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Film and TV History in January 1975

"Gypsy"

Jan 4 Revival of Jules Styne and Stephen Sondheim's "Gypsy" closes at Winter Garden Theater, NYC. after 120 performances, and a Tony Award for Angela Lansbury

  • Jan 6 "AM America" premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host
  • Jan 6 "Wheel Of Fortune" debuts on NBC-TV

Diller's Hollywood Star

Jan 15 Pioneering American female comedian Phyllis Diller gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

  • Jan 15 Space Mountain opens at Disney World in Orlando, Florida
  • Jan 18 "The Jeffersons" spinoff from "All in the Family" premieres on CBS
  • Jan 23 "Barney Miller" premieres on ABC TV
  • Jan 24 "Hot l Baltimore" situation comedy premieres on ABC TV
  • Jan 29 First American Annual Comedy Awards, hosted by Alan King