50's and 60's Classic TV Fun Facts Compilation

[@JohnSmith-pn4it]

Born in '63, so many of these shows are the biggest memories of my childhood. It made me think of what a crazy, mixed up, but still fun country this was to live in for that time.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

1957 enters the chat!

Same here loved watching The wild Wild West the Movie with Will Smith was stupid

[@hebneh]

The backlot town square from both the "Twilight Zone" and "Back To The Future" also appears as the location where Conrad Birdie causes everyone in sight to faint as he belts out the song "Sincere" in the film "Bye Bye Birdie".

[@oliverortiz5226]

Wow, I never saw so many connections between the many shows I have loved for decades. Thank you.

[@brianarbenz1329]

The Daily Planet staff not being able to tell Clark was Superman is right up there with Commissioner Gordon not being able to tell batgirl was his own daughter.

[@robertcoggeshall3071]

To be fair, Batgirl wears a mask and a wig. Though the voice is easily recognizable, just like Bruce and Dick.

[@matthewbaduria]

The F-Troop facts are amazing,it's one of my favorites,it also has some of the funniest moments.born in '87 so many of these timeless television shows have stood the test of time.generations are also watching these for the first time.

[@marindamartin3535]

Ellen Corby may be most famous for her part in The Waltons, but I'll always remember her as Myrt "Hubcaps" Lesh, the seemingly sweet little old lady who sold Barney Fife the lemon automobile in the Andy Griffith Show. Ms Corby had a long history of character roles and it's always fun to be the first to catch a glimpse of her on an old b&w show. I never noticed her in the bank run scene in It's a Wonderful Life even though we watch it almost every Christmas, so thanks for the new sighting!

[@n.v.1258]

Forbidden Planet is the best sci-fi picture ever. My opinion 😊

[@Frankie5Angels150]

I still wonder why Superman can stand there as bullets bounce off his chest, but he ducks when the guy throws the gun at him! “Okay, so I’m bullet proof. But hey, if you throw it at me it’s going to hurt!”

[@airdaleva42]

A great video. Your knowledge and presentation are very entertaining.

[@tvcrazyman]

thanks

[@hebneh]

Ross Martin was partly cast as Robert Conrad's sidekick in "Wild Wild West" because he was short enough to match the height of the show's star, who was not very tall despite his cocky attitude.

[@daxbradley4346]

That Robby sure got around!

[@maryaha7]

I love the F Troop line "I didn't inhale"!😄😄

[@weatherboi]

You've got a good eye to catch all these events.

[@cadeevans4623]

Oh love these great compilation from the greatest tv shows ever classic

[@masudashizue777]

I found that George Reeves' and my birthday is the same, except 40 years apart. The Superman series was very big in Japan, where I saw it.

[@maryking1162]

Talking about some fun facts, did you know that the Anthony Nelson's house in "I Dream of Jeannie" was the same house as Mr. Wilson's house in "Dennis the Menace" and the "Partridge Family?"

[@MrToombstone]

This was the most enjoyable video that I have seen. As a Boomer it really took me back.

[@lindaebert789]

Thank you for bringing back (at least for me) wonderful memories and feelings 💜🙏🏻

[@shibolinemress8913]

18:53 "My Favorite Marcia" (probably pronounced "MAR-sha") is of course a pun on "My Favorite Martian", a 1960's scifi comedy starring Bill Bixby and Ray Walston. I loved that as a kid! 😊 27:32 Hey, that's also the actor who played Dr. Bellows in "I Dream of Jeannie"! 😊

[@tvcrazyman]

Yep, that is a coincidence considering on I Dream of Jeannie they used the Bewitched home as Dr. Bellows home on the show.

[@bobsebring2819]

An amazing amount of tv triva wealth. Along with great editing, It's obvious that this was a labor of love. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@tvcrazyman]

Glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate it.

[@Russell-hd1pm]

I was a child of the 60's we had great telly shows❤😊

[@alanrogers7090]

I was born in 1950. I remember most of these shows with Robbie The Robot fondly. Later you show the Banana Splits with Mildred. This was the same Robbie head minus the plastic cover from the first Twilight Zone appearance. It was not a new head.

