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Keugene48 117 posts Oct 04, 2010 6:29 PM	One of my friends designated October 4th each year as "Broderick Day" in honor of Broderick Crawford and the Highway Patrol TV show in the 50's. He used to say 10-4 a lot! So today I am remembering a lot of the shows I used to watch - Sky King, Roy Rogers, The Millionaire with J. Beresford Tipton, of course the Mickey Mouse Club. The very first color show I saw was a Steve Allen special on Hawaii. Talk about colorful! Just wondering what other shows you remember when watching TV was an event the whole family did together.
old4d 53 posts Oct 04, 2010 8:09 PM	Mr. Lucky, Peter Gunn, Mitch Miller, Milton Berle, Rin-Tin-Tin, Winky Dink, Captain Kangaroo, Howdy Doody, Lone Ranger, Have Gun Will Travel.... those were the days! My brother and I would sneak downstairs early on Saturday mornings, turn on the TV, and watch the test pattern waiting for cartoons to come on!
Keugene48 118 posts Oct 04, 2010 8:56 PM	I think my favorite of all was the Mickey Mouse Club, especially the series - Spin and Marty, the one about Annette, the Hardy Boys. My mom loved music so we watched The Hit Parade and Mitch Miller; and all the quiz shows: Beat the Clock, I've Got a Secret. And I Love Lucy, Private Secretary, Love That Bob. My dad liked Navy Log and Dragnet.
Curt Dalton 386 posts Oct 05, 2010 2:09 AM	Well, this will sound strange, but we didn't get a television until the mid 1960s. I remember when the peacock began some of the shows by showing off a rainbow of feathers and Bewitched went to color in 1966 or so. We weren't allowed to watch too much, just a couple of hours a day, but I do remember The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Hogan's Heroes, Family Affair, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (Goldie in that bikini WOW - although I was only 10 at the time), and my favorite, The Carol Burnett Show.
gris66 31 posts Oct 05, 2010 8:51 AM	Green Acres was the best comedy (starring Arnold the Pig) and way before its time. Eva Gabor was pretty easy on the eyes, too. Did you miss all of the early Westerns, Curt? Many were, of course, in black and white. There must have been three dozen western series from the 1950s up to the '70s. As I recall, there was a rotating four-show series: Cheyenne, Maverick, Bronco and Sugarfoot. I wasn't into the latter but sure liked the other three. Last Edited by on Oct 05, 2010 8:52 AM
Marck1957 119 posts Oct 05, 2010 8:55 AM	My favorite had to be Batman. It's funny to look back at them now, as they are so cheesy and campy. But I couldn't wait to watch it every week. As a family, we watched limited TV, but the shows we watched that I remember were Gunsmoke, Rowan & Martin's Laugh In, Lost In Space, Combat, The Outer Limits, The Twilight Zone, and Walt Disney. We had to BEG to see The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show, and we weren't allowed to watch Red Skeleton, as it was deemed too racey (but we watched Rowan & Martin...go figure!). In later years, there was The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, Carol Burnett, The Mod Squad, and many others, I'm sure. Late at night I would sneek to the basement and watch Love, American Style, and The Girls In Room 222, which I considered to be "adult" shows, if you know what I mean!
old4d 54 posts Oct 05, 2010 12:12 PM	Keugene, wasn't there a series on Mickey Mouse club about "Applegate's Treasure" or something like that? I remember a bit of the theme song about "Gold doubloons and pieces of eight" lol. Does anyone recall Clutch Cargo with those silly moving lips? Or Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp?
