Category: 1960’s
F Troop Season 2 Opening
A politically incorrect TV show in the 60’s is even more so today about US soldiers and American Indians in the wild west. It ran from September 14, 1965 to April 6, 1967. The first season was 34 episodes in black and white and 31 episodes in color in the second season.
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Who Remembers Falstaff Beer?
Falstaff Beer reached it’s peak of production in 1965 with over 10 million barrels brewed that year but watched it’s sales drop 70% in the next ten years. Today the brand is owned by Pabst Brewing Corporation. Mmmmm, Beer!
Bat Masterson Intro
Actor Gene Barry played a fictionalized role of the real-life marshal William Barclay “Bat” Masterson in the NBC series that ran from 1958 until 1961.
Freddie and the Dreamers – Do The Freddie
Do The Freddie was a dance fad in 1965 by the British band Freddie and the Dreamers. To do The Freddie, simply stand in place; then, in rhythm with the music first extend the left leg and raise both arms, as if you were doing jumping jacks; then extend the right leg and raise both arms again. Repeat until the song’s conclusion.
Frederick “Freddie” Garrity (14 November 1936 – 19 May 2006 was the frontman/lead singer of Freddie and the Dreamers. He died of emphysema.
Kimba The White Lion
Kimba the White Lion was an anime or cartoon as we called it from 1965 to 1967. It was the first color animated series in Japan.
The Avengers Intro 1965
The Avengers was a British espionage series that first aired on ABC American Broadcasting Network but produced by the Associated British Corporation ABC, also known as Thames Television after the two merged in 1968. The Avengers was the first British television series on air on US prime time. ABC-TV paid $2 million dollars for the series which was an extremely high price at the time. The show now could be recorded on 35mm film not videotape as in the first year. It was the practice of the day to reuse videotape and as a result, all but three of the first season episodes were reused and erased. Only 3 first season episodes are known to exist.
The main characters were Patrick Macnee as John Steed and Diana Rigg played Emma Peel.
The Avengers played opposite NBC’s British Show The Saint. Other stars were Ian Hendry as Dr. David Keel and Cathy Gale as Honor Blackman. The series ran from 1961 to 1969. Diana Rigg joined the series in in 1965 but left in 1967. She was unhappy with the way she felt she was treated by the producers. She was also upset the cameramen was paid more than she was paid.
The theme song used in this intro was first used in 1965. The theme was called the Shake based on the Shake Dance craze during the 1960’s
TV Guide ranked The Avengers as #20 of the Top Cult Shows Ever.
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Froot Loops Bird Bot Commercial
Fruit Loops were introduced in 1962 and originally there were there were red, orange, and yellow loops, the color of Toucan Sam’s nose. There is no fruit in Froot Loops and the cereal is just one flavor, not a combination of the individual fruit flavors as many think.
Toucan Sam’s catch phrases were “Follow my nose! For the fruity taste that shows!” or “Follow my nose! It always knows!”
Room 222 TV Intro
Room 222 was an comedy drama that aired on ABC from September 17, 1969 thru January 11, 1974. The show won three Emmy Awards. Sadly the only main character that has passed at this writing was actor Lloyd Haynes who played the role of Mr. Pete Dixon. He was 52 and died of lung cancer on December 31, 1986.
Kool Aid Commercial With The Monkeys
In 1969 and 1970 The Monkees starred in a series of Kool-Aid TV commercials, and some print ads. This was after Peter Tork had left the group.