[@edryba4867]

During the”F Troop” segment, the shot of Ken Berry on a horse, a shot that has a deep-voiced narrator, has a connection not mentioned here. That guy with the deep voice was the HIGH voiced narrator on the animated “Rocky and his Friends” and “The Bullwinkle Show”. He was actor Robert Conrad, who also played private-eye “Cannon”, and on Radio’s Gunsmoke (before there WAS TV), Conrad played none other than Marshal Dillon!

[@tvcrazyman]

He had a awesome narrative voice.

[@hereandthere9023]

Billy Mummy also had a part in one of the episodes of Bewitched. There was also some cross-over between Petticoat Junciton and Green Acres. Lurch is my hero!

[@tvcrazyman]

I think Bill Mummy was in every show back then almost, at least every show that had anything to do with magic or science fiction.

[@johnsimon2988]

That was fantastic! Thank you Tvcrazyman. I remember most of what you showed. I was born half way through the run of The Adventures of Superman. I absolutely loved ST TOS, and The Wild Wild West. While The Munsters was my favorite 'tween that show and The Adams Family, I did watch both. Another show I loved from the 60's was Mannix. So many explosions and fist fights!. And Mike Conners appeared in an episode of Here's Lucy in character. While Gene Roddenberry was The Great Bird of The Galaxy, Lucile Ball was Grand Dame of Star Trek, as she championed the show and it appeared on her TV studio of Desilu. I'm eternally to grateful that fantastic woman. Do you remember Project: UFO? That premiered in1978 for a couple of seasons. Very entertaining. The good news is you've hooked me! The maybe not so good news is your audience is dying off if I'm a representative of such. I'm here for ya man, till the end anyway. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Which movie was it that said, "Never say die."😀

[@johnsimon2988]

@@tvcrazyman Er, "Never Say Die", with Bob Hope? Or a Black Sabbath album from the 70's. Or maybe from "The Goonies"? Both those movies were great.

[@rusnikfromtranscarpathia]

Another fun fact: Barbara Eden was on an episode of Dallas...and after being introduced to JR (Hagman), he asks what her name is...she said 'Nelson'! Lol

[@walternullifidian]

1956!? That's the year I was born! 🤣

[@gregoryclemen1870]

TED CASSIDY was also under cover in the star trek episode as the GORN.

[@asullivan4047]

Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent film footage enabling viewer's to better understand what the orator was describing. A very good concept for ( TV-land ) & other stations to have reruns of all those beloved shows years ago." I dream of Jeannie" my favorite sitcom.😉

[@aliceputt3133]

Robbie the Robot deserves a Oscar. The Guild’s discrimination against mechanicized actors is a disgrace. 😂

[@ML-dl1cp]

It's weird that Superman stands perfectly still to take a bunch of bullets to the chest, but ducks when the empty pistol is thrown at him.

[@yourhandlehere1]

Lead is soft, guns are hard.

[@jimrobinson4755]

The sound the bug critter makes at 9:11 sounds like a TIE fighter from Star Wars...

[@Pratman]

Such classics don't make them like this anymore 😀

[@tvcrazyman]

Really talented actors back in the day.

[@carl77242]

I grow up watching these movies when back in the early days love it 😊thanks for sharing it

[@MrMenefrego1]

I was watching a Dave Sundstrom livestream, and after it was over, I got this as a suggestion; I'm glad I did! This is my first time seeing one of your productions; you could be working for a network with all your talent and ability! (but please don't; network TV in the 21st century is a bad joke!) I can't imagine enjoying myself more. I'm an old Boomer, so I grew up watching all the shows you mentioned. The '50s & '60s were the golden age of TV!

[@tvcrazyman]

Thank you very much.😀

[@funnyvideosbestvideos7091]

Love your videos!!! Talk about a lot of homework. I’m sure this took hours/weeks of researching. Thanks so much….. They’re well worth the watch. 😊😊😊

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks, I appreciate it!

