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On this day, July 30, 1932, actor Edd "Kookie" Byrnes was born.
Little Steven noted the occasion on Little Steven's Underground Garage this weekend.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" via @YouTube
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77 Sunset Strip
"Kookie" redirects here. For the newspaper column character Dr. I. M. Kookie, see Mike Royko. For the Czech comedy film, see Kooky.
Louis Quinn and Efrem Zimbalist Jr., 1962.
Genre: Crime drama
Created by: Roy Huggins
Directed by: Irving J. Moore et al
No. of seasons: 6
No. of episodes: 206 (list of episodes)
Original release
Network: ABC
Release: October 10, 1958 – February 7, 1964
77 Sunset Strip is an American television private detective drama series created by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, Richard Long (from 1960 to 1961) and Edd Byrnes (billed as Edward Byrnes). Each episode was one hour long when aired with commercials. The show ran from 1958 to 1964. The character of detective Stuart Bailey was first used by writer Huggins in his 1946 novel The Double Take, later adapted into the 1948 film I Love Trouble.
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"Kookie" redirects here. For the newspaper column character Dr. I. M. Kookie, see Mike Royko. For the Czech comedy film, see Kooky.
Louis Quinn and Efrem Zimbalist Jr., 1962.
Genre: Crime drama
Created by: Roy Huggins
Directed by: Irving J. Moore et al
No. of seasons: 6
No. of episodes: 206 (list of episodes)
Original release
Network: ABC
Release: October 10, 1958 – February 7, 1964
77 Sunset Strip is an American television private detective drama series created by Roy Huggins and starring Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Roger Smith, Richard Long (from 1960 to 1961) and Edd Byrnes (billed as Edward Byrnes). Each episode was one hour long when aired with commercials. The show ran from 1958 to 1964. The character of detective Stuart Bailey was first used by writer Huggins in his 1946 novel The Double Take, later adapted into the 1948 film I Love Trouble.
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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.
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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.
516,865 views Dec 31, 2007
TobeBello
221 subscribers
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.
Sun Jul 30, 2023: On this day, July 30, 1932, actor Edd "Kookie" Byrnes was born.
Sat Jul 30, 2022: Actor Edd Byrnes was #BornOnThisDay July 30,1932. Survived a troubled adolescence ...
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I do recall that my older sister had a huge crush on Edd Byrnes, however. She even dated a clod based solely on a similar hairstyle.
