and wife sharing the same bed on a regular basis occurred in 1947 on the Dumont sitcom MARY KAY AND JOHNNY.
		The program told the tale of a newly married couple living in Greenwich Village.
	www.tvacres.com /broad_bed.htm (580 words)

	Mary Kay Place Current Month TV Schedule
		Starring Kurt Russell, Martin Short, Mary Kay Place, Benjamin Salisbury, Meadow Sisto, Emannuel Logrono, J A Preston, Paul Anka, Dan Butler, Tom McGowan.
		Hidden jealousies and a sinister agenda surface when a fashion model is suddenly reunited with her lifelong friend.
		Starring Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place, Elizabeth Berridge, Levon Helm, Sarah Inglis, Margaret Welch, William Ragsdale, Geoff Hoyle, David Berridge.
	www.tv-now.com /stars/mkplace.html (725 words)

	Television Timeline - Parents Television Council ::
		1947 Mary Kay and Johnny is TV’s first series to show a married couple who shared a bed.
		1948 TV's earliest primetime delivery was on the sitcom Mary Kay and Johnny that starred Mary Kay Stearns and Johnny Stearns who played themselves on the series.
		In December, 1948 Mary Kay gave birth in reallife to a baby boy named Christopher.
	www.parentstv.org /PTC/facts/tvtimeline.asp (4200 words)

	Recipe(tried): Johnny and Kay's Salad Dressing
		I couldn't resist when I saw your request for Johnny and Kay's.
		It was a wonderful restaurant and has been gone for years.
		I hope you will enjoy it, as much as I do.
	www.recipelink.com /gm/14/8142 (51 words)

	Amazon.ca: Rainmaker (Widescreen): DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Their boss is played by an unusually understated Mickey Rourke, who shows up on screen looking halfway decent for a change.
		His clients are wonderfully played by Mary Kay Place and Johnny Whitworth.
		Oscar winner Teresa Wright turns up in a lovely role as an elderly lady who wants to leave her money to a tv evangelist.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/6305181810 (1479 words)

	The New York Times > Arts > Television > Where Old Television Goes to Its Final Reward (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Also the first reality show, "Queen for a Day" (1956), and the first sitcom ever to show a married couple sharing a bed ("Mary Kay and Johnny" in 1947).
		Viewers can watch old fl-and-white sitcoms like "Topper" or Farrah Fawcett's screen test for the 1975 sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter." The vast collection even includes the pilot episode of "Strangers With Candy," an anarchic 1999 high school parody series on Comedy Central created by members of the Second City Comedy Troupe.
		Cavett's famous interview with the novelist Mary McCarthy in 1980, in which she mocked the playwright Lillian Hellman ("every word she writes is a lie, including `and' and `the' "), which led to their legendary feud and lawsuit.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/07/02/arts/television/02MUSE.html?ex=1246507200&en=24e57e6eac00f911&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland (660 words)

	even more interesting facts (if your bored) - Neowin.net
		The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
		[QUOTE]Mary Kay and Johnny's apartment included a bedroom (but not a bathroom), and their bedroom had but a single bed, which they shared.[/QUOTE]
		In ancient England a person could not have sex unless you had consent of the King (unless you were in the Royal Family).
	www.neowin.net /forum/index.php?showtopic=23204 (1821 words)

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