Classic TV

[garyd]

Trivia question: Who has appeared on the cover of TV Guide more than anyone else?
(According to my TV Guide: Fifty Years of Television book.)

Well, without "googling" it, I am going to say Lucille Ball.  It seems to me that I heard or read that somewhere.

[Lyle (Mooska)]

My parents thought I was nuts in that there was nothing valuable or even interesting
in keeping old TV guides.  I still have them.  A bit over 120 dating 1956-through part of 1958.

That is great! Do you ever look at them or are they in storage?

THat means you have most of these:

1/7/1956 Arthur Godfrey  
1/14/1956 Loretta Young  
1/21/1956 Lawrence Welk  
1/28/1956 Janis Paige  
2/4/1956 Judy Tyler  
2/11/1956 Perry Como  
2/18/1956 Jimmy Durante  
2/25/1956 Gisele MacKenzie  
3/3/1956 Lynn Dollar & Hal March  
3/10/1956 Frances Rafferty & Spring Byington  
3/17/1956 Maurice Evans & Lilli Palmer  
3/24/1956 Dave Garroway  
3/31/1956 Arlene Francis & John Daly  
4/7/1956 Jayne Meadows, Garry Moore & Faye Emerson  
4/14/1956 Grace Kelly  
4/21/1956 Nanette Fabray  
4/28/1956 Red Skelton  
5/5/1956 George Gobel & Mitzi Gaynor  
5/12/1956 Bernadette O'Farrell & Richard Greene  
5/19/1956 Phil Silvers & Elisabeth Fraser  
5/26/1956 Alice Lon & Lawrence Welk  
6/2/1956 Sid Caesar & Janet Blair  
6/9/1956 Patti Page  
6/16/1956 Elinor Donahue, Robert Young, Lauren Chapin & Billy Gray  
6/23/1956 Steve Allen  
6/30/1956 Bob Cummings  
7/7/1956 Lassie Photograph Garrett-Howard
7/14/1956 Gordon MacRae & Sheila MacRae  
7/21/1956 Bill Lundigan & Mary Costa  
7/28/1956 Gail Davis of Annie Oakley
8/4/1956 Jackie Cooper & Cleo (dog)  
8/11/1956 Democratic Convention Illustration
8/18/1956 GOP Convention Illustration Kramer
8/25/1956 Esther Williams  
9/1/1956 Alice Lon  
9/8/1956 Elvis Presley  
9/15/1956 Fall Preview 1956-1957 Shows  
9/22/1956 Hal March illustration Al Hirschfeld
9/29/1956 Jackie Gleason  
10/6/1956 Gale Storm  
10/13/1956 The Nelson Family  
10/20/1956 Phyllis Goodkind & Perry Como  
10/27/1956 Alfred Hitchcock  
11/3/1956 Edward R. Murrow illustration Al Hirschfeld
11/10/1956 Loretta Young Photograph Elmer Holloway
11/17/1956 Buddy Hackett  
11/24/1956 Nanette Fabray  
12/1/1956 Gracie Allen & George Burns illustration Al Hirschfeld
12/8/1956 Victor Borge  
12/15/1956 Dinah Shore  
12/22/1956 Merry Christmas  
12/29/1956 Jeannie Carson  
1/5/1957 Arthur Godfrey illustration Al Hirschfeld
1/12/1957 Lucille Ball  
1/19/1957 Jerry Lewis  
1/26/1957 Bob Hope illustration Al Hirschfeld
2/2/1957 Jane Wyman  
2/9/1957 Hugh O'Brian  
2/16/1957 Jane Wyatt & Robert Young  
2/23/1957 Charles Van Doren  
