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call television a medium because nothing on it is ever well done."
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Fred Allen | What's
New 3/17/2008
- Updated The Nat King Cole Show
11/19/2007
- Added The Museum of Broadcast Communications
11/11/2007
- Updated The Frank Sinatra Show (1950-52)
8/12/2007
- Added Four Star Revue/All Star Revue and
The Martha Raye Show
8/12/2007 - Revised
The Colgate Comedy Hour
8/12/2007 - Updated
Where to Buy Classic TV Shows
8/12/2007
- Added Links Page
This
is the spot for episode guides and lists of those hard-to-find shows of yesteryear!
The web is a great place to find information on all manner of subjects. But
if you're a fan or collector of classic TV shows, as I am, you've probably found
it difficult to locate the history of certain shows, and something as simple as
compiling a complete and accurate list of episodes can be elusive. The
purpose of this site is to try to track down that elusive information and post
it here. The web is a perfect vehicle for this effort, since it lends itself to
collaboration and frequent updates. You can help, if you're so inclined, by contributing
any additional information you may have and checking for any inaccuracies you
may find. Hopefully, highlighting these shows here will generate renewed interest
in them and maybe lead to well-organized DVD releases of them. So
far, I only have a few shows up and have focused mostly on variety shows (particularly
live ones) of the 1950s, since they tend to be among the most neglected. I hope
to add more in the future.
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Jim
Davidson is the founder and past president of the National Association
for the Advancement of Perry Mason and former publisher/editor of the periodicals
NAAPM Newsletter and Classic TV. His articles, interviews, and reviews
have appeared in Films in Review, Filmfax, Tower Records' Pulse!
magazine, and The TV Collector. He has contributed research to the books
The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows (Fifth Edition) by
Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh (Ballantine Books), Primetime Proverbs by Jack
Mingo and John Javna (Harmony Books), Donna Reed: A Bio-Bibliography by
Brenda Scott Royce (Greenwood Press), and was a member of the expert panel that
ranked shows for The Best of Crime & Detective TV by Max Allan Collins
and John Javna (Harmony Books). He has appeared on TV in The Case of the Courtroom
Legends, a Showtime special about Perry Mason author Erle Stanley Gardner
and star Raymond Burr, and was co-producer of the Perry
Mason 50th Anniversary Edition DVD set from CBS-Paramount. |
A special thanks
to Michael Struthers for his advice and
support of this website. | |
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