TV SHOWS OF THE '50'S AND '60'S
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Old TV Shows - A
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Each
one of these are film
clips from old TV
shows.
Under
the video is
information, facts and
other interesting
stuff.
1 JACKIE
GLEASON ON THE ROCKY
MARCIANO SHOW THE
MAIN EVENT (1960)
Jackie recalls his
early days as a night
club comic in
Newark ,
NJ (and
the brawl);
also, Jackie receives
a humanitarian award
from Rocky and salutes
sidekick Art Carney (
Du
Mont )
Bloopers from The
Honeymooners on
OTV ch 11 also ch. 30;
Marciano v. Wolcott
fight on ch. 64
2 JAMES
DEAN: HIS FINAL TV
APPEARANCE (1954)
Rebellious trait
obvious, James Dean
talks about car racing
and safety on Gig
Young's show;
Walks off set a
mention of speeding;
eerily, Dean was
killed days later in a
tragic car collision.
(
Du Mont )
3 ELVIS
SINGS BLUE
SUEDE SHOES (1956)
The King lives here!
Elvis Presley debuts
on "The Tommy
& Jimmy Dorsey
Show." (CBS)
In the house: Elvis
sings many more of his
hits on our Classic
Oldies Video Juke Box
below!
4 A
TRIBUTE TO ELVIS
PRESLEY, THE KING OF
ROCK & ROLL (1959-62)
Clips of The King from
his early days to
induction into the
Army, see The King's
mom, dad & Col.
Tom
Hear Elvis' first #1
1957 hit for RCA, Heartbreak
Hotel. (clips from
Movietone & AP
News)
5 THE
EDSEL INTRODUCED ON
NBC(1957)
Ford paid the network
big dollars (in those
days) to run this
filmed The
Edsel Show promotion.
Ford canned the car
shortly after; it is
today a revered
automotive classic.
(NBC) More 50s cars
ch.63v
6 BOBBY
DARIN'S "MACK THE
KNIFE" (1959)
Bobby opened his first
of hour variety shows
performing his biggest
number one hit.
(and his label, Atco,
didn't want him to
record it!) (CBS)
*There's more Bobby
below: hosting a
beauty contest &
on the
OldiesTeleVision Video
Juke Box.
7 WESTINGHOUSE
DEBUTS HI-TECH
"ADVANCED
TV" (1951)
Show the kids hi-tech
video blossoming
before anyone heard of
cable, satellite or
HDTV. They may
chuckle,
The "one knob-no
antenna-black matrix
pix tube" had
viewers in awe..but it
was a technical
disaster. (TVC)
8 WILLIAM
BENDIX AS LOVABLE
CHESTER A. RILEY (1956)
The Life Of Riley&
nbsp;with
Marjorie Reynolds, Tom
D'andrea, Lugene
Sanders, Wesley Morgan
Once played by Groucho
Marx & Jackie
Gleason, Bendix's
Riley was the
definitive blue collar
family guy.
Watch Riley, delirious
over having his
tonsils removed, drive
family, Gillis, &
hospital nurse
(Honeybee) crazy!(CBS)
9 ICONS
I: WHAT MADE 50'S TV
GOLDEN (COMPILATION,
(1952-60)
Art Carney, Rod
Serling, Manicurist
Madge, Ted Mack,
Annette & Frankie,
The Champs, Don Adams.
It was Ted Mack's Amateur
Hour that
introduced Frank
Sinatra, Connie
Francis, Pat Boone.
(UPI)
10 THE
PATTI PAGE SHOW (1958)
The Singin' Rage sings
the immortal Tennessee
Waltz, it doesn't
get any better than
this.
Also from her show,
Patti croons over that
cute little Doggie
In The Window. (syndicated)
11 BLOOPERS
FROM THE
HONEYMOONERS (1957-58)
On live TV: Audrey
misses her entrance
cue, Jackie's fly is
open (watch how
brilliantly he improvs).
