I like to make YouTube searches of various kinds of videos. One interesting search idea is looking for vintage TV broadcasting from the 1940’s forward.
Here are some of these finds.
Here’s a clip of Betty White (the surviving Golden Girl and current TV commercial star) from her TV show in 1954:
In the late 1950’s and early 1960’s there were live plays broadcast on TV. Playhouse 90 was one of the regular shows that featured these live productions. Here’s a 1959 production with Leslie Nielsen, Art Carney and Jack Klugman. It’s written by Rod Serling:
This is a very early TV station identification from WNBT New York, which was the first television station:
If you watch Atlanta TV news, you’ve seen John Pruitt and Monica Pearson on the WSB-TV newscasts. Here are some Atlanta news openings from almost 35 years ago that include those same two news anchors on channel 2:
TV used to sign-off the air before everything was 24/7. Here’s a recording of a WCBS-TV Sign-Off:
I watched The Dick Cavett Show regularly and I don’t think there’s been a talk show as good as his show was. But here’s a strange clip where Norman Mailer, who probably had a few drinks, plays the villain that evening:
Here's a performance by Rosemary Clooney (George Clooney's aunt) on Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis' show:
I’ll add some more clips that I find in the future.
