Johnny Carson (right) interviewing guest Bob Hope on the Tonight set.

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Time For Beany is a children’s television series, with puppets for characters,
which was broadcast locally in Los Angeles starting on February 28, 1949
and nationally (by kinescope) by the improvised Paramount Television
Network from 1950 to 1955. It was created by animator Bob Clampett,
who later reused its main characters for the animated series Beany and
Cecil. The show won three Primetime Emmy Awards for best children’s
show.

Voice artist Stan Freberg was one of the puppeteer’s on the show.

Pictured from left: Daws Butler and Stan Freburg behind the wall.

Stan Freberg (Stanley Friberg) (August 7, 1926 – April 7, 2015)

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You Asked for It is a human interest television request show created and
hosted by Art Baker. Initially titled The Art Baker Show, the program
originally  aired on DuMont /ABC networks  between 1950 and 1959. Later
versions of Later versions of the series were seen in 1972,  1981, and
2000. After ABC canceled the original show in 1959, various revivals
have aired in the decades since. One of the sponsors was Skippy
Peanut Butter along with Studebaker Automobiles.

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Art Baker (Arthur Appleton Shank)
(January 7, 1898 – August 26, 1966)

Baker was a film, television and radio actor.

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TV’s "The Gene Autry Show" premiered on CBS July 23, 1950 with
91 episodes aired. 

Pat Buttram (left) as Gene’s side kick "Pat".

Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry

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Gunsmoke, was TV’s longest running prime time, live action
dramatic series for decades.The television series ran for 20
seasons from 1955 to 1975, and lasted for 635 episodes.

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