[@hdaline69]

There's a replica (or variant) of Robby in the lobby of the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas. I have a picture with him, it's pretty cool

[@tvcrazyman]

Cool! 😀

[@daviderickson2607]

Ted Cassidy also did the voice of Injun Joe (and his various incarnations) on the New Adventurers of Huckleberry Finn which was a mixed live action/animated show in the 1968-9 He was also Harvey Logan in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( love the knife with Paul Newman)

[@tvcrazyman]

I am just now watching that Huckleberry Finn show for the first time. Got the DVD recently.

[@MarkEvans-wx3sg]

Praise The Lord!

[@thedandyyoutubers1671]

Well done : ) Very interesting

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks!

[@wallyman292]

Dawn Wells back in her day. . . Yum!!! ;)

[@williampetersen9915]

Speaking of fun facts; here's one about about Gomer Pyle, USMC. As most know, Andy Griffith, Frances Bavier, George Lindsey and Ron Howard all appeared individually and collectively on episodes of Gomer Pyle. However, there was one Andy Griffith Show character/actor that appeared in 2 Gomer Pyle episodes without being on set or speaking one word. That would be Don Knotts. In the episode Gomer Goes Home, Gomer is in the courthouse and looks at a framed photo of Barney. In the 1st season episode Gomer and the Dragon Lady, there is a scene that takes place in front of a movie theater; in the background there is a movie poster for a film titled Ship to Shore, but if you look closely you'll see that it is a slightly re-dressed poster for The Incredible Mr. Limpet with Don Knotts very visible on the poster.

[@tvcrazyman]

Neat.

[@timmellor2599]

It's interesting to hear the interlinking between these shows and other roles the actors did. However, I am at a major disadvantage as I grew up in Britain where these shows were not so common. I only saw the Munsters and the Addams Family in my teens.

[@wb3381]

I wish Robby appeared on Gilligan's Island even though a different robot appeared

[@Richard-b5r9v]

I used watch Bewitched just to gaze at the beauty of Elizabeth Montgomery

[@DoubleMrE]

Ah yes, the old Genie or Samantha question. I’m with the Sam team. But I have to say, I liked Emma Peel the most of all. 😊

[@Richard-b5r9v]

@@DoubleMrE Yes. Diana Rigg I presume?

[@DoubleMrE]

@@Richard-b5r9v Indeed! BTW, did you ever notice the name Emma Peel was a joke by the writers? -M (as in ‘man’) appeal. 😉

[@teetoo3790]

I love Barbra Eden was well as I Dream of Jeanie.

[@martingarcia4373]

I never found her attractive.

[@lindaebert789]

Thank You 😊🎉

[@williamantico7768]

Another Show from the Mid 60's that had a lot of Actors that went on to appear on Star Trek, is 12 O'Clock High.

[@thomasmartinscott]

The vast majority of these actors from ALL of these Shows were in Gunsmoke... many of them numerous times as different Characters. In fact, having watched all 635 episodes of Gunsmoke, it's difficult to name a Show from the '70s or even the '80s that didn't have major Characters who had appeared in Gunsmoke. I worked with Dennis Weaver, (Chester from Gunsmoke) 6 nights a week in a Theater Show. That reignited my interest in the series. (He did a 10 minute bit where Chester taught the audience how to play the Guitar.) I'm currently going through the entire 20 Seasons again. It was a GREAT Show. Maybe you could do a Show like this one and tie it to all the future TV Shows and Movies that each Actor was in. They included Jon Voight, Kurt Russel, Bette Davis, Jodie Foster, Ron Howard, Charles Bronson, Gary Bussey and many, many more. BTW, this was a well done video. I subscribed.

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks. Dennis Weaver was a great actor. It must have been a very cool experience working with him.

[@thomasmartinscott]

@@tvcrazyman It was a pure pleasure! He was not only a great Actor, he was a great Human Being. Some of my favorite memories are of the cookouts and get togethers off the Stage.

[@timidbeauty2355]

The Munster house was shown in several different tv shows and movies, the Sanford and Sons junkyard and the house from the movie Psycho were used in episodes of Emergency!

