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For some reason, when I think of summer I think of The Hollywood Squares.
I guess that's when I had the opportunity to watch it growing up when it aired at 11:30am. Here's part of a 1968 primetime episode, note this was before Paul Lynde became a regular but the wonderful Wally Cox and Charley Weaver are present. Read
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Game Shows 1974 A
rundown of all the daytime network game shows from 35 summers ago, along with audio clips from actual 1974 airchecks, when they
could be found. Sadly, many of these series were erased by the networks
(especially the NBC shows) and no longer exist in any form - except
right here. Read
and watch more...
My World and Welcome to it My
World and Welcome To It might be considered The Simpsons of its time. Smartly-written with a superb cast of familiar faces, My World presented sitcom life enhanced by the writing and scribbling of New Yorker humorist James Thurber (who died eight years before
this show aired). Read and watch more...
Saturday
Mornings 1970 American
Bandstand, Motor Mouse, Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp, Sabrina
and the Groovie Goolies, The Bugaloos, Josie and the Pussycats, Archie's
Funhouse, Here Come the Double Deckers, Harlem Globetrotters and more! Read and watch more...
America's
First Lady of Comedy Carol
Burnett won the hearts of TV viewers playing the nervous klutz in
dozens of hilarious skits on The Garry Moore Show. She was
an instant hit with the home audience, one of the emerging medium's
first bright stars.
Each week, hapless Carol would find herself in the most outrageous
predicaments. No matter how sketchy the script, the comedienne turned
each performance into a farcical romp with her spasmodic interpretations.
She quickly became the de-facto star of the program. Read and watch more...
Classic
Commercials for Women From
the very beginning of the ad age, women became a key strategic focal
point for advertisers. The polyester decade in particular played host
to some of the most memorable and wildly successful ad campaigns of
all time. All too often, early TV advertisements aimed at "the
weaker sex" were condescending and simplistic. The women's movement
in the sixties was one factor leading advertisers to rethink the methods
they were using to reach an increasingly important market segment. Read and watch more...
History
of the Tabloids On
August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died suddenly. Like tapping a rich
vein of crude oil, tabloid sales went through the roof, spiking at
seven million when Elvis appeared on the cover of the National
Enquirer - lying embalmed in his coffin. In
the ensuing media circus surrounding Elvis' death, the Enquirer herded so many reporters into Nashville they had to buy a $100,000
fully furnished home for them all to camp out. Read
and watch more...
Lancelot
Link, Secret Chimp
'I
Created Lance Link' takes you behind the minds behind the show, it's a
fascinating look into the makings of a classic show and an intimate glimpse
into the lives of two of TV's greatest comedy writers. The film was shot
at the home of Stan Burns, where he and Mike Marmer relate one funny anecdote
after another about the chimp series. Read
and watch more...
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