Obscure Classic TV Shows - Post Your Favorites! (1 Viewer)

[The 1960's]

Green Peacock (1958) Unsold Pilot
Stars Howard Duff Ramon Novarro Peter Whitney Donald Randolph Ross Elliott House Peters Jr. Genie Coree Jack Del Rio Luis Gomez George Trevino Mari Blanchard​

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Produced for consideration for the 1958-'59 season. At least five more scripts were written towards the end of 1958 {the shooting script for this prototype was dated May 20, 1958}, but nothing ever came of selling this idea to a network or sponsor. (Barry I. Grauman)​

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[The 1960's]

Sally (1957-1958)
Stars Joan Caulfield Marion Lorne Arte Johnson​

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Sally is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC during the 1957-1958 television season. The series stars Joan Caulfield as Sally Truesdale, a young saleswoman at a department store who tours Europe with a widow who is the store's wealthy and scatter-brained owner. After the trip is over, Sally returns to work at the store. (Wikipedia)

S01E11 Sally and the Sheikh (Dec.01.1957)
Stars Joan Caulfield Marion Lorne Rick Jason Richard Gilden Henry Corden Jan Brooks Herschel Bernardi Johnny Desmond​

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A sheikh kidnaps Sally because he wants her for his harem.​

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[The 1960's]

Missy's Men (1968) Unsold Pilot
Stars Dwayne Hickman Jack Sheldon Daniel J. Travanti Cherylene Lee Allison Price Nora Marlowe David Lewis Sarah Selby Susan Benjamin Michele Tobin Garth Pillsbury Liza Garson Sarah Hardy​

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Three Korean war vets bring home to San Francisco and attempt to raise a Korean girl named Missy.​

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[The 1960's]

Hank McCune Show (1950-1953)
Stars Hank McCune Larry Keating Florence Bates​

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Hank McCune portrays himself as the host of a TV variety show. Each week Hank and his supporting put on a show with innumerable mishaps and predicaments.

Unknown Episode (1950)​

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First TV show with a laugh Track.​

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[The 1960's]

Tarzan Test Footage (1957) Lost TV Pilot​

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Tarzan Test Footage 1/2 Hour Kodachrome color screen tests for various actors to co-star with Gordon Scott for a proposed Tarzan TV series for NBC in 1957. Never before seen footage! Along with Gordon Scott, the following actors: Sally Bliss/Bucko Stafford, Ann Baker/Rudy Lee, Yvette Duguay/Rudy Lee, Susan Morrow/Mike Bataran. First half is with sound; second half is silent. ( jeffsabu)​

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[The 1960's]

Captain Midnight aka Jet Jackson, Flying Commando (1954-1958)
Stars Richard Webb Sid Melton Olan Soule​

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In this exciting 15 chapter adventure, Ivan Shark is after a secret range finder that will enable his bombers to engage in a furious reign of terror and Captain Midnight is called upon to stop him.(IMDb)
Captain Midnight (later rebranded on television as Jet Jackson, Flying Commando) is a U.S. adventure franchise first broadcast as a radio serial from 1938 to 1949. The character's popularity throughout the 1940s and into the mid-1950s extended to serial films (1942), a television show (1954–1956), a syndicated newspaper strip (1942-late 1940s), and a comic book title (1942–1948). (tvdays)

S02E02 Mission to Mexico (Oct.05.1955)
Stars Richard Webb Sid Melton Olan Soule John Truax Tyler McVey Alan Wells Ben Frommer Edward Colmans Alfred Ward​

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Mr. Hobson, an American security specialist, reports that an enemy radio transmitter in Mexico has broken down. Since his men have broken the enemy's code, they want the transmitter repaired as soon as possible so they can continue to monitor the broadcasts. Captain Midnight and Icky volunteer to travel to the remote mountain area where the transmitter is located posing as fix-it men in hopes of being hired to repair the broken equipment - and do some poking around in the enemy's base on the side. (IMDb)

