#1950stv — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #1950stv, aggregated by home.social.
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Ralph and Norton got stuck in trick handcuffs on the train to the Raccoon Lodge convention on this date in 1956.
"Unconventional Behavior" was the 33rd of the 39 episodes of THE HONEYMOONERS produced in 1955-56 — one season of brilliance that's been rerun for 70 years.
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Happy 100th to Ann B. Davis — who already had two Emmys (and 4 nominations) before she donned Alice's apron on THE BRADY BUNCH.
As Schultzy on THE BOB CUMMINGS SHOW, she was the breakout character of the hit sitcom from creator Paul Henning.
Her trademark hairdo even became popular w/ high school girls!
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Art Carney and Jackie Gleason in THE HONEYMOONERS episode "The Worry Wart," originally broadcast 70 years ago this month.
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Harpo and Chico Marx recreated the silverware gag from ANIMAL CRACKERS on THE COLGATE COMEDY HOUR on NBC on this date in 1952.
Cutlery was strategically loaded into Harpo’s coat by his son Bill, who became Harpo's prop man at age 12.
"He had faith in me when I was very young," Bill said. "He was a great man."
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Lucille Ball and Dinah Shore in TV: THE FABULOUS FIFTIES which debuted on NBC #OTD in 1978.
This retrospective of early television featured a history of each genre, hosted by its icons.
A treasure trove of rare clips! On YouTube:
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Lucille Ball and Dinah Shore in TV: THE FABULOUS FIFTIES which debuted on NBC #OTD in 1978.
This retrospective of early television featured a history of each genre, hosted by its icons.
A treasure trove of rare clips! On YouTube:
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Lucille Ball and Dinah Shore in TV: THE FABULOUS FIFTIES which debuted on NBC #OTD in 1978.
This retrospective of early television featured a history of each genre, hosted by its icons.
A treasure trove of rare clips! On YouTube:
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Lucille Ball and Dinah Shore in TV: THE FABULOUS FIFTIES which debuted on NBC #OTD in 1978.
This retrospective of early television featured a history of each genre, hosted by its icons.
A treasure trove of rare clips! On YouTube:
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Lucille Ball and Dinah Shore in TV: THE FABULOUS FIFTIES which debuted on NBC #OTD in 1978.
This retrospective of early television featured a history of each genre, hosted by its icons.
A treasure trove of rare clips! On YouTube:
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WATCH MR. WIZARD debuted on NBC on this date in 1951.
Don Herbert hosted this Peabody Award-winning science series until 1965 – and again on Nickelodeon in the 1980s.
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WATCH MR. WIZARD debuted on NBC on this date in 1951.
Don Herbert hosted this Peabody Award-winning science series until 1965 – and again on Nickelodeon in the 1980s.
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WATCH MR. WIZARD debuted on NBC on this date in 1951.
Don Herbert hosted this Peabody Award-winning science series until 1965 – and again on Nickelodeon in the 1980s.
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WATCH MR. WIZARD debuted on NBC on this date in 1951.
Don Herbert hosted this Peabody Award-winning science series until 1965 – and again on Nickelodeon in the 1980s.
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WATCH MR. WIZARD debuted on NBC on this date in 1951.
Don Herbert hosted this Peabody Award-winning science series until 1965 – and again on Nickelodeon in the 1980s.
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On January 7, 1926, Nathan Birnbaum married Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen.
Happy 100th, George and Gracie!
As an adopted kid, I loved knowing that Burns and Allen had adopted their two children. Here they are w/ son Ronnie on the set of their TV show in 1958.
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Florence Henderson became a co-host of NBC's TODAY show #OTD in 1959.
As "The TODAY Girl,” the future BRADY BUNCH star delivered "light news,” conducted interviews, and sang.
“It was quite a wonderful thing to have happen to you as a young person,” she said in 1999.
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Great news for classic TV fans.
MeTV's new classic Western channel launched on Monday — and it's already streaming on Frndly TV.