maxed out 187 posts Oct 05, 2010 2:03 PM	It's is so strange that this topic came up and The Carol Burnett show was mentioned twice. Just a few days ago I was watching Tim Conway on You Tube. Tim Conway was the funniest man on TV in my opinion.I love Tim's rendition of the Siamese Elephants. He has everyone cracking up. I have seen the clip many times but I laugh so hard I cry each time I see it. If you want to see what makes me cry, go to Youtube and type in "Tim Conway's Elephant Story" Let me know if you cry like I do... It is a classic
AllenN71 95 posts Oct 05, 2010 3:08 PM	Who among us does not remember "Midwestern Hayride"? Remember the youth squaredance troupe "The Kentucky Briarhoppers"? (For that matter, remember the old joke that a Daytonian is a Briar who ran out of gas on his way to De-troit?) But if you want to talk about the TV shows everybody gathered 'round to watch every week, NOTHING beats (drun flourish) THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW!!! In one Sunday night show, Ed might have a troupe from the latest hit musical, followed by a comic, followed by (one time I remember) a Mongolian "throat singer" or a flamenco guitarist, followed by the headliner act and finishing with some light entertainment like maybe the Cowsills. What do we have today? "Reality shows". Back when, we LIVED reality. We didn't need to have artificial reality on TV. Remember "Camera 3" (or 4 or whatever, I forget) which showcased arts and acts from around the world, and it was NOT "public" TV, it was commercial TV. Remember the "Kraft Dinner Theater" (Sponsor: Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese: Put it in everything you eat" [and ten points to anyone who can tell me what cream sheese would not go well with]}. I remember they had a special drama about the - well, I would not say assassination - of Reinhard Heydrich and the fate of Lidice, Czeckoslovzkia. Locally, there was the morning show "Urban and Suburban" which detailed how to keep your roses free from aphids by camouflaging them as azaleas or something. And of course, the farm advisory shows that drove me nuts, because I didn't care about seed corn and pig feed; I wanted to see Skipper or Bugs Bunny, and I didn't really care what some MacDonald was feeding his chickens.
mjr1960 30 posts Oct 05, 2010 3:33 PM	Wow!! after reading a few of these I had to dig out my carol burnett and The Green Acres, Dvd's. Both great shows. Burnett & Co was great talent we won't see in a hour format for a long long time. Green Acres is just plain funny, stupid but funny. Anyone remember a cincinnati produced show called Play It Safe. Sort of boring but informative. Maxed out, seen the elephant story many times. it is hilarious, check out "No Frill airlines" under carol on You tube. Ok enough for now "Back to the Batcave"
JeffN 325 posts Oct 05, 2010 4:18 PM	I was one of those kids who ran home from school to watch Dark Shadows. I also loved The Munsters when I was very young and Batman a little later.
Hankster65 65 posts Oct 05, 2010 4:46 PM	The Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason still makes me laugh so hard its almost embarrassing. Some local shows I enjoyed were the late night movies on the weekends. Anyone remember a character that presented some of them whose name was something like, "Ignots Hammerschlab?" I'm sure many remember Bob Shreve when he did the late night movies with his rubber chicken, etc. Allen471, entertaining post that brought back some memories. The acts I most remember from Ed Sullivan are Senor Wences, the Beatles, Elvis, Hose Jimenez, Bob and Ray, tap dancers (bored me to tears), and a guy who used to wheel a xylophone onstage and proceeded to tell jokes about playing it, but never once strike a note.
old4d 55 posts Oct 05, 2010 5:47 PM	You're right, Hankster~ how could anyone forget Bob Shreve? He moved to different stations, but we always managed to find him. His props were terrific: the box with the ugly face inside, was the name Gorgo?, the spider, "Chickie", his muscle dance and soft shoe, all very funny stuff. Does anyone remember Route 66, Hawaiian Eye, or Follow the Sun? The Untouchables was one of my dad's favorites and Mom liked Loretta Young. (Yes, I'm OLD)
icsalum 53 posts Oct 05, 2010 6:05 PM	Hankster - Ignots Hammerschlab was the same guy who was Nosey the clown on Uncle Orrie. The DDN (maybe Dale Huffman) had an article on him a few years ago. He was living in Phoenix.