Jackie slips on the
set (happened again at
CBS, where he broke
his leg) (
Du
Mont )
see also ch.30 &
82,
12 THE
CENSORED JERRY LEE
LEWIS HERE UNCENSORED! (1957-59)
Goodn! ess, Gra cious,
Great Balls Of Fire!
The'
"Killer"
smooches his child
bride cousin on a
filmed news interview
on stage, he goes wild
performing (looks like
today's metal
rockers). The networks
nixed both. (UPI)
13 A
TRUE 50's DOO WOP TV
CLASSIC(1958)
Rare Clip: The Del
Vikings Perform Jitterbug
Mary (taped
at WOOK-TV Baltimore)
*There's many more
classic Doo Wop
Originals On The
Classic Oldies Video
Jukebox below.
14 the
original FAMILY
AFFAIR (1966)
Brian Keith &
Sebastian Cabot sin
the last of! the sen
timental family
sitcoms (despite
failed 2004 remake_.
An affluent bachelor
and his butler
suddenly gain custody
of adorable orphaned
nieces and nephew
(CBS)
15 ALAN
FREED'S BIG BEAT DANCE
PARTY DANCERS (1959)
Local NYC Ch. 5 Freed
show regulars dance
and post-payola Alan
Freed's parting
statement (Metromedia)
;
plus Dick
Clark's rigid payola
statement to an angry
Senate investigator
(UPI)
16 THE
STEVE ALLEN SHOW (1957)
Steverino's classic
rock and roll poetic
hate reading of Be
Bop A Lula, no
apology to Gene
Vincent.
Steve snubbed rock,
had no rock acts on
his show, but then
booked them on his
shows to get ratings
(NBC).
17 The
Inventor Of TV Sketch
Comedy ERNIE
KOVACS (1954)
Long before SNL,
imitated by his
contemporaries (Berle,
Gleason, Skelton), he
was the true inventor
of TV sketch satire.
Ernie's Kovacs;
vignettes could have
been taped
yesterday~still look
contemporary, he was a
TV comedy visionary
There are more Ernie
Kovacs comedy
innovation in our
Oldies Television
Trivia Quiz, link
below.
18 THE
RED SKELTON SHOW (1959)
Red as Clem
Kaddiddlehoffer going
to college, with
guests: Reed Haley
("Racket
Squad") &
Marvin Kaplan
("Meet
Millie")
We included Red's
traditional, eye candy
June Taylor Dancers'
sketch opening and Red
laughing at his own
jokes (CBS)
19 ICONS:
THE DELINQUENCY
RAMPAGE! (COMPILATION,
1957-60)
Hoods, Dolls, Street
Fights, Make Out
Points & ...Barry
Goldwater. "Cool
man. Ya dig it? Like,
Wow! Ya square'r
sometin?"
This, kids, was how
your parent's parents
perceived the next out
of control, immoral
generation (AIP)
20 FATHER
KNOWS BEST (1953)
Full Episode of The
definitive aspartame
family sitcom: Betty
& Kathy fued begin
over a bathing suit
Robert Young, Jane
Wyatt, Eli nor
Donahue, Billy Gray,
Lauren Chapin. (CBS)
21 PETTICOAT
JUNCTION&n
bsp;(1962)
Bea Bernadette and
Edgar Buchanan bring
up three perky teenage
countrypolitan girls
in Hooterville,
at the Shady Rest
Hotel; this show was
the precursor to Green
Acres Toot
toot! (CBS)
22OLYMPIC
GOLD MEDALIST BOB
MATTHIAS (1956)
1952 Olympic
Triathalon Champ
Discusses The games
& movie debut with
mild mannered Herb
Sheldon.
Sheldon hosted several
shows ranging from
talk, to teen dance,
to Ricky
Tick Piano. (
Du
Mont )
23 :
DANCES OF THE 1950's:!
THE HAND JIVE (1957)
Teens perform the Hand
Jive dance to Johnnie
Otis' Willie
& The Hand Jive adlib
with Rockette
precision (
DuMont )
What do Johnny Otis,
Grateful Dead, Eric
Clapton & Grease have
in common? Read how
the Jive goes on
today.