This is an episode of Captain Midnight in Mission to Mexico, with the original Ovaltine commercials I restored for Sandoz Nutrition, who owned Ovaltine at the time in 1980's. The print was to be donated to the Smithsonian Institute to honor actor Richard Webb for his television portrayal of Captain Midnight, and he was donating his Captain Midnight jacket that night to the museum. They couldn't find a copy at the time of the event, and the museum told Richard Webb, yes my childhood hero, needed me to come to his rescue and find his lost television history. (tvdays)​

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[The 1960's]

Sky King (1951-1962)
Stars Kirby Grant Gloria Winters Ewing Mitchell Ron Hagerthy Norman Ollestad Bill Hale Dennis Moore Rusty Wescoatt Monte Blue Chubby Johnson Stanley Andrews I. Stanford Jolley John Cason Gary Hunley Terry Kelman Rand Brooks Don C. Harvey Pierre Watkin Joseph Conway Gil Frye Frank Richards Gregg Barton James Flavin Gene Roth​

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Sky King was an American radio and television series. Its lead character was Arizona rancher and aircraft pilot Schuyler "Sky" King. The series may have been based on a true-life personality of the 1930s, Jack Cones, known as the "Flying Constable" of Twentynine Palms in San Bernardino County, California, although this notion is unverified. (Wikipedia)

S01E14 Formula for Fear (Oct.04.1952)
Stars Kirby Grant Gloria Winters Lee Van Cleef Ron Hagerthy Hayden Rorke Fred Essler David Leonard Sarah Selby​

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Penny sees a man escape from a doctor's office, and is informed that the man is a dangerous mental patient. Sky looks into the incident, and soon finds himself mixed up in foreign spies and poison gas.​

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S02E02 Manhunt (Jan.02.1956)
Stars Kirby Grant Gloria Winters Norman Ollestad Ewing Mitchell William Henry Bill Hale Jack Nestle​

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Sky joins the hunt for two escaped convicts and their hostage, the local banker's son.​

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S03E03 Note for a Dam (Jan.05.1958)
Stars Kirby Grant Gloria Winters Jack Tesler Paul Donovan Al Ferguson Troy Patterson Charles Hayes​

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Rancher Angus McGonicle keeps finding strange bottles with lit wicks and notes threatening the dam floating down the river, which King traces to a psychotic old hermit upstream. There, he traps King and Penny, then sets out to dynamite the dam in a rowboat.​

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Sky King Official Box Set All 72 Episodes w/ Book

See my Sky King review

See my Sky King Photo Essay​

 

[The 1960's]

Peter Gunn (1958-1961)
Stars Craig Stevens Herschel Bernardi Lola Albright​

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Peter Gunn is a private detective with a knack for finding trouble. His cases often mean he runs into the shadiest characters, most vicious thugs and the most powerful crime bosses. Cool and resourceful, he always gets the guilty party.

Season One

S01E01 The Kill (Sep.22.1958)
Stars Craig Stevens Lola Albright Hope Emerson Herschel Bernardi Gavin MacLeod Jack Weston John Truax Sam Scar Bill Chadney Joe Bassett Charles Maxwell​

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A gang attempts to extort money from Mother. When she refuses to pay, the gang dynamites her club and critically injures its owner. The police investigation stalls so Gunn goes hunting for the man he holds responsible.​

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S01E02 Streetcar Jones (Sep.29.1958)
Stars Craig Stevens Lola Albright Hope Emerson Herschel Bernardi Patricia Powell Leigh Whipper Carlo Fiore Carlyle Mitchell​

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Gunn is hired by a jazz club owner to prove one of his musicians has been framed for murder, but the musician's lawyer doesn't want Gunn's assistance.​

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S01E03 The Vicious Dog (Oct.06.1958)
Stars Craig Stevens Lola Albright Hope Emerson Herschel Bernardi Virginia Christine Paul Dubov J. Pat O'Malley Tyler McVey​

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When newspaper editor George Walker is viciously attacked by a German shepherd, he calls on Peter Gunn to find out why, and his suspicions center on Carl Kane, a powerful and shady businessman. Gunn's path to the truth leads through late-night strong-arm meetings, a poetry-quoting bum and Walker's overly helpful assistant.​

