Archive for the ‘Old Television’ Category

On this day in 1967, Raymond Burr started in the TV movie, Ironside, which led to the series.

On this day in 1971, Cannon debuted on CBS.

On this day in 1968, the last episode of Batman aired on ABC.

On this day in 1983, the final episode of M*A*S*H aired on CBS.

You can find out more about this day in history at the History Channel, Those Were The Days, and InfoPlease.

On this day in 1972, Sanford and Son debuted on NBC.

On this day in 1947, Howdy Doody appeared on NBC.

Tiny Tim married Miss Vickie on this day in 1969.

On this day in 1965, “A Charlie Brown Christmas” debuted.

One thing I loved when I was a kid, was going to pick out a Christmas tree. We didn’t do it very often, in fact we only did it a few times while I was growing up because money was tight and we could only get one if it was on sale. I love the smell of fresh pine in the house.

On this day in 1948, Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts debuted on CBS.

On this day in history, “Days Of Our Lives” debuted on NBC.

Back then you had commercials for laundry soaps, dishwashing soaps, and every soap imaginable. These days they try selling every product under the sun, whether it’s a good product or not. What they need to do is provide information about their products, like Leptovox does, so people can actually decide what’s best for them before they are pressured to spend money on it.