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 collisiom. (
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
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
anny 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)
Goodness,
Gracious, 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 sentimental 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, Elinor
Donahue, Billy Gray, Lauren Chapin.
(CBS)
21
PETTICOAT
JUNCTION (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
Colegate
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
Colegate
Comedy Hour, Eddie pantomines
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, Marjoriie
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 directors made
the 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: prizeighter
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, Batbara
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 referigerator
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 WALCOTT 1952
Highlights
from that historic championship
boxing 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 on the edge 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. Brodericj
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 Moorehead
would say, "Durwood"
(NBC)
77
I
DREAM OF JEANIE 1966
Out
of the bottle comes that lusciously
capricious Jeanie, Barbara Eden
(blink-blink).
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 snorkle.
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
streetcorner
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 "kiddieTV"
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 Magaician
pays the science lab a visit and
wreaks havoc with time travel.