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S01E05 The Frog (Oct.20.1958)
Stars Craig Stevens Lola Albright Hope Emerson Herschel Bernardi Whit BissellJean Inness Arthur Kendall Stubby Kruger Dick Crockett​

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A low-level mobster, the Frog (Stubby Kruger), is stabbed on a dock and falls into a river. The Frog was to meet Gunn, who is jumped when he goes to Frog's home. Gunn kills his attacker, setting off a police investigation into the deaths.​

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S01E06 The Chinese Hangman (Oct.27.1958)
Stars Craig Stevens Herschel Bernardi Marion Marshall Buddy Baer Theodore Marcuse Bob Jellison Patrick Clement​

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A young man enters his apartment and is immediately put into a sleeper hold by a huge assailant waiting inside, in the dark. The assailant hoists the victim into a hanging noose, and kicks a stool out from under him. The death is ruled a suicide. The giant is an assistant to Ahben Vanesku, a cult leader who hires Peter Gunn to find a female cult member who supposedly embezzled $ 200,000 from the cult. Gunn tracks the beautiful woman to Spain.​

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[tsodcollector]

Danger bay is one of disney channel's biggest hits of the 80's This television series has family drama,adventure,and medical tv drama,this 80's television series has it all,it's avalable on encore+ on youtube.great show.

 

[The 1960's]

Danger bay is one of disney channel's biggest hits of the 80's This television series has family drama,adventure,and medical tv drama,this 80's television series has it all,it's avalable on encore+ on youtube.great show.

Matthew the purpose of this thread is to Post your favorites. Please read what I wrote back on Page 1 HERE. Post means to go to any streaming platform and enter the url or web address of your desired program into the Media Feature. It does not mean typing only the text of your favorite. If you are unsure how to do this you can go back to Page 16 HERE where I clearly explained just how to use the Media Feature. Thank you.

 

[oldtvshowbuff]

Room For One More (1962) based on a novel and movie starring Andrew Duggan and Peggy McCay is now on YT with an episode "Angel In The Attic". Just saw it yesterday, so one of you guys could upload it.

 

[oldtvshowbuff]

Room For One More (1962) based on a novel and movie starring Andrew Duggan and Peggy McCay is now on YT with an episode "Angel In The Attic". Just saw it yesterday, so one of you guys could upload it.

Beg your pardon Cary Grant and Betsy Drake started in the 1952 movie, Duggan and McCay in the 1962 TV series.

 

[The 1960's]

Man with a Camera (1958-1960)
Stars Charles Bronson James Flavin Ludwig Stössel​

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Former combat cameraman Mike Kovac is now a freelance photographer in New York City, specializing in difficult and dangerous assignments where he can get the kinds of pictures that other photographers can't, or won't take. He sometimes gets help, often reluctantly, from his contact in the police department, Lt. Donovan, and advice from his immigrant father Anton.

Season One

S01E01 Second Avenue Assassin (Oct.10.1958)
Stars Charles Bronson Tom Laughlin Theodore Marcuse Ruta Lee Art Lewis Leonard Bell Walter Barnes Don Kennedy John C. Becher​

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Mike grew up with a moody boxer who, now a big time professional, is more vulnerable than it seems, and he needs Mike's help.​

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S01E02 The Warning (Oct.17.1958)
Stars Charles Bronson Ludwig Stössel Berry Kroeger Robert Ellenstein Arthur Hanson Robert Carricart Bill Erwin Rush Williams​

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Mike is forced by two masked men to take a photo of a man just as he is being killed. The police ask Mike to let them spread the word that he can identify the killers. His father convinces him to do this, but this puts both father and son in danger.​

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S01E04 Close up on Violence (Oct.31.1958)
Stars Charles Bronson Ludwig Stössel Angie Dickinson Robert Armstrong Weston Gavin Marc Cavell John Herman Shaner Charlie Brill Kip King​

