Lost Laughs of '50s and '60s Television: Thirty Sitcoms That Faded Off ScreenOriginally broadcast on American television between 1952 and 1969, the 30 situation comedies in this work are seldom seen today and receive only brief and often incomplete and inaccurate mentions in most reference sources. Yet these sitcoms (including Angel, The Governor and J.J., It's a Great Life, I'm Dickens ... He's Fenster and Wendy and Me), and the stories of the talented people who made them, are an integral part of television history. With a complete list of production credits and rare publicity stills, this volume, based on multiple screenings of episodes, corrects other sources and expand our knowledge of television history. |
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... Margie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 McKeever and the Colonel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Meet Mr. McNutley / The Ray Milland Show ...
... Margie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 McKeever and the Colonel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Meet Mr. McNutley / The Ray Milland Show ...
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... Margie, a sitcom set in the 1920s, repeat a bit of mis- information concerning the show's use of silent film-style titles between scenes. My foremost source for the information in this book was screening the shows themselves. As a ...
... Margie, a sitcom set in the 1920s, repeat a bit of mis- information concerning the show's use of silent film-style titles between scenes. My foremost source for the information in this book was screening the shows themselves. As a ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 5 | |
| 12 | |
The Governor and JJ | 20 |
The Great Gildersleeve | 27 |
Grindl | 33 |
Happy | 40 |
Hennesey | 47 |
Meet Mr McNutley The Ray Milland Show | 120 |
The Mickey Rooney Show | 128 |
Mr Adams and Eve | 136 |
Mr Terrific | 143 |
Mrs G Goes to College The Gertrude Berg Show | 149 |
My Hero | 157 |
OK Crackerby | 164 |
Occasional Wife | 171 |
Hey Jeannie The Jeannie Carson Show | 54 |
How to Marry a Millionaire | 61 |
Ichabod and Me | 67 |
Im Dickens Hes Fenster | 74 |
Its a Great Life | 80 |
Its About Time | 87 |
The Jim Backus Show | 94 |
Love on a Rooftop | 100 |
Margie | 107 |
McKeever and the Colonel | 113 |
The Peoples Choice | 178 |
Pete and Gladys | 186 |
Peter Loves Mary | 194 |
The Tom Ewell Show | 202 |
Wendy and Me | 208 |
Appendix | 215 |
Chapter Notes | 217 |
Bibliography | 225 |
Index | 227 |
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