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This musical/variety show was seen sunday nights on CBS TV during
the summer of 1975.
Actress/singer and dancer:Joey Heatherton and her father..entertainer/
radio & tv broadcaster and NYC's first children's tv wraparound host/performer
:Ray Heatherton("The Merry Mailman")would perform song and dance numbers
and engage in comedic dialogue.
While the comedy was also handle by Pat Paulsen and Henny Youngman.
It was hoped that Joey & Dad would become a regular series on CBS..
the show was not a hit and it left the air following the summer season.
Mr.Ray Heatherton went onto host a syndicated talk/variety show on
a local radio station in Long Island,New York"The Ray Heatherton Breakfest
Club" and a syndicated talk/vareity tv show"A New Day is Dawning" during the
1970's and 1980's.
His daughter Joey did some performances in Las Vegas nightspots and she
appeared in an X rated feature film comedy"The Happy Hooker Goes To
Washington"..before her career was hampered by drugs.
In recent years,Ms.Joey Heatherton has gotten help for her drug problems
and she still performs in small venues.
Mr.Ray Heatherton was forced to leave his tv talk/variety show in the
late 1980's.When It was discovered that he was suffering from Alzheimer's
Disease.
He entered The Actor's Home in Engelwood,N.J. where he remained..performing
in a few venues..until he died on Friday August 15,1997.
the summer of 1975.
Actress/singer and dancer:Joey Heatherton and her father..entertainer/
radio & tv broadcaster and NYC's first children's tv wraparound host/performer
:Ray Heatherton("The Merry Mailman")would perform song and dance numbers
and engage in comedic dialogue.
While the comedy was also handle by Pat Paulsen and Henny Youngman.
It was hoped that Joey & Dad would become a regular series on CBS..
the show was not a hit and it left the air following the summer season.
Mr.Ray Heatherton went onto host a syndicated talk/variety show on
a local radio station in Long Island,New York"The Ray Heatherton Breakfest
Club" and a syndicated talk/vareity tv show"A New Day is Dawning" during the
1970's and 1980's.
His daughter Joey did some performances in Las Vegas nightspots and she
appeared in an X rated feature film comedy"The Happy Hooker Goes To
Washington"..before her career was hampered by drugs.
In recent years,Ms.Joey Heatherton has gotten help for her drug problems
and she still performs in small venues.
Mr.Ray Heatherton was forced to leave his tv talk/variety show in the
late 1980's.When It was discovered that he was suffering from Alzheimer's
Disease.
He entered The Actor's Home in Engelwood,N.J. where he remained..performing
in a few venues..until he died on Friday August 15,1997.
