At my Dads Moms house.......my Grandma it was Lawrence Welk. At my other Grandmas it was Hee Haw. The two families could not have been more different, but us kids always felt loved being at either house!
My in-laws lived with us until my father-in-law died and my mother-in-law recently went into a nursing home due to dementia. They watched old reruns of Lawrence Welk till I wanted to run away. My grandparents loved him too, even took a trip to Lake Tahoe, from Idaho, to see him. I never got the thrill. I
In the fall of 1956 I was 9 years old.and remember nearly all these shows. Now, at nearly 73, l find these memories entertaining and just a little creepy. I wonder where my life went...
2:38 - "Corky" in "Circus Boy" is Mickey Dolenz who starred in "The Monkees" a little more than 10 years later. That made him considerably more famous than this earlier show ever did.
We didn’t have a TV yet so I only saw these shows if one of my friends had one. There were only NBS, ABC, and CBS stations and broadcasting shut down at 11pm.
@@Mr22thou It was the debut, written by Rod Serling...it didn't get raves, but he made up for it the following week--that was when host Jack Palance starred in REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT.
Because of the logistics of producing a LIVE 90 minute drama every week, CBS gave the producers a break by producing- with Screen Gems/Columbia- a filmed 90 minute "PLAYHOUSE 90" drama that aired about once a month.
Herb Shriner's twin sons, Kin and Wil, both entered show business as well. Kin was on General Hospital for years, and Wil was a cast member of the David Letterman daytime show in 1980. He later hosted game shows and directed episodes of TV series, and currently hosts the The Johnny Carson Show podcast.
Michal Ansara - I remember some of his movies. He used to also own Bowling Square in Arcadia, Ca,. He was married to Barbara Eden at the time. Used to come in to the little restaurant there sometimes and were nice to patrons and fans, per my parents.
Oh no...Sixteen Tons the tape recorder I still have today, its 1st tape inside it has the Sixteen Tons song recorded on it, from the radio , the announcer is saying the song is in the "number one position" and several times MY BABY voice is recorded on this reel tape!!! (In 1955).
I was born September of that year. 63 years ago....... amazing snapshots of the past. It's a little insight into the history of American culture at the time.
Gale Storm and the Gale Storm Show (Oh Susannah!) is the only TV show on this list that I actually remember from 1956-57. Lawrence Welk was popular with my parents and grandparents, but I can't swear to actually having seen his show during this time period. I probably came to his program later when I stopped thinking he was playing old fashioned music and started to appreciate the musicianship involved.
Donald May is the cadet introducing "The West Point Story." He was one of the stars of "The Roaring 20s" (1960-1962), and played Adam Drake on "The Edge of Night" from 1967-1977.
Since I was only three years old then, I don't remember these shows firsthand but it is interesting to see these. I did have a Little Golden Book of Broken Arrow.
@24:45 Paul walks by some audience members as he leaves the set for the last time, not to be renewed for the next season. There's a lady who stands, her gaze follows Paul as he leaves then turns to the camera. Is that Bea Benaderet? You will have to pause quickly, her face is visibled for about 1/3 a second.
"CIRCUS TIME" was not renewed following the 1956-'57 season. However, Hartz Mountain sponsored Paul (and Jerry Mahoney) on ABC's Sunday afternoon schedule in the fall of '57.
I stand to be corrected, but I think the later episodes of The Adventures Of Sir Lancelot were made in colour making this programme the first British made tv programme to be filmed and broadcast in colour.
The 1957 model cars were first sold in the fall of 1956, which is why Lawrence Welk's "Top Tunes and New Talent" shows both a '57 Dodge and a '57 Plymouth. The latter's advertising slogan was "Suddenly - it's 1960!", meaning the 1957 Plymouths supposedly looked like they were three years into the future. That's why the announcer says the Plymouth "dares to break the time barrier...1960 new!" at 22:46.
@@superchitownhustler The 1957 Plymouth looked radically different than the 1957 Chevrolet and Ford. The car was longer, lower, and had large tail fins. The Chrysler, DeSoto, Dodge, and Imperial for 1957 had similar radically different styling compared to their competitors.