24 GROUCHO
MARX YOU
BET YOUR LIFE (1959)
Contestants: Then 11
year old Candice
Bergen appearing with
dad, Edgar; also
Groucho's daughter,
Melinda.
Are the dads smarter
than the 6th graders?
In part 2, Dads join
daughters in the quiz.
Say the secret word!
(NBC)
25 the
original DRAGNET(1959)
The grandaddy of all
TV cop shows and the
definitive police
melodrama with Jack
Webb as Sgt. Joe
Friday,
Ben Alexander as
Officer Frank Smith.
Olan Soule as the lab
tech. Just the facts,
ma'am. (NBC)
26 THE
IMMORTAL MUSICAL
COMEDY OF VICTOR BORGE 1951
Victor and the
symphony orchestra
give a new twist to
Listz and it is a
classic Borge, both a
musical & comedy
genius.
Victor Borge's
precision piano and
satiric talent are as
natural as his warmth.
(CBS)
27 EDDIE
FISHER SINGS A MEDLEY
OF HIS BIGGEST HITS 1953
Eddie croons I
'm Walking Behind You,
Anytime, With These
Hands, Oh My Papa on
his TV show.
Like the era crooners,
Fisher got 15 minutes
a week to enthrall
fans..and also Liz
Taylor & Debbie
Reynolds.. (NBC)
28 ABBOTT
& COSTELLO:L WHO'S
ON FIRST? 1951
This is the signature
Bud Abbot and Lou
Costello comedy
routine that is often
imitated, never
duplicated.
The duo did hosting
stints on The
Colgate Comedy Hour and Hollywood
Palace .
(NBC)
29 MORE
DANCES OF THE 1950's THE
JITTERBUG 1958
It started with Cab
Calloway and ended up
the most popular moves
on American
Bandstand, et al.
Here, it becomes the
domain of Bill Haley
& The Comets'
ripping off Little
Richards' "Gonna
Rip It Up." (AIP).
30. THE
HONEYMOONERS ...IN
COLOR! 1969
Ralph & Ed are
jailed in
Paris ,
accused of
counterfeiting. Ed's
escape plan backfires
with hilarious
results.
Gleason wanted the
show taped by Wometco
TV in
Miami ,
Audrey Meadows &
Joyce
Randolph had
NYC commitments
Shiela Macrae &
Jane Kean played wives
Alice & Trixie; TV
audiences didn't
accept the change.
(CBS)
31 THE
ORIGINAL FLASH GORDON
SERIAL theatres-1939;
TV-1960's
Before TJ's doo wop
concerts, PBS used
Buster Crabbe's Flash
Gordon cinema serials
rattle the PBS tin
cup.
From Captain Video to
Captains Kirk, Picard
& Janeway, scifi
and space travel was
always a TV niche.
(PBS)
32 Full
Episode THE
LONE RANGER 1955
Hi Ho, Silver! It's
the grandaddy of
weekly TV western
series starring oft
masked Clayton Moore.
The Lone Ranger was
the top rated #1 of
the many Saturday
afternoon "thataway"
exciting oaters
Here is the full
version of the debut
episode, Enter
The Lone Ranger Hi,
Ho Silver!
(syndicated) .
33 THE
ENDEARING GRIMACES OF
EDDIE CANTOR 1952
Hosting The
Colgate Comedy Hour,
Eddie pantomimes a
sketch as the hapless
victim of a vixen.
