I only recognise MTM.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | June 30, 2021 2:43 AM |
That's a cool photo.
I LOVE Alison Marino. I heard her on a podcast and she knows everything about LA. If you grew up here or spent any time here, she knows every bit of minutiae about LA and it's fascinating. She knows every store, every restaurant, even the carpeting styles in different movie theaters in the 80's.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 30, 2021 2:45 AM |
I see Jean Stapleton, Cronkite and Hitchcock in the front row. Need to get my bifocals on for the rest
by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 30, 2021 2:47 AM |
Oh, my God. I think I recognize 95% of those pictured. I'm old.
Surprised Vivian Vance got a more prominent spot than Lucy!
by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 30, 2021 2:47 AM |
So many. George Burns, Rhoda's mom, Lucy right in the center (Gary couldn't talk her out of it...), George and Weezy, Hitchcock...
by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 30, 2021 2:48 AM |
Not a minute in and we have a Cunt Lavin sighting!
by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 30, 2021 2:50 AM |
Oh, damnit. This is going to make me cry.
Seeing Bea and then Lucy.....
by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 30, 2021 2:52 AM |
Danny Thomas! Protect your coffee tables....
VIVIAN VANCE!
by Anonymous | reply 10 | June 30, 2021 2:54 AM |
If I'm confusing people I'm looking at the video at R6
by Anonymous | reply 11 | June 30, 2021 2:55 AM |
[quote]Surprised Vivian Vance got a more prominent spot than Lucy!
Really?
By 1978 Lucy no longer had a show on TV
And Lucy was exactly "beloved" by her peers in the industry
by Anonymous | reply 12 | June 30, 2021 2:56 AM |
Bonnie Franklin and her dangling earrings were the true shining stars of this ensemble.
by Anonymous | reply 13 | June 30, 2021 2:57 AM |
^*wasn't
by Anonymous | reply 14 | June 30, 2021 2:57 AM |
Sally Stuthers - hide your baked goods!
by Anonymous | reply 15 | June 30, 2021 2:57 AM |
There are as many red-heads as non-whites.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | June 30, 2021 2:58 AM |
Sally S., Linda Lavin, and Betty White on the same row in the Center!
by Anonymous | reply 17 | June 30, 2021 2:58 AM |
I'd argue Lucy had the most prominent position - smack in the center of the picture.
Who's the woman standing in front of Loretta Swit?
by Anonymous | reply 18 | June 30, 2021 3:00 AM |
LYNNIE FUCKING GREENE!!!!!
by Anonymous | reply 19 | June 30, 2021 3:01 AM |
[quote]I'd argue Lucy had the most prominent position
Really,
Well thanks for sharing, Gary
by Anonymous | reply 20 | June 30, 2021 3:01 AM |
Holy fuck, Vivian Vance, Linda Lavin, Bonnie Franklin and Beth Jarrett all in the same photo?! DL heads everywhere are exploding!
by Anonymous | reply 21 | June 30, 2021 3:02 AM |
Bill Cosby is in the video but I don’t see him in the photos.
He must have been at the bar getting cocktails for the ladies.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | June 30, 2021 3:02 AM |
[quote]Surprised Vivian Vance got a more prominent spot than Lucy!
She is right in the center. I thought that was THE spot.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | June 30, 2021 3:03 AM |
Is that Alfred Hitchcock 3rd from left front?
Also Carol Channing at the top? Bea Arthur, Linda Carter?
by Anonymous | reply 25 | June 30, 2021 3:03 AM |
Gomer and Carol.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | June 30, 2021 3:06 AM |
Are the people saying Lucy didn't have a prominent place look at the same picture as the rest of us? She is right smack dab in the middle, where you eye is immediately drawn, it is like the rest of them radiate out from her.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | June 30, 2021 3:07 AM |
Ellen "Grandma Walton" Corby made it on the front row
between Mary Tyler Moore and Gene Rayburn
by Anonymous | reply 28 | June 30, 2021 3:07 AM |
Lucy sandwhiched between Ed Asner and Don Knotts.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | June 30, 2021 3:08 AM |
Barbara Bain (who is the worst, most wooden actress that ever existed but very likable). Also Martin Landau - both were in Space 1999 which I loved as a child.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | June 30, 2021 3:09 AM |
This may have been CBS' 50th Anniversary technically
But most American families had only had TVs in their homes since the early to mid-1950s at this point
by Anonymous | reply 31 | June 30, 2021 3:09 AM |
Who did Rayburn blow to get in the front row?
by Anonymous | reply 32 | June 30, 2021 3:11 AM |
Correct R27. She is placed at the direct center of the image and the eye is drawn to her.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | June 30, 2021 3:11 AM |
I assume Vivian Vance and Ellen Corby are up front because they couldn't or wouldn't climb the stairs.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | June 30, 2021 3:11 AM |
SANDY DUNCAN!
by Anonymous | reply 35 | June 30, 2021 3:11 AM |
How strange that I can recognize and identify more people in this photo from 1978 than I could if a similar photo was taken in 2021.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | June 30, 2021 3:13 AM |
LYNNIE Greene?
Or Lorne Greene?
by Anonymous | reply 37 | June 30, 2021 3:15 AM |
Where's Desi? Did Lucy veto his appearance?
by Anonymous | reply 39 | June 30, 2021 3:18 AM |
Why are there so many Coloreds in this picture?
Are they servants?
by Anonymous | reply 40 | June 30, 2021 3:18 AM |
DL would've melted down over this special: NO ONE FROM THE CBS SOAPS!
by Anonymous | reply 41 | June 30, 2021 3:19 AM |
Who's the guy on the top right above Linda Carter? Looks like Rhoda's husband David Groh but I don't see Valerie Harper
by Anonymous | reply 43 | June 30, 2021 3:23 AM |
They were all at Victor Newman’s anniversary gala R41.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | June 30, 2021 3:24 AM |
This reminds me of a really bad Class Reunion
"So Mary, tell me did it hurt to fuck all those executives so you could steal my job as the co-host of this special, because my husband Gary Morton told me the job was going to be mine..."
by Anonymous | reply 45 | June 30, 2021 3:27 AM |
But everyone had a radio before that, r31.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | June 30, 2021 3:29 AM |
Valerie Harper is third row from the top near the center. She’s next to Jayne or Audrey Meadows. I always get them confused.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | June 30, 2021 3:29 AM |
Desi, Redd Foxx and Jackie Gleason are the notable absences.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | June 30, 2021 3:29 AM |
Woops Sanford and Son was on NBC.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | June 30, 2021 3:30 AM |
I remember watching the special - I think it aired over 2 or 3 nights.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | June 30, 2021 3:31 AM |
Love seeing Captain Kangaroo.
by Anonymous | reply 51 | June 30, 2021 3:35 AM |
[quote]Love seeing Captain Kangaroo.
But he looks as if he's smelling something bad from Danny Thomas....
by Anonymous | reply 52 | June 30, 2021 3:36 AM |
And Nancy Walker looks a little forlorn. Had she already seen the script for "Can't Stop the Music"?
by Anonymous | reply 53 | June 30, 2021 3:38 AM |
Who would've predicted Dick Van Dyke, Ed Asner, and Betty White would still be alive?
by Anonymous | reply 54 | June 30, 2021 3:38 AM |
Nice to see Arlene Francis, Ann Sothern, Ray Walston, Gary Moore, Steve Allen, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Art Linkletter...people know one knows any more. I see Dick Smothers but no Tom.
Who is the woman above and to the left of Vivian Vance. Looks like Gale Storm but I doubt it's her. Who is it?
by Anonymous | reply 55 | June 30, 2021 3:39 AM |
I believe the “grand finale” was a montage sequence of all the pictured stars singing some really hokey song about how CBS was one big family that included all of us at home - “from you’re kissin’ cousin CBS…”. Variety really died a painful 70s death. And it was officially called “CBS - The First 50 Years.
by Anonymous | reply 56 | June 30, 2021 3:41 AM |
R31 They included their radio years.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | June 30, 2021 3:44 AM |
Ok, I guess I'm a bad gay - please tell me who are the people in the second row.
by Anonymous | reply 58 | June 30, 2021 3:45 AM |
They could have at the very least thrown in Lisa from As The World Turns.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | June 30, 2021 3:46 AM |
Damn, Carroll O'Connor has a big head! Or was he cut-and-pasted into the shot?
by Anonymous | reply 60 | June 30, 2021 3:47 AM |
Or me R59!
by Anonymous | reply 61 | June 30, 2021 3:47 AM |
I see lots of nameless Walton kids.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | June 30, 2021 3:50 AM |
I’m not in the photo R55 because Mom and CBS always like Dick best.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | June 30, 2021 3:51 AM |
[quote]Who would've predicted Dick Van Dyke, Ed Asner, and Betty White would still be alive?
Or Bob Barker?
by Anonymous | reply 64 | June 30, 2021 3:52 AM |
I recognize almost all but forget the names of the Walton kids and also better at remembering the character’s names than their real names.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | June 30, 2021 3:59 AM |
Why has no one mentioned Lassie
who is being held by Jean Stapleton on the front
by Anonymous | reply 66 | June 30, 2021 4:01 AM |
Bert Convy ("Tattletales") and Bob Barker ("The Price is Right") are in the back, and Gene Rayburn ("Match Game") is right in front. I gotta look for Johnny Olson now.
Arguably from this picture CBS's biggest star is William Conrad.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | June 30, 2021 4:03 AM |
The TV Guide from that week with Walter Cronkite and Mary Tyler Moore on the cover.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | June 30, 2021 4:03 AM |
William Conrad is next to Eva Gabor in OP’s photo R67.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | June 30, 2021 4:05 AM |
5 blacks, 0 asians
by Anonymous | reply 70 | June 30, 2021 4:05 AM |
Thank you, r47. I can see her now that you've pointed her out but the resolution on her face seems especially blurry.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | June 30, 2021 4:06 AM |
[quote]Arguably from this picture CBS's biggest star is William Conrad.
Chrissy Metz laughs at your post
by Anonymous | reply 72 | June 30, 2021 4:13 AM |
This brings a tear to my eye. Honestly, too. So much talent and so many fond memories. Many of these folks were mainstays in my childhood, but you’ve also got Lucille Ball and George Burns etc. who my parents adored back in the Stone Age.
I won’t be here thirty years from now, but will anybody be feeling nostalgic about the Real Housewives of Wherever? Will anybody care what became of Kramer or Chandler or Ally McBeal?
by Anonymous | reply 73 | June 30, 2021 4:21 AM |
R70, and Lynda Carter representing the Latinxs.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | June 30, 2021 4:22 AM |
Ok, I will name who I know starting at top left. Here goes.