WEST joins the 9 other Weigel Broadcasting nostalgia channels on Frndly, making it the only live TV streamer to offer them all.
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THE HONEYMOONERS ended its one-season run on CBS on this date in 1956.
But CBS didn't cancel it. Jackie Gleason did, and he went back to his variety show, which had better ratings.
The 39 episodes of THE HONEYMOONERS went into syndication in 1958 and have lived on in reruns ever since.
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Eartha Kitt (age 27) guest hosted the penultimate episode of NBC's live, 90-minute variety program YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS #OTD in 1954.
She was already a veteran performer, with hit songs and solo albums and appearances on Broadway.
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THE HONEYMOONERS binges all day Sunday on MeTV sister channel Catchy Comedy.
32 of the "Classic 39" episodes will air starting 6am ET — and these shows are not on any streaming service, as far as I know.
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Tonight in 1956 — Ralph and Norton got stuck in trick handcuffs en route to the Raccoon Lodge convention on THE HONEYMOONERS.
"Unconventional Behavior" was the 33rd of The Classic 39 episodes produced in 1955-56 — one season of brilliance that has been rerun for nearly 70 years.
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Today in 1954 — The first mass-produced color TVs were introduced by RCA.
Cost: $1,000 — equal to $12,000 in today's dollars.
RCA-owned NBC began “color-casting" in 1953. Unlike CBS’s earlier color efforts, these “compatible" broadcasts were also viewable on B&W TV sets.
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Tonight in 1956 — Art Carney won an Emmy for THE HONEYMOONERS.
He was the only Emmy winner for the iconic sitcom's single season of 39 episodes.
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Today in 1951 — WATCH MR. WIZARD debuted on NBC.
Don Herbert hosted this Peabody Award-winning science series until 1965 – and again on Nickelodeon in the 1980s.
#OnThisDay #ClassicTV #MrWizard #1950sTV #1960sTV #MrWizardsWorld
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Tonight in 1956 — Ralph Kramden was a game show contestant on THE HONEYMOONERS.
Watch how many laughs Gleason gets from this scene. Just masterful.
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Tonight in 1955 — Lucy, Ricky, Fred, and Ethel hit the road to Hollywood (with the help of rear projection) on I LOVE LUCY.
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Happy birthday to George Petrie (1912-1997), who appeared on more episodes of THE HONEYMOONERS than anyone other than the stars.
He was a prolific character actor for 60 years, but I’ll always think of him as “The Fifth Honeymooner."
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Some episode reviews from season 2 of Perry Mason, a series that raised the bar in terms of complex plotting in 1950s U.S. TV and demonstrated the potential of the hour-long episodic TV drama. And that terrific cast! Always fun to revisit.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2020/01/perry-mason-season-2-part-2.html
#culttv #culttelevision #vintagetv #vintage television #PerryMason #RaymondBurr #ErleStanleyGardner #50stv #1950stv #50stelevision #1950stelevision
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Some episode reviews from season 2 of Perry Mason, a series that raised the bar in terms of complex plotting in 1950s U.S. TV and demonstrated the potential of the hour-long episodic TV drama. And that terrific cast! Always fun to revisit.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2020/01/perry-mason-season-2-part-2.html
#culttv #culttelevision #vintagetv #vintage television #PerryMason #RaymondBurr #ErleStanleyGardner #50stv #1950stv #50stelevision #1950stelevision
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Some episode reviews from season 2 of Perry Mason, a series that raised the bar in terms of complex plotting in 1950s U.S. TV and demonstrated the potential of the hour-long episodic TV drama. And that terrific cast! Always fun to revisit.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2020/01/perry-mason-season-2-part-2.html
#culttv #culttelevision #vintagetv #vintage television #PerryMason #RaymondBurr #ErleStanleyGardner #50stv #1950stv #50stelevision #1950stelevision
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Some episode reviews from season 2 of Perry Mason, a series that raised the bar in terms of complex plotting in 1950s U.S. TV and demonstrated the potential of the hour-long episodic TV drama. And that terrific cast! Always fun to revisit.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2020/01/perry-mason-season-2-part-2.html
#culttv #culttelevision #vintagetv #vintage television #PerryMason #RaymondBurr #ErleStanleyGardner #50stv #1950stv #50stelevision #1950stelevision
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Some episode reviews from season 2 of Perry Mason, a series that raised the bar in terms of complex plotting in 1950s U.S. TV and demonstrated the potential of the hour-long episodic TV drama. And that terrific cast! Always fun to revisit.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2020/01/perry-mason-season-2-part-2.html
#culttv #culttelevision #vintagetv #vintage television #PerryMason #RaymondBurr #ErleStanleyGardner #50stv #1950stv #50stelevision #1950stelevision
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Tonight in 1954 — Eartha Kitt (age 27) guest hosted the penultimate episode of YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS on NBC. 💕
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Tonight in 1956 — Ralph and Norton got stuck in trick handcuffs en route to the Raccoon Lodge convention on THE HONEYMOONERS.