A forgotten legend,
Cantor's expressive
face and singing style
warmed the cockles of
viewer's hearts. (NBC)
34 BOBBY
DARIN NERVOUSLY HOSTS
A BEAUTY CONTEST 1957
Long before having his
own weekly show,
Bobby's first TV emcee
gig, hosting a product
hyped beauty pageant
Uh oh, , what a
disaster! The
contestant names are
mixed up and so are
the sponsor's promo
lines (
Du Mont )
35 MORE
DANCES OF THE 1950's:
THE LINDY HOP 1959
From American
Bandstand in Phillie,
to a Dick Clark
special in
St. Louis to
The Jersey Shore,
everybody was Lindy
Hopping to Danny &
The Juniors "At
The Hop" You can
swing it, you can do
it (ABC)
...and there's more
Danny & The
Juniors, here to stay,
on our Classic Oldies
Video Jukebox (below)
36 SHAKE,
BABY, SHAKE! IT'S
THE KILLER AGAIN! 1958
Jerry Lee Lewis brings
down the house again
for his rehearsed fan
club prez on Dick
Clark's show.
The fireball shooter
misses the song cues
and a camera catches a
guy trying to jump on
stage. (ABC)
37. THE
DANNY THOMAS SHOW 1958
"Make Room For
Daddy" with rare
Danny Thomas, Marjorie
Lord, Rusty Hammer,
Angela Cartright.
The kids wreak havoc
on daddy and mommy
with a divide and
concur tactic. (CBS)
Please support St.
Jude's Children's
Hospital founded
by Danny. Help save
lives of children with
cancer.
38 SID
CAESAR: YOUR SHOW OF
SHOWS 1957
Legendary sketch
comedy with co-stars
Imogene Coca, Carl
Reiner & Howie
Morris as "Uncle
Goofy"
doing their classic
takeoff on This
Is Your Life, also
a glimpse of The
Timepiece (CBS)
39 HERE
COMES TOBOR! 1954
Before Captain Video
got a hold of Tobor,
little Robbie ran the
prequel to "Tobor
The Great."
Madison Ave jumped
on ship with a
cardboard Tobor mask.
Don't laugh, they
sold. (
Du
Mont )
40 THE
ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN 1954
After the animation
came TV's live
Superman series
starring George Reeves
and Noel Neill as
Lois Lane
Lois gets is abducted
by a gangster,
Superman sans Clark
Kent saves
the damsel in
distress. (CBS)
41
;THE
ADVENTURES OF FLIPPER 1964
Let's get our minds
off killer whales and
go back to this
beloved, adorable
dolphin.
Each week this amazing
mammal fascinated kids
and adults by solving
mysteries! (synd.)
42 SPIKE
JONES 1951
Spike & the gang
of hilarious musical
whackies perform their
signature
"Cocktails For
Two."
As you see this wild
musical circus, know
Spike Jones
choreographed the zany
antics. (
Du
Mont )
43 CAPTAIN
VIDEO & HIS VIDEO
RANGERS 1950
Before Captain Kirk,
there was Captain
Video chasing those
bad guys around the
galaxy.
The "Star
Trek" of it's
time, network program
director! s made t he
very same mistake. (
Du
Mont )
44. THE
LIBERACE SHOW 1952
Walter Liberace
brought style to
candlelight piano
music, with, of
course, brother George
on violin.
This rare clip
captures the musical
heart and soul of the
flamboyant pianist. (
Du
Mont )
45 MEDIC 1954
First and still best
medical drama series.
Richard Boone as
Konrad Steiner MD.
Still as relevant:
prizefighter befelled
by Diabetes. This is
pioneer medical TV
drama. (NBC)
46 THE
BIG VALLEY 1965
Outstanding Western
series with Barbara
Stanwyck, Lee Majors
and Linda Evans
Full episode:
"Heritage"
Fanatics threaten to
blow up the Bartley
mine (NBC)
47 THE
ROOTS OF TV BASEBALL 1950-57
Visual newsreel
memories of baseball's
great early years,
featuring a tribute to
Jackie Robinson
So relevant now:
Robinson broke the
color line in
baseball, Obama in the
US presidency.
(Movietone)
48 !
Mc HALE'S NAVY 1962
Before cracking up
Harvey Korman, Tim
Conway was sidekick to
Ernest Borgnine on
this military sitcom
View a full half hour
episode and watch Tim
fall (literally) for a
Lt. Commander Nurse.
