Oh, gosh!
#1 is Ready Killowatt
#6 is Wizard of Oz
(almost looks like Captain Kangaroo, doesn't he? :)
Mom

Is #2 one of the dwarves from Snow White? Grumpy perhaps.

Is #3 the Andrews Sisters?

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I think that #4 is a studio identification such as MGM's has the Roaring Lion, and Dreamworks the boy fishing from the moon. I just don't know which one.

The biggies then were MGM and Warner Brothers.

to complete ID of # 3, the Andrew Sisters, GM says their names are Maxene, Laverne, and Patty. I was thinking McGuire Sisters.
Also GM knows #4is RKO. I recognized it, but wouldn't have got it.
Mom

I think #5 is maybe Howard Hughes. It's not Lindbergh.
#1, wasn't he called "Sparky"?
Mom

And I was concerned these might be too obscure! All but the hard one pegged by 10:00 am!

1. Reddy Kilowatt. I don't remember him ever being called Sparky, but he had a sidekick Reddy Flame, who represented natural gas.
2. Grumpy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (1937).
3. Andrews Sisters. (Tell GM she's showing off!)
4. RKO Radio Pictures logo.
5. ???
6. The Wizard of Oz (1939). I had forgotten how far back that movie goes! Gone with the Wind was also from 1939.

Number 5 anyone?

No one wants to guess #5? Hmm. Here's a hint: in 1938, he decided it was better to seek forgiveness than ask permission.

umm - interesting clue... thinking... Political? Scandal?
Can we have another lifeline?
Mom

Hint #2: Claimed he got mixed up on his East and West.

Does this have to do with Amelia Earhart? Seems like she had a companion and there was something about some confusion like that -- dunno. Not going to be able to get this one. It's a doozy.
Crying "uncle" over here.
Mom

Is it Chester Nimitz?

Not Nimitz.... This is a hard one. #5 was an Irishman who dreamed of making a trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Dublin. He applied for permission from the government, but his plane was certified only for cross-country flights. He made some modifications and applied again in 1936. They told him to wait a year. He applied again in 1937. This time they said, "No, because you need a radio operator license." (Even though he had no radio in his plane!) He got a radio license and applied again. By then, though, Amelia Earhart had disappeared, and trans-Atlantic flights were considered too dangerous. So they said no a third time. Finally, he declared he would fly to California. They said fine. So he set off, "misread the compass," and ended up in Dublin anyway, becoming an overnight hero. Heh. Henceforth he was known as . . . ???

Wow - okay - I cheated with Google! I know who it is now. NEVER EVER would have got that one!! Veerrry Interesting! (ah-ha - there's one for you - who said that?)
Mom

Arte Johnson as the unnamed German soldier on Laugh-In?

I googled, too and found him. I would never have figured this one.

That's intereting, though.

I guess people like Wrong-Way Corrigan and Shipwreck Kelly are only remembered by us historians. Too bad!

I found Nikola Tesla; he's helping me repair the Wayback Machine. Hopefully soon I'll be on my way back to the future!

Don't forget the directions to get back to the 21st Century! :)
Mom

Oh -- I'm impressed you knew Arte Johnson -- but then I shouldn't be.