I find it fascinating that nothing of Conflict exists. I'm used to lost films atleast having a poster or something. But to have a show that exists with no evidence is intriguing to me
I vaguely remember the Gale Storm show, but I also recall Superman & Lucy to a degree. I was born in '52 and my sister in '57, but our mom died of liver cancer in early '58 so these years were kind of blurred 'til the Flintstones showed up !
I always liked Circus Boy, Broken Arrow, Jim Bowie, Playhouse 90, (loved Jack Palance as a tortured Dracula), -& i only knew Wally Cox as Mr. Peepers. Remember oh Susanna, (remember when all laundry detergents were powders).
Quite right. William Russell was one of the companions to the first doctor. He played the school teacher Ian Chesterton. Jacqueline Hill played the other school teacher, Barbara Wright.
Pretty cool to see Quint (Robert Shaw), from Jaws, in a series he starred in called the Buccaneers. I would love to see a couple of episodes. He was a great actor.
These are the T.V. shows that would have been playing when I was born in September of that year. 63 + years ago. Wow...... some of them were really corny! 🤣
I also remember that Geritol contained alcohol, and some people used it as a substitute for booze, if they lived in a "dry" area. Other so-called "patent medicines" were used that way also. Just as some people would use NyQuil or Listerine as liquor substitutes if they were desperate enough.
The younger of the two men discussing the pet dog's medical condition is Paul Burke, who later starred on the series Naked City (ca. 1960) and then on the series Twelve O'Clock High. His last major role was in the movie Valley of the Dolls.
That's Hank Simms announcing 'The 77th Bengal Lancers' and Don Pardo introducing 'Stanley'. It sounds very much like Laugh-In's Gary Owens introducing The Joseph Cotten Show.
the fun for me (you can play along too if you're of sufficient vintage) is, as each new reveal comes up, seeing if my memory is good enough (i.e., if the information was sufficiently burned into my synapses from repeated watchings as a kiddiewink) for me to peg the name of the show before the title card comes up
He starred in the following week's episode, "Requiem for a Heavyweight," also written by Rod Serling, which was one of the most famous television broadcasts in history.
At 12:00 - "Live from New York!" Hmmmmmmm - where have I heard that before? And the announcer for Pall Mall cigarettes - sounds like Don Pardo! Hmmmmmmmm. . .
I don't know about percentages but in the UK, which had had a regular tv service since 1936, second world war years excepted, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, which was broadcast live on both radio and tv, was the first time in Britain that the tv audience for an event exceeded the radio audiemce. Although tv set ownership was growing anyway it was the televising of the coronation that really accelerated this growth.
Watching my childhood here. Herb Shriner, Gale Storm, and more. Three channels to choose from and could usually find something entertaining. Today 300 channels and mostly trash.
ALL these cigarette sponsors! All those coffins! But it would all end in the early 1970s, when you couldn't sell cigarettes on TV because that became illegal.
Nat's original 1956-'57 series was 15 minutes [it preceded "THE HUNTLEY-BRINKLEY REPORT" on Mondays at 7:30pm(et)]- and it did have a sponsor: Carter Products, makers of Arrid deodorant and Rise shave cream. However, NBC took a gamble, and expanded the show to a full half-hour on Tuesdays [10pm] in June 1957, hoping sponsors would sustain a longer program in prime-time. They didn't; most advertisers were worried their southern distributors wouldn't approve of sponsoring a black performer in prime-time. The network sustained the series through September 1957, then offered it to their affiliates on a co-op basis at 7:30pm(et). Local and regional spossors inserted their own commercials- including Rheingold beer in the New York area. But NBC wanted to move Nat out of that time period, so that national advertisers would be more receptive to whatever replaced him. They offered Nat (and his agent, Carlos Gastel) Saturday nights at 7pm for January 1958. "Cowboy time!", Gastel sneered. "Nat won't go for it." The network insisted that Nat take that time slot, or face cancellation. Cole cancelled himself that December. He declared, "Madison Avenue is afraid of the dark."
