Tag: vintage television
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…
Sorry, Charlie!
The StarKist “Sorry, Charlie” campaign started in 1961 and gave us one of the great advertising mascots: Charlie the Tuna….
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…
The Rat Patrol
The Rat Patrol was another one of those shows Dad loved to watch, and to a kid, it sure looked…
You Can Trust Your Car…can you finish it?
You Can Trust Your Car to the Man Who Wears the Star was one of those great old advertising lines…
Mahna Mahna
Mahna Mahna is one of those nonsense songs that somehow parked itself in everyone’s brain forever. Most of us remember…
The Patty Duke Show
The Patty Duke Show is another one of those shows that reminds us not to believe everything we see on…
Jeff’s Collie
After posting about Lassie, many of you asked about Jeff’s Collie, which I was totally unfamiliar with, so please share…
Perry Mason’s theme reminds me of bedtime!
I’d hear that song from upstairs, and I’d sneak halfway down the stairs just to peek at Mom’s show. I…