(NBC)
49 HOPALONG
CASSIDY 1952
The Saturday afternoon
TV Western staple
starring William Boyd
as frontier vigilante
Hoppy.
Of the many Saturday
TV matinee oaters,
this ranked #2 in
ratings. Giddyap!
(syndicated)
50 DARK
SHADOWS 1966
The first Weekday
afternoon TV gothic
soap opera, Jonathan
Frid as the Vampire
Barnaby Collins.
For a brief time, this
breakthrough gothic
drama out-ranked
established serial
dramas in ratings.
(ABC)
51 FADS
& FANCIES OF THE
50s & 60s
The Hula Hoop, Twist,
Palisades Park Beauty
Contests, Rock-Ola
Juke Box, Ford
Thunderbird, more
set to the music of
The Olympics'
"Dance By The
Light Of The
Moon" (edited by
CI)
52 I
LOVE LUCY 1952
Highlights from TV
episodes involving the
coming of "Little
Ricky" that
captured viewer's
hearts.
Ricky gets the news
during his club
performances, he and
the Mertzes go
frenetic when
"it's time".
Lucille Ball, Desi
Arnaz, Vivian Vance,
William Frawley. (CBS)
53 full
episode THE
DICK VAN DYKE SHOW 1962
You asked for it, here
it is, Dick Van Dyke,
Mary Tyler Moore with
guest Bob Crane (Hogan's
Heros .
Dick is directing a
community theatre
show, Mary sings &
dances a vampy Calypso
song Ohhh, Rob! (CBS)
54 THE
BEATLES FIRST TELEVISION
APPEARANCE 1963
Not yet on Sullivan or in
the
U.S. ,
the Fab Four debuted
"She Loves You"
On The
Mersey Sound(BBC)
*There's more Beatles
& other British
Invasion classics on the
Classic Oldies Video Juke
Box below.
55 BAT
MASTERSON 1958
Gene Barry stars as the
debonair Bat Masterson,
this episode "The
Stampede In Tent City
Guest stars Robert Conrad
as the vigilante out to
avenge his brother's
killer (NBC)
56 MARTY
ROBBINS ON THE JOHNNY CASH
SHOW 1964
Back in the 60's, Holiday
Inn funded half hour shows
for Dolly Parton, Bobby
Vinton & Marty Robbins
Before his own show aired,
Marty sang "
El Paso "
on Johnny Cash's short
lived TV gig (syndicated)
57 FRANK
SINATRA SPEAKS CANDIDLY 1954
Would you believe, a
humble Frank Sinatra? He
speaks openly about the
bad years,
gratitude to Bob Hope
& his all time
favorite movie role (can
you guess which one?).
(CBS)
58 PASSWORD 1962
Allen Ludden hosted this
enormously popular game
show 1962 to 1971 on all 3
networks & syndication
Allen vies celebs Carol
Burnett and Gary Moore
against contestants to win
$250-big prize then (CBS)
59 The Phenomenon STAR
TREK TV ON DEMAND 1966-present
Now you don;'t have to sit
up and wait until 3AM when
stations run Star Trek
episodes. Get them here
right now!.
Watch Full Episodes of
Star Trek, Star Trek:The
Next Generation, Deep
Space 9, Voyager,
Enterprise (synd
Paramount )
Also a clip of Trek's post
cancellation
UK placebo, SPACE:1999 wMartin
Landau, Barbara Bain
(ITV).
60 MORE
DANCES OF THE 50's: THE
SWINGBACK 1958
New York teens
dance The Swingback (also
called The Sway) to Duane
Eddy's "Forty Miles
Of Bad Road"
The hips swayed and the
preachers prayed rock
& roll would go away.