Dick Van Dyke, Jack Lord, Ralph Waite, Rob Reiner, Lynnie Greene, John Amos, Bob Barker, Bert Convy, Mike Connors, David Groh, Buddy Ebsen, John Forsythe, Steve Allen?, Carol Burnett, Jim Nabors, Bea Arthur, Loretta Switt, Ed Bradley, Andy Griffith, Demond Wilson, Lynda Carter, Ted Knight, Georgia Engel, Valerie Harper, Ken Berry, Mike Wallace, Sherman Helmsley, Isabel Sanford, Bob Denver, Carroll O’Connor, Will Geer?, Tony Randall, Bob Newhart, Jamie Farr, Vicki Lawrence, Don Knotts, Lucy, Ed Asner, Esther Rolle, Dennis Weaver, Ray Walston, Sally Struthers, Linda Lavin, Betty White, Ned Beatty, Charles Kuralt, Bonnie Franklin, William Conrad, Eva Gabor, Tim Conway, Danny Thomas, Bob Keeshan, Telly Savalas, Dale Evans, Roy Rogers, George Burns, Cicely Tyson?, Nancy Walker, DL patron saint Vivian Vance, Lassie, Jean Stapleton, Alfred Hitchcock, MTM, Gene Rayburn.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | June 30, 2021 4:23 AM |
Glad to see Landau and Bain from Mission Impossible there - but Geez where are Peter Graves and Greg Morris? Lynda Day George should be there too. And - no soap stars? Mary Stuart of Search for Tomorrow and Eileen Fulton should have been included. Lassie outranks them?
by Anonymous | reply 76 | June 30, 2021 4:35 AM |
R57 It’s Audrey Meadows. Her face was narrower than her sister Jayne’s.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | June 30, 2021 4:55 AM |
^^ R47, not R57
by Anonymous | reply 78 | June 30, 2021 4:56 AM |
Thank you R77
by Anonymous | reply 79 | June 30, 2021 5:10 AM |
Redd Foxx did have a show on CBS… years later right before he died.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | June 30, 2021 5:20 AM |
Nice to see so many familiar but forgotten folks: Red Skelton, Dwayne Hickman, Arthur Godfrey, Charles Kuralt, Garry Moore, Danny Kaye, Richard Crenna and Arthur and Katherine Murray( "Put a little fun in your life, try dancing") among so many others.
And a few that have completely fallen off the map: Ken Murray, Jackie Cooper, Douglas Edwards, Eric Sevareid
Who didn't they position Lassie next to June Lockhart?
John Forsyth looking his accustomed dapper self.
I think Ellen Corby looks the best of all the ladies. She cleans up real good.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | June 30, 2021 5:30 AM |
^^^^ Apologies to KATHRYN Murray for misspelling her first name.
I remember an Arthur Murray Dance Studio in what is now Cherry Hill, NJ. At the time the location was Erlton, NJ. It's a bridal shop now.
A song was written due to Arthur's popularity: "Arthur Murray Taught Me Dancing in a Hurry." Sung to great effect by DL hyper-fave Betty Hutton.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | June 30, 2021 5:41 AM |
Growing up, I had a beautiful dog who was a Doberman German Shepherd mix. He would stand on his hind legs and “dance” with my mom and I remember saying, “Arthur Murray Taught Him Dancing in a Hurry” whenever that happened.
You’ve brought back a nice memory R82.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | June 30, 2021 5:50 AM |
Vivian Vance and Ellen Corby were likely down front because of their health—both had just had strokes and might have had canes; they could have collapsed if they were crammed into those bleachers, causing a domino effect of old stars flying and hips breaking.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | June 30, 2021 5:59 AM |
[quote]And Nancy Walker looks a little forlorn
She headlined two flop sitcoms on ABC in '76-'77 and had to come crawlin' back to her guest shot on Rhoda, which had only about six months left to live at that point.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | June 30, 2021 6:02 AM |
[quote]Redd Foxx did have a show on CBS… years later right before he died.
Redd Fox had a show on CBS *while* he died.
He collapsed and croaked on the set of The Royal Family in 1991.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | June 30, 2021 6:04 AM |
* - Foxx
by Anonymous | reply 87 | June 30, 2021 6:05 AM |
Margaret Houlihan looks stunning in this picture.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | June 30, 2021 6:21 AM |
Mary Tyler Moore is in an awful wig. She must have already cut her hair short as seen in her ill-fated variety series that fall.
Lucy's head looks glued on.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | June 30, 2021 6:24 AM |
How did all the Waltons kids get included but not Valerie Bertinelli or Mackenzie Phillips? Not even Pat Harrington.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | June 30, 2021 9:11 AM |
It's hard to imagine the channels putting on something like this now.
by Anonymous | reply 91 | June 30, 2021 9:18 AM |
[quote]How did all the Waltons kids get included but not Valerie Bertinelli or Mackenzie Phillips
The Waltons was an established six-season hit. ODAAT was still new.
At the same time, Bess Armstrong and Lynn Greene of the one-season wonder On Our Own were included...
Egomaniac Bonnie Franklin probably said, "It's me or them."
by Anonymous | reply 92 | June 30, 2021 9:47 AM |
That is Dave Groh, r43.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | June 30, 2021 9:57 AM |
Mary had TITS???
by Anonymous | reply 94 | June 30, 2021 9:59 AM |
Who is the blonde next to Buddy Ebsen? I can't make her face out, it's too low-res.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | June 30, 2021 10:01 AM |
[quote]I think Ellen Corby looks the best of all the ladies. She cleans up real good.
Isabelle Sanford looks absolutely beautiful, so does Lynda Carter but she's cut off the edge of the photo. Sally Struthers has a grim look on her face but her tux looks cute.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | June 30, 2021 10:05 AM |
R95 sandy Duncan. What I wonder is how many of them are still alive?
by Anonymous | reply 97 | June 30, 2021 10:07 AM |
[quote]Mary had TITS???
As much as Bonnie Franklin.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | June 30, 2021 10:07 AM |
Is that really Sandy Duncan between Buddy Ebsen and John Forsythe?
by Anonymous | reply 99 | June 30, 2021 10:10 AM |
Where did LEGENDARY IRONING BOARD MTM come up with that rack?
by Anonymous | reply 100 | June 30, 2021 10:12 AM |
ODAAT was three seasons in at that point, r92
by Anonymous | reply 101 | June 30, 2021 10:32 AM |
Looks like CBS had the all the biggest classic stars/shows.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | June 30, 2021 10:35 AM |
Lassie’s mom, June Lockhart, is also among the still living.
by Anonymous | reply 103 | June 30, 2021 10:57 AM |
[quote] ODAAT was still new.
By this point it was well into its 3rd season, so new isn't quite correct.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | June 30, 2021 12:20 PM |
MacKenzie was passed out behind the bleachers.
by Anonymous | reply 105 | June 30, 2021 12:25 PM |
[quote]Looks like CBS had the all the biggest classic stars/shows.
NBC did have Johnny Carson and Dean Martin. And if you count his not-so-special specials, Bob Hope.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | June 30, 2021 12:54 PM |
The way they did this was just so well done, bringing out the performers by day.
You could tell Bea was over it.
by Anonymous | reply 107 | June 30, 2021 1:57 PM |
If they did it now, it would be day after day of CSI casts
by Anonymous | reply 108 | June 30, 2021 2:27 PM |
There was something to be said for the days of the three big networks ruling the roost. Moments like Who Shot JR? that became national sensations. 30 to 40 million people watching a show each week. Groups of people at school or work talking about it the next day.
And talented stars. Not a reality one in the bunch. Truly the cream of the crop.
Today is just so fucking lame in comparison.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | June 30, 2021 2:31 PM |
R4, amazing; a poll on this pic could actually legit include VV as an option, a legit option!
She is nicely placed upfront, but I think there's something cool about LUCY being smack in the middle with her red hair and all.
She's the center of the action.
Sadly, not a daytime star in sight outside of Bob Barker; Angelica McDaniel recreated this pic a few years ago using all daytime stars; Bob Barker appeared in both photos, the only star to do so.
Here's a link to it; sadly, no Zimmer (I don't think) and no Grant so it's not what it could be; also could have used some serious ATWT vets, but what an amazing effort to get all those folks together for one shot.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | June 30, 2021 2:36 PM |
Hi res version. Click to make it larger.
75% of these people are dead.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | June 30, 2021 3:16 PM |
Julie Kavner was prettier than I remember.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | June 30, 2021 3:55 PM |
[quote] 75% of these people are dead.
And the rest will be dead in another 40 years.
by Anonymous | reply 113 | June 30, 2021 3:58 PM |
most of us will be dead in 40 years
by Anonymous | reply 114 | June 30, 2021 4:03 PM |
It really is amazing that Dick Van Dyke, Ed Asner and Betty White, who were all getting close to standard retirement age back then, are STILL alive!
by Anonymous | reply 115 | June 30, 2021 4:07 PM |
I missed the high-res version at r9, now that I see it I realize that's Michael Learned between Buddy Ebsen and John Forsythe, it's not Sandy Duncan. And now we can see James Arness!
by Anonymous | reply 116 | June 30, 2021 4:07 PM |
R115, are you r54?
by Anonymous | reply 117 | June 30, 2021 4:13 PM |
[quote]I believe the “grand finale” was a montage sequence of all the pictured stars singing some really hokey song about how CBS was one big family that included all of us at home - “from you’re kissin’ cousin CBS…”. Variety really died a painful 70s death. And it was officially called “CBS - The First 50 Years.
Oh, honey, that didn't even come close to this legendary catastrophe.
With legendary television star Toni Tennille at the helm.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | June 30, 2021 4:18 PM |
I count six Black actors not five. Any Latinos/as, Native Americans, Asians?
It was a different world.
I wonder if people thought Redd Foxx was doing his old routine when he collapsed and died on the set.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | June 30, 2021 4:19 PM |
According to Della Reese, they did, R119.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | June 30, 2021 4:22 PM |
There are 7 black people in the photo:
John Amos (Good Times)
Demond Wilson (Baby...I'm Back)
Ed Bradley (60 Minutes)
Isabel Sanford (The Jeffersons)
Sherman Hemsley (The Jeffersons)
Esther Rolle (Good Times)
Cicely Tyson (The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman)
by Anonymous | reply 121 | June 30, 2021 4:25 PM |
There are seven black members in the photo: John Amos, Demond Wilson, Ed Bradley, Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, Esther Rolle, Cecily Tyson.