14:59 Hm...if that kid was 11 in 1956, that would make it 1967 by the time he finished college...and since the Vietnam War was still going on, he might've wanted to *stay* in college a little longer...!
I live with a man who is 2 years older than that boy. My friend and roommate served in the Navy from 1964-1970, then went to Penn State after his service. In October 2018, he is 75.
It wasn't Madison Avenue and racism. It was the racism of Madison Avenue. Nat King Cole was beloved by millions of Americans. My parents and my inlaws and all their friends had many of his albums and loved his show. And we're not Black, by the way.
Those who don't know who Tennessee Ernie Ford is. . .His act was like Jim Nabors/Gomer Pyle. As a comedian he'd have this real deep Southern accent and was a bit dopey. But when he sang, he had this gorgeous baritone voice.
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I was married in 1972 and my wife had to watch the Lawrence Welk show every week till she passed in 2002.
At my Dads Moms house.......my Grandma it was Lawrence Welk. At my other Grandmas it was Hee Haw. The two families could not have been more different, but us kids always felt loved being at either house!
My grandmother never missed a show! Watched it until it ended.
My in-laws lived with us until my father-in-law died and my mother-in-law recently went into a nursing home due to dementia. They watched old reruns of Lawrence Welk till I wanted to run away. My grandparents loved him too, even took a trip to Lake Tahoe, from Idaho, to see him. I never got the thrill. I
@@dirtydave2691 i was forced to watch it at my grandmother's house...i hated it
@@denicesanders4586Lawrence welk 🤮🤮
Corkey, in Circus Boy, went on to be Mickey Dolenz (his real name) of the Monkees.
Thanks I knew it was someone,but forgot 🙉
Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett were killed at the Alamo. 1836.
What a relief! I thought he grew up become Charlie Manson.
I love .. love ... LOVE this ! .... thank you so much for posting 🌟
In the fall of 1956 I was 9 years old.and remember nearly all these shows. Now, at nearly 73, l find these memories entertaining and just a little creepy. I wonder where my life went...
It’s three years later and I was eight in 1956. I wonder where mine went, too
@@marilyntaylor9577 Life seems to pass pretty quickly unless you are a kid in a boring classroom or in a dentists chair.
Im 67 thinking the same thing. What became of Circus Boy. Did he become an alcoholic or a beatnik. He's never been seen for decades
@@MrSmegfish What I recall about Circus Boy was just how good a program it was. I really enjoyed it as a child.
@@rascal0175 And I don’t remember it at all. I do remember lots of westerns, but no kids.
2:38 - "Corky" in "Circus Boy" is Mickey Dolenz who starred in "The Monkees" a little more than 10 years later. That made him considerably more famous than this earlier show ever did.
I remember " Circus Boy". It was shown on Irish TV in the early 1960s.
I always remember an episode of Circus Boy when he had to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope!
my father & dane clark(wire service show)were in the 101st airborne together on D-Day....june 6th 1944...i am writing this on june 6 2020
As 10 years boy I remember a lot of these show. A lot of very good tv back then.
This truly was the golden age of TV. I was so blessed to see it the first time around!
Me too.
We didn’t have a TV yet so I only saw these shows if one of my friends had one. There were only NBS, ABC, and CBS stations and broadcasting shut down at 11pm.
I was nine years old in ‘56 . We did’t have a tv but I remember watching Zorro at my friends house.
Zorro is just about the only show I can recall ever seeing from this list. And it may have been a later version than 1956.
I remember all these shows, they came out 2 years before I was born.
I wasn't around for these shows, but I have always loved Tennessee Ernie Ford and Nat King Cole.
Playhouse Ninety was unique a live play on television, featuring some of the finest performers
That was one of the shows that sounded really good and that I wanted to see. And it happens to be on RUclips: ruclips.net/video/cHPdXQwRnoc/видео.html
I wish they would put playhouse 90 on video like they did with suspense!
a lot of the big movie stars were afraid of TV.....a few took the chance!!
