Served in the United States Army during World War II.
Wallace Maynard “Wally” Cox was born in Detroit on December 6, 1924, and spent parts of his childhood in Evanston, Illinois and New York City, where he became a close lifelong friend of Marlon Brando; he graduated from Denby High School in Detroit, attended City College of New York, served briefly (about four months) in the United States Army during World War II, and after his discharge studied at
Airing on NBC for two seasons (58 episodes), the show chronicled the fictional misadventures of a struggling rock band.
The Monkees was my favorite sitcom as a child. Before video recording, I would use my Radio Shack Cassette Recorder to capture the audio of each episode. I didn’t have an external microphone, so I would stack up books and place the recorder by the TV speaker. I would then re-play the tape over and over and sing along to each episode’s songs.
What happened in 1924?
Another year has passed. Every year I look back to see what was happening 100 years ago. Here we go. The first Winter Olympics, the 1924 Winter Olympics open in Chamonix, in the French Alps. The original five Winter Olympic Sports were bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, Nordic skiing and skating.
