Father Knows Best was one of the most popular comedy series of the late fifties to early sixties, reflecting the conservative values of the era with its portrayal of the solidly-middle class Anderson family.
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How to Introduce Your Kids to Classic TV Shows
Another way to introduce your kids to classic TV shows is through DVD box sets. You can purchase either full runs of a series, individual seasons or greatest hits collections featuring the best episodes of a series’ run. But you don’t have to spend any money to familiarize your children with the joys of classic TV.
Read the rest of this entry »The 1960s Batman Still Retains Its Campy Appeal
The cast of Batman was also memorable for the stellar cast of actors it managed to attract to play villains, including Cesar Romero as the Joker, Frank Gorshin as the Riddler and Burgess Meredith as the Penguin.
Read the rest of this entry »M*A*S*H Remains One of the Most Popular Shows of All Time
Set in the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in South Korea during the Korean War, the cast of M*A*S*H featured an exceptional ensemble of actors, playing some of the most memorable characters ever to appear on TV. The cast was led by Alan Alda as Dr. “Hawkeye” Pierce and Wayne Rogers as Dr. “Trapper” John McIntyre, whose irreverent antics frequently put them in opposition with various military authority figures, most notably Senior Nurse “Hot Lips” Houlihan (Loretta Swit) and Dr. Frank Burns (Larry Linville)
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In the early 1950s, television was still a young medium, and TV sets were still a novelty in many American homes. However, television during this decade gradually evolved to become a mass medium, as the number of households with a TV set increased from less than a million to 44 million by the end of the sixties.
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