Lynda Carter is Latina. Telly Savalas is Greek. Jamie Farr and Danny Thomas are Lebanese, Blanche.
by Anonymous | reply 122 | June 30, 2021 4:26 PM |
R118, I liked that. The song is catchy too.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | June 30, 2021 4:27 PM |
Sorry, it's Cicely Tyson, I'm spelling everyone's name wrong today it seems.
by Anonymous | reply 124 | June 30, 2021 4:27 PM |
I still don't know who the breads are in the Linda Lavin sandwich, but I feel like I should recognize the guy on the left.
by Anonymous | reply 125 | June 30, 2021 4:29 PM |
R110 The soap stars you mentioned by name started on their CBS show(s) about 5 years after this event. But yes, none of the more traditional names (from #1 rated ATWT) were there. Soaps were the dirty stepsister that made the money but could never be seen in public with the master of the house.
by Anonymous | reply 126 | June 30, 2021 4:29 PM |
R118 is a sloppy mess compared to CBS much more dignified presentation. And what's with the Toni Tennille voiceover that was clearly edited in post production?
But I like seeing DL Icon Susan Richardson getting down at 5:27
How much was John Wayne paid to be there?
by Anonymous | reply 127 | June 30, 2021 4:29 PM |
The man to Linda Lavin's right is Garry Moore, the man on her left is from CBS News, but his name escapes me.
It’s nice they put Ted Knight and Georgia Engel together. From Ray Walston and Sally Struthers' expressions, I think Ray may be copping a feel.
by Anonymous | reply 128 | June 30, 2021 4:38 PM |
Sally wasn't exactly Ray's type, R128.
by Anonymous | reply 129 | June 30, 2021 4:39 PM |
I live on reclaimed land, I might be dead in 40 minutes😱
by Anonymous | reply 130 | June 30, 2021 5:01 PM |
[quote]Bill Cosby is in the video but I don’t see him in the photos.
Unless I missed them, Tommy Smothers, Alan Alda, Phil Silvers, Jimmie Walker, Richard Thomas, Eve Arden and Fred MacMurray are also in the video but not the photo.
Richard Crenna in a beard looks like Bryan Cranston.
by Anonymous | reply 131 | June 30, 2021 5:05 PM |
Thank you R128, the other guy is Douglas Edwards.
by Anonymous | reply 132 | June 30, 2021 5:05 PM |
Speaking of Bill Cosby. He's free y'all. Hide your drinks.
by Anonymous | reply 133 | June 30, 2021 5:17 PM |
R126 I wonder if because it was the year his wife died, Bill Paley, wasn't overseeing things as closely as he had. Because he liked soaps. I mean I don't know if he actually enjoyed the programming, but I've read he preferred soaps in daytime to gameshows because he felt dramas were more prestigious and fit better for the image of the "Tiffany" network.
by Anonymous | reply 134 | June 30, 2021 5:38 PM |
I could probably name most of them--but a few are stumping me. Who's the woman between Viv and June Lockhart? And is the man at the far upper right Paul Winchell?
by Anonymous | reply 135 | June 30, 2021 9:19 PM |
Looks like...Gale Storm? And top far right is James Arness.
by Anonymous | reply 136 | June 30, 2021 9:58 PM |
The first sitcom:
*
Mary Kay and Johnny is an American situation comedy starring real-life married couple Mary Kay and Johnny Stearns. It was the first sitcom broadcast on a network television in the United States. Mary Kay and Johnny initially aired live on the DuMont Television Network before moving to CBS and then NBC.
by Anonymous | reply 137 | June 30, 2021 10:36 PM |
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and Captain Kangaroo!! So many Waltons.
Wow!
by Anonymous | reply 138 | June 30, 2021 10:42 PM |
Where are Lyle Waggoner ('Wonder Woman') and DL Fave, Suzanne Pleshette?
by Anonymous | reply 139 | June 30, 2021 10:47 PM |
What about Peter Lupus, he would have been head and shoulders above everyone else.
by Anonymous | reply 140 | June 30, 2021 11:02 PM |
Oh, Suzanne is by Andy Griffith and Lamont.
Why is John Forsythe there (not laying naked in a pool of honey) if his voice was on ABC at the time?
by Anonymous | reply 141 | June 30, 2021 11:03 PM |
That’s Lee Meriwether between Andy Griffith and Lamont.
by Anonymous | reply 142 | June 30, 2021 11:08 PM |
Where's Suzanne?!
by Anonymous | reply 143 | June 30, 2021 11:17 PM |
Is that Suzanne on the other side of Lamont, next to James Arness?
by Anonymous | reply 144 | June 30, 2021 11:23 PM |
The number of distinguished careers represented in that photo is mind boggling. Of course there’s Lucy and Carol Burnett and Walter Cronkite, but there are people we don’t think about anymore like Jack Lord, who had a hit show on CBS for a dozen years. Just amazing what CBS had.
by Anonymous | reply 145 | June 30, 2021 11:28 PM |
Was Three's Company on CBS?
by Anonymous | reply 146 | June 30, 2021 11:28 PM |
No, ABC.
by Anonymous | reply 147 | June 30, 2021 11:30 PM |
R144, that's Lynda Carter by Lamont and James Arness.
WHERE is Suzanne????
by Anonymous | reply 148 | June 30, 2021 11:31 PM |
Except for James Arness, r140.
by Anonymous | reply 149 | June 30, 2021 11:40 PM |
Surprising that Gale Storm got put up in the front along with Viv and the others.
by Anonymous | reply 150 | June 30, 2021 11:58 PM |
r141 John Forsythe starred in two sitcoms on CBS: Bachelor Father (which also ran on NBC and ABC) and To Rome, With Love.
by Anonymous | reply 152 | July 1, 2021 12:14 AM |
R152 Actually from Bachelor Father alone, he could take part in the anniversary celebrations for CBS, ABC, and NBC, it is the only show to air on all three.
by Anonymous | reply 153 | July 1, 2021 12:18 AM |
Where is the cast of "Dallas?" Or has that not yet premiered?
by Anonymous | reply 154 | July 1, 2021 12:31 AM |
Dallas debuted in April of 1978 R154. Maybe the special was made before the Dallas premiere.
by Anonymous | reply 155 | July 1, 2021 12:33 AM |
R122, and throw in Arlene Francis while you're at it. Miss Francis was Armenian.
by Anonymous | reply 156 | July 1, 2021 12:34 AM |
It looks like Toni Tennille is asking them to jump into a pool at a party. Some of them are heavily pressured. Being forced to sing on a microphone after you jump into a pool is not a good look.
by Anonymous | reply 157 | July 1, 2021 12:36 AM |
R154 Dallas didn't premiere until April 2, 1978. The specials aired a week or two prior.
by Anonymous | reply 158 | July 1, 2021 12:37 AM |
Gale Storm was a HUGE TV star in the 1950s with two hit sit-coms on CBS: My Little Margie and Oh, Susannah! She was the MTM of that decade.
Well, maybe they each only lasted a season or two but they played in reruns for years and years.
But are we saying she's the lady with her hand on Viv's shoulder? I'm not so sure.
by Anonymous | reply 159 | July 1, 2021 12:43 AM |
I can't imagine how they decided where each star would stand. A few big ones are justifiably standing in front but why is Carol Burnett in such a dismissive place?
by Anonymous | reply 160 | July 1, 2021 12:46 AM |
She'd already left her show.
by Anonymous | reply 161 | July 1, 2021 12:48 AM |
TV obscurities has a whole write up about this.
by Anonymous | reply 162 | July 1, 2021 12:50 AM |
[quote]Mary had TITS???
Only after she got implants circa 1975.
On a guest appearance on "Rhoda", MTM's character said she had "gained a little weight" when the character asked why she looked so sexy in white pants and a clingy white turtleneck.
by Anonymous | reply 163 | July 1, 2021 12:51 AM |
Telly Savalas- big star back then, totally forgotten today.
by Anonymous | reply 164 | July 1, 2021 1:04 AM |
[quote]Is that really Sandy Duncan between Buddy Ebsen and John Forsythe?
R99, that's not Sandy Duncan
It's actually Michael Learned who played "Olivia Walton" on the CBS series "The Waltons"
by Anonymous | reply 165 | July 1, 2021 1:04 AM |
Whew.
by Anonymous | reply 166 | July 1, 2021 1:06 AM |
Who is the man standing next to Dick Van Dyke? He looks familiar but I can't place him.
by Anonymous | reply 167 | July 1, 2021 1:11 AM |
I didn't look twice at Telly Savalas while he starred in Kojak. Boy, was I wrong.
Where were you, Playgirl?
by Anonymous | reply 168 | July 1, 2021 1:15 AM |
Jack Lord, "Hawaii 5-0"
by Anonymous | reply 169 | July 1, 2021 1:15 AM |
[quote]Jamie Farr and Danny Thomas are Lebanese, Blanche.
Lebanese, you mean like Dorothy's dykey friend Jean?
by Anonymous | reply 170 | July 1, 2021 1:16 AM |
I counted 20 people who are still alive, but I don't know who everybody in that photo is so there could be others.
by Anonymous | reply 171 | July 1, 2021 1:20 AM |
I guess Playgirl, like Talky Tina, just wasn't into him, r168.
by Anonymous | reply 172 | July 1, 2021 1:26 AM |
Still alive as of right this minute (because some of them are old AF, and the others are no spring chickens either):
Dick Van Dyke, Rob Reiner, Lynne Greene, John Amos, Dan Rather, Lynda Carter, Loretta Swit, Carol Burnett, John Davidson, Julie Kavner, Bob Newhart, Lesley Stahl, Jamie Farr,, Adrienne Barbeau, Vicki Lawrence, Ed Asner, Betty White, Linda Lavin, Sally Struthers.
Everybody in the rows below Eva Gabor and DL legend Bonnie Franklin are dead.
by Anonymous | reply 173 | July 1, 2021 1:26 AM |
R173 Dick Smothers is still alive.
by Anonymous | reply 174 | July 1, 2021 3:44 AM |
Are we sure this wasn't just a big celebration for Gale Storm?
by Anonymous | reply 175 | July 1, 2021 3:45 AM |
[quote] Telly Savalas- big star back then, totally forgotten today.
Very true.
by Anonymous | reply 176 | July 1, 2021 4:17 AM |
Why is it that a mere glimpse of Bonnie Franklin makes me want to scream and throw something?
by Anonymous | reply 177 | July 1, 2021 9:43 AM |
That was fantastic, R162. I can see why some people were in the photo but not the special and vice versa, since it was a week-long event that took a month to film in advance, and many must have had to travel back to LA from where they were currently working, like Cronkite.
Lauren Bacall co-hosted the Friday CBS anniversary celebration!
by Anonymous | reply 178 | July 1, 2021 10:45 AM |
People old enough to remember who Telly Savalas was still think he was cool as hell. Some younger people might know him because of that clip of his ghost story segment that went viral a while back.
by Anonymous | reply 179 | July 1, 2021 10:46 AM |
r173 June Lockhart is still alive.
by Anonymous | reply 180 | July 1, 2021 12:32 PM |
[quote][R122], and throw in Arlene Francis while you're at it. Miss Francis was Armenian.
