Wed, 14 May 2008  Matinee Early TV presents The Andy Griffith Show Episode from 1960
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Sat, 22 March 2008 Science Fiction TheaterApril 2, 1955 BEYOND First in a series of 30 minute dramas featuring Hollywood personalities in stories of the world of the future. Tonight: "Beyond" starring William Lundigan and Ellen Drew. Traveling at three times the speed of sound, a test pilot bails out. His report: another craft was about to collide with his. Truman Bradley narrate Comments[0] | |
Wed, 19 March 2008  Howdy Doody ShowWho among today's 40+ year-olds can't recall places like Doodyville,Pioneer Village or the Peanut Gallery? Or how about those unforgettable characters that we all loved, Flub-a-Dub or Dilly Dally? Relive a part of your childhood as we go to Doodyville.For 13 years(1947-1960) we all rushed home each day to see the The Howdy Doody Show. Do you remember Clarabell,Chief Thunderthud,Princess Summerfall Winterspring and the evil and cantankerous Phineas T. Bluster? Comments[0] | |
Sat, 15 March 2008
Cisco Kid Episode 1 Starred Duncan
Renaldo as the knight-errant title role and Leo
Carrillo (then in hisseventies) as his portly sidekick,
Pancho. Comments[0] | |
Wed, 12 March 2008 Meet Rin Tin TinThe first episode of this canine crime fighter series commenced when the U.S. Cavalry came upon a wagon train that had been attacked by Apache Indians. The only survivors were a young boy named Rusty and his German shepherd he called Rin Tin Tin. The Cavalry took the boy and his dog to Fort Apache in Arizona, where Lt. Ripley "Rip" Masters made Rusty a Corporal so he could stay on at the fort. Comments[0] | |
Sat, 8 March 2008 Captain Video EpisodeCaptain Video and His Video Rangers, which premiered 27 June 1949 on the DuMont Network, was the first science fiction, space adventure program on television and was to inspire a spate of similar offerings. Although it combined many of the early staples of children's programming, such as the inclusion of inexpensive film clips and pointed moral lessons, Captain Video capitalized upon the public fascination with science and space and the technical elements of the new television medium to create the longest running science fiction show in early television. Comments[0] | |
Sun, 18 November 2007 The Case of The Talkative DummyAdventures of Superman was the first television series featuring the comic book superhero Superman. The series, which was syndicated rather than being tied to a network, began filming in 1951, and was first aired on September 19, 1952. The final first-run episode was broadcast on April 28, 1958. George Reeves starred as Clark Kent/Superman with Phyllis Coates as the original Lois Lane. In 1953 Noel Neill, who had previously played Lois in two serials, replaced Coates from the second season onward. Jack Larson played Jimmy Olsen and John Hamilton was Perry White. Robert Shayne played the semi-regular character Inspector Henderson of the Metropolis Police Department. Comments[0] | |
Wed, 31 January 2007  Episode # 18 The Big Seventeen w/commercials (11/06/52) Sergeant
Friday investigates the destruction of a movie theater by a gang a
teenagers! The cops find a small box containing marijuana and put
two-and-two together, the reefer is making the kids go wild! Turns out
that teenage Johnny is pushing weed, yellow jackets, goof balls and
"H." His friend tells the police but it's too late...Johnny takes a hot
shot and ODs! Our Review This episode is one of the best known of the Dragnet series. It was especially heart wrenching on radio. This is one of my favorites. It was one of the shows that followed after Barton Yarborough's untimely death and Joe Friday had to get another partner! There were some comments by others about the age of the boy. The show was in 1952. If he was born in 1935, that would make him 16 or 17 in 1952. I think the kid is great. Comments[0] | |
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