It was in the 1950-60s & I home was from school that day (sick?) Most popular of the cowboy series were adult westerns, aimed directly at both men and women. They actually managed to work well together unlike a lot of other series that had segments that just made no sense. I think on Wednesday nights. Frank McGrath, Stars: WHO IS THE NEW PERRY MASON? Humans. Merry Anders, Amateur detectives Nick and Nora Charles investigate various crimes. Running from 1956 to 1957 the show featured big name guest stars such as Chuck Connors, Clint Eastwood, and Barbara Eden. I remember a jump horse tv series with a nice looking young girl as the rider. There were no revolutionary technical developments, no really signicant new programs, and no big new stars. Patrick Moore, We dont even know what to say about the brilliance of this show and the young minds that its educated with a combination of endearing muppets, congenial humans interacting with them, guest stars and various ditties about letters and numbers. Pierre Berton, If a viewer switched on his set and heard no shooting, he most likely heard singing. There would be two spin-offs from this show: Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines(1969 to 1970) andThe Perils of Penelope Pitstop(1969 to 1970). Thirty-nine episodes in all were produced. Then it cut to the driver climbing down from the cab, then to Johnny walking toward the camera, smiling and waving, wearing the distinctive blue-and-white striped engineers coveralls. During the run of Leave It to Beaver, the world witnessed the space race, the threat of nuclear war, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchevs promise to bury the United States, increasing American involvement in the Vietnam War, and the Bay of Pigs invasion and Cuban missile crisis. The stories were all based on actual files of the Los Angeles sheriff's office. Two of the writers of the Don Adams spy spoofGet Smartcreated this show, in which they took a veritable barrel of monkeys, dressed them in clothes, equipped them with props and put them in a world of simian spydom. 30 min It was a half-hour variety show featuring comedy and music. Olive Carey. 1957 TV-G Comedy Based on the long-running comic strip, stay-at-home mom Blondie tends to the kids while husband Dagwood deals with his nosy boss Mr. Dithers. David Niven, Even I Love Lucy was yanked as a weekly half-hour show and changed to an hour-long once per month format. Years later Brendan Fraserwould play him in a live-action version. This would be the lastApesproduction of any sort for 26 years. David Stollery, Melvyn Hayes, Phyllis Kirk, Archie, Reggie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead and the rest of the gang enjoyed a full decade of animated adventures. | a wise old guy and very savvy What were the most popular TV shows in 1957? Betty Kennedy. Equipped with his hippo hurricane power, Peter can let out big blasts of air, which he frequently has to do as he and his buddy, a monkey named So-So, take their hot air balloon to different places. The year afterJawspremiered and terrified the world, we get this show about an air-breathing, drum-playing great white shark who is a part of the band The Neptunes. Late 50s or early 60s. Im just a bill. Hes also helped by other members of the community. Bowling! They wrangle with studio head J.B. Hafter and deal with their agent, the affable Steve. Barbara Eden, Comedy, Family. Comedy, Family. The chimps had earlier appeared on CBSs The Ed Sullivan Show, a Jack Benny special in 1959 and several commercials in 1960. Atoms back up cartoons were Precious Pupp and The Hillbilly Bears, while Secrets were Squiddly Diddly and Winsome Witch. | Chicago P.D. Star Marina Squerciatis Bikini Photos, Emma Hemming Shares Sweet Video of Bruce Willis Prior to FTD Diagnosis, L.A. Law's Corbin Bernsen Reveals Success Secret to 34-Year Marriage, Jean Simmons Remembered By Daughter Kate: Im Proud Shes My Mom, Dick Van Dyke Lucked Out Working With Hollywood's Leading Ladies, Bruce Davison On His Career, 1923 Show, Friends and More, Joe Mantegna 'Thrilled' for New Season of 'Criminal Minds': Show Details, Actress Bonnie Bartlett Daniels's Secret to 71-Year Marriage Success, Shirley Temples Son Charles Recalls Moms Unique Hollywood Career, Chris ODowd Reflects on Career, New Comedy and Filming Bridesmaids. Since costly mistakes could be edited out, TV lms were far safer economically than live shows. The first five episodes were filmed in the US, then production switched to the UK for the rest of the series. Together they take on all sorts of villains. Set in the town of Bedrock, it deals with the guys (usually under Freds lead) trying one crazy scheme after another, and their wives having to pick up the pieces when it inevitably goes wrong. In 1957, American legal drama, Perry Mason first hit television screens. Eddy Waller, The focus is on George Jetson, an employee of Spacely Space Sprockets, and much of the comedy came from interactions with his wife, Jane; daughter Judy, his boy Elroy, and their mutt with a speech impediment (think Scooby-Doo), Astro. As an art form consumed in the intimate space of the home, often during the evening hours after work, entertainment television became a provider of cultural anesthesia for a nervous country, a role it would continue to play throughout the next decade. One big difference: theyre accompanied by the nervous ghost of a Revolutionary soldier. In the aftermath, his father is missing while Gary and Tagg find themselves ashore Lilliput, where they are giants and the citizens are