So is Mike Connors ("Mannix"; top row.)
by Anonymous | reply 181 | July 1, 2021 12:34 PM |
Just think, June Lockhart was in "Meet Me In Saint Louis".
by Anonymous | reply 182 | July 1, 2021 12:35 PM |
Lynda Carter will be 70 this month!
by Anonymous | reply 183 | July 1, 2021 12:39 PM |
Jeff Stryker is also Armenian but I guess he didn't make the cut.
by Anonymous | reply 184 | July 1, 2021 12:49 PM |
Sandy Duncan is alive and so are Jim Bob or whoever those Walton kids are.
by Anonymous | reply 185 | July 1, 2021 12:55 PM |
Sandy Duncan isn't in the photo. Someone said she was earlier but they were mistaken.
by Anonymous | reply 186 | July 1, 2021 12:57 PM |
R186 She's next to Telly and behind George Burns
by Anonymous | reply 187 | July 1, 2021 1:01 PM |
Why is Tony Randall in the photo? The Odd Couple aired on ABC on Friday nights.
by Anonymous | reply 188 | July 1, 2021 1:09 PM |
Is Doris Day in there? Her show ran on CBS for five seasons.
What about Chad Everett of Medical Center?
Sonny and Cher?
by Anonymous | reply 189 | July 1, 2021 1:14 PM |
Linky stinky r190, though I do appreciate your effort.
by Anonymous | reply 191 | July 1, 2021 1:18 PM |
Tony Randall is there because his sitcom “The Tony Randall Show” was on CBS that season. It had started on ABC the prior year and moved to CBS for its second and final season. Since it only ran two years, it’s unlikely that it’s ever seen the light of day again since it went off the air. He played a judge in Philadelphia and the scenes moved back and forth between his home family and his work family. It was an MTM production, so it had the class that was typical of the comedies they produced in the 70’s, but this one just never took off. The bailiff character was played by Barney Martin, who went on to play Jerry Seinfeld’s father.
by Anonymous | reply 192 | July 1, 2021 1:35 PM |
You're right r187. Makes it even weirder that someone earlier mistook Michael Learned with Sandy Duncan.
by Anonymous | reply 193 | July 1, 2021 1:37 PM |
[quote]Is Doris Day in there? Her show ran on CBS for five seasons.
Doris Day pretty much retired from public life after her show ended in 1973. That show was her last acting credit. She had a few talk show appearances until 1976, and didn't resurface until her chat show in '85 which today is infamous for one of the final appearances of a very ill Rock Hudson.
by Anonymous | reply 194 | July 1, 2021 1:38 PM |
r191 I put r190's image at this link, it's hard to read but if you enlarge it you can probably figure out the names.
by Anonymous | reply 195 | July 1, 2021 1:40 PM |
r187 Read the damn thread. It's been mentioned SEVERAL TIMES that it's Michael Learned, NOT Sandy Duncan.
by Anonymous | reply 196 | July 1, 2021 1:40 PM |
So is that Gale Storm on the lower left with her hand on Vivian Vance's shoulder? I can't read the damn fine print.
by Anonymous | reply 197 | July 1, 2021 1:43 PM |
Telly Savalas was hot. He wasn't on my radar as a kid but now, I would totally let him stick it in.
by Anonymous | reply 198 | July 1, 2021 1:43 PM |
No, R196, Sandy Duncan really is over by Telly Savalas.
Someone earlier said Sandy Duncan was next to Buddy Ebsen but that's Michael Learned.
by Anonymous | reply 199 | July 1, 2021 1:45 PM |
A poster appears to be for sale on eBay.
I thought about it for a second but almost $200 is a bit rich for me.
by Anonymous | reply 200 | July 1, 2021 1:45 PM |
Isn't Sandy Duncan next to Telly Savalas?
by Anonymous | reply 201 | July 1, 2021 1:45 PM |
^^^ However that listing does have a list, not sure how comprehensive, of the names of those in the photo.
by Anonymous | reply 202 | July 1, 2021 1:45 PM |
That looks like a reprint r200, I wouldn't pay that much for a reprint. If I was really into television memorabilia I might pay $100 for an original poster like the one linked from Worthpoint.
by Anonymous | reply 203 | July 1, 2021 1:46 PM |
Where is Suzanne Pleshette?
by Anonymous | reply 204 | July 1, 2021 2:02 PM |
That's MISS Michael Learned to you, bitches.
by Anonymous | reply 205 | July 1, 2021 2:05 PM |
Where is Bea Benadaret??
by Anonymous | reply 207 | July 1, 2021 2:29 PM |
Dead for 10 years R207. Oh, and it is Benaderet.
by Anonymous | reply 208 | July 1, 2021 2:32 PM |
[quote] Where is Bea Benadaret??
Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery. She died in 1968.
by Anonymous | reply 209 | July 1, 2021 2:32 PM |
She ain't at the Junction no more.
Choo Choo!
by Anonymous | reply 210 | July 1, 2021 3:25 PM |
Variety shows need to make a comeback.
by Anonymous | reply 211 | July 1, 2021 3:28 PM |
We already have them R211. They are now called reality shows.
by Anonymous | reply 212 | July 1, 2021 3:32 PM |
Thanks for starting this thread, OP. Lots of happy memories.
by Anonymous | reply 213 | July 1, 2021 7:34 PM |
R213 *tips hat*
by Anonymous | reply 214 | July 1, 2021 7:35 PM |
John Amos walking....damn you can tell he's packing a big one the way he struts
by Anonymous | reply 215 | July 1, 2021 7:37 PM |
Gays are represented by Jim Nabors and Sherman Hemsley. I've heard the Walton grandparents Ellen Corby and Will Geer were at least bi. Any others?
by Anonymous | reply 216 | July 1, 2021 9:19 PM |
Game show hosts in the last row - only Bob Barker is still alive. The Betty White Syndrome - who would have guessed?
by Anonymous | reply 217 | July 1, 2021 9:23 PM |
MGM was regarded as the most prestigious of the film studios in the golden age of film and CBS always regarded itself as the MGM of networks. For years MGM took an annual photo of its stars and CBS was copying that tradition. Here's the most famous of the MGM photos, from 1943.
by Anonymous | reply 218 | July 1, 2021 9:29 PM |
^ The cake is there in that photo because it was officially MGM's 25th year.
by Anonymous | reply 219 | July 1, 2021 9:33 PM |
One of MGM's mottoes was "More stars than there are Heaven!"
by Anonymous | reply 220 | July 1, 2021 9:41 PM |
Those are two famous show biz photos and Lucy is prominently featured in both.
by Anonymous | reply 221 | July 1, 2021 9:45 PM |
If there are game show people there, they really should have included Mary Stuart, Eileen Fulton, and maybe Charita Bauer.
by Anonymous | reply 222 | July 1, 2021 10:34 PM |
r221 What am I -- chopped liver?
by Anonymous | reply 223 | July 1, 2021 10:38 PM |
Desi Arnaz died in 1986, correct? Did he and Lucy ever do brief reunion publicity together...of any kind through the years?
by Anonymous | reply 224 | July 1, 2021 10:42 PM |
Supposedly Cher was sick and Cloris had a deal with ABC who wouldn't allow to her appear on another network.
Missing Jackie Gleason. And where's Marlo Thomas?
by Anonymous | reply 225 | July 1, 2021 10:44 PM |
Marlo was under the glass topped table with Daddy.
by Anonymous | reply 226 | July 1, 2021 10:47 PM |
R224 Desi and Lucy were both on CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years, in 1976.
R225 That Girl was on ABC as were her specials.
by Anonymous | reply 227 | July 1, 2021 10:48 PM |
I can't believe Bob Barker is still alive. I used to watch the Price Is Right when I was a kid and he looked like an old man even way back then. What is he now, 125?
by Anonymous | reply 228 | July 1, 2021 11:24 PM |
[quote] Why is it that a mere glimpse of Bonnie Franklin makes me want to scream and throw something?
Gingerphobia.
by Anonymous | reply 230 | July 2, 2021 12:11 AM |
The irony of that iconic anniversary photo of MGM is that when it was taken in 1943, several of the studio's biggest stars didn't appear, including: Clark Gable, Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Myrna Loy, Margaret O'Brien, Mary Astor, Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy. There are probably a few others. Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo had all left the studio a year or two before.
by Anonymous | reply 231 | July 2, 2021 12:23 AM |
Bonnie's flapjack titties are a-flapping in that dress
by Anonymous | reply 232 | July 2, 2021 12:28 AM |
I wonder if Linda Lavin made it so that if she appeared no one else from Alice could come. Polly Holliday had already broken out as a star at that time, and it seems odd that she's not there in the finale rooftop lineup. Adrienne Barbeau and Julie Kavner were there. Polly and Vic could have easily been there as well.
WTF is with Bonnie Franklin mugging for the camera all the time? Probably another one who demanded no one else show up because she was the star.
by Anonymous | reply 233 | July 2, 2021 12:45 AM |
r233 you're probably right. Linda and Bonnie didn't want their costars there.
by Anonymous | reply 234 | July 2, 2021 12:46 AM |
Linda Lavin was allegedly furious that Polly Holliday became so popular, she wasn't expecting that.
by Anonymous | reply 235 | July 2, 2021 12:49 AM |
Mary Astor is there, R231, fourth row far right.
by Anonymous | reply 236 | July 2, 2021 12:51 AM |
Thank you, R187, for clearing up the confusion about Sandy Duncan, who is indeed standing next to Telly Savalas, behind George Burns and Nancy Walker
I didn't recognize Sandy Duncan with that unflattering "Flock of Seagulls" hairstyle
(Also Danny Thomas pinched my ass and asked me to have "coffee" with him - I was so shocked my glass eye popped out; it rolled over to where that cunt Bonnie Franklin was tap dancing. Bonnie screamed and slip on her tits. Lassie scampered over and ate it - that bitch!)
(Luckily, I overheard Valerie Harper talking about her newly-planned Lorimar sitcom on NBC. So I called my agent and we worked out a plan to have him pitch me as a replacement for Valerie at a reduced fee - so I'm looking forward to taking that from her)
by Anonymous | reply 237 | July 2, 2021 12:53 AM |
Sandy was indeed blind in one eye but she never had it replaced. One dead eye but never a glass eye.
by Anonymous | reply 238 | July 2, 2021 12:58 AM |
What I'd like to know is,
"Are you in the legitimate theatre?"
by Anonymous | reply 239 | July 2, 2021 1:00 AM |
[quote]Sandy was indeed blind in one eye but she never had it replaced. One dead eye but never a glass eye.