Keugene48 119 posts Oct 05, 2010 6:44 PM	Thank you Curt, that was great! old4d, we watched Loretta Young too, I remember the way she swirled around as she came through the door... Forgot to mention Shirley Temple Theater with the fairy tales. My favorite on the Ed Sullivan show was the "Banana Man" - he had one little box and wound up with a train of carts with bananas in them, all the time he was whistling/humming endlessly. Very weird. Remember the doctor shows - Medic, Ben Casey, Dr. Kildare. We had a lot fewer channels but there was always something to watch.
Northridge Kid 96 posts Oct 05, 2010 6:59 PM	I love these old shows. I been collec ting them for over twenty five years.I have hundreds of them on vhs & dvd now.I think I have about 4000 vhs tapes now. I even have the hard to find stuff like Spin & Marty - Annette - 77 Sunset Strip - Route 66 All the old stuff.I have a real good friend that was a actor in a lot of the old westerns and Teenage shows from the 50's & 60's.He quit acting to become a pro drag racer.TV Tommy Ivo !!!
old4d 56 posts Oct 05, 2010 7:29 PM	Great history lesson, Curt! Thank you! Kid, my brother has quite a collection of old TV shows, too. He also has a huge collection of old radio shows. I want to find some of the really old cartoons like Bosco, Betty Boop, Frtiz the Cat, and those Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies that haven't had all the "violence" cut out. They really chopped up those old cartoons and totally ruined them. Last Edited by on Oct 05, 2010 7:30 PM
Bigmo 43 posts Oct 06, 2010 6:43 AM	One of my favorites as a little kid was "Adventures in Paradise" with Gardner McKay. Loved the theme music. Combat! was probably my favorite followed in no particular order by Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, McHale's Navy, The Whirlybirds, Donna Reed Show, The Nelsons, My Three Sons, Andy Griffith Show, Flipper, Sugarfoot, The Rifleman, Hawaiian Eye. Last Edited by on Oct 06, 2010 6:44 AM
Northridge Kid 97 posts Oct 06, 2010 7:23 AM	A few shows that I can't find anywhere that I would like to have are Straightaway from 1961 - Window on Main Street 1961 - The Tycoon 1964 - Anyone know where to find them ?
Northridge Kid 98 posts Oct 06, 2010 4:42 PM	Thank's old4d !!! I'll check them out.
Keugene48 121 posts Oct 06, 2010 7:06 PM	old4d- I ate lunch at Cracker Barrel today and in the store I found a display of DVD's of a lot of old TV shows. One I found was a 2 DVD set of cartoons- most of the ones you mentioned. It was reasonably priced too.
old4d 58 posts Oct 06, 2010 8:06 PM	I rarely get over in that direction, but I'll try. I am almost in New Lebanon and I don't get around like I once did.
AllenN71 96 posts Oct 07, 2010 10:20 AM	OldAd, re those cartoons you can still find some of them on YouTube, remember the Three Bears with the bad tempered Henry and big dumb Junyer? They're on there. Back then I think we kids realized that every time Yosemite Sam smacked his horse to make it "giddyap" only to have to run after it all the way to his destination begging it to "Whoa!"; then having to run in front of it backwards and brain it to make it stop; that what was funny was that bullies like him were so stupid. And the lesson was of course that relying on violence to get your way was counter-productive and dumb. That was lost on all these "trained kid experts", most of whom never had to raise a kid. Now we have cute lil' bunnykin toons and kids today - Or is it just my age showing?
maxed out 188 posts Oct 07, 2010 2:47 PM	delcodude....Malcolm Macleod is now a realtor in Palm Beach county Florida in which I live... He is a realtor for high-end homes in Palm Beach.... I need to email him and see if he will join the freinds on this site.
maxed out 189 posts Oct 07, 2010 2:55 PM	I'm having trouble emailing Malcolm....His email is palmbeachmalcolm@aol.com...Maybe you guys can help to get him to join us......Thanks
Lylen 3 posts Nov 23, 2010 2:38 PM	Back in the early 60s on Saturday afternoons there was a horror movie every week. They were pretty bad and of course black and white. I remember the Mummy and Frankenstein. It seems like they were on when it was cold outside so kids got together and watched them.
