Most early TV shows were sponsored by one main advertiser like Dodge did for Lawrence Welk for his champagne music from Hollywood.
Category: 1950’s
1955 Nash Rambler
The Nash Rambler was produced by the Nash Motors, a division of Nash-Kelvinator who then merged with the Hudson Car Company in 1954. The Nash Ramber was then produced by American Motors Company in 1955. The Rambler was America’s first modern compact car.
Action Play Sets by Marx
Play set carry all’s were very popular toys produced by Marx during the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. They were sold as sets without “accessories sold separately”. The play sets provided hours of fun through a child’s imagination.
Hopalong Cassidy Sunbeam Bread Commercial
Clarence E. Mulford wrote the popular short stories back in 1904 and the TV show hopedalong from 1952 to 1954 and was popular on radio and in movie theaters.
An Evening With Fred Astaire In Color
A rare color television broadcast in 1958 with Fred Astaire in a variety show produced by they Chrysler Corporation as seen on KARD-TV 3 in Witchita Kansas .
Lincoln Assassination Witness on Ive Got a Secret
The last surviving witness to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, 96-year-old Samuel Seymour, is a challenger on I’ve Got A Secret in 1956. (He died two months later.)
Elvis Jailhouse Rock Commercial
Advertisement/commercial for Jailhouse Rock move.
The Adventures Superman TV intro
Adventures of Superman is an American television series based on comic book characters and concepts created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The show is the first television series to feature Superman and began filming in 1951 in California on RKO-Pathé stages and the RKO Forty Acres back lot. It was sponsored by cereal manufacturer Kellogg’s.
Relive the memories! Buy an episode or buy a season. Makes a great gift!
Amos and Andy TV Show
Amos and Andy was a radio show from 1928 until 1960. The television series ran on CBS from 1951 to 1953 and lived on in reruns from 1954 to 1966. Amos ‘n Andy was the first U.S. television program with an all-black cast.
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Send In The Clowns
Send in the Clowns is by far the most popular video on YouRememberThat.com with 5.6 million views as of 3/10/2016. Such a classic video with all the great actors and actresses like Milton Berle, Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball, Jerry Lewis, and Jackie Gleason to name just a few. An all time favorite of many to be sure.