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Kovac takes a crowd shot at a fire scene, inadvertently recording the daughter of an aged mobster, hiding out in a tough neighborhood. The old man is being protected by a gang of young hoods, or so he thinks.​

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S01E05 Turntable (Nov.07.1958)
Stars Charles Bronson Phyllis Avery Ludwig Stössel Dennis Patrick Logan Field Addison Richards Katherine Barrett Wendy Winkelman​

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Mike takes pictures of a crooked gambler. Later he also takes pictures of the gubernatorial candidate who vows to put the gambler out of business if elected. But then his negatives are stolen and used to create a composite to make the candidate look like he is working for the gambling syndicate.​

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S01E06 Double Negative (Nov.21.1958)
Stars Charles Bronson Frank Faylen Karl Lukas Stephen Ellsworth Don Durant Tracey Roberts Bess Flowers​

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On a tip from a free-lance reporter, Mike takes a picture of a woman, and finds that she very strongly resembles a woman whose murder a man has been arrested for. But a boxer friend of Mike's says the woman is his girlfriend and not the allegedly murdered woman. Mike tries to find out the truth.​

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[Jeff Flugel]

Room For One More (1962) based on a novel and movie starring Andrew Duggan and Peggy McCay is now on YT with an episode "Angel In The Attic". Just saw it yesterday, so one of you guys could upload it.

Here you are, James. Seems like a cute show (co-starring a young Ahna Capri), though the video quality of this sole episode is in pretty rough shape:

 

[The 1960's]

Continued from Dec 2, 2021

Biography (1961-1964)
Stars Mike Wallace Charles A. Lindbergh Winston Churchill​

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A show that tells someone's life story every interesting episode at a time.

Jackie Robinson (1963)
Star Mike Wallace Director Alan Landsburg Writer Alan Landsburg​

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The legendary story of Jackie Robinson!​

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[tsodcollector]

I've been reading about this on it's own thread. Very sad.

one of the underrated television shows of early television.the original.

 

[tsodcollector]

Matthew the purpose of this thread is to Post your favorites. Please read what I wrote back on Page 1 HERE. Post means to go to any streaming platform and enter the url or web address of your desired program into the Media Feature. It does not mean typing only the text of your favorite. If you are unsure how to do this you can go back to Page 16 HERE where I clearly explained just how to use the Media Feature. Thank you.

I understand,i use media feature.

 

[The 1960's]

The New Loretta Young Show (1962-1963)
Stars Loretta Young James Philbrook Dack Rambo​

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Widowed Christine Massey works a freelance writer in suburban Connecticut while raising her seven children.

S01E01 America at Home (Sep.24.1962)
Stars Loretta Young Celia Milius Sandy Descher Dack Rambo Dirk Rambo Tracy Stratford Cindy Carol Beverly Washburn​

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Christine's family is the subject of a live TV interview show. The invasion of the TV crew into their home and the antics of the seven children lead to complications, including a performance by sons Peter and Paul (Dack and Dirk Rambo).​

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[The 1960's]

Deputy Dan and the Pecos Kid (1973) Unsold Pilot​

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I’ve searched the internet and cannot find anything about this. The only info I’ve located are folks posting that they also cannot find anything about it. No doubt a low budget western.​

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[The 1960's]

Breakthru (1961)​

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Early 1960's 13-episode religious TV series in cooperation of the National Council of Churches of Christ in America and a contribution of the Methodist Television Ministry, with the participation of The United Church of Canada. It deals with such problems such as guilt, failure, prejudice, death and fear. Note the many familair faces of television stars of the era.

Talking Hands (1961) (Pilot) Promo
Stars Patty Duke Peter Lazer Clarice Blackburn Anne Ives Liam Dunn Wayne Robertson​

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The Pilot episode of the Christian TV series called "Breakthru".
Patty Duke was only 15 years old here and how adorable!​

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The Thief (1961)
Stars Bryan Russell Luke Ellis B.J. Robillard Richard Capp Jonathon Troy Eddie Schaaf Gordon Bruce​

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