"Unconventional Behavior" was the 33rd of The Classic 39 episodes produced in 1955-56 — one season of brilliance that has been rerun for nearly 70 years!
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Tonight in 1964 — Christopher Lee starred on THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR.
“The Sign of Satan” is the closest we ever got to a Hitchcock-Lee team-up. (Hitch only hosts.)
Based on a Robert Bloch story. Adapted by Barré Lyndon (HANGOVER SQUARE, THE LODGER).
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Tonight in 1957 — I LOVE LUCY aired its last original episode.
It was the #1 show on TV when Lucy and Desi decided to end it after 6 seasons.
The characters returned in 13 one-hour specials (1957-1960) known as THE LUCY-DESI COMEDY HOUR.
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Tonight in 1955 — Ralph and Alice Kramden adopted a baby.
“The Adoption” is the only HONEYMOONERS sketch that legitimately chokes me up.
It’s one of “The Lost Episodes,” but as good as any of "The Classic 39.”
On Tubi: https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/506629/s03-e18-the-adoption
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Today in 1954 — The first mass-produced color TVs were introduced by RCA.
Cost: $1,000 — with a screen 11½ inches wide.
RCA-owned NBC began “color-casting" in 1953. Unlike CBS’s earlier color efforts, these “compatible" broadcasts were also viewable on B&W sets.
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Tonight in 1959 — ONE STEP BEYOND debuted on ABC.
John Newland hosted and directed this docudrama-style anthology series.
David Lynch fans may enjoy the first episode (shot by Oscar winner Russell Metty).
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M Squad was a 1957-60 NBC US TV cop series starring Lee Marvin. Action-packed, hard-edged, with a film noir vibe. It dives right into the seamy side of life. Marvin oozes charisma. He's like a pressure cooker about to blow. Superb TV.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2020/02/m-squad-season-one-1957.html
#retrotv #retrotelevision #culttv #culttelevision #50stv #1950stv #classictv #classic television #LeeMarvin #copshow #copshows
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M Squad was a 1957-60 NBC US TV cop series starring Lee Marvin. Action-packed, hard-edged, with a film noir vibe. It dives right into the seamy side of life. Marvin oozes charisma. He's like a pressure cooker about to blow. Superb TV.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2020/02/m-squad-season-one-1957.html
#retrotv #retrotelevision #culttv #culttelevision #50stv #1950stv #classictv #classic television #LeeMarvin #copshow #copshows
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M Squad was a 1957-60 NBC US TV cop series starring Lee Marvin. Action-packed, hard-edged, with a film noir vibe. It dives right into the seamy side of life. Marvin oozes charisma. He's like a pressure cooker about to blow. Superb TV.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2020/02/m-squad-season-one-1957.html
#retrotv #retrotelevision #culttv #culttelevision #50stv #1950stv #classictv #classic television #LeeMarvin #copshow #copshows
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M Squad was a 1957-60 NBC US TV cop series starring Lee Marvin. Action-packed, hard-edged, with a film noir vibe. It dives right into the seamy side of life. Marvin oozes charisma. He's like a pressure cooker about to blow. Superb TV.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2020/02/m-squad-season-one-1957.html
#retrotv #retrotelevision #culttv #culttelevision #50stv #1950stv #classictv #classic television #LeeMarvin #copshow #copshows
