Fess Parker & Davy Crockett
1950's TV icons!

1952 Olympics Telethon

Amos 'n' Andy - in depth

Little Rascals / Our Gang

The Howdy Doody
Presidential Election

The Lone Ranger!
He epitomized the best of America.

The First 'Black' Show - Beulah
The first and only show to star an
African-American woman for a twenty-year span!

Women on TV in the 1950s
How Bette Davis tried to buck the system!

The Today Show
Could Katie Couric have be replaced by a monkey?

TV's First Rerun Series
Great clips from classic sitcoms of the 1950s!

The Ken Murray Budweiser Show
An early version of 'The Man Show?'

Two Variety Shows of the Fifties
Vic Damone and Eddie Fisher, world-class crooners

Game Shows of the Fifties
Watch TV from the late-1940s!

Any Night Nitro!
A look at TV super-spectaculars, 50's-style!

Mr. Adams and Eve
Howard Duff and Ida Lupino in a
groundbreaking 50's sitcom!

TV's First Star
Broken and discarded!

History of the Laugh Track
You hear dead people laughing!

The First Interactive Video Game
Winky-Dink and You from 1955!

Designing Winky-Dink
The original artist speaks out!

Interview with a Show Business Legend
The creator of Mack & Myer For Hire was Mickey Deems, a true keeper of the old-school flame of classic comedy. Mickey, who is alive and well and living in California, was kind enough to share with us some of his memories of this wonderful forgotten comedy series.

The Soundies
Original musical films from the 1940s!

Snaders Telescriptions
The first music videos for TV - watch for yourself!

Steve Allen Interviewed
One of his last interviews

Racket Squad
Was The Producers ripped off from an episode of Racket Squad?