@@Mr22thou It was the debut, written by Rod Serling...it didn't get raves, but he made up for it the following week--that was when host Jack Palance starred in REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT.
Because of the logistics of producing a LIVE 90 minute drama every week, CBS gave the producers a break by producing- with Screen Gems/Columbia- a filmed 90 minute "PLAYHOUSE 90" drama that aired about once a month.
William Russell of Sir Lancelot later played Ian Chesterton in the first couple of seasons of Dr. Who with William Hartnell as the first Time Lord
I can't remember the actors who played Lancelot's buddies, Sir Loin of Beef and Sir Osis of Liver.
FUHHHHHH!!! "The 77th Bengal Lancers, brought to you by...Jell-O!" I spit my soft drink all over myself.
Via Hank Simms, the voice of Quinn Martin Productions
Herb Shriner's twin sons, Kin and Wil, both entered show business as well. Kin was on General Hospital for years, and Wil was a cast member of the David Letterman daytime show in 1980. He later hosted game shows and directed episodes of TV series, and currently hosts the The Johnny Carson Show podcast.
And Hoosiers!
Michal Ansara - I remember some of his movies. He used to also own Bowling Square in Arcadia, Ca,. He was married to Barbara Eden at the time. Used to come in to the little restaurant there sometimes and were nice to patrons and fans, per my parents.
Oh no...Sixteen Tons the tape recorder I still have today, its 1st tape inside it has the Sixteen Tons song recorded on it, from the radio , the announcer is saying the song is in the "number one position" and several times MY BABY voice is recorded on this reel tape!!! (In 1955).
I was born September of that year. 63 years ago....... amazing snapshots of the past. It's a little insight into the history of American culture at the time.
George B I’m also 63. We had better TV in the 60’s and 70’s...
@@samiam619 yes we did 👌🏻
Gale Storm and the Gale Storm Show (Oh Susannah!) is the only TV show on this list that I actually remember from 1956-57. Lawrence Welk was popular with my parents and grandparents, but I can't swear to actually having seen his show during this time period. I probably came to his program later when I stopped thinking he was playing old fashioned music and started to appreciate the musicianship involved.
Do you remember the Lennon Sisters?
Donald May is the cadet introducing "The West Point Story." He was one of the stars of "The Roaring 20s" (1960-1962), and played Adam Drake on "The Edge of Night" from 1967-1977.
Since I was only three years old then, I don't remember these shows firsthand but it is interesting to see these. I did have a Little Golden Book of Broken Arrow.
They really went fucking bonkers with those program sponsors in the 50's.
Love these old ones, wish you could go back even further. Maybe the British shows too, or Canadian BBC.
Love the car commercials. A used car today cost more than a new one then.
The median income was also $3,600.
I don't remember the channel that used to show Circus Boy. But I watched it around six or seven years ago. I liked it. The boy was one of The Monkees.
1956 must have been the year I started listening to radio
@24:45 Paul walks by some audience members as he leaves the set for the last time, not to be renewed for the next season. There's a lady who stands, her gaze follows Paul as he leaves then turns to the camera. Is that Bea Benaderet? You will have to pause quickly, her face is visibled for about 1/3 a second.
"CIRCUS TIME" was not renewed following the 1956-'57 season. However, Hartz Mountain sponsored Paul (and Jerry Mahoney) on ABC's Sunday afternoon schedule in the fall of '57.
I think this is the first one of these where I can't think of a single program shown that is getting ANY air time anywhere at the time I type this...
I was 5 years old in 56 i don't think we had a TV yet
I stand to be corrected, but I think the later episodes of The Adventures Of Sir Lancelot were made in colour making this programme the first British made tv programme to be filmed and broadcast in colour.
You're right! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_early_colour_TV_shows_in_the_UK
I remember seeing a few episodes of "Wire Service" when they were shown in Canada by CBC in the spring of 1971.