Then what made that cunt Bonnie Franklin scream and slip on her tits during her big tap dance routine?
by Anonymous | reply 240 | July 2, 2021 1:01 AM |
Bonnie's incompetence.
by Anonymous | reply 241 | July 2, 2021 1:04 AM |
[quote]Bonnie's incompetence.
Oh David, hold me!
by Anonymous | reply 242 | July 2, 2021 1:05 AM |
Why is Ned Beatty in this photo?
When did he appear on a CBS series?
by Anonymous | reply 243 | July 2, 2021 1:08 AM |
Where's Aunt Bea and Miss Helen Crump, Pa?
by Anonymous | reply 244 | July 2, 2021 1:10 AM |
He was the lead in the TV series Szysznyk R243. 15 episodes from 1977 to 1978. He also guest starred in other CBS shows.
by Anonymous | reply 245 | July 2, 2021 1:21 AM |
didn't Dallas take the timeslot of Carol Burnett?
by Anonymous | reply 247 | July 2, 2021 2:16 AM |
Carol was Saturdays. Dallas Fridays
by Anonymous | reply 248 | July 2, 2021 2:35 AM |
I believe Will Geer passed away within 8 weeks of this Feb '78 taping
by Anonymous | reply 249 | July 2, 2021 2:49 AM |
Will Geer passed away within 8 weeks of this Feb '78 taping. He looks pretty chipper!
by Anonymous | reply 250 | July 2, 2021 3:14 AM |
Andy Griffith following Arthur Godfrey ... ironic in that 50's Kazan's FACE IN THE CROWD was Andy doing a fictional Godrey ..... a folksy ego driven meglomaniac .....
by Anonymous | reply 251 | July 2, 2021 3:18 AM |
[quote]Will Geer passed away within 8 weeks of this Feb '78 taping. He looks pretty chipper!
He knew he would never have to see Bonnie Franklin or Linda Lavin again. Death came as a blessed release.
by Anonymous | reply 252 | July 2, 2021 3:20 AM |
Why is Bren Dad Ickson not prominently featured in this photo as she is single-handedly responsible for the entirety of CBS's success.
by Anonymous | reply 253 | July 2, 2021 3:46 AM |
That is a tired old meme R253. Try to be creative.
by Anonymous | reply 254 | July 2, 2021 3:54 AM |
R253 No, that was ME!
It's very racist and sexist they didn't feature me. Never mind I didn't join the show until a decade later, they should have known.
by Anonymous | reply 255 | July 2, 2021 3:55 AM |
[quote] That is a tired old meme [R253]. Try to be creative.
Eat my cunt, r254. It's from Europe.
by Anonymous | reply 256 | July 2, 2021 4:00 AM |
It stinks to high heaven for anyone to be interested in it R256.
by Anonymous | reply 257 | July 2, 2021 4:03 AM |
That Brenda Dickson shit is beyond tired. She was an internet meme about 15 years ago. Move on FFS.
by Anonymous | reply 258 | July 2, 2021 4:05 AM |
Well Hello, Welcome to my 50th anniversary photo shoot.
by Anonymous | reply 259 | July 2, 2021 4:09 AM |
r258= Zombie Bill Bell
by Anonymous | reply 260 | July 2, 2021 4:10 AM |
I don't even understand the reference r260
by Anonymous | reply 261 | July 2, 2021 4:14 AM |
[quote]Will Geer passed away within 8 weeks of this Feb '78 taping. He looks pretty chipper!
I just watched an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation last night and Geer's ex-wife Herta Ware played Picard's mother!
Geer does look particularly chipper considering he was in end stage respiratory failure by this point.
by Anonymous | reply 262 | July 2, 2021 10:24 AM |
Dallas started on Sundays, and moved to Fridays in its 2nd season.
by Anonymous | reply 263 | July 2, 2021 10:50 AM |
Has anyone mentioned the bizarre exclusion of Eve Arden, the star of CBS's hugely popular OUR MISS BROOKS?
by Anonymous | reply 264 | July 2, 2021 12:15 PM |
She was in the walk in video r264. She didn't stand on the bleachers, apparently. 1978 was the same year she appeared as the principal in Grease.
by Anonymous | reply 265 | July 2, 2021 4:08 PM |
Danny Thomas invited Bonnie Franklin back to his dressing room. Bonnie thought he wanted to watch her tap dance, but Danny wanted to watch her do something else....
by Anonymous | reply 266 | July 2, 2021 4:15 PM |
Someone that was missing and should’ve be there, I wonder if he was on the actual show, was Gale Gordon. He costarred on four very popular CBS hits, Our Miss Brooks, Dennis the Menace, The Lucy Show, and Here’s Lucy.
by Anonymous | reply 267 | July 2, 2021 4:26 PM |
I guess Kim Fields was not there because she was too young. She played Demond Wilson’s daughter on [italic]Baby I’m Back[/italic].
by Anonymous | reply 268 | July 2, 2021 5:12 PM |
They needed to bring in some stars they left out in place of all those Walton kids. They were merely filler. Richard Thomas is the only one I'd have invited. He's the only one who's had a career off of Walton's Mountain.
by Anonymous | reply 269 | July 2, 2021 8:12 PM |
Where was Bonnie Ebsen? Multiple guest star on Barnaby Jones? Hell where were Max Baer, Donna Douglas, Meredith McRae, Lori Saunders and Lynda Kaye Henning?
by Anonymous | reply 271 | July 2, 2021 10:40 PM |
So...CBS was always the geriatric network, I see. Compare this to the ABC anniversary around the same time - the average age was about half.
Still, I recognize an embarrassingly high number of stars in that photo.
by Anonymous | reply 272 | July 2, 2021 11:29 PM |
You shouldn't just be embarrassed, r272, you should be dying of shame.
by Anonymous | reply 273 | July 2, 2021 11:33 PM |
Cute, r272.
by Anonymous | reply 274 | July 2, 2021 11:35 PM |
R272, CBS was once called "The Tiffany Network" during William S. Paley's tenure because of its high-quality programming and respected news division. Naturally, it drew in showbiz veterans to its stable and attracted audiences that skewed older and moneyed.
by Anonymous | reply 275 | July 3, 2021 12:12 AM |
And had been on the air for twice as long as ABC so some of its stars were going to be from shows that were on before ABC existed and therefore older.
by Anonymous | reply 276 | July 3, 2021 12:14 AM |
R276 from 1928 - 1953? Pretty much everyone pictured was from the 50s/60s/70s so it is comparing apples to apples. The network just did skew much older - I was gonna say even then but especially then. Just about every current (ie 70s) star and supporting actor if you look was in their 40s or 50s, which is pretty amazing. Even on CBS you wouldn’t see that now.
by Anonymous | reply 277 | July 3, 2021 12:21 AM |
R276 Yes and no. ABC counts 1943 as it's founding date and 1948 for ABC TV. But, in actuality ABC goes back to 1927. ABC started out as NBC BLUE in 1927. The Government decided that NBC having two national networks was an anti-trust violation and made them sell one. NBC kept NBC RED, which became NBC, and sold NBC BLUE to Edward J. Noble the cofounder of Lifesavers.
by Anonymous | reply 278 | July 3, 2021 12:22 AM |
I know that. The ABC special r272 referred to only counted the previous 25 years as ABC. Not its previous incarnation.
by Anonymous | reply 279 | July 3, 2021 12:25 AM |
R112, I always thought Julie Kavner was pretty in an understated, non-cheerleader way. This anniversary took place during production of S4 of Rhoda, after she lost weight, got a more flattering haircut, and was no longer written as Rhoda's frumpy, perpetually single kid sister (she had two love interests that year!).
MTM could look a little too severe for my taste at times, but she is gorgeous here.
I love Nancy Walker's longer, lighter hair, and Cicely Tyson looks fantastic (and much younger than her 53 years).
by Anonymous | reply 280 | July 3, 2021 12:30 AM |
Amazing how many middle-aged and older people were big stars back then. Today, most network shows skew a lot younger.
by Anonymous | reply 281 | July 3, 2021 12:34 AM |
R279 that little intro ditty probably went thru a gazillion rehearsals and revisions to make sure Penny and Cindy each had the same number of lines.
by Anonymous | reply 282 | July 3, 2021 12:37 AM |
From what I could tell of the ABC anniversary intro, Fred MacMurray and Ed Asner were at both ABC and CBS's events.
by Anonymous | reply 283 | July 3, 2021 12:43 AM |
Has anyone mentioned Mark Goodson and Bill Todman's phenomenal success as the producers of WHAT'S MY LINE?, I'VE GOT A SECRET, PASSWORD, THE PRICE IS RIGHT, TO TELL THE TRUTH, and many others, all long-playing on CBS. Those inexpensively produced yet highly profitable shows were mainstays throughout the 1950s and 60s and beyond.
It appears only Arlene Francis and Garry Moore are there to represent them. Where are Betsy Palmer, Bess Myerson, Bill Cullen, Kitty Carlisle, Peggy Cass, Henry Morgan, et. al?? Dorothy Kilgallen, of course, had died in 1966 and maybe Bennett Cerf and John Charles Daly by 1978.
I had to google THE MATCH GAME and it tells me that it was not one of their shows. Is Wiki correct?
by Anonymous | reply 284 | July 3, 2021 12:48 AM |
[quote]CBS was once called "The Tiffany Network" during William S. Paley's tenure because of its high-quality programming and respected news division. Naturally, it drew in showbiz veterans to its stable and attracted audiences that skewed older and moneyed.
You can tell the huge difference just by looking at clips from the two anniversary specials.
CBS just seems more classier and refined. It's programming more esteemed.
ABC just seems trite and lightweight by comparison. Of course, this was the era of the Garry Marshall shows, Three's Company and stuff like Charlie's Angels and The Love Boat.
But I don't think ABC as a whole has ever reached the creative heights that CBS and NBC managed.
