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- ↑ "UNSOLD PILOTS ON TELEVISION, 1956–1966". tvobscurities.com. Television Obscurities. 15 August 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ↑ Schenectady Gazette, August 24, 1957, p. 10.
- ↑ Schenectady Gazette, July 2, 1957, p. 31.
- ↑ Schenectady Gazette, September 17, 1957, p. 11.
- ↑ Alicoate, Jack, Ed. (1955). The 1955 Radio and Television Yearbook. Radio Daily Corp. P. 1173.
Bibliography
- Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1995). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (Sixth Edition). New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-39736-3.