The 1957 model cars were first sold in the fall of 1956, which is why Lawrence Welk's "Top Tunes and New Talent" shows both a '57 Dodge and a '57 Plymouth. The latter's advertising slogan was "Suddenly - it's 1960!", meaning the 1957 Plymouths supposedly looked like they were three years into the future. That's why the announcer says the Plymouth "dares to break the time barrier...1960 new!" at 22:46.
Thanks, the reference to 1960 threw me.
@@superchitownhustler The 1957 Plymouth looked radically different than the 1957 Chevrolet and Ford. The car was longer, lower, and had large tail fins. The Chrysler, DeSoto, Dodge, and Imperial for 1957 had similar radically different styling compared to their competitors.
They used the slogan, "When you drive a PLYMOUTH suddenly it's 1960!".
That might as well should have been the 1960 Plymouth - the actual 1960 Plymouth looked like garbage IMO comparatively speaking!
Gale Gordon....Lucy's favorite
I showed this to my 8 year old son and now all he does is smoke cigarettes and eat cereal.
I was 10 years old. TV shows actually had stories.. I would have those times again.
I find it fascinating that nothing of Conflict exists. I'm used to lost films atleast having a poster or something. But to have a show that exists with no evidence is intriguing to me
A year ago, two episodes were posted on RUclips.
I vaguely remember the Gale Storm show, but I also recall Superman & Lucy to a degree. I was born in '52 and my sister in '57, but our mom died of liver cancer in early '58 so these years were kind of blurred 'til the Flintstones showed up !
I always liked Circus Boy, Broken Arrow, Jim Bowie, Playhouse 90, (loved Jack Palance as a tortured Dracula), -& i only knew Wally Cox as Mr. Peepers. Remember oh Susanna, (remember when all laundry detergents were powders).
1940’s? You probably made it yourself. Ryobi tools are awesome when they are in talented hands. I enjoy watching your videos.
And seven years later, the star of THE ADVENTURES OF SIR LANCELOT was in the original cast of DOCTOR WHO...
I was thinking the same thing. So that was the same William Russell who played Ian Chesterton during the 1st three seasons of Classic Doctor Who.
Quite right. William Russell was one of the companions to the first doctor. He played the school teacher Ian Chesterton. Jacqueline Hill played the other school teacher, Barbara Wright.
Amazing that he's still alive today too.
Yes, I watched reruns of Oh, Susanna in the 1960s.
oh boy i can't wait to see what comes on in 1956
I missed Cheyenne as a hit. For 1956: Zane Grey Theater, Playhouse 90, Gale Storm Show? Lawrence Welk (Top Tunes &Talent), Circus Time?
As the Mark VII credit states, NOAH'S ARK was produced by Jack Webb (and was one of the first TV series to be broadcast in color)
why did webb think a show about a vet would be popular
@@thewkovacs316 If he'd made the vet an undercover cop, the series may have lasted longer....
@@jubalcalif9100 there was a popular bbc show about a vet...maybe that is why he developed one
Pretty cool to see Quint (Robert Shaw), from Jaws, in a series he starred in called the Buccaneers. I would love to see a couple of episodes. He was a great actor.
Extra credit for leaving in the Jell-O sponsorship message. How incongruous was that?
Quite incongruous.
Of the first 14 shows, 12 are historical dramas. Interesting.
these videos have me hooked
Indeed! They are like Pringle’s …you can’t just have one! 😜🤣😜
I vaguely recall having a Little Golden Book or something like that of Circus Boy.
These are the T.V. shows that would have been playing when I was born in September of that year. 63 + years ago.
Wow...... some of them were really corny! 🤣
I remember a series called Noah. It was about Noah and the flood. I think that series was before 1956, as was Topper.
You ever wonder if the Harrison Act had not been passed that Geritol would have been mostly Amphetamines?
I also remember that Geritol contained alcohol, and some people used it as a substitute for booze, if they lived in a "dry" area. Other so-called "patent medicines" were used that way also. Just as some people would use NyQuil or Listerine as liquor substitutes if they were desperate enough.
The younger of the two men discussing the pet dog's medical condition is Paul Burke, who later starred on the series Naked City (ca. 1960) and then on the series Twelve O'Clock High. His last major role was in the movie Valley of the Dolls.
