End Of The Line For JoePa?

Yep.

An Hour Of Fun With Dean And Jerry

Here's a kinescope of the April 29, 1951 NBC Network telecast of the Colgate Comedy Hour with guest hosts Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

Enjoy!

Craftsmanship With A Flair

Television commercial for the 1956 Studebaker, featuring the President Classic.

Smokin' Joe Frazier, Former Heavyweight Champion, R. I. P.

Smokin' Joe Frazier, the former heavyweight champion who fought Muhammad Ali three times, passed away on Monday in Philadelphia following a brief battle with liver cancer at age 67.


Mr. Frazier, who won the heavyweight title in 1968, became the first boxer to knock down and defeat Mr. Ali at New York's Madison Square Garden in 1971.  In the last fight between the twosome in Manilla in 1975, Smokin' Joe (who had lost the title to George Foreman two years earlier) gave Muhammad (who won back the title by defeating Mr. Foreman in 1974 in Zaire)all he could handle, going 14 rounds, never giving an inch, but had to be held back by trainer Eddie Futch because he was unable to see.


Rest in peace, Joe.

No Chuck Barris Here

Here's a kinescope of the March 20, 1958 NBC Network telecast of the original version of Treasure Hunt, hosted by Jan Murray.  This was the weekday daytime edition.

Gosh Huck! I Didn't Know That This Adventure's On TV!

Here's a kinescope of the September 1, 1955 CBS Network telecast of Climax.  This episode was an adaptation of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."  The episode stars Thomas Mitchell, John Carradine, and Charles Taylor as ol' Huck himself.  Hosted by William Lundigan.

Time For A Shower Of Stars

Here's a monochrome kinescope of the October 28, 1954 CBS Network telecast of Shower of Stars, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation.  During the show's four-year run (1954-58) it was seen once a month in the time slot normally occupied by another Chrysler sponored series, the drama anthology series Climax.  Hosted by William Lundigan, this telecast of SofS stars Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarty, Gene Nelson, Sheree North, and Mario Lanza.

This program originally aired live and in color.  This surviving print is in black and white.

Enjoy!