It’s 1939. Two high Beverly Hills high school seniors, a boy, and a girl, head down to channel 13, a local station in Los Angeles to participate in an experimental TV transmission. They step into the studio with tan make-up and dark brown lipstick so that their faces won’t be washed out under the intense lights from the studio. The young man was Harry Bennett, the senior class president. The young lady was Betty White, and unbeknownst to her, this transmission is the beginning of one of the longest careers in television history.

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