Video: 'Mr. Ed' theme
(Sunday, October 1, 1961, 6:30 p.m. EDT) — Mister Ed, a situation comedy TV series starring Alan Young as an eccentric and enormously klutzy yet friendly architect named Wilbur Post whose horse Mister Ed (“played” by gelding Bamboo Harvester and voiced by Allan Lane) could talk, debuted tonight on network television (on CBS; it had run in syndication from January 5 to July 2, 1961).
Video: 'The Shelter' (part 1)
(Friday, September 29, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — When a nuclear attack appears imminent, several suburban friends and neighbors fight over control of a single bomb shelter on tonight’s episode of The Twilight Zone. Continue reading ‘The Shelter’ debuts on ‘The Twilight Zone’ 50 years ago this hour
Video: 'Dr. Kildare ' clip (Oct. 8, 1964)
(Thursday, September 28, 1961, 7:30 p.m.) — Dr. Kildare, a medical drama TV series starring Richard Chamberlain as a young intern working in a fictional large metropolitan hospital (Blair General) while trying to learn his profession, debuted tonight on NBC.
(Monday, September 25, 1961) — The Hustler, a drama film directed by Robert Rossen and starring Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie and George C. Scott, premiered today in Washington, D.C.
It tells the story of small-time pool hustler “Fast Eddie” Felson and his desire to prove himself the best player in the country by beating legendary pool player “Minnesota Fats.”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTi0XViw074
Car 54, Where Are You-Who's For Swordfish 1/5 (1961)
(Sunday, September 17, 1961, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — Toody and Muldoon encounter obstacles as they prepare to fish for swordfish on a fellow officer’s brother-in-law’s cruiser on tonight’s debut of the NBC-TV sitcom Car 54, Where Are You?. Continue reading ‘Car 54, Where Are You?’ debuts on NBC 50 years ago this hour
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMqPM0txZoY
DEFENDERS THE IRON MAN 1 (March 10, 1962)
(Saturday, September 16, 1961, 8:30 p.m.) — The Defenders, a courtroom drama TV series starring E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, debuted tonight on CBS.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IvswzP_jg0
Twilight Zone S03E01 - "Two" 1/3
(Friday, September 15, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — A man (Charles Bronson) and a woman (Elizabeth Montgomery), survivors from opposite armies of an apocalyptic world war, meet in a deserted, war-ravaged town on tonight’s season 3 premiere episode of The Twilight Zone (click here to watch the full episode).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwuakgMmhhE
President John F. Kennedy's 13th News Conference, June 28, 1961
(Wednesday, June 28, 1961) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy, in his 13th news conference as president, challenged the Soviet Union today to accept the principle of “self-determination” in Berlin—”and indeed in Europe.”
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9FacSNRBHk
The Beatles: "Cry For A Shadow" (1961)
(Friday, June 23, 1961) — The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Pete Best), an English rock band formed in Liverpool, today completed their first professional studio recording sessions (which began yesterday, Thursday, June 22) at Friedrich Ebert Halle in Hamburg, West Germany, backing Tony Sheridan on four tracks, plus recording their own Cry For a Shadow, an instrumental written by John Lennon and George Harrison.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzGlXZEsUAY
(Friday, June 2, 1961, 1:15 p.m. local time) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy said today it is important that there be no miscalculation on either party at this weekend’s Vienna summit with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev during a news conference in Paris.
