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Here’s Lucy

Here’s Lucy kept Lucille Ball on Monday night TV with the same kind of physical comedy, celebrity guest stars, and…

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The Untouchables: Before There Was Airplane!

Before Robert Stack showed up in Airplane! as Rex Kramer, he was dead serious as Eliot Ness in The Untouchables….

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Pfft! You Were Gone Celebrity Edition!

“Pfft! You Were Gone” was originally written and recorded by Buck Owens in 1954, but it is most famously remembered…

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Posted in 1950's

CBS Cartoon Theatre

CBS Cartoon Theatre was a short-lived CBS cartoon showcase from 1956, best remembered today because it was hosted by a…

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Love, American Style: The Show Where Familiar Faces Got Another Shot

Love, American Style was one of those shows that could only have come from that late ’60s and early ’70s…

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Organ Music Made Soap Operas So Dramatic

Soap operas got their name because the early daytime radio dramas were often sponsored by soap and household-product companies. The…

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ABC Promotes Combat!

An hour after posting the intro, I thought it would be fitting to share this old ABC commercial for Combat!….

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Remembering Combat! On Memorial Day

Since this is Memorial Day, I thought the intro to Combat! was worth sharing. This was another one of those…

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The Rat Patrol

The Rat Patrol was another one of those shows Dad loved to watch, and to a kid, it sure looked…