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- ↑ "Day In Television Debut". Fort Lauderdale News . Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ↑ "Large Cast Pays Hollywood 'Visit'". Miami Herald . Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ↑ "Truly O'Possum's Theatre, Zoo On Wheel's Children's Delight". The Miami News . Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ↑ Freund, Bob. "'Birds Do It': America's Answer To Beatles' Films". Fort Lauderdale News . Retrieved 12 February 2021.