donw 54 posts Nov 24, 2010 11:10 PM	It does not look like anyone found this gem: Malcom's TV gallery site: http://malcolm-tv.com It's amazing the level of stars that he got to appear locally on his show. And amazing also, that Dayton actually had a "media scene" back in the day. Last Edited by on Nov 24, 2010 11:12 PM
JeffN 335 posts Nov 29, 2010 11:09 AM	I loved Shock Theatre with Dr. Creep.
cilla46 20 posts Jan 24, 2011 2:33 AM	I remember watching almost everyone of the shows that have been mentioned.I also remember some that have not.My earliest memories of watching TV include shows like "Boston Blackie","Inner Sanctum","Mr. and Mrs. North","San Francisco Beat","Kukla Fran and Ollie","Howdy Doody","Ding Dong School"and the news with John Cameron Swayzee. Saturday mornings were spent with "Sky King","The Lone Ranger","Rin Tin Tin","Circus Boy"and several others. My parents never missed "The Life of Riley"with William Bendix. Those days were great for family entertainment!
Nile 11 posts Feb 24, 2011 4:38 PM	Anybody remember Midwestern Hayride, Willie Thall, Bob Braun, Paul Dixon, I remember Mama, Wally Cox, Mr. Peepers. Warning: these are old ones!!
driver62 358 posts Feb 25, 2011 8:41 AM	Nile - Guess I'm old as I remember all of them.
AllenN71 159 posts Feb 25, 2011 10:18 AM	Remember Al Schottlekotte, the weatherman from (I think) WHIO TV? He re-surfaced briefly here in the DC area in the mid-70s. Haven't heard about him since.
Perry401 19 posts Feb 25, 2011 11:42 AM	I don't remember Al being at WHIO, but do remember for many years he was the anchor of WCPO -- channel 9 in Cincinnati. I do remember Tony Grant, the long time station announcer for WLW radio and WLW-T television doing weekend weather on both Channel 5 and Channel 2 during the same period. He would do one report, then they would use the WLW network to let him later do a report for the other station. If you flipped the channel, you could see him twice as often. Weather maps were simply maps with hand-drawn weather patterns on them. No radar at the time. Channel 2 had a high-tech feature where the weather reporter would touch a button on the wall, and the High and Low temperature would light up in a box next to him. I remeber Gill Whitney and Channel 7's early radar and how they always had trouble with "ground clutter" and occationally interferance from airplanes. Then Channel 2 had "The weather outside with Dewey Hopper". I remember if you drove north on South Dixie past the station, you could see the camera which they kept inside a glass door on the end of the building and also the back of the weather set. In the early days of Channel 2, the studio wasn't air conditioned and Ed Hamlin and the other reporters were obviously sweltering on hot evenings. Sometimes they were also attacked by persistant bugs who would keep landing on their faces over and over again no matter how often they tried to shoo them away. Another news fixture was Chuck Uptigrove (?) who shoot a lot of the news footage and also made voice over commentary on some stories. Most of the news back then was shot on 16mm cameras, and at least at Channel 7, practially every employee, no matter what his official title, was given a 16mm camera and some basic training. All were expected to stop at the sighting of an accident, fire, or whatever to catch exclusive pictures to use on-air. Last Edited by on Feb 25, 2011 11:44 AM
Bigmo 50 posts Feb 25, 2011 12:51 PM	Perry, I wonder if you're confusing Chuck Upthegrove with Bob Tamaska. Bob did the "Newsreel" voice overs for Ch. 7. He would end each one with, "That's Newsreel. I'm Bob Tamaska." I worked with both Chuck and Bob at WHIO-TV.
newsnot 236 posts Feb 25, 2011 2:18 PM	bill nemo, does anyone remember bill nemo? he was a pioneer of television on wlw-t. he died this week.
supersix 45 posts Feb 25, 2011 4:26 PM	Perry401, do you mean Peter Grant instead of "Tony Grant"?
