Sing Along With Lawrence

Here are members of the studio audience singing "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" as Lawrence Welk plays his accordion in this clip from a 1962 ABC telecast of the Lawrence Welk Show.

One Last Pie In The Face

Legendary and iconic comedian Soupy Sales, whose greatest claim to fame was as the host of several local and network television kids shows, especially one that aired on local New York TV in the 1960s, passed away Thursday at a hospice in the Bronx, New York at age 83. Here is Soupy and his "Words of Wisdom," as well as his performance of "The Mouse" during a 1965 telecast of his New York local TV show.




Soupy's kids shows can at times, and often did, push the proverbial envelope.

It's Champagne Medley Time, Boys and Girls!

"Little Old Lady" and "Easy To Love" are performed here in this clip from a 1956 ABC telecast of The Lawrence Welk Show.






Wunnerful! Wunnerful!

Fashion In 2000

Or, from this 1930s British Pathe Newsreel excerpt, what was expected to be in fashion in the year 2000.


You be the judge.

Heeeeere's Jonny!

Jonny Quest, that is.





This is an ABC network 1964 promo for the The Adventures of Jonny Quest, a Hanna-Barbera-produced weekly cartoon series that aired for one season in prime time on ABC.

Vic Mizzy, R. I. P.

Vic Mizzy, the composer of the theme songs from such television series as The Addams Family and Green Acres, passed away on Saturday at his Los Angeles home from heart failure at age 93.

Those songs rank among the most memorable theme songs in television history.

Ducks Do Nothing But Still Climb Up In Both Polls And Reach #11 In First BCS Ranking; Beavers Continue To Receive Support In Both Polls

Despite having this weekend off, the Oregon Ducks climbed from 13th to 12 in the Associated Press College Football Poll. The Ducks moved up from 16th to 14th in the USA Today/Coaches Poll.

The Ducks landed at #11 in the first BCS poll released on Sunday.



The also-idle Oregon State Beavers continue to receive support in both polls though they are still outside the Top 25. The Beavs would be ranked #35 in the AP poll and 32nd in the Coaches poll.