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Added Saturday May 17, 2013

The Garry Moore Variety Show

Garry Moore

He was born Thomas Garrison Morfit III, and after dropping out of high school he got work as a radio announcer. He used his birth name until 1940 when working for Baltimore, Maryland radio station as part of the cast of an afternoon show hosted by Ransom Sherman. Sherman thought that his name was too difficult to remember and held a contest to choose a better name for Morfit, and the winning entry was 'Garry Moore,' which became his on-air name from that day forward. In 1950 the CBS radio network gave him a Monday through Friday talk/variety show that was broadcast until the spring of 1958 when Moore gave it up because he was too busy with other work. But that fall he agreed to host an hour long evening show featuring chat, comedy skits, special appearances and singing. One of the regular features was a segment of 'candid camera' episodes with Alan Funt that was split off into its own show in 1960. The Garry Moore Show also helped to launch the careers of Alan King, Carol Burnett and Jonathan Winters. Writers for the show included Neil Simon and Woody Allen

October 25, 1960 - The Garry Moore Variety Show
Starring Patti Page, Tony Randall, Garry Moore and Durward Kirby

December 27, 1960 - The Garry Moore Variety Show
Starring Dorothy Collins, Bill Dana, Peter Lawford and Garry Moore

April 4, 1961 - The Garry Moore Variety Show
Starring Nat 'King' Cole, Carol Lawrence, Carol Burnett and Garry Moore

April 11, 1961 - The Garry Moore Variety Show
Starring Diahann Carroll, George Gobel, Carol Burnett and Garry Moore

April 18, 1961 - The Garry Moore Variety Show
Starring Robert Goulet, Julie London, Bob Newhart and Garry Moore

October 10, 1961 - The Garry Moore Variety Show
Starring Frank Fontaine, Tony Martin, Carol Burnett and Garry Moore

May 29, 1962 - The Garry Moore Variety Show
Starring Barbara Streisand, Robert Goulet, Carol Burnett and Garry Moore

December 24, 1963 - The Garry Moore Variety Show
Starring Dorothy Collins, Norm Crosby, Eileen Farrell and Garry Moore

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Television hit it's 'golden' years in America in the 1950's, but has been around for much longer. In 1935 it was the stuff of science fiction and wonder, like in the movie Murder by Television (October 1, 1935)

Thanks to crude Kinescope copies, and the later use of pre-recorded shows using movie cameras, we can explore the first wonderful years of this invention that helped change the world. I am assembling the largest collection of early television shows that is organized by genre and by date, in one place, that you can watch, download, save and burn to dvd. I hope that you enjoy the early years of the great 'boob toob' as much as I do. Below you can see what I've been up to lately, and under that you can see a list of every television series that I have posted so far. If you have questions or comments, or just want to say 'hi', contact me and I will answer every note to the best of my ability.

Complete list of early television shows on this web site:

Adventure

Captain America
Captain Midnight
I Led Three Lives
Ramar of the Jungle
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Sky King, the flying cowboy
Terry and the Pirates
The Adventures of Long John Silver

Cops and Detectives

Biff Baker, U.S.A.
Boston Blackie
Burke's Law
Code 3
Dangerous Assignment
Decoy
Dick Tracy
Dragnet
Follow That Man
I'm the Law
Lock Up
Michael Shayne
Mystery Theatre with Mark Saber
Mr. and Mrs. North
Peter Gunn
Philip Marlowe
The Public Defender
Rebound
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Rocky King, Detective
The Lawless Years
The Lone Wolf
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Thin Man
Treasury Men in Action
U.S. Marshal
Yancy Derringer

Drama

A Christmas Carol
Armstrong Circle Theatre
Checkmate
Climax!
Diagnosis Unknown
Four Star Playhouse
General Electric True Theater
Gruen Guild Playhouse
Lux Video Theatre
Man With A Camera
Screen Directors Playhouse
Studio One
Suspicion

Soap Operas

Hawkins Falls
Search for Tomorrow

Game Shows

Beat the Clock
Do You Trust Your Wife?
I've Got A Secret
Queen For A Day
Stump The Stars
The Price is Right
To Tell The Truth
What's My Line?
You Bet Your Life

Just for Kids

The Howdy Doody Show
Watch Mr. Wizard
Sense and Nonsense

Religious

Crossroads
Family Theater

Science Fiction / Horror

13 Demon Street
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Conflict
Flash Gordon
The Invisible Man
Lights Out
One Step Beyond
Space Patrol
Boris Karloff in The Veil

Unsold Pilot Episodes

Alarm - 1956

British Television

The Adventures of Robin Hood
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Presents Bulldog Drummond
Hancock's Half Hour
On The Twelfth Day
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot

Situation Comedies

Betty White
The Beulah Show
Duffy's Tavern
Hot Off the Wire, The Jim Backus Show
I Married Joan
I Remember Mama
Love That Bob!
Make Room for Daddy
Meet Corliss Archer
Meet Mr. McNutley
Mr. Ed
Mister Peepers
My Little Margie
Our Miss Brooks
Petticoat Junction
Stanley
Susie, Private Secretary
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
The Andy Griffith Show
The Betty Hutton Show
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Dennis O'Keefe Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Eve Arden Show
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
The Great Gildersleeve
The Jim Backus Show
The Life of Riley with Wm. Bendix
The Lucy Show
The Mickey Rooney Show
The Stu Erwin Show
Topper

Variety Shows

Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts
Bob Hope Television Shows
Candid Camera
Coke Time with Eddie Fisher
Hollywood Palace
Hollywood, The Fabulous Era
Lawrence Welk
People Are Funny
The Perry Como Show
Shower of Stars
The Bing Crosby Show
The Cavalcade of Stars
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Frank Sinatra Timex Show
The Garry Moore Show
The Jack Benny Program
The Jimmy Durante Show
The Milton Berle Show
This Is Your Life
Your Hit Parade

Westerns

26 Men
Annie Oakley
Bat Masterson
Bonanza
Death Valley Days
Dusty's Trail
Judge Roy Bean
The Lone Ranger
The Roy Rogers Show
Stories of the Century
The Cisco Kid
The Rifleman
Wagon Train
Zane Grey Theater

History/News

ABC's Breakfast Club
Atomic Bomb Test from 1952
Camel News Caravan with John Cameron Swayze
Century 21 Calling
J.F.K. vs Nixon Presidential Debate, 1960
NBC News, Chicago, March 17, 1949
See it Now, Edward R. Murrow
Victory at Sea



If you are part of the ‘Baby Boom’ generation you remember many of these shows as a youngster. If you are a child or grandchild of this generation, you can see what entertained your parents and grandparents when they were young. More and more classic television shows are identified as public domain every day, and I will be adding them to this site in easy to download and view formats, so come back often to check out the new additions. If any copyright or patent owner has an issue with any show offered here, they only need to contact me and the offending item will be quickly removed.

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