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M Squad was a 1957-60 NBC US TV cop series starring Lee Marvin. Action-packed, hard-edged, with a film noir vibe. It dives right into the seamy side of life. Marvin oozes charisma. He's like a pressure cooker about to blow. Superb TV.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2020/02/m-squad-season-one-1957.html
#retrotv #retrotelevision #culttv #culttelevision #50stv #1950stv #classictv #classic television #LeeMarvin #copshow #copshows
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Johnny Staccato (1959) a stylish gritty jazz-fuelled film noir-inflected PI TV series with John Cassavetes as a piano player/private eye. Similar to Peter Gunn but better - more neurotic, edgy and noirish.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2019/07/johnny-staccato-1959-revisited.html
#Noirvember #filmnoir #culttv #JohnCassavetes #PeterGunn #50stv #1950stv #retrotv #privateeyes #classictelevision #vintagetv #classictv
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Hi-Jack, an episode of the 1950-51 Dick Tracy TV series. I'm a bit of a Dick Tracy fan and the series did star Ralph Byrd, the definitive screen Dick Tracy. Alas the plot is too conventional and it all looks a bit stodgy. A curiosity more than anything else.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2023/09/dick-tracy-tv-series-1950-51.html
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Today is the birthday of stage and screen actor Carlton Carpenter, who died in 2022 at age 95.
In 1954, he played one of American TV's first identifiably gay characters, when NBC broadcast a production of the 1941 Broadway musical LADY IN THE DARK. The show takes place largely in the offices of a fashion magazine, and Carpenter played the supporting role of Russell, an overwrought gay fashion photographer (originally played on stage by Danny Kaye). Here's a short video clip: https://youtu.be/Z3vYAqTwKV4
In interviews in the 1980s, Carpenter talked about what it was like to be a gay actor in 1950s Hollywood, and the lengths that the studio went to in order to build up a fake macho and heterosexual image for him.
#television #gay #musicals #LGBTQ #queer #50sTV #1950sTV #Broadway
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Tonight in 1959 – THE BOB CUMMINGS SHOW (aka LOVE THAT BOB) aired its last original episode.
Ann B. Davis (THE BRADY BUNCH) won 2 Emmys for this sitcom created by Paul Henning (BEV HILLBILLIES, PETTICOAT JUNCTION, GREEN ACRES).
It’s on Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/fav-willmckinley?sort=titleSorter&and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Love+That+Bob%22 #ClassicTV #1950sTV #LoveThatBob
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Tonight in 1959 – THE BOB CUMMINGS SHOW (aka LOVE THAT BOB) aired its last original episode.
Ann B. Davis (THE BRADY BUNCH) won 2 Emmys for this sitcom created by Paul Henning (BEV HILLBILLIES, PETTICOAT JUNCTION, GREEN ACRES).
It’s on Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/fav-willmckinley?sort=titleSorter&and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Love+That+Bob%22 #ClassicTV #1950sTV #LoveThatBob
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Tonight in 1959 – THE BOB CUMMINGS SHOW (aka LOVE THAT BOB) aired its last original episode.
Ann B. Davis (THE BRADY BUNCH) won 2 Emmys for this sitcom created by Paul Henning (BEV HILLBILLIES, PETTICOAT JUNCTION, GREEN ACRES).
It’s on Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/fav-willmckinley?sort=titleSorter&and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Love+That+Bob%22 #ClassicTV #1950sTV #LoveThatBob