tiny. James Hong, Three-time heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali goes animated in this series, for which he provided his own voice. The adventures of Captain Pugwash and his crew aboard the pirate ship - the Black Pig. Tintin and his dog, Snowy, embark on wild adventures with the help of Thompson and Thomson, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, and others. The year Wagon Train debuted, five other Westerns ranked among the top 10. The Brady Bunch, Star Trek, Gilligan's Island, The Odd Couple and The Partridge Family. But there was just as much slugging and shooting going on in the new westerns as in the old. Famous Hollywood actors Eve Drake and Howard Adams, a married couple, are shown at home plus at work, usually to comedic effect. Cass is his zany bride Elinore, mother and booking agent to the Marquis Chimps, named Candy, Charlie, and Enoch. She talked very quickly, perhaps gibberish, but she was so funny with what she said. I believe that was the Loretta Young Show. No, notthoseGhostbusters. Unfortunately it only lasted 13 episodes. Jim Nabors andRuth Buzzi(respectively coming offGomer Pyle, USMCandRowan and Martins Laugh-In) play a pair of friendly androids who travel from the future to the present and then take off from Earth, inadvertently taking a boy named Jerry (played by Jarrod Johnson) and Alice (Alice Playten), his babysitter, with them. What were the most popular TV shows in 1952? Whatever it was called, there was usually a moment when Soupy took a pie to the face. Heavy sci-fi and fantasy from Hanna-Barbera. Really not much in the way of variation in terms ofThe BeatlesandJackson 5ivebefore it. | Comedy, Romance. This show was on the original "Captain Kangaroo Show". Western. Jimmy Cross, 30 min The hugely popular western series Gunsmoke (CBS, 195575) proved to be, for the remainder of the century at least, the longest-running fictional series on American prime-time television. Comedian Soupy Sales comedy sketch showLunch with Soupy Salesstarted off locally in Detroit and grew, becoming something of a sensation in the mid-60s. TV reached a plateau in 1957. Jerry Lewis was well known for the different comic personas he played in his various films, and this series took on that idea, with Jerry being a wide variety of characters of all shapes and sizes. Phil Chambers, Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. had the brilliant idea of speeding up the voices of singers on a record, and the result was The Chipmunks, which became a hit and spawned this TV show featuring Alvin, Simon and Theodore. A cook and a you girl who helped set the food on the table??? Bill Catching, TV-14 The evil Count Saknussen, last descendant of the once noble Saknussen family, had followed us to claim the center of the Earth for his power-mad schemes. The band is on tour of the water world, encountering supervillains along the way Uh, what? The cases have a poetic reality to them, clashing and understandable motives, psychology, and murder. I watched Beanie and Cecil, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot; and Aurthor Godfrey. Western. The show also included segments Breezley and Sneezley and Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey. Richard Crenna, Tristram Coffin, The Man of Steel was brought back to television for the first time since George Reeves had played him inThe Adventures of Superman. Fred Davis, Hope yu see this after more that a year. Experts estimated that two thirds of all 1957 shows were being transmitted on lm instead of live. John Vernon, 30 min The changing nature of the TV audience also had an impact on programming throughout the 1950s. The Spy Ring (1938) needs to be added. The alien guy in the middle of that photo above is Honk, played by Patty Maloney. Capt. Drama. The nature of programming would reflect the perceived tastes of this ever-growing and diversifying audience. Okay, get ready for this one. #47. In two separate episodes, they also randomly met Superman and Wonder Woman. John Forsythe, Great, bendable fun. Wacky stuff. On the other hand, it could have been one of the film series done by Martin and Osa Johnson. Creator Jay Ward was back with Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Bullwinkle J. Moose, Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. Twenty-six episodes were produced. You are right Ive just bought the DVDs my granddaughter loves it, good family watching. Frank Campanella, A dog with a speech impediment following four teenagers who solve seemingly supernatural mysteries doesnotsound like the sort of thing that would make for a television classic. Your email address will not be published. Correspondence-school law graduate Tom Brewster travels west to seek his fortune. Part of the crew is his nephew, the oh-so-cute Godzooky, who is friends with the crew and can help signal his uncle when theyre threatened by giant monsters and the like. Following a powerful earthquake, Rick Marshall and his kids, Will and Holly, find themselves trapped on a parallel world where dinosaurs exist and so does a violent reptilian (though humanoid) race known as the Sleestak. Disneyland continued its run, with the Mickey Mouse Club not far behind. These animated educational short films aired between shows on ABC at the time, and they offered up delightful little songs ranging from such subjects as economics to history, mathematics, grammar and more. Scatman Crothers provides the voice for this character who works at a police station as janitor Penrod Penny Pooch, but in reality is the over-the-top Hong Kong