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Night Gallery is an American horror anthology series that aired on NBC between 1969 and 1973. Episodes were hosted and partially written by Rod Serling of The Twilight Zone. Unlike The Twilight Zone’s science fiction themes, Night Gallery was focused more on supernatural horror. Each episode began with Serling introducing a painting in an art gallery and the macabre tale behind each painting. The stories included many originals as well as adaptations of stories by horror authors such as H. P. Lovecraft. 

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Louise Fazenda (1895-1962) was an American actress who starred primarily in silent comedy films. Fazenda began her career in comedy shorts with Joker Studios in 1913. After a short stint in vaudeville she began appearing in shorts and full-length films throughout the 1920’s. By the time films with sound were invented she had become very successful and worked for nearly every major studio, starring primarily in musicals and comedies. She became best known for her diverse character roles.

Part of a set of movie star buttons from the 1920's.

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"Let's 'Lect Lum" was the slogan for a spoof presidential campaign for fictional character Lum Edwards from the radio show Lum and Abner.  The show was conceived by comedy duo Chester Lauck and Norris Goff and ran from 1931 until 1954.  The show followed the misadventures of the title characters as they managed the "Jot 'em Down Store" in the fictional town of Pine Ridge, Arkansas.

During the American presidential election season in 1936, Lauck and Goff wrote a storyline where Lum Edwards decides to run for president under the "Demopublican ticket."  As a promotion for this storyline, they announced on the air that listeners who wrote in would be mailed a campaign button.  Unexpectedly, they received thousands of requests from across the United States.  At the end of the promotion, they had sent out approximately 300,000 buttons.

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Le Mans is a 1971 film starring Steve McQueen that centers on a 24 Hours of Le Mans event, an endurance racing event held annually in France. The film was a box office failure but is considered to be an important film in the racing genre for its accurate depiction of the sport during the era it was filmed. 

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Kids Are People Too was a popular American children's show that aired on ABC every Sunday morning from 1978 to 1982. The show was successful and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Entertainment Series in 1978. It featured cartoons, music, and even interviews with celebrities.

The show was hosted by Bob McAllister, a television personality from the 1950s to 1980s. Before Kids Are People Too, McAllister hosted another children's series, Wonderama, until it was taken off the air in 1977. McAllister sang a song at the end of every episode of Wonderama titled "Kids Are People Too." When ABC offered McAllister the hosting position for a new children's series, they decided to name it after the famous closing theme song in order to capitalize on Wonderama's success.

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Thoroughly Modern Millie is a 1967 American musical film starring Julie Andrews. The story focuses on a woman who intends to marry her boss. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and five Golden Globes. “P.S. I love her” is not a phrase used in the film, though the theme of the movie is about love being more important than money. 

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John and Mary is a romantic drama released in 1969. It was directed by Peter Yates and stars Dustin Hoffman and Mia Farrow. The plot revolves around two people who meet in a bar, go home together, and get to know each other over breakfast, lunch and dinner. During their conversations, there are flashbacks to their previous relationships. 

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Jerry Lewis was an American comedian and humanitarian who performed on film, television, stage, and radio. He was national chariman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and hosted a live broadcast called the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon for 44 years. This button is from 1980, which was the 14^th year of the broadcast and features an illustration of Jerry Lewis created by Al Hirschfeld, an American caricaturist who specialized in black and white portraits of celebrities.  

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Jean-Luc Godard is a French film director often associated with the French New Wave Movement. His most notable films are Breathless (1960), Contempt (1963), My Life to Live (1962), and Pierrot le Fou (1965). As a New Wave artist, he frequently challenged traditional cinema conventions and is considered one of the most radical directors of the 1960’s and 1970’s. His newer films are less political, though he is credited with inspiring modern filmmakers to challenge norms. 

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