Richard Chevillat was a writer for radio and tv shows. He wrote for the Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show, and for The Patty Duke Show. 

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"[Sonny] Childers flew for two of his 12 years in the military with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds."