OVERLOOKED TV: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RICKY NELSON!

Had he lived, singer, actor, and one-time teen heartthrob Ricky Nelson would have been 72 today.  Gee, Thorny, how should we mark the occasion?

Well, as for me, I'm going to set the Wayback Machine to November 21, 1952:

http://archive.org/details/TheAdventuresOfOzzieHarriet_239

And just because I can, here's a few of his songs:

Travelin' Man  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0janfcZ8LUw

Hello Mary-Lou http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLkCWT2neuI

Poor Little Fool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hrwJvdPtwI

Lonesome Town http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y98q1KzF7Ic

Fools Rush In http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ1_qf1Efyg

I'm Walking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP4UOSiA75A

My Bucket's Got a Hole In It http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGsEBP3tpxM

Garden Party http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAHR7_VZdRw

And from Rio Bravo, with Dean Martin (and Walter Brennan on harmonica), My Rifle, My Pony and Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IpEnsdXwFM

Another talent too soon gone.

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