Early Ginger

Here is an unknown Ginger Rogers starring in a 1930 comedy short entitled "Office Blues," originally released theatrically by Paramount Pictures.



Directed by Mort Blumenstock.  In this one, Ginger plays a perky young stenographer who has a big-time crush on her boss.

Wow! Danny Thomas With Sideburns!

Here's a promo for the 1970-71 ABC sitcom, Make Room For Grandaddy.

Mister Salty

Here is a commercial from 1971 for Nabisco's Mister Salty Pretzels.

Hey Snooky, You're No Elvis!

Here's Snooky Lanson, perforning "Heartbreak Hotel" in this clip from a 1956 NBC telecast of Your Hit Parade.  

 The show was beginning to have problems by then.  Before the emergence of rock 'n' roll, it was the song that was the thing, regardless of who sang or played it.  After the mid-1950s, it became the performance that was the thing.  The youngsters weren't interested in anyone other than Elvis Presley singing "Heartbreak Hotel." Rock n' roll fans did not want their favorite songs performed by the likes of Snooky, Dorothy Collins, or Gisele MacKenzie.  They wanted Elvis, Fats Domino, and The Platters.  YHP, which started on radio in 1935 and on TV in 1950, switched networks from NBC to CBS in 1958, and went off the air in April, 1959.

Be Sure To Watch "The Real McCoys" In Black and White On ABC!

Here's a 1961 ABC Network promo for The Real McCoys.  

The show ran for five years on ABC before moving over to CBS in 1962 for one last season.

Nothing Does It Like Seven-Up

Here's a pair of late 1950s commercials for Seven-Up.

Have Some Corn Pops With Wild Bill and Jingles

Here's a 1950s television commercial for Kellogg's Corn Pops cereal that aired during an episode of Wild Bill Hickock, which was sponsored by the cereal maker.  Stars Guy Madison and Andy Devine are featured here.