Watching TV in the 50s & 60s.
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RadishRose
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I vaguely remember Watch Mr. Wizard
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Further back than that, Radio: B-Bar B Riders, 15 minutes, Clyde _Beaty?)______ real person, lion tamer, African explorer...
Sky King (on radio) and one more 15 minute program... Two other kid radio programs, cannot recall names.
TV before or after National News, 15 minutes of Doris Day, Jonathan Winters and others...54-55
Grandmother old, feeble, grandchildren drafted to spend weekend with her. She was crazy about Liberiace, drama Playhouse 90
grandmother insisted grandkids watch tv with her; " Grandmother I don't want'a watch that junk."
San Antonio, 1955 (?) second TV station started broadcasting- Wow!
Early 50's Western Auto Hardware store rolled TV set to window, turned up volume as loud as possible, left it running after they closed.
Those without this 'new thing,' would arrive, watch tv, it was a mini-drivein
Before parent's had tv, went to friends house saw a episode of "Howdy Doodie (sp?)"
Run, Flee! the square planet is going to hit earth. That was around 65 years ago, still remember it, did the square planet collide with earth ?
Further back than that, Radio: B-Bar B Riders, 15 minutes, Clyde _Beaty?)______ real person, lion tamer, African explorer...
Sky King (on radio) and one more 15 minute program... Two other kid radio programs, cannot recall names.
TV before or after National News, 15 minutes of Doris Day, Jonathan Winters and others...54-55
Grandmother old, feeble, grandchildren drafted to spend weekend with her. She was crazy about Liberiace, drama Playhouse 90
grandmother insisted grandkids watch tv with her; " Grandmother I don't want'a watch that junk."
San Antonio, 1955 (?) second TV station started broadcasting- Wow!
Early 50's Western Auto Hardware store rolled TV set to window, turned up volume as loud as possible, left it running after they closed.
Those without this 'new thing,' would arrive, watch tv, it was a mini-drivein
Before parent's had tv, went to friends house saw a episode of "Howdy Doodie (sp?)"
Run, Flee! the square planet is going to hit earth. That was around 65 years ago, still remember it, did the square planet collide with earth ?
debodun
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I WAS on TV, back when locally produced shows were rampant in the 4 to 6 PM time slots. There were several kid-orientated shows. I was on "The Freddie Friehofer Show" twice and "Satellte 6" once. The Friehofer show was sponsored by a local bakery and of course, promoted its products. Childern taht were celebrating their birthdays were the guests. The host would tell stories about characters (Freddy and his friends) and draw simple illustrations to go along with the tales. "Satellite 6" has a female hostess named Glendora and the show was basically a vehicle for Felix the Cat cartoons, although between the cartoons, Glendora might tell a very short story or demonstrate a simple craft. One time they had a Felix look-alike contest so all the kids that had cats and entered were guests on the show.
jujube
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Remember the Pinky Lee Show? He was a former burlesque comedian and had a live kid's show on TV. Lots of slapstick and tom-foolery. I was watching the day he had a heart attack during the show. He fell to his knees, clutched his chest and rasped, "help me, help me." Of course, everyone thought he was fooling around. He lived but I'm not sure he came back to TV.
I loved, loved, loved the Soupy Sales Show. He was a genius. It was a live show, of course, and once there was a knock on the door of the set. He went over to open it and, out of sight of the camera, there was a naked woman wiggling around. He had to stand there pretending to talk to one of the show's characters while the woman pranced around where he could see her. It was a prank set up by his coworkers to see what he'd do.
And then there was Ernie Kovacs. Once again, pure genius.
I loved, loved, loved the Soupy Sales Show. He was a genius. It was a live show, of course, and once there was a knock on the door of the set. He went over to open it and, out of sight of the camera, there was a naked woman wiggling around. He had to stand there pretending to talk to one of the show's characters while the woman pranced around where he could see her. It was a prank set up by his coworkers to see what he'd do.
And then there was Ernie Kovacs. Once again, pure genius.
fmdog44
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Remember when the weathermen were on and the silly stick em' symbols they had for rain and sunshine and tornados and the like? Sometimes the symbols would fall off the walls during the broadcasts.
The history of television is packed full of funny stories related to mistake made by the production technical people as well as the personalities. A lot of them are on YouTube.
The history of television is packed full of funny stories related to mistake made by the production technical people as well as the personalities. A lot of them are on YouTube.