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This clip shows the start of late night television. Starting with Broadway Open House, hosted by Morey Amsterdam and Jerry Lester, with the blonde bombshell Dagmar in 1950, late night programming began. In 1954 the Tonight Show debuted with comedian Steve Allen, and then in 1957 the witty Jack Paar took over. Classic comedy clips include Zsa Zsa Gabor, Shirley MacLaine, Johnathan Winters, and Charley Weaver (Cliff Arquette).
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Added: 7th April 2008
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One of late-night television's most famous moments: Jack Paar, the host of the Tonight Show, surprised his viewers by abruptly walking off the show on February 11, 1960 to protest the censorship of a mildly risque story the previous night. He vanished for a month before returning to great acclaim. The incident is revisited in this British interview with Paar.
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Added: 26th May 2008
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Beautiful Ava Gardner makes her first ever television appearance as a mystery challenger on What's My Line in 1953. (Watch for Arlene Francis' potentially embarassing question about Ava's marriage. Ava was married to Frank Sinatra at the time. Their wedlock was volatile.)
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Added: 20th April 2008
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As videoholic showed us, nothing quite compares to those local television shows. In Miami in the 50's and 60's we had Charlie Baxter, a newscaster, who had fun playing ghoulish 'MT Graves' down in his dungeon every Saturday afternoon on WCKT Channel 7. The program began with the cell door rising up to the sounds of screeching and squeaking and a loud clank. In the background, eerie music played, and human screaming and shrieking could be heard. M.T. climbed out of the coffin to greet his viewers at the beginning of each program, and climbed back into it at the end, saying his greetings and farewells to his fans. My dad, who did painting for several TV stations back then, took me with him one Saturday and I got to sit in the audience. What a thrill that was! It just goes to show that it doesn't take much to entertain a kid.
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Added: 29th May 2008
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Vintage McDonalds ad great big production number - wish more ads were like this these days.
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Added: 8th May 2008
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Comedian Fred Allen appears as a mystery challenger on this episode of What's My Line in 1953. Allen, a huge radio star, had difficulty finding his niche in the new medium of television. He briefly hosted a talent show for a few months in 1953. Soon afterward Allen became a regular panelist on What's My Line--a position he held until his sudden death from a heart attack in 1956.
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Added: 27th April 2008
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from 1979
Sir Cliff Richard, OBE (born Harry Rodger Webb on 14 October 1940 is an English singer, actor and businessman.
With his backing band The Shadows, Richard dominated the British popular music scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s, before and during the The Beatles' first year in the charts. A conversion to Christianity and subsequent softening of his music led to his having more of a pop than rock image. He never achieved the same impact in the United States despite several chart singles there, but he has remained a popular music, film, and television personality in the UK and he retains a following in other countries.
During six decades, Cliff Richard has charted many singles, and holds the record (with Elvis Presley) as the only act to make the UK singles charts in all of its decades (1950s–2000s). According to his website, he has sold more than 250 million records.On the British charts, Richard has had more than 120 singles, albums and EPs make the top 20, more than any other artist.
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