I neglected to mention that Paul Burke was in the promo for Noah's Ark, a show I never knew existed.
After starring in Valley of the Dolls, there was nowhere to go but far, far away from Hollywood. 🤣
Phil Carey played Asa Buchanan on "One Life to Live".
Dawn M. Divincenzo he also was “You won’t believe it, but I’m Granny Goose” the potato chip Company. Before that he was the Captain on “Laredo”.
I would like to see some of these shows if they’re “cleaned up.” They don’t have to be colonized, just clean up the audio and video.
That's Hank Simms announcing 'The 77th Bengal Lancers' and Don Pardo introducing 'Stanley'.
It sounds very much like Laugh-In's Gary Owens introducing The Joseph Cotten Show.
Of course I knew Nat King Cole and Dinah Shore had shows, and Twenty One was infamous, but other than those, these are all new to me. Fascinating.
the fun for me (you can play along too if you're of sufficient vintage) is, as each new reveal comes up, seeing if my memory is good enough (i.e., if the information was sufficiently burned into my synapses from repeated watchings as a kiddiewink) for me to peg the name of the show before the title card comes up
PS: I was at about 25%. In my defence, some of the 'grown-up' shows (Playhouse 90 &c.) I wouldn't have been watching as a kid.
Jack Palance, wow.
Zombie George "Believe it...or not!" 😉 😁
...and reading his q card perfectly.
Zombie George He looked scared to death. The intro on Playhouse 90 was an important slot, it was live, and this was the very first night.
He starred in the following week's episode, "Requiem for a Heavyweight," also written by Rod Serling, which was one of the most famous television broadcasts in history.
quiz shows of the 50's..."SCANDALS"
what the hell was luftwaffe? are you saying in 1956 there was a TV show about nazi's pilots?
That was the episode title following the series intro for Air Force (9:03).
It was very popular and even stared Hans -Ulrich Rudel the famed Stuka Pilot as well as other Luftwaffe aces.
Actually, this was a 26 week series called "Air Power." One week the show was about the history of the German Air Force. It was an excellent show.
At 12:00 - "Live from New York!" Hmmmmmmm - where have I heard that before? And the announcer for Pall Mall cigarettes - sounds like Don Pardo! Hmmmmmmmm. . .
It was Victor Jory, not Tory.
I am a descendent of Jean Lafitte and I had a long term girl friend who was descended from Jim Bowie .... Imagine the kids ....lol
I remember some of these but not all
WOW thanks for this post.
As a little kid, I thought Jack Barry was Raymond Burr.
I've seen the Gale Storm show in re-runs into the seventies.
We get Sling. One of the channels has the Gale Storm Show.
Wow, starting off strong with a series starring a then-future Doctor Who star (William Russell).
Variety shows which we couldn't have now sadly
16:57- "GERITOL! The high potency vitamin and iron tonic that helps you 'FEEL STRONGER FAST'...presents the-----"
Geritol pretty much owned TV back in the 1950's...especially the game shows.
Wonder what percentage of homes had TV in '56?
I don't know about percentages but in the UK, which had had a regular tv service since 1936, second world war years excepted, the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, which was broadcast live on both radio and tv, was the first time in Britain that the tv audience for an event exceeded the radio audiemce. Although tv set ownership was growing anyway it was the televising of the coronation that really accelerated this growth.
72%
Watching my childhood here. Herb Shriner, Gale Storm, and more. Three channels to choose from and could usually find something entertaining. Today 300 channels and mostly trash.
I agree with on that.
I'll join the club, too.
Micky Braddock aka Dolenz Jr. As Corky.
Bowie was also David Bowie aka Jones.
Notice all hosts wire suits and ties were well groomed and straightforwards in approach to camera
ALL these cigarette sponsors! All those coffins! But it would all end in the early 1970s, when you couldn't sell cigarettes on TV because that became illegal.
I was four and don’t remember any of these.
I Was Scared Of General Mills When I Was A Kid As Well As Adult.And Even Aging.