It also shows how much CBS really went to shit around the time Les Moonves took control. Even in the 80's., CBS still tried to work that refinement in its programming. Moonves greatly dumbed it down.
by Anonymous | reply 285 | July 3, 2021 12:50 AM |
In 1959, James Aubrey became President of CBS, and he took the Tiffany Network and turned it into "The Hillbilly Network" or " The Country Broadcasting Station" with his lineup of country bumpkin shows like The Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, Hee Haw, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, etc. Paley HATED this low-brow programming and he and Aubrey bickered over this, but the these shows were ratings hits.
by Anonymous | reply 286 | July 3, 2021 1:14 AM |
I bet Babe was a huge "Hee Haw" fan.
by Anonymous | reply 287 | July 3, 2021 1:17 AM |
By the end of the '60s, however, the naïve rube stories and become so far removed from what was happening in the big cities of America, that CBS's incoming president Robert Wood ordered a "rural purge" and brought in more modern and urban oriented programming, like All in the Family, The Jeffersons, MTM Show, Maude, etc.
by Anonymous | reply 288 | July 3, 2021 1:25 AM |
*had become...
by Anonymous | reply 289 | July 3, 2021 1:27 AM |
Jacqueline Susann's "The Love Machine" is a great chronicle of how the TV business was run at this time in history. The lead character, Robin Stone, was directly based on James Aubrey. Even though it's a work of fiction, the inner workings of the television network in the novel are true to how the Big Three networks were being run at the time. It's a very good read.
by Anonymous | reply 290 | July 3, 2021 1:27 AM |
I can only imagine how the urbane, sophisticated and cosmopolitan William Paley hated the country bumpkin shows on the network he was president of. He must've felt embarrassed by all of it.
by Anonymous | reply 291 | July 3, 2021 1:29 AM |
That was THREE Anniversary specials, you cheap whores!
by Anonymous | reply 292 | July 3, 2021 1:31 AM |
R285 ok but the ABC celebration looked a lot more fun. And I’m sure a lot more drugs to go around.
by Anonymous | reply 293 | July 3, 2021 2:24 AM |
For you soap fans that noticed no soap actors were in the CBS special or ABC special....
The NBC 50th did not appear to feature any either, but the 60th for NBC in 1986 featured Deidre Hall, Gloria Loring and *gasp* Mary Stuart.
by Anonymous | reply 294 | July 3, 2021 3:46 AM |
Julie Kasner!!!
by Anonymous | reply 295 | July 3, 2021 3:50 AM |
[quote] By the end of the '60s, however, the naïve rube stories and become so far removed from what was happening in the big cities of America, that CBS's incoming president Robert Wood ordered a "rural purge" and brought in more modern and urban oriented programming, like All in the Family, The Jeffersons, MTM Show, Maude, etc.
But by the end of the decade they split the difference and gave us [italic]The Dukes of Hazzard[/italic] and [italic]Dallas[/italic] while later in the 1980s [italic]Designing Women[/italic] was one of their only hit sitcoms.
by Anonymous | reply 296 | July 3, 2021 4:07 AM |
[quote] In 1959, James Aubrey became President of CBS, and he took the Tiffany Network and turned it into "The Hillbilly Network" or " The Country Broadcasting Station" with his lineup of country bumpkin shows like The Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies, Hee Haw, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, etc. Paley HATED this low-brow programming and he and Aubrey bickered over this, but the these shows were ratings hits.
The problem when you look at the actual shows, not what they have become in the zitergist. It really wasn't fair to call them low-brow programming. First of all Andy Griffith, is separated for the most part because unlike the Henning shows and Hee Haw, TAGS was a critical and commercially successful show, also unlike the others CBS seems to still claim them as one of the jewels in the crown of the Tiffany Network.
But, if you actually watch the Henning shows. The Beverly Hillbillies, especially in the first few seasons, was a satire not of the Hillbillies but of the rich of Beverly Hills, and Green Acres became the first truly surreal situation comedy on television, which was itself groundbreaking.
Also, let's not forget that after the "rural purge" CBS's big prestige drama hit in the 1970s was The Waltons.
The fact is that by the time of the "rural purge" all the shows, except Hee Haw, was well past their prime But, Hee Haw did much better in syndication than it ever would've on the Network.
by Anonymous | reply 297 | July 3, 2021 4:16 AM |
The thing I remember about CBS is the Friday night lineup when I was a kid. The Duke Boys at 8. Dallas at 9 and Falcon Crest at 10.
I often wondered how Friday and Saturday nights went from big TV nights to rerun zone. Because I'm sure that people were going out on Friday and Saturday nights back in the day.
by Anonymous | reply 298 | July 3, 2021 4:19 AM |
ABC canceled Lawrence Welk the same year.
by Anonymous | reply 299 | July 3, 2021 4:19 AM |
R299 And like Hee Haw he was able to do well in syndication.
by Anonymous | reply 300 | July 3, 2021 4:21 AM |
R248 those were the traditional nights but it looks like at the end Carol was moved to Sundays at 10 and when she went off JR and the Ewings took the 10 PM timeslot.
My memory scares me sometimes.
by Anonymous | reply 301 | July 3, 2021 4:54 AM |
r301 isn't it amazing what we remember? Trivial bullshit that is permanently in our brains and you think "why the fuck do I remember that?"
by Anonymous | reply 302 | July 3, 2021 5:14 AM |
Perry Mason was a CBS show that lasted 9 seasons. I'm surprised they didn't have Raymond Burr or Barbara Hale.
by Anonymous | reply 303 | July 3, 2021 6:38 AM |
Raymond Burr would’ve taken up too much of the podium.
by Anonymous | reply 304 | July 3, 2021 9:32 AM |
[quote] ABC counts 1943 as it's founding date
Oh, dear!
by Anonymous | reply 305 | July 3, 2021 11:04 AM |
The Walton actors, including the kids, hosted a whole night of anniversary programming, which is why they all ended up in the photo. I'm sure it made sense at the time but in retrospect there were plenty of people who should have been there instead.
by Anonymous | reply 306 | July 3, 2021 12:31 PM |
Fat jokes are not funny R304. Really shows how low class you are.
by Anonymous | reply 307 | July 3, 2021 1:09 PM |
R70, indeed, but old people too, old people aren’t allowed on television now
by Anonymous | reply 308 | July 3, 2021 1:14 PM |
r307 types fat.
by Anonymous | reply 309 | July 3, 2021 1:24 PM |
[quote] The Duke Boys at 8. Dallas at 9 and Falcon Crest at 10. I often wondered how Friday and Saturday nights went from big TV nights to rerun zone. Because I'm sure that people were going out on Friday and Saturday nights back in the day.
R298, the difference is that cable was in its infancy in the 1980s, so most people only had 3-4 main channels to watch. The Friday and Saturday night viewing audience wasn't necessarily larger; it was just more focused with fewer viewing options.
by Anonymous | reply 310 | July 3, 2021 1:27 PM |
That makes perfect sense R310. Thanks!
by Anonymous | reply 311 | July 3, 2021 2:43 PM |
Fat jokes ARE funny and it is deeply offensive to compare them to racism, R307. Offensive enough to actually make you a racist.
And yes, you type fat. So fat I'm surprised you can even type one letter at a time.
by Anonymous | reply 312 | July 3, 2021 2:51 PM |
You two are fucking idiots R309 and R312.
by Anonymous | reply 313 | July 3, 2021 2:55 PM |
Sorry you're morbidly obese, r313. :(
by Anonymous | reply 314 | July 3, 2021 2:59 PM |
[quote]Where was Bonnie Ebsen?
Jed Clampett transitioned?
by Anonymous | reply 315 | July 3, 2021 2:59 PM |
[quote]Really shows how low class you are.
This is classist hate speech. Another reason fat jokes are justified. If you don't like it, go buy a whole row of seats on Southwest Airlines and go home to your mother and cry into your 2-liter jug of Diet Rite over it.
by Anonymous | reply 316 | July 3, 2021 3:00 PM |
george burns told fat jokes
by Anonymous | reply 317 | July 3, 2021 3:04 PM |
That's because he was old enough to remember when they were first invented.
by Anonymous | reply 318 | July 3, 2021 3:05 PM |
I still don't see vivian vance
by Anonymous | reply 320 | July 3, 2021 3:07 PM |
Vivian Vance is at the bottom, right behind Jean Stapleton and Walter Cronkite.
by Anonymous | reply 321 | July 3, 2021 3:12 PM |
It's like Lucy is at the center of a heart!
by Anonymous | reply 322 | July 3, 2021 3:14 PM |
I'm surprised at how many of these people I can name. I was but a wee child when this photo was taken and by the time I hit my formative years, many of these people were either dead or had been out of the public eye for years.
by Anonymous | reply 323 | July 3, 2021 3:16 PM |
r321, holy shit, she looks like she's going to pass out
by Anonymous | reply 324 | July 3, 2021 3:16 PM |
r324 she was very ill at the time and died the following year.
by Anonymous | reply 325 | July 3, 2021 3:18 PM |
shucks, I'm crying as I type this now
by Anonymous | reply 326 | July 3, 2021 3:28 PM |
Lynnie Green is standing about three feet from Beatrice Arthur. In ten years, both of them would play the character of Dorothy Zbornak.
So many costars are standing far apart from each other. There are a few exceptions though. Valerie Harper and and TV sister Julie Kavner are standing next to each other. So are Ted Knight and Georgia Engel.
Wow...Don Knotts standing beside Lucille Ball.
by Anonymous | reply 327 | July 3, 2021 3:34 PM |
rob reiner and sally struthers are far apart
by Anonymous | reply 328 | July 3, 2021 3:38 PM |
Funny how cruel show business can be, though. Five years after this photo (and the special) were made, some of these people couldn't have gained admittance to the commissary !
by Anonymous | reply 329 | July 3, 2021 3:40 PM |
[quote]rob reiner and sally struthers are far apart
They needed to balance the weight of the podium.
by Anonymous | reply 330 | July 3, 2021 3:43 PM |
[quote]rob reiner and sally struthers are far apart
So are Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton.
by Anonymous | reply 331 | July 3, 2021 4:13 PM |
Bonnie Ebsen actually is the name of Buddy Ebsen's daughter, and she had a short-lived NBC show around the same time:
by Anonymous | reply 332 | July 3, 2021 4:16 PM |
Who's the guy with his head turned sideways -- above Bob Denver and below Steve Allen. It looks sort of like Ed Sullivan (but he died in 1974) or Charles Collingwood, but I can't tell.
by Anonymous | reply 333 | July 3, 2021 4:17 PM |
I see Buddy Ebsen and Lee Meriwether, but where is Mark Shera?
by Anonymous | reply 334 | July 3, 2021 4:19 PM |
In my preteen fantasies in 1978, R334!
by Anonymous | reply 335 | July 3, 2021 4:23 PM |
R333, it is indeed Charles Collingwood.
by Anonymous | reply 336 | July 3, 2021 4:23 PM |
Fuck ton of stars I don’t recall being on a TV show
by Anonymous | reply 337 | July 3, 2021 4:28 PM |
r337 Examples, please?
by Anonymous | reply 338 | July 3, 2021 5:03 PM |
Is it true that Jethrine is being considered as Caitlyn's Lt Governor?
by Anonymous | reply 339 | July 3, 2021 8:10 PM |
You really think Caitlyn would want the competition in the looks department, r339???
by Anonymous | reply 340 | July 3, 2021 8:41 PM |
Her gown was divine
by Anonymous | reply 341 | July 4, 2021 1:10 PM |
Please don’t mention that name.
by Anonymous | reply 342 | July 4, 2021 1:12 PM |
I like the look
by Anonymous | reply 343 | July 4, 2021 2:32 PM |
[quote]I like the look
But I hate "spunk"
by Anonymous | reply 344 | July 4, 2021 2:41 PM |
Linda Lavin’s cleavage is the true center of this photo.
