What was the name of the Italian mouse on “The Ed Sullivan Show” (CBS, 1948-71)?
The name of the Italian mouse on “The Ed Sullivan Show” (CBS, 1948-71) was Topo Gigio.
The name of the Italian mouse on “The Ed Sullivan Show” (CBS, 1948-71) was Topo Gigio.
Wilkins Coffee was the first product advertised by the Muppets, in 1957. The Muppets were featured in an eight-second commercial in which one Muppet fires a cannon at another to prevent him from drinking his Wilkins coffee.
Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) is married to Hilda Rum-pole (Peggy Thorpe-Bates, Marion Mathie) on the TV show “Rumpole of the Bailey” (Thames, 1978-88). He usually refers to her as “She Who Must Be Obeyed.” The series has appeared on PBS’s “Mystery!” (1981).
Old Gold cigarette packs started dancing in TV commercials in 1950, in a spot called “Dancing Butts.” Women wearing huge Old Gold packages did the dancing.
The TV version of “Planet of the Apes” ran for four months, from September to December 1974 on CBS, six years after the successful movie first ran. Galen the chimpanzee was played by Roddy McDowall.
The Flintstone family car ran through the courtesy of Fred’s two feet in “The Flintstones”.
Liberal Tom Braden and conservative Pat Buchanan were the original hosts of the cable news show “Crossfire” on CNN. In 1989, Braden was replaced by Michael Kinsley. During Buchanan’s 1992 presidential campaign, several people filled in for him, including Robert Novak and Linda Chavez.