[@tvcrazyman]

I hope you all enjoy this compilation of my facts videos on 50's and 60's TV shows.

[@spankynater4242]

Lurch did the opening spoken intro for the 70's Incredible Hulk TV show.

[@mikepasko7493]

GREAT INFO......

[@gregjones7724]

My Grandfather went to school with Ted Cassidy (Lurch). My Grandfather lived in nearby Arden WVa.

[@tvcrazyman]

Awesome!

[@Robil63]

The relevant cut inserts are funny

[@frankmarkovcijr5459]

During my comfermation as we walked to the alter they played the theme song from F Troop.

[@tvcrazyman]

That's interesting. 😀

[@frankmarkovcijr5459]

@@tvcrazyman My mom was trying to name the song and a guy next to her said it was the theme from F Troop.

[@ernestcruz6316]

Olan Soule (pronounced, I believe, "So-lay") also did a series of TV PSAs for the American Prune Board, which attempted to get Americans to eat more prunes and drink more prune juice.

[@tvcrazyman]

Interesting. I did not know that.

[@ernestcruz6316]

@@tvcrazyman Those PSAs are likely here on KZbin if you wish to see them.

[@BIGELOW.65]

He was also the voice of Batman on Super Friends.

[@hydrolito]

Some TV series were filmed in Old Tucson where they had buildings to resemble a western town. Not far from city of Tucson, Arizona.

[@mikeweizer3149]

Sounds like the high Chapperal

[@MichaelSattler-f8d]

The Adventures of Superman was first televised in color, September 1965, as I remember from WPIX. In 1967, when Hazel went into syndication, it started with the second season, when it switched to color, and I think it was done this was, as it was very rare for syndicated shows to have any episodes to be televised in color at that time. As for '50's and '60's parents, not all had great sexual morals, as that was the era of swinging.

[@provost5752]

Robert Conrad was a bad ass.

[@michaelterrell]

That car in the Bewitched clip was a '66 or '67 Pontiac GTO.

[@michaelterrell]

@user-rc8dy2oh4c I bought a '66 GTO in 1972 with a blown engine. Some jock tried to rebuild it, without a torque wrench. He had the attitude, "I'm strong, I don't need a damned torque wrench." When I tore it down. I found several main bearing caps laying in the oil pan. Two damaged connecting rods and a damaged crankshaft. I rebuilt it. then I installed a three speed automatic in place of the Power Glide. I had to have a 26 inch driveshaft made, then I modified the console shifter to work with it. The day that I got it running, I received a draft notice, after being told that I could never serve. It was red, with a black and woodgrain interior I was just 13 when it was introduced, nut I knew that I wanted one.

[@krisdunwoody7037]

1:43 Maybe a "Good Thing" NOT getting up to put out the fire, Fires burn upwards faster than burning down. If he stood up, the fire might have quickly burned up his "Pant Leg". By remaining where he was, the fire is on the top of the toe, and would travel slowly!

[@tvcrazyman]

That is interesting. I think I would jumped up in a state of panic and starting rolling on the ground. There is something to be said for remaining calm though.

[@markraymond3198]

Where is Robbie the Robot now??? I bet he's worth a fortune possibly priceless.😊

[@hdaline69]

He was sold at auction (no mention of who bought him) in 2017 for $5,375,000. There's a replica (or variant) of him in the lobby of the Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas. I have a picture with him, it's pretty cool.

[@EdRyba]

If you ever wonder whether a scene was shot indoors or outdoors, just look at the ground. Check out the number of shadows a person or horse has, and whether those shadows go off in several directions. Given the fact that Planet Earth has ONE sun, if there are shadows in more than one direction, there were multiple sources of artificial lighting… therefore the scene was shot on a soundstage.

[@hebneh]

I was going to point out the same thing. Another giveaway is the number of reflections on shiny surfaces, which are the multiple individual lights overhead. There's also a different quality to the sound, if you're hearing the live actors recorded on-site and not dubbed later in post-production.

[@moonchildluvsbobcrane]

Sad ending for George Reeves 😢

[@ronaldthacker4127]

A number of cast members of One Life To Live in the mid 80's were guest stars on Star Trek the Original Series in the mid 60's.