You just know that Bea, Jim and Carol were saying some really cunty things about everyone under their breath.
And Lynda Carter is a STAH! That face!
by Anonymous | reply 345 | July 4, 2021 3:33 PM |
beauty
by Anonymous | reply 346 | July 4, 2021 3:46 PM |
[quote]Linda Lavin’s cleavage is the true center of this photo.
I thought so too.
by Anonymous | reply 347 | July 4, 2021 4:33 PM |
Lynda Carter was fucking gorgeous. She looks shy and uncomfortable in that photo.
by Anonymous | reply 348 | July 4, 2021 5:26 PM |
Ann Sothern looked like a dimestore floozie!
by Anonymous | reply 349 | July 4, 2021 5:30 PM |
a common whore
by Anonymous | reply 350 | July 4, 2021 7:36 PM |
[quote]a common whore
Not so much a common one as an overweight one...
She's used to covering up all those folds with Marabou feathers
She and Viv had to stand near the front so they could roll their eyes at Lucy's cunty behavior
by Anonymous | reply 351 | July 4, 2021 10:13 PM |
It's the LucyMAME reunion we never asked for.
by Anonymous | reply 352 | July 4, 2021 10:15 PM |
yes, very strange that Perry Mason was a No Show.....
by Anonymous | reply 353 | July 5, 2021 12:04 AM |
DL icon Arlene Francis, fifth row from the top on the far left.
by Anonymous | reply 354 | July 5, 2021 12:11 AM |
Who is Ms. Cheekbones above Gene Rayburn’s shoulder?
by Anonymous | reply 355 | July 5, 2021 12:16 AM |
Gene Rayburn was fingering Ellen Corby.
by Anonymous | reply 356 | July 5, 2021 12:17 AM |
Are there any articles that describe how this shot was set up and where everyone was asked to stand? I wonder if there were some walk outs because of dissatisfaction with the way a celeb felt they were mistreated? Eve Arden, perhaps?
by Anonymous | reply 357 | July 5, 2021 12:18 AM |
Ellen Corby only got fingered by other ladies. She was a gold star dyke.
by Anonymous | reply 358 | July 5, 2021 12:19 AM |
r355, I believe that's Barbara Bain of Mission Impossible. I can't imagine why she isn't standing next to her husband Martin Landau.
by Anonymous | reply 359 | July 5, 2021 12:19 AM |
R357, I remember reading that Sally Struthers fell off her platform shoes and had to be carried out on a stretcher.
by Anonymous | reply 360 | July 5, 2021 12:22 AM |
Lucy hid her lit cigarette behind her back, burning Carroll O'Connor's balls right through his pants.
by Anonymous | reply 361 | July 5, 2021 12:23 AM |
By 1978, Raymond Burr was an NBC star, having appeared for 8 seasons in Ironside and several NBC TV movies and miniseries.
by Anonymous | reply 362 | July 5, 2021 12:27 AM |
No Red Skelton?
by Anonymous | reply 363 | July 5, 2021 12:34 AM |
Red Skelton is there.
by Anonymous | reply 364 | July 5, 2021 12:42 AM |
this original photo really should have had Eileen Fulton, Charita Bauer...Jeanne Cooper...who else was big in soaps on CBS in the late 70s?
Helen Wagner, Don McLaughlin and Don Hastings.
by Anonymous | reply 365 | July 5, 2021 1:38 AM |
Nobody gives a fuck r365
by Anonymous | reply 366 | July 5, 2021 1:57 AM |
R366 = today's network execs who oversea daytime.
by Anonymous | reply 367 | July 5, 2021 5:16 AM |
^oversee
by Anonymous | reply 368 | July 5, 2021 5:17 AM |
In addition to Arlene Francis, John Daly should have been there after hosting WML? for 17 years on CBS.
by Anonymous | reply 369 | July 5, 2021 6:11 AM |
The most fuckable guy in that 1978 photo was David Groh.
by Anonymous | reply 370 | July 5, 2021 6:20 AM |
John Daly was a staunch conservative who was appointed director of Voice of America by LBJ in 1967, but quit in a huff a year later because he disagreed with LBJ's Democratic policies. Daly went to work for the far right American Enterprise Institute in the 1970s, hosting their "debates." He may very well have had political complaints about CBS by 1978 and not wanted to participate.
by Anonymous | reply 371 | July 5, 2021 6:23 AM |
I recognize everyone except the black woman between George Burns and Arthur Godfrey and the tall guy on the end directly in front of Tony Randall and Bob Newhart. All I remember about him was that he read the news. Anyone?
by Anonymous | reply 372 | July 5, 2021 6:28 AM |
Eric fucking Sevareid. Knew I'd remember eventually.
by Anonymous | reply 373 | July 5, 2021 6:37 AM |
R372, The tall guy is Eric Sevareid. The black woman might be Cicely Tyson, who starred in the CBS series "East Side/West Side" with George C. Scott in 1963.
by Anonymous | reply 374 | July 5, 2021 6:38 AM |
R374 Thanx re Sevareid. I finally remembered about 5 min ago. Yep, definitely Cecily Thyson. Also had trouble recognizing Ed Bradley, between Loretta Swit and Andy Griffith.
by Anonymous | reply 375 | July 5, 2021 6:44 AM |
R371, He was also Earl Warren's son-in-law.
by Anonymous | reply 376 | July 5, 2021 6:46 AM |
Sally Struthers had gorgeous hair.
by Anonymous | reply 377 | July 5, 2021 7:04 AM |
R371, John Daly was a bit of a diva. He once threatened not to host WML? when he had learned that Mike Wallace was to be the mystery guest that evening. Daly was upset with something Wallace had said or done and refused to appear alongside him.
by Anonymous | reply 378 | July 5, 2021 11:59 AM |
Pleaase! It's John CHARLES Daly, our panel modewator.
by Anonymous | reply 379 | July 5, 2021 1:06 PM |
Yes, you were, R379, as you died in 1971.
by Anonymous | reply 380 | July 5, 2021 1:13 PM |
[quote]Bennett Cerf, was I dead by 1978?
Very much so, yes.
by Anonymous | reply 381 | July 5, 2021 1:33 PM |
R381, And then his widow Phyllis up and married Robert Wagner, the former Mayor of NYC.
by Anonymous | reply 382 | July 5, 2021 2:07 PM |
Lyle’s brother?
by Anonymous | reply 383 | July 5, 2021 2:53 PM |
John Charles Daly had an interesting career on tv that could never happen today. While hosting the hit panel show What’s My Line on CBS, he was also the news anchor and an executive VP of ABC. In addition, he also managed to, at times, guest anchor Today on NBC.
by Anonymous | reply 384 | July 5, 2021 3:27 PM |
We’re slowly watching What’s My Line in chronological order on YouTube (at January 1965 now, so only 10 months left for Dorothy. Not looking forward to her absence). Anyway John Daly is a windbag in love with himself. If I had a quarter for each time he mentioned that he his alma mater was the Tilton School I could retire right now.
by Anonymous | reply 385 | July 5, 2021 3:43 PM |
R385 if you go back and read about his radio career, he had earned the right to be a "windbag in love with himself."
by Anonymous | reply 386 | July 5, 2021 9:34 PM |
Does he have a biography or autobiography book available, r386?
I’d love to read that.
by Anonymous | reply 387 | July 5, 2021 9:59 PM |
R387 I don't know. Before my last move I had a book about the men that covered WWII for radio, and he was right up there with Edward Murrow and the others. He was the first to announce Pearl Harbor had been bombed.
by Anonymous | reply 388 | July 5, 2021 10:24 PM |
Didn’t know that history and wouldn’t denigrate his service. I feel ashamed of my post as I didn’t know that much about him as a newsman. Duly scolded. His bringing up the Tilton School all the time is still amusing, if that’s OK.
by Anonymous | reply 389 | July 5, 2021 10:54 PM |
You know, it's perfectly okay to say that Daly was a self-satisfied right wing diva. He was. Just because he happened to be the first person who announced Pearl Harbor was being bombed doesn't make him a good person who gets a pass on bad behavior.
by Anonymous | reply 390 | July 5, 2021 10:57 PM |
R389 I don't care, just pointing out he did a lot of interesting things. Also, Tilton must have had as a high regard of him as he did of them. Apparently they still give an award in his honor.
by Anonymous | reply 391 | July 5, 2021 10:57 PM |
[quote]He was the first to announce Pearl Harbor had been bombed.
We all knew Pearl was a lush, but that was just nasty gossip.
by Anonymous | reply 392 | July 5, 2021 11:09 PM |
Leave it to the DL to have a hotheaded argument about newscasters from sixty years ago
by Anonymous | reply 393 | July 6, 2021 12:16 AM |
Everything about What's My Line? bordered on the elitist and that was a big part of its appeal. All of the panelists were NY snobs, pompous Bennett Cerf, tenacious Dorothy Kilgallen and even darling witty Arlene, who were weekly taken down a notch asking blind-sided questions about girdle makers, cow blanket knitters, nudist colony managers, female motorcycle cops, aged wrestling champs and the like.
The long list of stars who appeared as the weekly Mystery Guest was truly stellar and was often the first and/or rare TV appearance some of those stars ever made. In its early years when a Mystery Guest appeared who was the star of a TV series the panelists would often feign ignorance because they actually didn't watch much TV (e.g. Gale Storm was humiliated).
I loved the show as a kid when I was allowed to stay up late on Sunday nights and have come to really adore it now, watching all the episodes multiple times on youtube. It's truly a fascinating glance into America and the entertainment world of the 1950s and early 1960s.
Though the show has had DL threads in the past, it's perhaps ready for another before all of us eldergays here die.
by Anonymous | reply 394 | July 6, 2021 1:12 AM |
Bennett Cerf was the ultimate elitist snob, sneering at rock 'n' roll and lamenting how the sack dress was the end of Western civilization.
by Anonymous | reply 395 | July 6, 2021 1:27 AM |
Those cunts sure knew how to troll
by Anonymous | reply 396 | July 6, 2021 1:33 AM |
Well, you've done it, I've gone and bought the Bennett Cerf autobiography, the one posthumously published in 1977.
by Anonymous | reply 397 | July 6, 2021 4:11 AM |
I'm wondering if there was any backlash from conservative WML? viewers when Daly divorced his wife of 22 years in 1960 so he could marry Earl Warren's daughter, who was 14 years younger than him.
Nelson Rockefeller basically did the same thing and it was believed to have cost him the Presidency.
by Anonymous | reply 398 | July 6, 2021 4:12 AM |
R397, There must have been an agreement between Bennett and the WML? producers that his first wife, Sylvia Sidney, would never be a mystery guest.
