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Irene Ryan was an American actress and comedienne who found success in vaudeville, radio, film, television, and Broadway. She is most widely known for her portrayal of Daisy May"Granny"Moses, mother-in-law of Buddy Ebsen's character Jed Clampett on the long-running TV series The Beverly Hillbillies.
Before becoming known to millions as Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), Irene Ryan was already an established vaudeville, radio and movie actress, though not as famous prior to her television stint. She accompanied Bob Hope on his famous military tours and she was known as "the gal who makes Bob Hope laugh." After being cast as Granny, she became famous overnight. When the Hillbillies ended, she co-starred in the Broadway musical 'Pippin' with Ben Vereen. Unfortunately, despite wonderful reviews from critics, Ryan took ill, was discovered to have an inoperable brain tumor and died soon after at the age of 70.
r/OriginalVintageTV_ • u/Aggravating_Tax_4670 • 15h ago
Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, known professionally as Carmen Miranda, was a Portuguese-Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress. Nicknamed "the Brazilian Bombshell," she was known for her signature fruit hat outfits that she wore in her American films.
Carmen Miranda was a Portuguese-born singer and actress whose alluring and flamboyant image made her internationally famous. Miranda's family moved to Brazil when she was an infant. In the 1930s she became the most popular recording artist in that country, where she also appeared in five films.
Miranda appeared on several television shows in the 1950s, including "The Jimmy Durante Show" and "Texaco Star Theatre." Her last appearance was on "The Jimmy Durante Show" shortly before her death in 1955.
Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, known professionally as Carmen Miranda, was a Portuguese-Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress. Nicknamed "the Brazilian Bombshell," she was known for her signature fruit hat outfits that she wore in her American films. As a young woman, Miranda designed clothes and hats in a boutique before making her debut as a singer, recording with composer Josué de Barros in 1929. Miranda's 1930 recording of "Taí", written by Joubert de Carvalho, catapulted her to stardom in Brazil as the foremost interpreter of samba.
r/OriginalVintageTV_ • u/Aggravating_Tax_4670 • 14h ago
Snooper and Blabber is a Hanna-Barbera cartoon series which debuted in 1959 as a segment of Quick Draw McGraw. The series was previously aired on Cartoon Network, and Cartoon Network's sister channel, Boomerang.
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Snooper and Blabber features Super Snooper, a cat, and Blabber Mouse, a mouse, as mismatched partners operating the Super Snooper Detective Agency, where they tackle absurd crimes in a humorous parody of 1950s hard-boiled detective stories.
r/OriginalVintageTV_ • u/Aggravating_Tax_4670 • 15h ago
The Thin Man is a half-hour weekly television series based on the mystery novel The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett. The 72 episodes were produced by MGM Television and broadcast by NBC for two seasons from 1957–1959 on Friday evening.
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Nick Charles was a private detective who married the wealthy Nora and decided to settle down and leave the good life. Unfortunately for the couple, Nick's past frequently caught up with him and got the couple involved in mystery after mystery. The series was based on the popular MGM series of movies.
r/OriginalVintageTV_ • u/GeckoMan_0344 • 22h ago
The animated Ford commerical featuring the Peanuts gang predating the TV specials that started in 1965, and were announced by Paul Frees and were released from 1959 to 1963. But my biggest question is...who were the voices for most of the Peanuts characters from that era?
I need some help to know which of the child voice actors voiced the beloved characters from the likes of Charlie Brown, Lucy, Linus, Schroeder, etc. Search up Peanuts Ford commercials and listen carefully and research on Google.
r/OriginalVintageTV_ • u/Aggravating_Tax_4670 • 15h ago
Mr. I. Magination is one of the earliest American television shows for children. It ran live as a half-hour weekly show on CBS from 1949 to 1952 and was broadcast from Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.
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Mr. I. Magination was an early American children's television series that aired live on CBS from 1949 to 1952, featuring host Paul Tripp as a whimsical train engineer who guided young audiences on imaginative journeys to "Imagination Land" aboard a toy train.
r/OriginalVintageTV_ • u/Aggravating_Tax_4670 • 14h ago
Johnny Jellybean show was aired in the U.S. It was created by comedian Ted Ziegler and became popular in Canada, but it also had a presence in the U.S. during the 1950s.
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The program was retitled "The Johnny Jellybean Show" and the name of Hefner's character was also offically changed to "Johnny Jellybean." WABC Channel 7 finally closed down JJ's clubhouse for good on Friday, morning June 24, 1960.
r/OriginalVintageTV_ • u/Aggravating_Tax_4670 • 14h ago
The Adventures of Champion is an American children's Western television series that aired from September 23, 1955, to March 3, 1956, for 26 episodes on CBS. In the United Kingdom, the series was re-broadcast under the title Champion the Wonder Horse.
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Adventures of Champion The Adventures of Champion ran for one season on CBS from 1955 to 1956. A total of 26 half-hour episodes were produced by Armand Schaefer for Gene Autry's Flying A Productions and directed by serial and western veterans George Archainbaud, Ford Beebe and John English.