[@pamelacurl8342]

subbed:)

[@kevinbutler-hm1]

Also, Robby made a camoe in Gremlins when Hoyt Axton was on the phone calling home from the inventors convention.

[@et76039]

Star Tre, TOS fan here. Was watching an episode of the Wild, Wild West, and saw a prop used on the Menagerie episodes. It is the wheelchair used by the injured ST character Christopher Pike.

[@gregoryclemen1870]

MAYBERRY was also used in the STAR TREK episode "RETURN OF THE ARCONS".

[@sailorbychoice1]

8:50 Bill Mumy... Moo Mee, not Mummy.

[@3dartistguy]

Guy Williams wires also broke doing space screws on lost in space. Also Star Trek often used theMayverry city set for earth like planets or going back in time on earth.

[@bekindtoanimals2189]

I used to get Bill Mumy's name wrong until I heard him pronounce it as "Moo-me". 🤷‍♂

[@frankmarkovcijr5459]

God we had such good TV in those days.

[@Robil63]

Nope, no we didn't. The characters, humour, plots, staging were super-lame. But it's all we had on TV after school.

[@kendull6155]

Cassidy was also in the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. He took a boot to the jewels from Paul Newman in the Hole in the Wall fight scene.

[@edvanness2480]

18:53 My Favorite...Huh? How about, "My Favorite Mar-sha", as in "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" You know, "My Favorite MARTIAN" Great work! Enjoy it immensely!

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks

[@ernestcruz6316]

The man who did the Mole Men makeup in that Superman pilot was also responsible for Tor Johnson's makeup in the Ed Wood movie Plan 9 from Outer Space.

[@EdRyba]

Is that why you could see the zippers on the backs of the Mole Men?

[@ernestcruz6316]

@@EdRyba You can bet on it.

[@SKF358]

50s 60s, no apostrophes. They're plural, not possessive.

[@supergeoff]

Man surprise they didn't do I dream of Jeannie and Bewitched crossover

[@RobertHiggins-b4i]

They don't make them like they used to.

[@godngunclinger]

is Gary Busey at 37:03 standing behind Larry Storch?

[@tvcrazyman]

I think so, if not, he sure does look an awful lot like him. I don't think he had any official credit though for being on that episode.

[@godngunclinger]

@@tvcrazyman I recognize a Hagowie voice from the Underdog cartoon and an actor from dragnet. This is a fun video that had to take a lot of work to make. You must be my age, I'm 65 and watched a lot of tv in the 60s

[@tvcrazyman]

Thanks, I'm a little younger, but I watched a lot of re-runs growing up. @@godngunclinger

[@godngunclinger]

@@tvcrazyman tv isn't the same today. I only watch KZbin videos and so I am continually searching the cast credits for shows and movies and google images for the names of these actors

[@Snakefinger1000]

At first the tribe of Indians in F-Troop was The Fukawi but they soon realised that the name was a joke as in "Where the Fukarewe?" and it was pulled from the show at the last moment.but most people who watched the show got it anyhow.

[@BuddhaFang]

18:53 “Marsha”, like My Favorite Martian

[@jamesjose2164]

Ted Cassidy also played Thing in The Addams Family

[@usascorpio]

F-Troop...... similar formula of the 1950s "Phil Silvers Show", and the early 60s "McHales Navy". All 3 shows featured a vice ladened underground/backroom operator, and all military.

[@aaronyarb4988]

0:02 Notice how Superman stood still when he was fired at but... Ducked when the guy threw the empty 🔫 at him after he unloaded a full clip? Why would he duck?

[@HonoringGeneralG.S.PattonJr]

1:10 Grandpa was actually Lillie's father, even though she & Herman called him Grandpa.

[@spankynater4242]

Yeah, I think that is common in families when grandchildren emerge.

[@HonoringGeneralG.S.PattonJr]

@@spankynater4242 Yes it is.

[@timidbeauty2355]

But in one episode, Herman called Grampa, "my grandfather". Made no sense.