Phooey, fighting crime with his martial arts skills (as they are). Tod Andrews, Charter helicopter pilots Chuck and P. T. solve crimes. Among lady vocalists who had new network shows were Polly Bergen, Patti Page, Gisele MacKenzie, and opera star Patrice Munsel. Tony Dow, TV-PG Same scenario, but using a Navy F11F Tiger fighter jet at a local air station. In 1958, eight of the top ten TV shows were westerns. Underdog battled villains like Simon Bar Sinister and Riff Raff, and was constantly having to save this shows Lois Lane, Sweet Polly Purebread. In a nutshell, its the Lone Ranger (voiced by Michael Rye) and Tonto (Shepard Menken) making the Old West safe, only this time in animated form. If you were a fan of Golden Age Hollywood, this was a fun opportunity to have some new adventures with The Three Stooges,featuringthe voices of Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Joe DeRita. Accompanied by his sidekick, Karate, Batfink takes on many villains, usually responding to their firing guns at him, Your bullets cannot harm me. John Colicos, When The Alcoa Hour dramatic anthology series moved from Sunday night to Monday, both the name and the format were changed. Are you sure it wasnt Name That Tune? Marilyn monroe . The rest of the group? I remember sitting in front of the TV, watching the test pattern while waiting for TV to begin. It was, of course, a family comedy and not a political drama; however, the Cleaversfather Ward, mother June, and sons Beaver and Wallyseemed to exist in a world that looked and sounded contemporary but that was free of serious danger. For a refresher course on many of those shows, please scroll down. Stars: Among the most popular of the adult western series were Gunsmoke, Wyatt Earp and Maverick, and Wagon Train. The Hathaways is a 26-episode situation comedy, which aired on ABC from October 6, 1961, to March 30, 1962, starring Peggy Cass and Jack Weston as suburban Los Angeles parents to a trio of performing chimpanzees. Betty White, Originally airing during late-night, Tonight Starring Jack Paar was an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under the Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. Eugene W. Biscailuz, Throughout the sixties, we were given a number of sci-fi shows imported from Japan as well as one that issuchan obvious influence onThe Lion Kingmany years later. Even Oscar the Grouch cant hate this one. 1957. We used to be rivited to it, does anyone remember it. Another kids show that was innovative in that, thanks to the clown makeup of the title character, it could be franchised out to local stations with different actors taking on the part of Bozo. The original 1957-1958 season was the best, with the most intricate plots and with Perry Mason a wiseguy thorn in the side of the police. Created by animation legends William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, this was their first show to use live action wraparounds for the cartoons, featuring costumed characters as a bubblegum rock group. Godzilla comes to the rescue of a team of scientists aboard the hydrofoil research vessel Calico. What were the most popular TV shows in 1955? Stories were presented from the viewpoint of Assistant Sheriff George Barnett. Now let's have some fun! 30 min Sherwood Price, Kenneth Tobey, Same premise astronauts from the past arrive on Earth in the future which is governed by intelligent apes as the feature films. My wings are like a shield of steel (though one time one of the bad guys responded, Yeah, but your head is like a marshmallow, before hitting him in the skull with a large mallet). Pete Lawrence, Approved Chris Lintott, Obviously many people were beginning to make the switch from radio to TV for their news. but not having much luck, as yet, The show was set in the 50s / 60s because I remember seeing the lead male actor playing and electric guitar at an outdoor event . Lee Marvin, 30 min Hope you can help with this inquiry and thank you. All stories were based on fact and the realism was heightened by actual use of combat footage from the files of the See full summary, Stars: Frankly, he gets his fighting tips from the book The Hong Kong Kung Fu Book of Tricks. Noreen Corcoran, Star Perdita Weeks' Bikini Photos, See Your Favorite Celebrity Couples in Swimsuits: Best Beach Photos, She Loves Being a Mom! J. Pat O'Malley. Stars: Dale Robertson, Art Felix, Kit Carson, William Demarest Votes: 1,010 5. Crime, Drama, Mystery, A mystery-themed anthology series, whose episodes played on the fears and suspicions of the audience. Yes, Im only a bill. The series started in 1957, running for four seasons and 69 episodes. Douglas Kennedy, 105 min This show elevated Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie and all the rest to a whole new level. Years later, he would become the host of his own animated/live action hybrid talk show, Space Ghost Coast to Coast. Loretta Young, The Loretta Young Show, 1953-1961. Throughout their relatively short career, The Beatles pretty much paved the way for others, and not only in terms of music. | But things would change. Can anyone recall seeing this? [1] References [ edit] ^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). and I also remember them talking about a Cadillac Sedan, The lead male was a white guy about 30ish years old and he was possibly an architect or a politician perhaps a nice character with good manners Another male character was that of a local Indian Chief who was always in the classic Indian feathered headdress . 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