Tag: television history
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….
Two-Year-Old Tiger Woods On TV
Before he became one of the greatest golfers of all time, Tiger Woods was a 2-year-old kid on The Mike…
CBS Cartoon Theatre
CBS Cartoon Theatre was a short-lived CBS cartoon showcase from 1956, best remembered today because it was hosted by a…
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…
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…
ABC Promotes Combat!
An hour after posting the intro, I thought it would be fitting to share this old ABC commercial for Combat!….
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…
What Would the Clampetts Be Selling Today?
I remember watching this commercial as a kid, surprised that Jed smoked. I think we all knew Granny smoked, along…
Did Miss Nancy Ever Call Your Name?
Did she ever call your name? Oh, the simple joys of Romper Room. That Magic Mirror had every kid sitting…