Hungry?

For some Post Pink Panther Flakes?  Here's a television commercial from the early 1970s.

Bobby Hebb, R. I. P.

Bobby Hebb, the singer-songwriter who composed the 1966 pop music classic "Sunny," passed away from lung cancer on Tuesday at Centennial Medical Center in Nashville at age 72.

Mr. Hebb wrote the song in response to the slaying of his brother outside a Nashville nightclub---and the assassination of President John F. Kennedy a number of days before that.

At the height of the popularity of "Sunny," Bobby toured with the Beatles.

What, The Hell, Let's Go For The Hat Trick

Again, from a 1954 CBS telecast of Search For Tomorrow, here's a commercial for Spic and Span.

Here's Something That Almost Makes Dishwashing Nice

From 1954, probably from the same Search For Tomorrow CBS telecast as the Gleem ad, here's a commercial for Joy Dishwashing Liquid.

Here's A Commercial For Gleem Toothpaste-----And A Promo For A Record Album

Originally aired near the end of a 1954 CBS telecast of Search For Tomorrow, here is a commercial for Gleem Toothpaste, followed by a promo for a Columbia Records album "Joanne Sings," with vocals by Mary Stuart, who at the time, played Joanne Vincente on SFT.  Columbia Records was owned by CBS at the time.

Time For A Long Commercial Break

Here is a lengthy commercial break crammed with several advertisements that aired on RTE television in the Republic of Ireland in February, 1984.

Heeeeere's Jerry!

Here is the January 30, 1951 telecast as captured on kinescope of Broadway Open House, which was the first major late-night network television late-night entertainment show.  It aired Monday through Friday nights from 11PM until Midnight, Eastern Time and ran for 15 months.  We see Jerry Lester (who hosted the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday editions), joined by bandleader-accordionist (and songwriter) Milton DeLugg (of future Gong Show fame, or infamy), announcer Wayne Howell, singer-tap dancer Ray Malone, the Mello Larks vocal group, singer-comedian David Street, and the one and only Jennie Lewis, known by the nom-de-plume Dagmar.  Morey Amsterdam hosted the Monday and Thursday installments.  BOH,  forerunner of the long-running Tonight Show went off the air in August, 1951.  The program was the brainchild of NBC president Sylvester (Pat) Weaver, who also created the Today and Tonight shows and other innovative programs for the network.