Perry401 20 posts Feb 25, 2011 4:27 PM	Bigmo -- Now that you mention it, I do remember Bob Tamaska doing voice overs on the news films. Wasn't Chuck a photographer?
cilla46 26 posts Feb 25, 2011 4:52 PM	When I was about eleven years old Chuck Upthegrove came to our house and took pictures of my family.He was a friend of my fathers.My father was a Dayton Police Sgt. and I guess that is how he knew Chuck. I remember he took many pictures and was very nice to all of us kids.
newsnot 243 posts Mar 05, 2011 12:27 PM	cilla46 thanks a lot. it is san francisco beat. i am going to now look for cds of this series. thanks newsnot
cilla46 33 posts Mar 05, 2011 7:08 PM	newsnot You are welcome.I loved that show!
jsustik 9 posts Mar 10, 2011 4:49 PM	Definitely the Uncle Al show,I loved when they sang"Its a Small World".
Buster 5 posts Mar 10, 2011 6:44 PM	Highway Patrol is now being shown on THIS TV. I remember that WHIO used to show a program every year around prom time. Broderick Crawford opened the show. It was quite graphic, dealing with teens drinking and driving on prom night.
Keugene48 144 posts Mar 14, 2011 9:01 AM	I was channel surfing today and saw part of the newest Peter Pan movie. Made me remember Mary Martin's Peter Pan on TV and the great moral dilemma on whether to clap my hands and declare I do believe in fairies or to be so adult about it that I merely observed the show. That is what I like most about being a senior citizen, you can do whatever you like and don't care what others think about it!
Bill68 92 posts Mar 15, 2011 4:48 AM	The Hardy Boys' show mentioned above was 19 episodes of The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure based on The Tower Treasure by Franklin W. Dixon. I've read elsewhere that Franklin W. Dixon was a syndicate with many writers writing under that name.
clamper 4 posts Mar 22, 2011 8:10 AM	cilla46, my father was also on the Dayton PD. Who was your Dad?
Koogie57 5 posts Mar 23, 2011 3:18 AM	Captain Video, Sky King, Midwestern Hayride, Texas Style Wrestling, Friday Night at the Fights(Gillete Blue Blades). Live Wrestling from a Dayton TV station, and many more. The Good Ole Days!
AllenN71 174 posts Mar 23, 2011 1:15 PM	Boy, do I ever remember "Midwestern Hayride". Mom and Dad loved it and it made me cringe, I thought it was such a "hick" show. But now I realizze that for all my travels and adventures and education, I'm really just a "hick" from Ohio. There are a few clips of Midwesern Hayride on YouTube, and I have downloaded them to this computer.
lonebear 10 posts Mar 30, 2011 8:25 PM	Watched Uncle Orrie every afternoon when I got home from school, loved it. Anyone remember the Ruth Lyons Club? Met her at Coney Island in Cincinnati one day, she was riding around in her golf cart, I had tripped and fell and she stopped to see if I was alright. Also, how about Queen For A Day?
CLee 9 posts Mar 31, 2011 9:37 AM	Not TV but my first radio show that I remember--The Whistler. Frightened me but I just had to hear it-- We had a radio, turntable combo in a standing cabinet. I remember listening to that radio even thru highschool. Have no idea what happened to it.
delcodude 111 posts Apr 01, 2011 8:26 AM	CLee: Yeah, not to be a co-conspirator in hijacking this thread, (haha) but I used to listen to the Mystery Theatre(?) after the Reds games back in the 70s. Some were very good, others not so much. But, I had an old bakelite tube radio that I bought ($2) with paper route profits in a shop on E 5th that had the perfect looks and sound for those old shows. It became a ritual to listen to both the game and the mystery theatre on THAT radio only....especially after IT helped the Reds win back to back world series in '75-'76, haha... I lost that radio somewhere along the way too.

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