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1950's Classic TV Shows
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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet was the real-life Nelson family on the air, with all the little adventures that an active middle-class American family might have, and two young boys growing up before their parents' and the television...
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The program opened each week with these words from Det. Sgt. Joe Friday: "This is the city, Los Angeles,
California. I work here, I carry a badge." Then that arresting theme music began to play ("Dum-de-dum-dum").
Probably the most successful...
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It's telling that this family favorite began on radio as Father Knows Best? When the show came to CBS in 1954, the question mark disappeared. Contrary to popular opinion, however, Springfield, Ohio, insurance agent Jim Anderson (Emmy winner Robert...
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623 East 68th Street, New York City, Aprtment 3-B, the residence of Ricky Ricardo, an orchestra leader at the Tropicana Club and his wife Lucy. Stories depict the basic, most often copied premise: a husband plagued by the antics of his...
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A knight without armor in a savage land, Paladin (Richard Boone) was a unique gunfighter. A highly educated and well-traveled man, Paladin enjoyed the finer things in life, and always preferred peaceful solutions over violent confrontations. But...
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328 Chauncey Street, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York is where the apartment residences of the Kramdens and the Nortons stand. These four people, fifteen years after the depression are still struggling to make ends meet. Ralph Kramden and Alice...
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I Married Joan starred Joan Davis, a movie and radio comedienne billed as "America's Queen of Comedy," and Jim Backus, the voice of Mr. Magoo and the popular character Thurston Howell III from Gilligan's Island. The show centered on Joan, a...
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211 Pine Street, Mayfield, the residence of the Cleaver family: Ward, an accountant; his wife June; and their children, Wally and Theodore (Beaver). Stories relate to the experiences of the two brothers. Beaver Cleaver was 7 when the series...
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"A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty hi-yo Silver! The Lone Ranger! With his faithful Indian companion, Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early...
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