A single episode of Perry Mason was filmed in color — Season 9,
Episode 21, titled “The Case of the Twice Cold Twist.” Producers
wanted to experiment with colorized episodes before beginning
season 10 fully in color. However, the show was canceled after
its ninth season in 1966.
William Raymond Stacy Burr
(May 21, 1917 – September 12, 1993)
On February 28, 1983, the celebrated sitcom M*A*S*H bows out
after 11 seasons, airing a special two-and-a-half hour episode
watched by 77 percent of the television viewing audience. It was
the largest percentage ever to watch a single TV show up to that
time.
Set near Seoul, Korea, behind the American front lines during
the Korean War, M*A*S*H was based on the 1968 novel by Richard
Hooker and the 1970 film produced by 20th Century Fox and
directed by Robert Altman. Its title came from the initials for the
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time
TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
The Flintstones animated sitcom was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and was originally broadcast on ABC from September
30, 1960, to April 1, 1966.
In 2013, TV Guide ranked The Flintstones the second-greatest TV cartoon of
all time (after The Simpsons).
The Carol Burnett Show is a variety/sketch comedy television
show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence,
and Lyle Waggoner. In 1975, frequent guest star Tim Conway
became a regular after Waggoner left the series.
The show originally ran on CBS-TV from September 11, 1967,
to March 29, 1978, for 279 episodes, and with nine episodes
in the fall of 1991.
The series won 25 primetime Emmy Awards. In 2013, TV Guide
ranked The Carol Burnett Show number 17 on its list of the 60
Greatest Shows of All Time, and in 2007 it was included on the
list of Time‘s 100 Best TV Shows of All Time.
Carol will be 88 April 26.
TIM MAGUIRE
