What was the top-rated TV show in 1960?
“Gunsmoke” (CBS, 1955-75) was the top-rated TV show in 1960.
“Gunsmoke” (CBS, 1955-75) was the top-rated TV show in 1960.
Yes, before “The Tonight Show,” Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon worked together on a TV game show called “Do You Trust Your Wife?” (CBS, 1956-57). On the show, Edgar Bergen was the host, Johnny Carson was the emcee, and Ed McMahon was the announcer.
The name of the puppet-king in “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” was King Friday XIII.
Lucy’s character’s name on “I Love Lucy” (CBS, 1951-57) was Lucy McGillicuddy Ricardo. On “The Lucy Show” (CBS, 1962-68) it was Lucy Carmichael. On “Here’s Lucy” (CBS, 1974) it was Lucy Carter.
In the original British TV series, “The Avengers”, Patrick Macnee’s Steed played opposite Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale. Blackman later became known as James Bond’s love interest, Pussy Galore, in Goldfinger. By the time the series was imported to America in 1966, Diana Rigg, as Emma Peel, had replaced Blackman.
“Dirty Sally” (CBS, 1974) was a spin off of “Gunsmoke” (CBS, 1955-75).
The song that made Carol Burnett famous was “I Made a Fool of Myself Over John Foster Dulles,” which she introduced in a New York nightclub in the late 1950s and debuted nationally on “The Tonight Show” with Jack Parr.