3/2/1957 Dorothy Collins & Gisele MacKenzie  
3/9/1957 Arthur Godfrey & Pat Boone  
3/16/1957 The Emmy Awards  
3/23/1957 Tennessee Ernie Ford Illustration Ernest Chiriaka
3/30/1957 Julie Andrews  
4/6/1957 Lawrence Welk Illustration Al Hirschfeld
4/13/1957 Nanette Fabray of The Kaiser Aluminum Hour in a baseball uniform (a baseball preview feature was included in this issue) Photograph Herb Ball
4/20/1957 Loretta Young  
4/27/1957 Groucho Marx Illustration Al Parker
5/4/1957 Hal March & Robert Strom  
5/11/1957 James Arness of Gunsmoke Photograph Garrett-Howard
5/18/1957 Esther Williams  
5/25/1957 Sid Caesar illustration Al Hirschfeld
6/1/1957 Ida Lupino & Howard Duff  
6/8/1957 Lassie  
6/15/1957 Red Skelton  
6/22/1957 Jack Bailey  
6/29/1957 Gale Storm  
7/6/1957 What's My Line? Illustration Al Hirschfeld
7/13/1957 Gail Davis  
7/20/1957 Julius La Rosa  
7/27/1957 Garry Moore  
8/3/1957 Cleo  
8/10/1957 Ann B. Davis & Bob Cummings  
8/17/1957 Phil Silvers Illustration Al Hirschfeld
8/24/1957 Marjorie Lord & Danny Thomas  
8/31/1957 Clint Walker of Cheyenne Photograph Warner Bros.
9/7/1957 Janette Davis & Arthur Godfrey  
9/14/1957 "Fall Preview 1957-1958 Shows, Photograph Arthur Williams
9/21/1957 Pat Boone  
9/28/1957 Gracie Allen & George Burns  
10/5/1957 Joan Caulfield  
10/12/1957 This Is The Week To Watch photo montage  
10/19/1957 Loretta Young  
10/26/1957 Peter Lawford & Phyllis Kirk  
11/2/1957 Lucille Ball Illustration Al Hirschfeld
11/9/1957 James Garner  
11/16/1957 Patti Page  
11/23/1957 Mary Martin  
11/30/1957 Alfred Hitchcock illustration Al Hirschfeld
12/7/1957 Dinah Shore Illustration Al Parker
12/14/1957 Walt Disney  
12/21/1957 Season's Greetings  
12/28/1957 Ricky Nelson of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet Photograph John Engstead
1/4/1958 Lawrence Welk  
1/11/1958 Gisele MacKenzie  
1/18/1958 John Payne  
1/25/1958 Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca Photograph Philippe Halsman
2/1/1958 Walter Winchell  
2/8/1958 Perry King & Tab Hunter  
2/15/1958 A Great Week  
2/22/1958 Rosemary Clooney  
3/1/1958 Lassie illustration Al Hirschfeld
3/8/1958 Arthur Godfrey  
3/15/1958 Amanda Blake & James Arness  
3/22/1958 Perry Como Illustration Al Hirschfeld
3/29/1958 Tennessee Ernie Ford  
4/5/1958 Gale Storm  
4/12/1958 Hugh O'Brian illustration Al Hirschfeld
4/19/1958 Polly Bergen  
4/26/1958 Guy Williams of Zorro Photograph Dave Preston
5/3/1958 Shirley Temple  
5/10/1958 Richard Boone of Have Gun Will Travel Photograph Philippe Halsman
5/17/1958 Danny Thomas  
5/24/1958 Dick Clark  
5/31/1958 Phyllis Kirk