During the 17 year run of WML?, she was active in films and on Broadway, making her mystery guest eligible.
by Anonymous | reply 399 | July 6, 2021 4:18 AM |
What's My Line is an interesting time capsule of a world that has completely vanished.
by Anonymous | reply 400 | July 6, 2021 5:30 AM |
R399 The marriage only lasted six months and divorce was still taboo to many people, so I can see a "classy" show like WML just not going there.
What is interesting is that they had Johnnie Ray on a few times, and an author later made the claim that Dorothy Kilgallen had an affair with Johnnie apparently he was bi instead of gay? or at least got it up enough to father Ms. Kilgallen's youngest child. She had the affair after finding her own husband having sex with another man in their home.
by Anonymous | reply 401 | July 6, 2021 5:42 AM |
R401, One look at Kerry Kollmar today and there's no doubt that Johnnie Ray was his biological father.
by Anonymous | reply 402 | July 6, 2021 12:09 PM |
I’m not so sure about Daly’s politics, at least as they were during the WML run. My understanding was that the trio of Francis, Cerf & Daly had issues with Dolly stemming from her right-wing politics.
by Anonymous | reply 403 | July 6, 2021 12:20 PM |
As a young kid watching her on WML, I never really "got" Arlene Francis, but watching her in the reruns of the show now I can appreciate her spontaneous and rather bawdy wit and charm. Her unflappable personality was truly ideal for live TV. What a fun friend she must have been!
Though she was involved with 2 accidental deaths, neither were actually her fault. The first incident involved a small barbell sitting on a window sill that her maid had shifted and clumsily dropped on a passing pedestrian from Arlene's Park Ave. apartment. The second death occurred on a rainy highway but was the fault of the other driver, not the car Arlene was traveling in.
by Anonymous | reply 404 | July 6, 2021 1:44 PM |
Always thought To Tell the Truth (syndicated 1969-1978) was classier than What's My Line? mostly for Kitty Carlisle, Bill Cullen and Peggy Cass, who had a noxious New York accent even though she was born in Boston and went to Harvard. Frequent guest panelists included Tom Poston, Nipsey Russell (gosh how I miss him), Larry Blyden and Joe Garagiola among others.
by Anonymous | reply 405 | July 6, 2021 3:25 PM |
I agree, I loved that show
by Anonymous | reply 406 | July 6, 2021 3:43 PM |
R405, Peggy Cass never attended Harvard or any other college.
by Anonymous | reply 407 | July 6, 2021 3:44 PM |
Bill Cullen was a regular panelist on another Goodson/Todman game show I'VE GOT A SECRET, not TO TELL THE TRUTH (though he may very well have filled in as an occasional replacement).
by Anonymous | reply 408 | July 6, 2021 4:03 PM |
And Peggy Cass had a strong BOSTON accent, not a noxious New York one.
by Anonymous | reply 409 | July 6, 2021 4:13 PM |
R408, as R405 correctly notes, Bill Cullen WAS a regular on the Garry Moore-hosted, syndicated version of Truth. And, R405, it must have been quite the come-down for Nipsey Russell, our poet laureate, to resort to game shows to make a buck. If memory serves correctly, I believe he read a poem at JFK’s inauguration.
by Anonymous | reply 410 | July 6, 2021 4:29 PM |
R410 oh wow seriously? Then yes his game show career must have been a serious comedown because to me he was just some D list joke (and never a good game player, either). I thought the poetry stuff was just some unfunny schtick he did.
by Anonymous | reply 411 | July 6, 2021 4:33 PM |
Amazing that she didn't have a lengthy film career, r385.
by Anonymous | reply 412 | July 6, 2021 4:54 PM |
Educate yourself, r404, on Arlene Francis...and her ilk.
Offsite Link
by Anonymous | reply 413 | July 6, 2021 5:00 PM |
R410 I can't find anything about his reading a poem at the inauguration, maybe it was part of the Joey Bishop hosted celebration instead of the actual inauguration?
What I would've loved to have seen, was Nipsey teaming up with Archie Campbell for a show. He was a country comedian with a very similar shtick. Between the two of them it would have been surreal, crazy, and wonderful. But, if I was a moderator, I would NEVER want them on the same panel.
by Anonymous | reply 414 | July 6, 2021 5:24 PM |
[quote] it must have been quite the come-down for Nipsey Russell, our poet laureate, to resort to game shows to make a buck. If memory serves correctly, I believe he read a poem at JFK’s inauguration.
Well it’s so easy to confuse Nipsey Russell and Robert Frost.
by Anonymous | reply 415 | July 6, 2021 6:48 PM |
R415, It's even easier to confuse Nipsey Russell with Nipsey Hussle.
by Anonymous | reply 416 | July 6, 2021 8:35 PM |
Doris, I contributed many tid-bits to that delicious thread!
by Anonymous | reply 417 | July 6, 2021 8:49 PM |
hHe syndicated versions of To Tell the Truth and especially What's My LIne? are so beneath the quality of their originals that I wouldn't even call them the same programs.
by Anonymous | reply 418 | July 6, 2021 8:52 PM |
Bill Cullen was the original host of the NBC 1960s iteration of "The Price is Right."
by Anonymous | reply 419 | July 6, 2021 9:45 PM |
Arlene subbed for him, r419. I believe she was the first woman to host a game show.
by Anonymous | reply 420 | July 7, 2021 12:31 AM |
R418, while I absolutely agree with you about the syndicated WML, the ‘70s version of Truth, while maybe not at the level of the original network show, was still good. Garry Moore was a superb host & the regular panelists of Carlisle, Cass & Cullen were very good.
by Anonymous | reply 421 | July 7, 2021 1:48 AM |
Sorry, R414, for sending you on a wild goose hunt. My tongue was firmly implanted in my cheek.
by Anonymous | reply 422 | July 7, 2021 1:50 AM |
Tonight on The Andy Griffith Show:
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Andy's jealous when a handsome new doctor (George Nader), who seems to have an eye for Ellie, sets up practice in town. Ellie: Elinor Donahue. Barney: Don Knotts. Aunt Bee: Frances Bavier.
by Anonymous | reply 423 | July 7, 2021 2:47 AM |
Gomer might be the best candidate, R423.
by Anonymous | reply 425 | July 7, 2021 2:51 AM |
Tonight's Gomer Pyle, USMC episode, r425, is:
*
A TV dating show leads to romantic complications for Gomer. Wendy: Jeanine Riley. Parker: Dick Patterson. Carter: Frank Sutton. Lou Ann: Elizabeth MacRae. Bunny: Barbara Stuart.
by Anonymous | reply 426 | July 7, 2021 3:05 AM |
Tonight on Dick Van Dyke:
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The Lady And The Tiger And The Lawyer S3 E1
Rob and Laura play Cupid for the new neighborhood bachelor. Arthur: Anthony Eisley. Rob: Dick Van Dyke. Laura: Mary Tyler Moore. Donna: Lyla Graham. Sally: Rose Marie. Buddy: Morey...
*
Luckily Sally doesn't end up with him. He ends up being...a wife beater.
by Anonymous | reply 427 | July 9, 2021 4:51 AM |
I'm shocked there was no representative from The Jack Benny Program. Mary Livingstone Benny, Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Mel Blanc, Frank Nelson were all alive in 1978.
by Anonymous | reply 428 | August 9, 2021 6:13 AM |
Jack Benny was too cheap to pay for their travel R428
by Anonymous | reply 429 | September 29, 2021 8:27 AM |
And too dead, R429.
by Anonymous | reply 430 | September 29, 2021 9:40 AM |
Was CBS the geriatric channel back then as well?
by Anonymous | reply 431 | September 29, 2021 9:46 AM |
I still miss Valerie Harper.
by Anonymous | reply 432 | September 29, 2021 12:13 PM |
R431 clearly yes.
by Anonymous | reply 433 | September 29, 2021 4:19 PM |
Arlene Francis is there, but where’s To Tell the Truth’s own Kitty Carlisle?
by Anonymous | reply 434 | September 29, 2021 5:44 PM |
R43 it’s LYNDA CARTER not Linda Carter!
by Anonymous | reply 435 | September 29, 2021 5:49 PM |
I don't know anyone in the second row
by Anonymous | reply 436 | September 29, 2021 6:03 PM |
R428 Mary Livingstone suffered from severe stage fright. She was only able to make her appearance on the Jack Benny 20th Anniversary special in 1970 because Lucy agreed to play her maid and basically hold her hand the whole time.
by Anonymous | reply 437 | September 29, 2021 6:21 PM |
Who’s the person with the cheek implants you can see from space? (I didn’t know they had those back then)
by Anonymous | reply 438 | September 29, 2021 6:30 PM |
I even remember the jingle for the season, it went :woah, woah, who’s the best? Whoah, woah, CBS!
by Anonymous | reply 439 | September 29, 2021 6:41 PM |
Thanks, R441, that's some brilliant dialogue there. I would've thought Arlene was already afflicted with Alzheimer's at this point. But maybe not.
by Anonymous | reply 442 | September 29, 2021 7:35 PM |
R442 She was mugged and her famous heart pendent necklace stolen in 1988, which is when her decline started. Maybe this was filmed prior to that incident.
by Anonymous | reply 443 | September 29, 2021 10:57 PM |
R443, It was torn from her neck by some punk who stopped her on a NYC sidewalk to speak with her.
by Anonymous | reply 444 | September 30, 2021 12:36 AM |
Vivian Vance looks high.
by Anonymous | reply 446 | September 30, 2021 1:43 AM |
I wonder when in 1978 that photo take taken, I looked for the cast of WKRP in Cincinnati which came out on CBS in Sept of 1978 but I don't see any of them so not sure they weren't the because the show was new or because the photo was taken before the show premiered.
by Anonymous | reply 447 | September 30, 2021 1:51 AM |
The special aired in March 1978, r447. Photo likely taken around the same time.
The link below has a very detailed look at such network anniversary specials.
by Anonymous | reply 448 | September 30, 2021 6:16 AM |
Arlene Francis popped up on As the World Turns in early 1986 as herself, apparently, having her own talk show in which she interviewed Barbara 'Simply Barbara' Ryan about her fashion designer success.
by Anonymous | reply 449 | October 3, 2021 6:46 AM |
at 25:01 there's Arlene Francis interviewing Tom and Simply Barbara on ATWT.
"Little" touches like this made characters going from the Midwest to the Big Apple so much more believable.
by Anonymous | reply 450 | October 4, 2021 3:39 AM |
Was Robert Conrad in the pic? Wild Wild West and Hawaiian Eye were both CBS.
by Anonymous | reply 451 | October 4, 2021 5:46 PM |
r451 "Hawaiian Eye" was on ABC.
by Anonymous | reply 452 | October 4, 2021 6:45 PM |