Tag: vintage TV shows

The Invaders

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Architect David Vincent took a wrong turn one night and discovered something terrifying: aliens were already living among us. That discovery launched The Invaders, an eerie ABC science-fiction series starring Roy Thinnes that began in 1967.

The aliens looked human, but a stiff, crooked little finger could sometimes reveal their true identity. They had no pulse, could not bleed and glowed red before disintegrating when killed, destroying any proof Vincent found.

My mom and I used to watch this show together. Seeing it again brings her back to life, even for just a moment, and reminds me how television shows can become tied to some of our most treasured memories.

Produced by Quinn Martin, the man behind The Fugitive, the series followed Vincent as he tried to convince a skeptical world that the invasion was real. With its haunting Dominic Frontiere theme and constant feeling of paranoia, The Invaders became one of the most memorable science-fiction shows of the 1960s.

Did you watch The Invaders, and does an old television show ever bring someone special back to you for a moment?

Organ Music Made Soap Operas So Dramatic

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Soap operas got their name because the early daytime radio dramas were often sponsored by soap and household-product companies. The “opera” part came from the big emotions, dramatic turns, heartbreak, secrets, and cliffhangers. Basically, it was everyday life turned way up.

That old organ music became part of the soap-opera sound, especially in radio and early television. A live organist could underline a romantic moment, a shocking reveal, or that famous “tune in tomorrow” cliffhanger. One dramatic organ sting could make a raised eyebrow feel like a family emergency.

The Secret Storm was one of the long-running CBS daytime soaps. It aired from February 1, 1954, to February 8, 1974, and followed the Ames family through all the marriages, heartbreaks, secrets, and tragedies you’d expect from a classic soap. It was created by Roy Winsor, who also created Search for Tomorrow and Love of Life.

For a lot of us, that organ music is half the memory. You could be in the next room and still know somebody on TV had just gotten terrible news.

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