#1950s tv

[wordfromoursponsor]

"I'm tired of watching bottles and soup cans dance. It would be a relief to see a ballet of liver pills for a change" (HT Webster cartoon, 1951)

#vintage #retro #black and white #1950s #TV #TV commercials #1950s TV #cartoon

[countesspetofi]

Today in the departmtent of Before They Were Star Trek Stars, DeForest Kelley guest stars in WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE, season 2, episode 7, "The Empty Cell" (original air date October 17, 1959). De plays a telegraph operator who aids in a train robbery, and is then hunted by Steve McQueen's bounty hunter Josh Randall as well as a local sheriff played by Lon Chaney, Jr. (who he impersonates at one point).

I was there for De, but I enjoyed Chaney's scenes with McQueen a lot. It's an interesting moment; Chaney was at a point in his career where he was transitioning from films to mostly TV appearances, and McQueen was just about to break out of TV and into movie stardom.

#deforest kelley #star trek #star trek tos #star trek the original series #wanted dead or alive #1950s tv #1960s tv #tv sci fi #tv westerns #steve mcqueen #lon chaney jr

[swordofmoonl1ght]

"That's not fair! That's not fair at all!"

Burgess Meredith as Henry Bemis in The Twilight Zone S01E08, "Time Enough At Last"

#burgess meredith #the twilight zone #thetwilightzoneedit #twilightzoneedit #ttzedit #classic tv #classic sci fi #1950s tv #some people don't like him but i like this autistic-coded fella ok 😭 i would let him read. rip to Helen but I'm different #100

[hecatesbroom]

Betty White in Life with Elizabeth (again, because look at her!!)

#i reblogged this post that said ''i'm creating stuff for myself; my 2 mutuals and that one paper bag that blows in every once in a while'' #and i feel like these betty white gifsets are exactly that lmao #anyway look how ADORABLE this woman is #how could i *not*?? #that's the world's most infectious smile right there #betty white #life with elizabeth #television #tv #1950s #1950s tv #my gifs

[justbusterkeaton]

The Buster Keaton Show 1951 “The Gymnasium Story”

#buster keaton #the Buster Keaton show #1950s tv #1950s television #comedy #silent comedy #slapstick #harold goodwin #basketball #basketball practice #gymspiration

[gifs-of-puppets]

Sam an Friends (1955-1961)

#sam and friends #the muppets #jim henson #kermit the frog #kermit #sam #that old black magic #television #tv #vintage tv #1950s tv #muppet #muppets #gif #muppet gif #muppets gif #gifs of puppets

[cbatue57]

Classic Facts: Week 17

The Soundac, featured in the book is inspired by Bleep’s workshop that was left nameless in the original series.

Both the saucer and the towered edifice serve as a laboratory for the colonel’s experiments and research.

#colonel bleep #save colonel bleep #cartoon modern #1950s cartoons #1950s tv #cartoon facts #public domain #mid century illustration #classic cartoons

[soapkaars]

Imagine you’re pretty sure the creepy janitor you always see has eyes in the back of his head (he always seems to know it’s you) and you wake up one night and go down to look for your missing dog and you find that the boiler room in your apartment building looks like this

#peter lorre #young couples only #studio 57 #1950s tv #mr grover #richard matheson #shipshape home

[hezigler]

pot will kill you

"Pot will kill you."

Says Jack Web as Sargent Joe Friday in the 1950s TV series Dragnet. More shocking than the late 1950s attitude towards cannabis is the audience believability that a 23 year old man could have a wife, child, house, and car. Not mentioned is that his wife did not work a job outside the home but was a full-time housewife and mother.

#youtube #1950s #1950s tv #dragnet #jack web #marihuana #cannabis #cannabis culture #drug dealer

[hundredyearoldoakdesk]

Alan in The Phil Silvers Show in 1958

Source:

entertainmentwise.com

#alan alda #phil silvers #1950s #1950s tv #1950s television

[wordfromoursponsor]

"Well, we got a television set three weeks ago. Haven't done a tap of housework since." (1953)

#vintage #retro #black and white #1950s #television #cartoon #HT Webster #TV #1950s TV

[countesspetofi]

More from the Department of Before They Were Star Trek Stars: George Takei in PERRY MASON, season three, episode four, "The Case of the Blushing Pearls" (original air date October 24, 1959).

George plays Toma Sakai, a friend and co-worker of Perry's client, a Japanese immigrant framed for the theft of a valuable piece of jewelry.

#george takei #star trek #star trek tos #star trek the original series #perry mason #1960s tv #1950s tv #tv sci fi #courtroom drama #crime procedural #raymond burr #william hopper #barbara hale #william tallman #nobu mccarthy #gay icons

[swordofmoonl1ght]

"Cadwallader's my name. At least it's the name I'm using this month. It has a nice feeling on the tongue."

Thomas Gomez as Cadwallader in The Twilight Zone S01E06 "Escape Clause"

#twilight zone #cadwallader #really liked this take on the devil #thomas gomez #gotta say he has some transmasc swag. no i will not elaborate-- #twilightzoneedit #classictvedit #ttzedit #1950s tv

[hecatesbroom]

Betty White in Life with Elizabeth (1953 - 1955)

bonus that didn't fit in the main set:

#i watched one episode and what can i say. she's so cute i HAD to make gifs. there was no way i could resist #just look at her!!!! #betty white #life with elizabeth #sitcoms #television #vintage tv #vintage television #1950s #1950s tv #my gifs

[thepopculturearchivist]

WASHINGTON POST, September 11, 1957

#vintage advertising #vintage advertisement #1950s #1957 #i love lucy #lucille ball #1950s tv #desi arnaz

[wareham-community-television]

Re-run spotlight on Fridays! This week featuring an episode from Topper. This is one of eleven episodes that famous composer Stephen Sondheim co-wrote.

#wctv #wareham community television #rerun #rerun spotlight #1950s tv #stephen sondheim #topper #did you know sondheim wrote more than just music? #friday rerun spotlight