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3 unusual facts about Mel Ferber


Mel Ferber

As a member of CBS, Ferber directed Wonderful Town, the first live two-hour show on TV, in 1958.

Subsequently, he earned Emmy nominations for his work as executive producer and creator of Good Morning America and executive producer of CBS' Calendar.

He became a World War II hero when, after landing at Utah Beach, he and four other members of his unit captured 464 German soldiers and used their weapons to rearm a French battalion (earning him the Croix de Guerre with Silver Star).



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