It didn't. (MGM)
61 THE
LIVE TV FRIDGE COMMERCIAL
CATASTROPHE 1954
Poor Westinghouse. If
their built in antenna TV
fiasco wasn't enough, more
flawed, chagrin causing
infamy:
the automatic refrigerator
door that jammed on this
live nationally broadcast
commercial. Bet heads
rolled! (CBS)
62 THE
ARTHUR GODFREY SHOW 1957
He ridiculed sponsors,
fired staff on the air,
fixed talent contests and
made Godlike demands on
execs, crew;,
yet still got big ratings,
ruled corporate airwaves
and network, sort of like
Oprah does now, sans
chicanery (CBS)
63 BUILDING
THE 1958 DODGE 1957
What a retrospect! A TV
industrial film goes
inside the Dodge
automotive plant foundry
to finish<.br> In
1979, Chrysler received a
government bailout to make
new Dodge cars. Sound
familiar? (commercial) .
64 FIGHT
CLASSIC: ROCKY MARCIANO
vs. JERSEY JOE WALCOTT1952
Highlights from that
historic champi! onship b
oxing match in
Philadelphia September
12, 1952<.br> Of
course you'll see that
boffo KO comeback in the
13th round~this is the
true Rocky, Sly. (
DuMont ).
Check out Dynamite Joe
Rindone's fights, too, on
Oldies Television Ch 79!
65 AND
MORE GREAT ICONS OF THE
50's VOL III 1952-59
Richard Nixon's first
scandal, John Wayne's PSA,
Marilyn Monroe's Motor
Oil, Jimmy Durante's
Schnozz,
George Burns & Gracie
Allen, Jack Benny &
Dennis Day, Laurel &
Hardy, Jackie & Art's
"Hello, Ball!"
66 ALFRED
HITCHCOCK PRESENTS 1959
With a "good
evening," came
melodramatic thrillers
from the Master Of
Suspense, Alfred
Hitchccock
The man whose big screen
movies kept us o! n the ed
ge of our seats brought
the same to small screens
(CBS).
67 SATURDAY
NIGHTLIVE~~ BEFORE SNL 1954-58
All Broadcast Live Sat
Eves: The Bob Hope Show,
The Liberace Show, The Ken
Murray Show,
Dean Martin & Jerry
Lewis, The Steve Allen
Show, The Pat Harrington
Show, The Jackie Gleason
Show
Sid Cesar's Your Show Of
Shows. Watch many
surprises with regulars
& guests. (ABC-CBS-
DuMont - NBC).
68 FELIX
THE CAT 1959
In 1928, RCA testing
Vladimir Zworkyn's
iconoscope , Felix The Cat
was the first image ever
on TV;
Oldies Television's roster
would not be complete
without Otto Mesmer's
historic cartoon icon.
Here is his 1959 Saturday
cartoon show with a new,
hip updated opening that
we can just ignore.(NBC) .
69 THE
DONNA REED SHOW 1958
Donna mugs nervously to
the camera when daughter,
Mary (Shelley Fabares)
sings at a school dance.
The song she sings?
"Johnny Angel,"
of course. Dad (Dr. Stone,
Carl Betz) allays Mom's
fears.
Full episode soon and
check out the Donna Reed
Christmas Show below on ch
79 (NBC)
70 full
episode THE
GOLDBERGS 1952
Gertrude Berg served as
executive producer and
co-writer as well as star
of this beloved sitcom
about the matriarch
(Molly) of a middle class
Jewish family.
Frank Sutton, who would
later be Gomer Pyle's
Sarge, guest stars in this
episode. (synd.)
71 LUCILLE
BALL & CAROL BURNETT 1965
Two queens of comedy
together with Gale Gordon
as straight man on
"The Lucy Show".
Lucy wants to join Carol
on a trip to
Palm Springs ,
they scheme to fool Boss
Mooney. (CBS)
72 THE
LITTLE RASCALS 1955
The top Saturday morning
TV attraction in the 50's
was the re-worked MGM
"Our Gang
Comedies"
This favorite classic
episode has Darla wooing
Alfalfa rather than vice
versa on Valentine Day.
Of course, the other guys
would throw a hilarious
gremlin in Alfalfa's
romantic ballad crooning.
(synd.)
73
full episode HIGHWAY
PATROL!
