The announcer doing the "billboards" (opening and closing) for this great comedy was my dad, Carl Caruso.
@hayleywaalen26124 жыл бұрын
Wow, Lucky
@RobertBee-fs8hv7 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for speaking up for your dad.
@jeffmissinne386610 жыл бұрын
When shooting on NYC locations, people sometimes mistook "Car 54" for an actual patrol car. To prevent this, the producers had the car painted bright red (NYC police cars were black-and-green.) Filmed in black and white, the car still appeared in the proper gray tones.
@TheFunkywhiteboy638 жыл бұрын
"There's a holdup in the Bronx, Brooklyn's broken out in fights, There's a traffic jam in Harlem that's backed up to Jackson Heights, There's a Scout troop short a child, Khrushchev's due at Idlewild, Car 54 Where Are You?" -now I've got the theme in my head and can't get it out! LOL
@notthepsychicyourelookingf23696 жыл бұрын
TheFunkywhiteboy63 why would krushchev be due anywhere? i think it's cruise ship
@OldsVistaCruiser6 жыл бұрын
Notthepsychic You'relookingfor - Idlewild is known today as JFK International Airport. Until Citi Field was built, I changed a couple of lines to "There's a ballgame over at Shea, the president's due at JFK!"
@roryloganwhitley18676 жыл бұрын
Front-page headline from the New York Daily News, September 17, 1959: Khrush Due Here Today --- Promises UN New Arms Plan.
@OldsVistaCruiser5 жыл бұрын
@gayboyzig - Citi Field isn't that old!
@lesa.49033 жыл бұрын
@@OldsVistaCruiser I too have had thoughts about updating the lyrics for a potential remake. Last line could be "Cardi B is going wild" as she grew up in the Bronx. Because no Staten Island locale is mentioned in the original it could be "Staten Island's going wild" to cover all 5 boroughs.
@AmericaSpeaks15 жыл бұрын
I grew up and lived in the area of the Bronx where the series was filmed. The old studio ( now a sanitation garage) was on 175th street and the back lot on 176th. It was once the Biograph Studios until the late 60’s. To keep the car from being mistaken for a real police car, it was painted red instead of the green ( they became blue in the early 70’s) They shot in different locales (Pelham Parkway, Crotona Park, Marmion Ave, Southern Boulevard and Tremont Ave) Most of the shooting was indoors so I didn’t get to see the actors too often.
@Musicradio77Network10 жыл бұрын
This theme song was used in an Atari commercial for "Mario Bros." If you remember this lyrics: "something's gumming up the plumbing, poor Luigi's right behind, giant turtles are to get you, creepy crabs are right behind, fireflies, cheaper chyps, they're all coming out the pipes, 'Mario, where are you?!"
@apersonnamedjune6 жыл бұрын
*MARRRIOOOOO WHERE ARE YOOOOUUUUUU-* wait wrong thing
@mrmjb19605 жыл бұрын
Later commercial.
@fromthesidelines11 жыл бұрын
Procter & Gamble originally sponsored the series on NBC's Sunday night schedule at 8:30pm(et) during the two seasons it was produced (1961-'63); the sponsor's products were originally showcased in the lower left-hand corner of the closing credits.
@lylewiedeman83325 жыл бұрын
My goodness - the commercials give me a fierce sense of nostalgia! Thanks for sharing.
@kingbee150010 жыл бұрын
Excellent audio and video quality on these clips! I think it's great when DVD sets use the "network strip" reels with this original footage and sponsor tags- adds to the historical feel...these on "Car 54" were very well done integrating the credits and theme music with the plug. BTW, for the younger set, "Idlewild" is the flat, marshy plain area around Jamaica Bay. NYC. Acres were reclaimed to build what is now JFK International Airport....originally New York Idlewild Airport, changed to JFK in January, 1964.
@starey18 жыл бұрын
and Khrushchev was Nikita Khrushchev; the prime minister of Russia in the 60s
@mhbbej17 жыл бұрын
One of the best theme songs in the history of TV.
@dangelo13692 жыл бұрын
As you look at the scene of the closing credits, the car is rolling down Southern Boulevard near East Tremont Avenue. In that area was the infamous Happyland Club fire in 1990 that took place at 1959 Southern Boulevard. 87 people died in the fire. In another opening sequence, you'll see them travelling west on East Tremont Avenue and they'll pass under the still running 3rd Avenue El at the Tremont Avenue stop where the Bronx Borough Hall still stood to the south of the underpass.
