Pictured from left to right,Tom and Dick Smothers
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was a TV comedy and variety show hosted
by the Smothers Brothers (above). It aired on CBS until September 15, 1969. The
series showcased new musical artists.
Bishop began his career as part of a standup comedy act with his elder brother,
Maury. He guest-hosted on television’s Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
and frequently appeared on Steve Allen’s and Jack Paar’s previous versions
of The Tonight Show, both on NBC.
Joey starred in a sit-com titled The Joey Bishop Show, that ran for four seasons,
first on NBC and later on CBS. He later hosted a talk show also titled The Joe
Bishop Show on ABC (below) as competition to Carson’s Tonight Show. It ran
for two years. His sidekick was then-newcomer Regis Philbin.
From left to right, Regis Philbin, Peter Marshall and Joey Bishop
What’s My Line? a panel game show which originally ran on the CBS Television
Network from 1950 until it’s cancellation in 1967. It is the longest-running game
show in the history of U.S. prime time television. It was hosted by John Charles
Daly with panelists Dorothy Kilgallen. Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf.
The show won three Emmy Awards for “Best Quiz or Audience Participation Show”
in 1952, 1953 and a Golden Globe for Best TV show in 1962. After it was
cancelled by CBS in 1967, it returned in syndication as a daily production
returned in syndication as a daily production which ran from 1968 until 1975.
Charles William "Bill" Mumy, Jr. is an actor, musician, voice-over artist
and a figure in the science-fiction community. He is known primarily for his
work as a child television actor in the 1960s, most notably as Will Robinson
in the CBS-TV sci-fi series Lost in Space.
The Robot and Bill Mumy on the set of Lost in Space
The television version of The General Electric Theater was broadcast every Sunday
evening on the CBS network until May 27, 1962. Each of the episodes was an
adaptation of a novel, short story, play, film, or magazine fiction.
Ronald Reagan (shown above) became the show’s only host on September 26, 1954. GE added a host to provide continuity, which was absent due to its anthology format. After four months, the show reached the Top Ten in the Nielsen Ratings.
