50's TV

Clip from the classic musical TV show "Your Hit Parade", featuring the cast doing a performance of "Casey Jones", In a broadway style.

1952 episode of the TV series "The Magic Clown", which ran on NBC, and featured a clown doing magic tricks. The program was little more than a plug for the sponsor, and was done on an ultra-low budget

1953 episode of the Classic TV series "Ding Dong School", a show aimed at very young kids. Complete with original commercials. The host shows kids simple activities they can do at home.

An episode of the classic 50's musical TV series "Coke Time with Eddie Fisher", complete with original commercials. The show ran from 1953 to 1957 and featured Eddie Fisher singing popular hits of the day. Songs in this episode are: "Anytime", "Bring Back the Thrill", "Downhearted", "Tell Me Why", and "I Need You Know".

Episode of "The Dinah Shore Show" from 1956. Originally broadcast in Color, Now it only exists in Black and White. Contains original commercials for Chevrolet.

Jackie Gleason on segment of the popular 50's TV series "Cavalcade of Stars", doing a sketch called "The Honeymooners", which was later turned into a sitcom. "Cavalcade of Stars" started in 1949 and quickly became one of the most popular shows on The DuMont Television Network. Jackie Gleason was the 3rd and most popular host of the series. "The Honeymooners" started as a series of sketches, and later became a classic CBS sitcom still shown in syndication today. While the sitcom is still copyrighted, "Cavalcade of Stars" has long been public domain.

1955 Episode of the 50's Sitcom/Drama "Mama" (Also known as "I Remember Mama"). This popular show was about a Norway family who moved to America back in the early 20th Century. This episode is titled "Mama's Nursery School". ****************************** Info from Wikipedia: Mama was a weekly Maxwell House-sponsored CBS television comedy-drama series which ran from July 1, 1949 until March 17, 1957.

Rare episode of the 1950s TV show "Coke Time", which starred pop-crooner Eddie Fisher. Each episode featured him performing popular songs of the time, and usually featured a broadway star singing a song (This episode features short performance by Diahann Carroll). And yes, It also features commercials for Coca-Cola! The show aired live, and was recorded via kinescope.

Episode of the popular 50's TV series, "Mama" (AKA "I Remember Mama"), starring Peggy Wood. This light-hearted Classic TV series was about a immigrant family in 1910's America. The shows mix of drama and Comedy proved popular with both the critics and the American public. Sadly, Most episodes of this show are lost. This is a kinescope of a 1950 episode, Complete with original Maxwell House Coffee commercials.

An Episode of the classic 50's sitcom "I Married Joan", starring Joan Davis and Jim Backus. Running for 3 seasons, "I Married Joan" is a fondly remembered TV show. Similar to "I Love Lucy", This show is about dizzy housewife Joan Stevens and her husband Judge Bradley Stevens, With Joan getting herself into a mess in each episode. More basic info from Wikipedia: Genre: Sitcom Starring: Joan Davis & Jim Backus Theme music composer: Richard Mack Opening theme: "I Married Joan" Country of origin: United States No. of seasons: 3 No. of episodes: 99

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