Posted on 02/21/2008 4:36:29 PM PST by Bender2
Our Miss Brooks! An absolutely fabulous cast of comedians: Charlie Weaver, Eve Arden. The old lady who played Connie Brook’s landlady was a hoot. Eve Arden had such a wonderful, dry sense of humor, and she was always getting hot and bothered over the science teacher. Then there was Mr. Conklin and his daughter and her boyfriend who were also hoots.
What were the first color tv’s made?
Here's the web data on "Julia": Following the comedy antics of Beulahand Amos 'n' Andy- early 1950s series which many deemed patronizing - black people scarcely featured in starring roles on US television until this NBC sitcom, Julia, came along in 1968. True, Bill Cosbyhad been prominent in the adventure series I Spy, but he was not the main star. Julia, with Diahann Carroll starring and an integrated supporting cast underneath, was therefore something of a breakthrough - even though it was criticized by some black people as being unrepresentative of their lifestyle: she lived in a swanky apartment and appeared unaffected by any of the racial troubles that marked the period. The premise had Julia as the beautiful widow of an air force captain, killed in the line of duty in the Vietnam War, endeavouring to raise Corey, their son (aged six when the series began). She worked as a nurse at the Inner Aero-Space Center, an industrial health complex in Los Angeles, and the comedy revolved around her friendships and relationships at work and play.
Here's a parody of TV commercials done by one of the fifties ad agencies.
Here's a duck and cover film on what to do in case of an atomic bomb attack.
Wow, love this thread. I don’t have cable and don’t have video on this computer, so I haven’t laid eyes on any of these shows since they were on the air!
What a trip down Memory Lane.
Love that Bob was a favorite of mine, too. It always cracks me up that so few people think “Schultzy” when they see Ann B. Davis - they always call her “Alice” from The Brady Bunch. I think she’s still alive, isn’t she?
I had never laid eyes on The Brady Bunch TV show (don’t know where I was when it was airing, but it must have been on opposite something else I watched regularly) before there were reunion shows and movies about it in recent years.
Back to Bob Cummings - seems like Tony Randall had a show back then, too, that came on adjacent to Love that Bob, before or after, because I always think of them both together - tho Tony was a “hometown boy” for us in OK.
Also seems like Dobie Gillis was first on Bob Cummings. Maybe Maynard G. Krebs was, too? Loved the show itself later. *Work? Work!* Funny, I never watched Gilligan’s Island.
Lots of the Dobie Gillis characters were imprinted on my young brain as later recognizable stereotypes in real life - especially Chatsworth Osborne Jr. - didn’t he sometimes wear this tennis sweater tied around his shoulders?
Your Show of Shows. At one time it had Woody Allen, Neil Simon and Mel Brooks writing for it.
But all the early stooge films were two-reelers made to be shown as shorts before a main feature in movie theatres. Later these were popular on television and the older surviving stooges did some TV work.
Honeymooners
I liked Masquerade Party. Also, Art Linkletter House Party with the little kids.
Oh, anyone remember the Arthur & Kathryn Murray Dance Party? They always had a beautiful waltz at the end.
(Looks like I was a “party kid,” lol.)
Queen for a Day was a favorite, too. Bess Myerson in the mink coats!
And glam on the Loretta Young Show, too.
Remember Sgt Toody always going “Oooh ooh!”?
Ha, I remember how squeaky and high-pitched Richard Crenna’s voice was on Our Miss Brooks - long before The Real McCoys. Wasn’t he the messenger boy or mail room kid?
Life of Riley - I always wondered, and I was just a little kid, why someone as pretty as Peg was married to such an old goat as Chester, lol.
Loved Topper - had such a little girl crush on George Kirby!
Oh, yeah, the Thurber show with William Windom. I never would have thought of the name of it if you hadn’t posted it. Loved that show.
Do you remember before that, Windom in The Farmer’s Daughter with Inger Stevens? I enjoyed that show, too.
The only really old show I get to watch regularly on broadcast TV is Andy Griffith, which is GREAT, lol. It’s on twice in the middle of the night, every night - and I’ve watched it all the way through, beginning to end, B/W to color, with Barney and without Barney - now going on the third time.
The guy on the right in the Bilko pic, somebody Melvin (last name) (may be first name Allan, but not sure) has been the villain in almost every Mayberry show that has had a villain in it, lol.
It’s funny, because I always thought of him as Zimmerman (or whatever his name was on Bilko).
Loved Ann Sothern as Private Secretary. Mr Sands was another of my little girl “crushees”! *Swoon*
Gale Storm’s sister was my 4th grade teacher and I had loved My little Margie - but I *think* we were into Oh Susanna by that time. Would have to look it up - but Gale was still “big” on TV then, so that was kinda fun. We didn’t have many (like, *not any*) celebs or celeb kinfolk in Houston then.
Wow, The People’s Choice! Had not thought of that “since then,” I don’t believe. Wasn’t that Jackie Cooper? He was with the SAG or something? They lived in a ranch-style house and had sonic booms, IIRC. Have to look that one up, too - I know there was an OKla connection at the time.
Didn’t like Mr Peepers at all.
Was that “Cigars, cigarettes, Tiparillos?” that Edie Adams did? Or was that Julie London? One was Muriel or White Owl, I think. Now I’ve confused myself.
I did like the Dutch Masters getting up from their painting and singing and then going back into place, lol.
Remember the song?
There's a hold up in the Bronx,
Brooklyn's broken out in fights.
There's a traffic jam in Harlem
That's backed up to Jackson Heights.
There's a scout troup short a child,
Kruschev's due at Idlewild
Car 54, Where Are You?
I had forgotten that Stu Erwin had his own show, but I don’t recall anything about it. I only watched it at my grandmother’s house, because she did, lol.
He was a guest star on one of the Andy Griffith episodes I watched recently and I couldn’t figure out why I knew exactly who he was and remembered his name!
That reminds me, I always watched Arthur Godfrey at my g’moms, too. Even saw it when Julius LaRosa got fired!
Oh, also Your Hit Parade - never missed it!
Seems like the Today Show with Dave Garroway and the chimp (or was the chimp on Godfrey?) was about in that same timeframe.
I watched Beulah, too!
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