Tag: retro television
Faster Than Saturday Morning Television
Before Super Friends and decades before the live-action television series, Filmation brought the Flash racing onto Saturday-morning television. Beginning in…
Friday Nights Belonged to The Flintstones
Before The Flintstones became a childhood favorite through daytime reruns, it was a genuine prime-time television show. The series premiered…
Madge and the Palmolive Soak
Madge worked at the fictional Salon East Beauty Parlor, where nearly every manicure ended with the same surprise. After listening…
Don’t Squeeze the Charmin Fun Facts
Beginning in 1964, shoppers were repeatedly warned, “Please don’t squeeze the Charmin!” The commercials followed grocery store manager Mr. Whipple…
The Invaders
Architect David Vincent took a wrong turn one night and discovered something terrifying: aliens were already living among us. That…
The Great Grape Ape
Somehow, this cartoon completely escaped my memory, so I’m counting on your memories for this one! The Great Grape Ape…
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,…
Josie and the Pussycats
“Long tails and ears for hats!” Josie and the Pussycats brought music, mysteries and wild adventures to CBS Saturday mornings…
The FBI- And Who The Heck Was Efrem Zimbalist Jr?
If you grew up in the late 1960s, chances are you remember The F.B.I.. It wasn’t flashy—it just felt real,…
Did The Twilight Zone Dummy Creep You Out Too?
After posting the Nestlé’s “makes the very best… chaaawwwwclit” commercial, a lot of you asked for this one. Go ahead…