@lesa.49033 жыл бұрын
I grew up in the neighborhood where the show was filmed. The police station in the opening and closing credits is the south side of the Biograph studio on E. 175th Street. The background of the closing credits at 0:54 shows the car filmed live southbound on Southern Boulevard crossing in front of a bus stopped on Tremont Avenue and passing the Kenny Cleaners at Elsmere Place. The opening at 2:52 is the most common one with the background on a projection screen taken from a vehicle traveling west on Tremont Avenue. At 3:01 the vertical sign for the Loews FAIRMOUNT is clearly visible. At 4:15 the projected background is Southern Blvd. with the trees on the right being the Bronx Zoo. At 4:25 the building on the left edge is at 181 St. and Southern Boulevard. It has been demolished. At 5:44 is the continuation of the westbound drive on Tremont which shows the now demolished Third Avenue El. I think this is the least used background.
@gcfifthgear2 жыл бұрын
And if you look closely, after Car 54 passes the bus, you'll see Christmas decorations on the telephone and light poles!
@lesa.49032 жыл бұрын
Sharp eyes bongoman.
@ronaldkrurk34245 жыл бұрын
I really love this show never get tired of watching it, it is a real classic
@SoshiTheYoshi4 жыл бұрын
Something’s gumming up the plumbing, poor Luigi's in a bind, Giant turtles out to get him, creepy crabs are right behind, Fighter flies, jeepers! Yipes! They’re all coming out the pipes! MARIO WHERE ARE YOU?!?
@deykuzor8 жыл бұрын
I'm 23 now, but my father would sit me in front of the television as a 7 year old (in 2001) and say that I would love this..... and he was right.
@fromthesidelines11 жыл бұрын
Joe E. Ross and Beatrice Pons (as "Gunther Toody" and "Lucille Toody") also appeared in a print ad for Tide in 1962- it's currently available for viewing on E-Bay...
@charmaineboyd837010 жыл бұрын
I love the fact that back then the cast was part of a kind of "theater group" I'm sure there's proper verbage for this, but they all played multiple roles. Like Katz the Butcher is also the orthopedist in Sols gift for retirement party (Gerald Hiken) I watch this so much, these people are like friends and I get to see the New York I never really understood because I was between 5-7 when it came on.
@poitrenaud11 жыл бұрын
Whomever posted this, I want to Hug them! This was one of my favorite shows, and I had a lovely childhood. America was so, so much better then than today
@mcfrdmn9 жыл бұрын
This was an excellent television show.
@mcfrdmn9 жыл бұрын
This was an excellent television show.
@mcfrdmn9 жыл бұрын
This was an excellent television show.
@ronaldkrurk34245 жыл бұрын
Michael Friedman you're right about that
@rockvilleraven4 жыл бұрын
@@ronaldkrurk3424 Don't waste your time with the movie version.
@cityhawk Жыл бұрын
@@rockvilleraven How bad are we talking?
@jalowe195711 жыл бұрын
The vintage openings and closings are on the DVDs. You are far more likely to find the sponsor tags on the Season 2 set than you will on the Season 1, though two of the episodes in the Season 1 set do have sponsor tags.
@charmaineboyd837010 жыл бұрын
I love this so much. Genuine comedy. Yes, we all use Tide and notice, back then they were starting to use the word "Improved". For some reason i doubt Fred is the voice over. I watched an Amos & Andy Video which showed the announcer actually in the commercials for the Kaiser Car, Camel Cigarettes & more. Amos & Andy is plentiful and just as precious but few commercials & credits.
@AldenRDavis6 жыл бұрын
There a hold-up in the Bronx, Brooklyn's broken out in fights; There's a traffic jam in Harlem That's backed-up to Jackson Heights; There's a scout troop short a child, Khrushchev's due in Idlewild ... Car 54, where are you?
@fromthesidelines10 жыл бұрын
It's been established that Carl Caruso was the sponsor I.D. announcer (as his daughter Susan has graciously pointed out, Charmaine).
@tomservo5695410 жыл бұрын
I do identify Carl's voice with ABC more than anything else...
@jeffmissinne386610 жыл бұрын
Paul Duca I always associated Carl Caruso's voice with the old Mutual Broadcasting System on shows like "The Mysterious Traveler" myself; he was a great "old school" announcer. I'm not sure if he was "on staff" there or a freelancer.
@joelholmes12609 жыл бұрын
A very different era! (Bill O'Reilly's grandfather was a New York City Police officer.)
@susancaruso893711 жыл бұрын
Hi Paul, dad was a freelance announcer in the late 50's and early 60's. The sponsors of the shows hired him. He was based in NYC, never on the West Coast for his work.