GOOSEYGOOSE9 But they make great cereals like Cheerios and Total.
Weird
General Mills?
They didn't use their "Big G" trademark until 1960.
WOW NAT KING COLE WITH HIS OWN SHOW ??? UNHEARD OF IN THOSE RACIST TIMES
mw10259m Cole's show was taken off the air due to threats against advertisers by Southern "interests".
I believe it was only 15 minutes long.
Nat's original 1956-'57 series was 15 minutes [it preceded "THE HUNTLEY-BRINKLEY REPORT" on Mondays at 7:30pm(et)]- and it did have a sponsor: Carter Products, makers of Arrid deodorant and Rise shave cream. However, NBC took a gamble, and expanded the show to a full half-hour on Tuesdays [10pm] in June 1957, hoping sponsors would sustain a longer program in prime-time. They didn't; most advertisers were worried their southern distributors wouldn't approve of sponsoring a black performer in prime-time. The network sustained the series through September 1957, then offered it to their affiliates on a co-op basis at 7:30pm(et). Local and regional spossors inserted their own commercials- including Rheingold beer in the New York area. But NBC wanted to move Nat out of that time period, so that national advertisers would be more receptive to whatever replaced him. They offered Nat (and his agent, Carlos Gastel) Saturday nights at 7pm for January 1958. "Cowboy time!", Gastel sneered. "Nat won't go for it." The network insisted that Nat take that time slot, or face cancellation. Cole cancelled himself that December. He declared, "Madison Avenue is afraid of the dark."
@@fromthesidelines Nat King Cole crossed the barrier. He appealed to most people, black and white.
“Circus Boy” seemed disturbing….
Twenty One, fixed quiz show that did give the right answers to contestants.
Truth
Just ONE of the crooked game shows at that time that provided answers to the people they wanted to win.
"Game Show" was a good movie in the 90's that covered that scandal.
See the movie “Quiz Show” to see what happened to Jack Barry
Most of those shows I have never heard of, found a few videos on RUclips of some and watched a bit. Most are downright freaking awful.
Paul Winchell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeannie Carson show in the 50's, 13:42, Johnny Carson show in the 70's Any relation?
Jean Shufflebottom
23 May 1928 (age 90)
Pudsey, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Year I was born so I had to check out what was happening on the box.
14:59 Hm...if that kid was 11 in 1956, that would make it 1967 by the time he finished college...and since the Vietnam War was still going on, he might've wanted to *stay* in college a little longer...!
I live with a man who is 2 years older than that boy. My friend and roommate served in the Navy from 1964-1970, then went to Penn State after his service. In October 2018, he is 75.
Rob, if that kid graduated high school in 1967 chances are good he would have ended up either a hippie or a drafted soldier.
did Plymouth know three years ahead of the shutdown
A lot of happy cigarette sponsors back then. Cough cough.
You can really tell the age differences in the comments
Nat Cole was a first and actually a great show but failed because he couldn't find a regular sponsor. Madison ave and racism killed the show.
It wasn't Madison Avenue and racism. It was the racism of Madison Avenue. Nat King Cole was beloved by millions of Americans. My parents and my inlaws and all their friends had many of his albums and loved his show. And we're not Black, by the way.
Those who don't know who Tennessee Ernie Ford is. . .His act was like Jim Nabors/Gomer Pyle. As a comedian he'd have this real deep Southern accent and was a bit dopey. But when he sang, he had this gorgeous baritone voice.
Classes
a lot of shows for two networks
Dad used to threaten to toss our TV right out the window.. wish he did. I finally put my TV in the closet a few years ago.
Mike Btrfld I only have it to watch Baseball and maybe Football. OTOH, this is August 2020 and we “got trouble my friends “.
Wow, almost a total lack of women. It's like the TV execs were a bunch 12 year old boys sitting around thinking up shows they themselves would watch.
Chris N. There were several women represented here. Were they the majority? No, but so what?
Zzzzzzzz, thank God for the 60s comedies.
First time
Made FRIDAY NIGHT TV - LATE SPRING 1966 onto upload!