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1. 1960: This detective show was the 14th ranked program this year. It featured Edd Byrnes as wisecracking hipster "Kooky" Kookson III who became a pop culture phenom for combing his hair and expressions such as "ginchy" and "piling up Zs." Name the show.
2. 1961: In what top 20 ranked TV show of this year was the audience invited to "follow the bouncing ball"?
3. 1962: "Bond. James Bond." Sean Connery uttered these words in the first 007 film, which premiered this year. Which was it?
4. 1963: The new slogan for Tareyton cigarettes debuted this year with ads showing young, good looking smokers with obviously fake black eyes who proudly proclaimed what?
5. 1964: In a long running advertising campaign that premiered this year, who begged "Please don't squeeze the Charmin!"
6. 1965: In a famous ad from this time, which lady was asked "What took you so long"?
7. 1966: The television series "Mission Impossible" hit the airwaves this year. In 1967 Peter Graves starred as secret agent Jim Phelps. The show opened with Phelps listening to a tape recorded message outlining that week's assignment which ended with the phrase "Your mission, Jim, ..." What followed?
8. 1967: In a famous commercial which made its debut this year, the song "The Stripper" played while seductive Swedish model Gunilla Knutson famously purred "Take it off, take it all off." Which product was she plugging?
9. 1968: "Rowan and Martin's Laugh In" debuted this year and one of its stars, Judy Carne, became known for which phrase that was also famously uttered on the show by presidential candidate Richard Nixon?
10. 1969: The '69-'70 season of this show, which starred Jack Webb and Harry Morgan, was its last. Which program will be forever linked to the phrase "Just the facts, ma'am"?
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