That's pretty impressive! The Elvis one alone would be worth a lot to a collector.
The 9/14/1957 "Fall Preview 1957-1958 Shows, Photograph Arthur Williams, is considered a standout, as well.
I just recalled it's the week my best friend was born, too!

Not that I expect you to go searching, but I have to ask, why was this the week to watch TV?
10/12/1957 This Is The Week To Watch photo montage

I'm impressed you have all these, would be great to see them!

[Lyle (Mooska)]

Well, without "googling" it, I am going to say Lucille Ball.
It seems to me that I heard or read that somewhere.

You heard or read correctly!

[Jeff Wrangler]

Some men (like Ricky Martin) admitted that he loved making love to women, but identifies as a gay male, that confuses the hell out of people.  Especially straight people.

It confuses the hell out of me, too. 

[garyd]

Not that I expect you to go searching, but I have to ask, why was this the week to watch TV?
10/12/1957 This Is The Week To Watch photo montage

I'm impressed you have all these, would be great to see them!

Hmm, is that the one with the black and white sort of "checkerboard" cover design?  If so, not sure why it would have been" the week" except that it might have been episode premiere week that year.  That was usually in September back then, however.  It was also a week after Sputnik threw all of us for a loop. 

My collection is currently, most of it anyway, on exhibit in the lobby of the Paley Center in NYC. Until the end of this month, I think.  It then is being packed up and sent to SFO for an 8 or 12 week exhibit in the American Airlines terminal.  Then, i don't know, back into a "hermetically sealed" mason jar I guess.  I gave it to my youngest son several years ago and he manages it.

[Jeff Wrangler]

I think if you google almost any popular classic tv show plus "board game"
you'll find one!

I regularly see a board-game tie-in to Fess Parker's Daniel Boone on eBay. When I was a kid I had a Petticoat Junction game--something about using the Hooterville Cannonball to help Kate Bradley do her shopping--the first person back to the Shady Rest won. 

[bubba]

Lyle did you know dolphins are just gay sharks??

[bubba]

My daughter in law is a board game fanatic (that is all her family must have done growing up) and she is a classic TV nut, and "loves" all the old game shows.  So I try to get her old TV games at yard sales and antique places.  They are usually either junky, missing bits or mint and they want a fortune for them.

She got one at the Goodwill one day, I can't even remember now what show it was.  She was so excited, it was in perfect condition and it was 2 dollars!  I think it was Family Fued with Richard Dawson.


I can't believe we have someone else with a TV guide collection, can we petition to get the old TV guide back?   Maybe with satellite and all that it wouldn't be popular??

I am going to dig mine out tonight, see what years I have.


Imagine having the I love Lucy one, when Little Ricky was born?

[Lyle (Mooska)]

My collection is currently, most of it anyway, on exhibit in the lobby of the Paley Center in NYC. Until the end of this month, I think.  It then is being packed up and sent to SFO for an 8 or 12 week exhibit in the American Airlines terminal.  Then, i don't know, back into a "hermetically sealed" mason jar I guess.  I gave it to my youngest son several years ago and he manages it.

We now have a Paley Center in Los Angeles, well, it's in Beverly Hills.
How about exhibiting it there! Heh!

http://www.paleycenter.org/visit-visitla/

That is cool that it's being seen!

[bubba]

Well, without "googling" it, I am going to say Lucille Ball.  It seems to me that I heard or read that somewhere.

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/msnbc/38077612#38077612


Check it out!

[Ennis Del Mark]

She IS The First Lady of Television.

[garyd]

We now have a Paley Center in Los Angeles, well, it's in Beverly Hills.
How about exhibiting it there! Heh!

http://www.paleycenter.org/visit-visitla/

That is cool that it's being seen!

Yes, they were at the LA,(Beverly Hills), center in the Fall of 2010...I think.  yeah, 2010.
The collection is of the entire magazine, not the just the covers, so, in total, it is surprisingly bulky and heavy and difficult to move around. But, the museum personnel know what they are doing and take care of all of that.  The covers are fun, of course, but what i have always found interesting are the reviews, the mini-synopsis of the various shows, and most importantly, the advertising.  The ads, especially, give a rich and diverse history of the culture of the time. 

[fritzkep]

Hope y'all enjoy having the topic here in the board where it belongs!

[killersmom]

One of my absolute favorites. Always watched it every week. Dr. Zachary Smith/Jonathan Harris always irritated me.

I did not know that John Williams was one of the composers on the show.
Must of been before he got famous.

[fritzkep]

Hadn't realized that!

And I remembered some of the stars from other series, Angela Cartwright from Make Room For Daddy (and The Sound of Music), June Lockhart from Lassie, and Guy Williams from Zorro.