The World's Largest Gummy Bear is the lion of the candy world. There is no candy more magnificent or more powerful. This five-pound beast is the equivalent of 1,400 regular sized gummy bears and packs a whopping 6,120 calories.
Modeled after Life but intended for an emerging black middle class, the magazine is an instant success. This same year, Nat King Cole becomes the first black with his own network radio show. Cole is also the first black with his own network TV show, The Nat King Cole Show (1956). Jackie Robinson plays baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers, the first black in the major leagues in the modern era. In 1962 he was the first black inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
I Spy. Seriocomic espionage about two American agents working undercover, traveling the globe as a tennis pro and his trainer. Previously known only as a stand-up comedian, Bill Cosby---the first black to star in a regular series, though race was never an issue on the show---proved to be a natural as an actor and won the Emmy three years in a row. `I'd like to thank NBC for having guts,' he said following his first win.