Tag: 1960s television
F Troop
There’s no special birthday or anniversary behind today’s Ken Berry clips. They just happened to come up, and after seeing…
Mayberry R.F.D.
How many of you kept watching Mayberry after Andy Griffith left? Mayberry R.F.D. continued the familiar small-town setting, but shifted…
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
“Good evening.” With those two words, Alfred Hitchcock welcomed viewers into a weekly world of murder, mystery, suspense and wonderfully…
And Away We Went With Jackie Gleason
I remember sitting in the living room with the family to watch The Jackie Gleason Show. The dramatic introduction always…
Sea Hunt and the Shows We Watched With Dad
Sea Hunt was another show I watched with my dad. Combat!, The Rat Patrol and, heck, even Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C….
The Invaders
Architect David Vincent took a wrong turn one night and discovered something terrifying: aliens were already living among us. That…
ABC’s Wide World of Sports
For generations, Saturday afternoons meant watching Jim McKay “span the globe” on ABC’s Wide World of Sports. Beginning in 1961,…
Marcus Welby
Long before television doctors relied on dramatic emergencies and high-tech machines, Dr. Marcus Welby was the calm, caring family physician…
Why The Green Hornet Never Quite Worked For Me
I remember as a kid getting excited about a new action hero, The Green Hornet. He had the mask, a…
Did You See the U.S.A. in Your Chevrolet?
“See the U.S.A. in Your Chevrolet” was one of those ads that did more than sell a car. It sold…