Sunday, April 03, 2011

OLDIES BUT GOODIES

My  niece sent me these links for those of us who reminisce about the earlier TV, mostly B&W of my childhood, so I thought some of you might enjoy clicking on them. A lot of them were idealistic, something that would not pass for good ratings these days.

I watch reruns, of Andy Griffith even today. There is a Bible study series based on some of his shows. Today I watch reruns of REBA, but even some of the subject matter and language in them would have been censored in the days of the following links.Clink on an underlined year, or underlined title, tolink and enjoy YESTERDAY, SO LONG AGO FOR ME!!!! Some are really blurry, but I remember we did not think so in those day when it was magic to have a "picture show movie" in your own home.

[One blogger could not open for FireFox; I am using Internet Explorer 8 and tested two links.

1.  JACKIE GLEASON ON THE ROCKY MARCIANO SHOW THE MAIN EVENT (1960)

2.  JAMES DEAN: HIS FINAL TV APPEARANCE (1954)

3.  ELVIS SINGS BLUE SUEDE SHOES
(1956)

4.  A TRIBUTE TO ELVIS PRESLEY, THE KING OF ROCK & ROLL
(1959-62)

5.  THE EDSEL INTRODUCED ON NBC
(1957)

6.  BOBBY DARIN'S "MACK THE KNIFE"
(1959)

7.  WESTINGHOUSE DEBUTS HI-TECH "ADVANCED TV"
(1951)

8.  WILLIAM BENDIX AS LOVABLE CHESTER A. RILEY (1956)

9.  ICONS I: WHAT MADE 50'S TV GOLDEN
(COMPILATION, (1952-60)

10.  THE PATTI PAGE SHOW
(1958)

11. BLOOPERS FROM THE HONEYMOONERS (1957-58)

12.  THE CENSORED JERRY LEE LEWIS HERE UNCENSORED! (1957-59)

13.  A TRUE 50's DOO WOP TV CLASSIC(1958)

14.  FAMILY AFFAIR (1966)

15.  ALAN FREED'S BIG BEAT DANCE PARTY DANCERS (1959)

16.  THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW (1957)

17.  The Inventor Of TV Sketch Comedy ERNIE KOVACS (1954)

18.  THE RED SKELTON SHOW (1959)

19.  ICONS: THE DELINQUENCY RAMPAGE! (COMPILATION, 1957-60)

20.  FATHER KNOWS BEST (1953)

21.  PETTICOAT JUNCTION (1962)

22.  OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST BOB MATTHIAS (1956)

23.  DANCES OF THE 1950's: THE HAND JIVE (1957)

24.  GROUCHO MARX YOU BET YOUR LIFE (1959)

25.  DRAGNET(1959)

26.  THE IMMORTAL MUSICAL COMEDY OF VICTOR BORGE 1951

27.  EDDIE FISHER SINGS A MEDLEY OF HIS BIGGEST HITS 1953

28.  ABBOTT & COSTELLO: WHO'S ON FIRST? 1951

29.  MORE DANCES OF THE 1950's THE JITTERBUG 1958

30. THE HONEYMOONERS ... IN COLOR! 1969

31.  THE ORIGINAL FLASH GORDON SERIAL theatres-1939; TV-1960's


32.  THE LONE RANGER 1955

33.  THE ENDEARING GRIMACES OF EDDIE CANTOR 1952

34.  BOBBY DARIN NERVOUSLY HOSTS A BEAUTY CONTEST 1957

35.  MORE DANCES OF THE 1950's: THE LINDY HOP 1959

36.  SHAKE, BABY, SHAKE!  IT'S THE KILLER AGAIN! 1958

37.  THE DANNY THOMAS SHOW 1958

38.  SID CAESAR: YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS 1957

39.  HERE COMES TOBOR! 1954

40.  THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN 1954


41.  THE ADVENTURES OF FLIPPER 1964

42.  SPIKE JONES 1951

43.  CAPTAIN VIDEO & HIS VIDEO RANGERS 1950

44.  THE LIBERACE SHOW 1952

45.  MEDIC 1954

46.  THE BIG VALLEY 1965

47.  THE ROOTS OF TV BASEBALL 1950-57

48.  Mc HALE'S NAVY 1962

49.  HOPALONG CASSIDY 1952

50.  DARK SHADOWS 1966

51.  FADS & FANCIES OF THE 50s & 60s


52.  I LOVE LUCY 1952

53.  THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW 1962


54.  THE BEATLES FIRST TELEVISION APPEARANCE 1963

55.  BAT MASTERSON 1958

56.  MARTY ROBBINS ON THE JOHNNY CASH SHOW 1964

57.  FRANK SINATRA SPEAKS CANDIDLY 1954

58.  PASSWORD 1962

59.  STAR TREK TV ON DEMAND 1966-present

60.  MORE DANCES OF THE 50's: THE SWINGBACK 1958

61.  THE LIVE TV FRIDGE COMMERCIAL CATASTROPHE 1954

62.  THE ARTHUR GODFREY SHOW 1957


63.   BUILDING THE 1958 DODGE 1957

64.  FIGHT CLASSIC: ROCKY MARCIANO vs. JERSEY JOE WALCOTT 1952

65.  AND MORE GREAT ICONS OF THE 50's VOL III 1952-59


66.  ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS 1959

67.  SATURDAY NIGHTLIVE~~ BEFORE SNL 1954-58

68.  FELIX THE CAT 1959

69.  THE DONNA REED SHOW 1958

70.  THE GOLDBERGS 1952

71.  LUCILLE BALL & CAROL BURNETT 1965

72.  THE LITTLE RASCALS 1955

73.  HIGHWAY PATROL 1956

74.  LOST IN SPACE 1966

75.  BEULAH 1951

76.  BEWITCHED 1966

77.  I DREAM OF JEANIE 1966

78.  SEA HUNT 1957

79.  DYNAMITE JOE RINDONE 1954

80.  THE MILTON BERLE SHOW 1957

81.  THE LEGEND OF DOO WOP







10 comments:

faye said...

Firefox won't open the links...
but I will google some of them and
have a look.

Hope your weekend is going well.......
almost over.....

Rosaria Williams said...

Oh what a treasure trove of memories here. Thanks for the links and hope you're feeling better.

Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking said...

Firefox wouldn't open the links for me either. I also watch The Andy Griffith shows whenever I see them on.I don't know how some shows get on the air! Really nice finding your blog!

Arkansas Patti said...

Those were the good old days for sure. I remember just about all of them. My computer is just barely chugging along so I will check back later.
I am even having trouble getting most blogs to open. Grrr.

CHERI said...

I definitely remember a lot of these! Wish those days were still around. TV, music, movies...they're all so racy these days. Even the commercials are unbelievable. Who wants to sit and watch an ad on adult diapers or feminine pads????? I look forward to working my way through these links. Thanks so much for sharing:)

Lorna said...

Wow! that's an impressive compilation. I'll have to go through it in bites. thanks for it.

Grandma Yellow Hair said...

Oh my how long did it take you to do this list. hahaha
Great collection and I am going to save this page so I can enjoy them from time to time.
Hope all is well with you honey.
I ended up in the emergency room this morning I guess going back to work is not working.
Will try to do a post about it tomorrow. I am back to bed now
Love ya
Maggie

ginny said...

What a great post! Although I feel older for reading it, it does make me smile. Thanks!

Lisa said...

What a great collection of links. It's going to be so much fun checking them out.

Hope your doing well!

Lisa

Lisa said...

Thinking of you this morning. I hope your doing well.

Lisa