@eddiecarter24869 жыл бұрын
Hi John, Thanks for posting these, it brings back wonderful memories of one of my favorite comedies. Could you upload the entire episodes that match these credits? That would be awesome and give us watchers a complete classic tv experience from the golden days of television. Thank you so much again, Eddie Carter
@mhbbej14 жыл бұрын
NYC was a great place to grow up in the 60s.
@KevinKenna-wv6qx2 ай бұрын
yes no longer !!
@tonydaniel850918 күн бұрын
Why not? @@KevinKenna-wv6qx
@DucNguyen01316 жыл бұрын
In 1962, The Adventures of Sir Francis Drake, a British import was shown there in the timeslot with the same sponsor. Will the same ever repeated in 1965 for Buckskin reruns as a summer replacement for season 1 of Branded, 1967 for Let's Make a Deal as a summer replacement for the failed sitcom Hey Landlord and 1971 for Red Skelton reruns as a summer replacement for the second and final season of Bill Cosby Show (by the breaking point, Bill Cosby moved this summer to Julia's Tuesday timeslot by participating advertisers)?
@tnawcwvictoria8 жыл бұрын
I use to watch this series in reruns on Nick @ Nite back when Nick @ Nite aired CLASSIC TV, not the stuff that they air today
@tonycanabal16592 жыл бұрын
Idlewild Airport would be renamed JFK International Airport a year after the show ended.
@Megadrive-pf1ko Жыл бұрын
MARIO WHERE ARE YOU!?!?!!!!!!
@jalowe195711 жыл бұрын
A note for you, Paul: Seasons 1 & 2 of "Car 54" are available on DVD via Amazon.com.
@DucNguyen01316 жыл бұрын
The advertisers from Car 54, continued to be used on Grindl, possibly season 2 of The Bill Dana Show and possibly earlier episodes of Branded, until both Lilt and Gleem was most likely possibly written out starting with (possibly) original airings of season 2 of Branded.
@jehobden6 жыл бұрын
Procter & Gamble sponsored all the shows in this time period from 1961 to 1972, Sunday nights 8:30-9 PM ET on NBC. This went from CAR 54 to THE JIMMY STEWART SHOW and all the shows & summer replacements in between.
@mikedoran9851 Жыл бұрын
Since nobody else mentioned it: The theme song is being sung by members of Mitch Miller's Sing Along Gang. The title line is sung by Sing Alonger Earl Rogers, IDed as such in a TV guide profile of Mitch Miller. Check out the Mitch Miller videos here on KZbin: Earl Rogers is the guy who looks a little like Ed Wynn.
@poitrenaud11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time with me, Susan- Tell me, did your dad actually meet the Actors in that Great Show? WOW! I liked Fred Gwynn-- He had a small role in "On the Waterfront" ! 1954-He was a lovely man--AND of course Joe E. Ross!! ooooh Ooooh--Jumpin' Jehoshephat!
@remaxgp18586 жыл бұрын
Mario where are you? :D
@MikeLutton11 ай бұрын
this theme song is really hard to get out of your head once u hear it a few several times lol
@jatigre19 жыл бұрын
OMG! What a show!
@176questions Жыл бұрын
"Something's gumming up the plumbing, poor Luigi's in a bind. Giant turtles out to get him, creepy crabs are right behind. Fighter Flies, jeepers, yipes!" "Mario, where are you!?"
@jhzenor6148111 жыл бұрын
My dad loves this show, in fact, he sends me text messages sometimes when he wonders when I'm coming home with the show title in his message.
@JoeL-zi2zd6 жыл бұрын
James Zenog
@joelholmes12609 жыл бұрын
Toody: Joe Biden. Muldoon: John Kerry. Capt. Block: Samuel Alito. Khruschev: Vladimir Putin.
@agentfungus97429 жыл бұрын
Joel: Too funny! But can you imagine a shirtless Khruschev??? Ugh! A mental image I am now unable to shed...
@tomservo5695410 жыл бұрын
Lava is now made by the WD-40 people...
@gidzmobug23236 жыл бұрын
Paul Duca I remember Lava Soap. Had pumice in it.
@trevorkeyes16945 жыл бұрын
Catchy theme song
@poitrenaud11 жыл бұрын
Your Father had the most pleasant voice--Caruso! Must run in the Family! The Announcers were not necessarily part of the Local Bronx Film Crew, but rather for the Sponsors; yes? Was your dad located in California?
@Sheri4519 жыл бұрын
Did you know that you can still find Gleem in dollar stores? Washday miracle? At our house, every day is a washday.
@fromthesidelines8 жыл бұрын
Gleem was officially discontinued by Procter & Gamble at the end of 2014.