1956
Before there was
"Book 'em, Dano"
in
Hawaii ,
there was "Ten.Four"
in
California .
Broderick Crawford
starred,
If you think dope
smuggling was a thing of
the 70's, wait 'til you
see this narc bust in the
50's. (ZIV/MGM synd.).
74
full episode LOST
IN SPACE 1966
Danger Will Robinson! The
world's first and last
outer space sitcom; today,
like "Trek," has
fan conventions.
This episode guest stars
Mercedes Mc Cambridge (The
Exorcist), here as
matriarch of alien
hillbillies
who grow a "Little
Shop of Horrors"
intruded upon by Dr Smith
(Jonathan Harris) and Will
(Bill Muny) (ABC)
75 BEULAH 1951
Long before The
Jeffersons and Sanford
& Son even
before Amos
& Andy on
TV.
there was the talented
Ethel Waters as supermaid
Beaulah & Butterfly Mc
Queen as next door Orio
Sadly, Proctor &
Gamble canceled the highly
rated, popular show after
only two seasons. Guess
why.(CBS)
76 BEWITCHED 1966
Wriggle your nose, it's
Elizabeth Montgomery as
that saucy, sassy,
beautiful, bedazzling
witch
and Dick York as her
befuddled hubbie, Darren
(or as Agnes Moorhead
would say, "Durwood"
(NBC)
77 I
DREAM OF JEANIE 1966
Out of the bottle comes
that lusciously capricious
Jeanie, Barbara Eden
(blink-b! link) .<
BR>Larry Hagman is her
adopted master, Bill Daly
is the bewildered buddy
(CBS).
|
78 SEA
HUNT 1957
The "Dragnet" of
the ocean floor, Lloyd
Bridges fights underwater
crime with only a snorkel.
This syndicated show,
along with
"Flipper"
(coming soon), got high
tide ratings in it's era (ZIV)
79 DYNAMITE
JOE RINDONE 1954
Like Rocky Marciano, Joe
Rindone was the son of
Italian immigrants who
rose to boxing glory.
Here is Dynamite Joe in
action from the era when
boxing was true
sportsmanship.
produced by Andrew Bertino.
(Vimeo).
80 THE
MILTON BERLE SHOW 1957
Featuring
Arnold Stang
& guest Mickey Rooney;
Berle's swan song after 8
Tues. Nite Years.
Bit: Berle wants Gleason
like publicity, so he
feigns a broken leg for a
press conference (NBC)
81 THE
LEGEND OF DOO WOP
That street corner harmony
from the 50's that will
never die, the music we
know call Doo Wop
Here are video specials
which tribute the
unforgettable part of
R&R and R&B
Plus
REMEMBERING DOO WOP RADIO
with commentary by Don K.
Reed. music by The Crests,
Frankie Lymon & The
Knockouts.
82 MIKE
WALLACE & EDWARD R.
MURROW 1952-54
If you thought Mike
Wallace was tough on
"60 Minutes,"
wait 'til you see him on
the fifties!.
You won't believe what he
said to Steve Allen
(neither did Allen, most
likely), but Kirk Douglas
got his say)
Legendary Edward R. Murrow
and Senator Joseph
McCarthy go at calling the
other
"un-American"..(CBS)
THE PIONEERS OF KIDVID:
1950's CHILDREN'S TV SHOWS
Howdy Doody, Junior
Frolics, Winky Dink,
Willie Wonderful, Rocky
& Bullwinkle
With the earliest TV
production and animation
techniques, these popular
programs
were the father of
children's television,
long before PBS and
Nickelodeon. This was the
"kiddievTV" 50's
Full episodes of these
Golden Age first
generation shows for tots
on separate submenu~click
title link
for
March 2010 THE TIME TUNNEL 1965
Irwin Allen (Lost In
Space, Voyage To The
Bottom Of The Sea produced
this sci-fi fantasy series
This episode: Merlin The
Magician pays the science
lab a visit and wreaks
havoc with time travel.
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