Video: 'New Casper Cartoon Show Opening in COLOR 1963'
(Saturday, October 5, 1963, 10:30 a.m. EDT) — The New Casper Cartoon Show, an animated television series about a quite personable ghost, debuted today on ABC.
Category Archives: 1960s
‘Opie the Birdman’ episode airs on ‘The Andy Griffith Show’ 50 years ago this hour (1963)
Video: 'Andy.Griffith-S04E01-Opie the Birdman' (Sep. 30, 1963)
(Monday, September 29, 1963, 9:30 p.m. EDT) — Opie accidentally kills a mother bird with his new slingshot and takes it upon himself to raise the orphaned baby birds on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom series The Andy Griffith Show.
In 1997, the episode was ranked #24 on TV Guide‘s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
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‘The Judy Garland Show’ premieres on CBS-TV 50 years ago this hour (1963)
Video: 'Judy Garland Fly Me to the Moon' (taped Sept. 20, 1963, aired Sept. 29, 1963)
(Tuesday, September 29, 1963, 9:00 p.m. EDT ) — The Judy Garland Show, a musical variety television series starring Judy Garland, debuted tonight on CBS.
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‘Leo Durocher Meets Mister Ed’ episode airs on ‘Mister Ed’ 50 years ago this hour (1963)
Video: 'Leo Durocher, Sandy Koufax, & more Meet Mister Ed at Dodger Stadium' (Sep. 29, 1963)
(Sunday, September 29, 1963, 6:30 p.m. EST) — Ed, who is a die-hard Dodgers fan, notices some weaknesses from the line-up while watching a televised game on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV situation comedy series Mister Ed.
In 1997, the episode was ranked #73 on TV Guide‘s 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
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‘Tom Jones’ premieres at Venice Film Festival 50 years ago today (1963)
Video: 'Tom Jones' trailer
(Sunday September 29, 1963) — Tom Jones, a British adventure comedy film about a country boy in 18th-century England who becomes a playboy, premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Continue reading ‘Tom Jones’ premieres at Venice Film Festival 50 years ago today (1963)
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‘That’s My Boy??’ episode airs on ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ 50 years ago this hour (1963)
Video: 'The Dick Van Dyke Show: That's My Boy?'
(Wednesday, September 25, 1963, 9:30 p.m. EDT ) — Rob tells Mel about the day Ritchie came home when Laura said that Ritchie looked different in the crib on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show. In 2004, TV Guide named this the 90th most memorable TV moments of all time.
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‘Petticoat Junction’ premieres on CBS-TV 50 years ago this hour (1963)
Video: 'Petticoat Junction SPUR LINE TO SHADY REST' (Sept. 24, 1963)
(Tuesday, September 24, 1963, 9:00 p.m. EDT) — Petticoat Junction, a sitcom television series that centered on Kate Bradley, who runs the Shady Rest Hotel, debuted tonight on CBS.
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The Beach Boys record ‘Things We Did Last Summer’ 50 years ago today (1963)
Video: 'Things We did Last Summer - Beach boys (Unreleased)'
(Tuesday, September 24, 1963) — The Beach Boys recorded “The Things We Did Last Summer” today, leaving it unreleased for 30 years until 1993’s Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of The Beach Boys.
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Kennedy suggests joint US-USSR expedition to moon 50 years ago this hour (1963)
Video: 'John F. Kennedy (USA), General Assembly (20 September 1963)'
(Friday, September 20, 1963, 11:00 a.m. EDT) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy urged in a major policy speech before the United Nations today that the United States and Russia become partners in space and put a man on the moon together as a positive step toward ending the Cold War.
Kennedy told the 18th UN General Assembly session that East and West could engage in a “contest of achievement instead of intimidation.”
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‘The Patty Duke Show’ premieres on ABC-TV 50 years ago this hour (1963)
Video: 'Patty Duke Show, The (Intro) S1 (1963)'
(Wednesday, September 18, 1963, 8:00 p.m. EDT ) — The Patty Duke Show, a sitcom television series about a teenager living in the Brooklyn Heights section of New York City and her “identical cousin” who arrives from Scotland to live with Patty’s family and attend school, debuted tonight on ABC.
