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The Flintstones
Modern (Stone Age) FamilyThis, kids, is how cave people invented the prime time cartoon, and many of the tropes that go with it.The Flintstones, "Flintstone Hillbillies"OB: Â January 16, 1964, 7:30 p.m....
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Perry Mason
The Case of the Tried and True Formula...or how you can set your watch by a formulaic plot that still manages to surprise youPerry Mason, "The Case of the Capering Camera"OB: January 16, 1964, 9:00...
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Combat!
How We Fought World War II in the '60sThe Greatest Generation takes a trial run at telling us what they did in the warCombat!, "The General and the Sergeant"OB: January 14, 1964, 7:30 p.m. EST, ABCI...
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The Judy Garland Show
Once More, Over the RainbowHow CBS likely sabotaged Judy Garland's last truly great work, her variety show The Judy Garland Christmas Show, "With Lorna, Joe, Liza, Tracy, Jack Jones and Mel Torme"OB:...
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Lassie
Lassie! Â Quick, Get Help! Â Timmy's Not in a Well!She may have rescued people from wells, lakes and caves, but our favorite collie also had to navigate an audience through an emotional minefieldLassie,...
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The Danny Kaye Show
A Smiling Face from Christmas PastBehind Danny Kaye's smile was a personal life as complicated as any of his trademark, comic tongue-twisters.The Danny Kaye Show, "Christmas Show, with Mary Tyler Moore...
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(Rerun)
"Nostalgia Ain't What It Used to Be"Yogi Berra's famous words might not have drawn so much laughter if he'd been talking about reruns...then he would've been spot-on.In 1937, a beautifully written and...
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East Side/West Side
One of the Best Shows You've Never Heard OfEast Side/West Side was dark, harsh, often depressing and even hopeless. Â It was great.East Side/West Side, "One Drink at a Time"OB: January 27, 1964, 10 p.m....
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Twilight Zone
Submitted for Your ApprovalThe dreams, nightmares and life experiences of Rod Serling become a haunting challenge to the way we think and watch TV.Twilight Zone, "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"OB: October...
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The Magilla Gorilla Show
Megillah for a GorillaWhat happens when a warm, fuzzy childhood memory turns out to be a piece of highly commercial "dark age" animation.The Magilla Gorilla Show, "Big Game"OB: week of January 14,...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Heeeeeeeerrrrrrrreeee's You Know Who!Johnny was always Johnny, but his Tonight Show evolved a lot in 30 years.The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, "Guests: Hedda Hopper, Sam Levinson, Jack Douglas...
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The Fugitive
A Relentless Pursuit of an Innocent ManThe most genius idea ever for a TV show, and how it paved the way for modern cable dramaThe Fugitive, "The Garden House"OB: January 14, 1964, 10 p.m. EST, ABCI...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah...It was really just like any other Ed Sullivan show...except for those two segments that, you know, changed pop culture foreverThe Ed Sullivan Show, "The Beatles' First Appearance"OB:...
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Bonanza
Don't Fall in Love with a CartwrightApparently the Ponderosa was one of the biggest fictional ranches in Nevada, yet there was still no room for womenBonanza, "My Son, My Son"OB: January 19, 1964, 9...
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The Dick Van Dyke Show
Oh, Roooobbbbbbb...How my favorite TV couple were so different from the ones who came before themThe Dick Van Dyke Show, "All About Eavesdropping"OB: October 23, 1963, 9:30 p.m., CBSI was born three...
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Wagon Train
The Way West: Right to LeftWagon Train's most tumultuous trek was perhaps its next to last season, the only one in color.Wagon Train, "The Geneva Balfour Story"OB: January 20, 1964, 8:30 p.m. EST, ABCI...
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The Price is Right
Come on Down...a Different WayThe earliest version of U.S. television's longest running game show, gives us a nice museum tour of 1960s consumerismThe Price is Right, "Guest Star: Pat Carroll"OB:...
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The Andy Griffith Show
Utopia, North CarolinaMayberry embodied most of the idealism, and none of the ugliness, of the 1960s.The Andy Griffith Show, "Opie the Birdman"OB: Â September 30, 1963, 9:30 p.m. EST, CBSI was born...
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Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Hello, I Might Not Be Going...Groucho's play may be trying to tell us something about the last stage of his own lifeBob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, "Time for Elizabeth"OB: April 24, 1964, 8:30...
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The Bullwinkle Show
The Moose Who Came in From the ColdNow it can be told: the true story, of the conspiracy to kill moose and squirrel. The Bullwinkle Show, "Moosylvania Parts 3 & 4"OB: January 18, 1964, 12:30 p.m....
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