[@mariehernandez5878]

It sometimes get mentioned how Grandpa's son, Lester doesn't look anything like Lily. I must point out that Grandpa had over a hundred wives and Lester could easily be Lily's half-brother.

[@tonystevenson26]

It was rumored that off set, Roddy the robot was gettin.busy with Grandma Walton

[@EdRyba]

When “The Adventures of Superman” hit the air, did you see that the locomotive (which Superman was reportedly more powerful than) in the show open, was pulling a Southern Pacific “Coast Daylight” train?

[@Eryqqp1]

my funniest memory of superman is that he stands up as the bad guys shoot at him but when they run out of bullets and throw the guns at him he ducks.

[@aviatortrucker6285]

You brought up the idea of the dust being kicked up. What about all the indoor scenes, especially black-and-white, westerns, when the sun is shining in the windows are open and you still see their shadows on the wall? That’s from the camera lighting.

[@brianarbenz1329]

And almost never is there the slightest breeze in the supposed outdoors when it’s filmed in studios. You’ll see tree branches and shrubs, but they never move even the tiniest bit. A simple fan off stage could provide intermittent breeze to see the scene as outdoor, or even have an unseen person pull a cord by tied to the fauna props.

[@aviatortrucker6285]

@@brianarbenz1329 Let’s talk about driving scenes where it is clearly a movie in the rear window when the camera pans between characters, sometimes the road they’re on or car following changes. They amplified this and made fun of it in the movie “Airplane” when the guy picked up the pilot played by Loyd Bridges when he was driven from his house to the airport.

[@brianarbenz1329]

@@aviatortrucker6285 That was one of Airplane!'s greatest satires.

[@aviatortrucker6285]

@@brianarbenz1329 all I can think of 100 scenes in that movie that were hilarious. When that air traffic controller pulled the plug out of the wall, and all of the runway lighting, went off at the same time which he replied just kidding. When they mentioned that they were on instruments, and they were playing musical instruments in the cockpit. Of course, my favorite one was when the guy was still waiting in the taxi what his fair was running up into the thousands of dollars, to name a few.

[@anthonyperno1348]

Hazel! Gee, you think they could have exploited the robot just a touch more? Maybe opening shopping malls and such.

[@spankynater4242]

They got their money's worth.

[@SuperChicken666]

As a child of the sixties, I wonder if young people are interested in this kind of content. That would be like me seeking out programs of 1890's trivia. So most of the people who gravitate to this subject are probably on Social Security. I'm going back to sleep now until the nurse brings my medication.😊❤❤

[@tvcrazyman]

As a kid of the 70's, I've always appreciated things that came way before me like the Three Stooges and Abbott and Costello movies. So surely there's some younger people today that like the classics. Of course, cable was big in my day starting in the 80's and they had lots of re-runs.

[@3dartistguy]

Madge black appeared on that Lucy Superman episode who would go on to play Aunt Harriet on Batman in 1966

[@timidbeauty2355]

*Blake.

[@AKayfabe]

they really got their moneys worth out of the Robbie the robot thing though. He was expensive but he was well utilized

[@Richard-b5r9v]

Robert Conrad should have had a stand in stuntman as a insurance policy. I am flabbergasted that he did his own stunts. Ross Martin actually died from a heart attack while playing tennis in southern California

[@auggie803]

-Conrad Wanted to do his own stunts. I guess it was a pride thing.

[@davidnottennant1161]

Is that painting in the background at 7:26 the same painting from the 2017 It remake?

[@JosephLafrance-n4w]

What I thought was funny was the intro Superman was Ducking? why? he was the man od steel wasn't he? lol loved the show though.

[@hebneh]

"Pink Lady", on which Robby the Robot appeared, was an extremely short-lived (and bizarrely ill-advised) musical variety show starring a Japanese female singing duo named "Pink Lady". They could not speak English, which obviously made the entire thing unworkable.

[@Mtlmshr]

Even as a kid I never wondered about the dust because even then I realized that they are using a camera car and that’s only because my neighbor worked for Panavision, they rented camera equipment to the studios