@Sheri4518 жыл бұрын
Oh I didn't know that But I know they still sell Pepsodent.Thank you for the information.
@fromthesidelines8 жыл бұрын
Which is now marketed by Church & Dwight.
@Sheri4518 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the information.When I was little , I used to think that in the sing Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer. "And they shouted out with glee!" was "And they shouted out with Gleem!"
@jehobden6 жыл бұрын
Pepsodent is owned by Unilever, back then Lever Bros. It sponsored shows like HERE'S LUCY in the past.
@gcfifthgear4 жыл бұрын
Interesting that the opens and closes show 1962 and 1963 Plymouth police cars (with the clever graphics between products), but the interior shots show a six-window four-door Plymouth sedan built between 1957 and 1959 (the dip at the top of the dashboard and the side windows give it away!)
@fromthesidelines11 жыл бұрын
Philip Morris sponsored "I LOVE LUCY" from 1951 through '55. In the fall of '54, Procter & Gamble [Cheer, Lilt] became their "alternate sponsor". In the fall of '55, General Foods [Sanka] replaced Philip Morris as their "primary sponsor"....and they continued to sustain the series until it ended in 1957.
@kingbee15009 жыл бұрын
+Barry I. Grauman from '57-60 (in the hour-long Lucy-Desi format), they were totally sposnored by Westinghouse, right? Or was that a split sponsorship in the old style with another company?
@fromthesidelines8 жыл бұрын
The first five "LUCILLE BALL-DESI ARNAZ SHOW" specials {in the 1957-'58 season} were sponsored by Ford. From 1958 through '60, they alternated with "WESTINGHOUSE DESILU PLAYHOUSE" (as "THE WESTINGHOUSE LUCILLE BALL-DESI ARNAZ SHOW"). In post-1962 repeats, they were retitled "THE LUCY-DESI COMEDY HOUR"........
@mrmjb19605 жыл бұрын
Pre-Munsters show for Gwynne and Lewis.
@mcfrdmn9 жыл бұрын
Car 54, Where Are You - Opening & Closing Credits
@BLKBRDSR71 Жыл бұрын
Secret been around so long when god said "Let their be light", Secret flipped the switch.
@prausch655 жыл бұрын
I give a lot of credit to the creators of this intro, great theme, but with variations on the actions of the two, the most hilarious is when Joe Ross drops the ice cream cone in his crotch!!!
@tomservo5695410 жыл бұрын
The car silhouette is still the 1961 Plymouth first used...
@freddyrichards8786 жыл бұрын
🎵Cary bary car, where are you?🎵
@MichaelSattler-f8d11 ай бұрын
I like mashups. How about Herman as Toody's partner, and Grandpa taking Schnauzer's place?
@kbobdonahue19662 жыл бұрын
I only thing missing is the nbc presents snake logo at the beginning of each episode during black and white programs.
@charmaineboyd837010 жыл бұрын
Can anyone identify the white car the lady is driving in "Paint Job". Boy, she was stylin'. The lady who wa zig-zagging. I see an emblem over the right head light but can't tell what car. Credits say cars provided by Chrysler, but were all done by them?
@tomservo5695410 жыл бұрын
That is a 1957 Oldsmobile...
@Neville6000110 жыл бұрын
Where did you get this?
@jalowe195711 жыл бұрын
As I recall, by then Procter & Gamble and General Foods became alternate sponsors...
@jehobden6 жыл бұрын
Was that Fred Gwynne reading the sponsor plugs for a good number of the plugs?
@starey13 жыл бұрын
if you turn on the closed captioning on this, it gets a few of the words wrong LOL
@booberry3493 жыл бұрын
The Green Giant without makeup
@markjeffries36846 жыл бұрын
Is Andre Baruch the voiceover?
@hangemhigh200010 жыл бұрын
They retired it for the Ford Crown Victoria.
@mrmjb19605 жыл бұрын
Announcer is Fred Gwynne himself.
@bobjersey5 жыл бұрын
There was a guy working back in Manhattan at WABC with a similar voice to Fred. Carl Caruso, ISTR.
@ikewasgen459 жыл бұрын
Krushchev? Comercial pitchman is Truman Bradley. Host of Science Fiction Theater in the 50s'. Cop car is a 63'' Plymouth Chryslers CHEVY challenger. Bradley was on camera foe Sci Fi theater. Did'nt like this show but liked the theme!
@DAVIDSHERFFSTUDIO3 жыл бұрын
Car 54
@gcfifthgear3 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one to have noticed that, in the '61-'62 season, that Car 54 is parked, idling, next to a fire hydrant? (And in the '62-'63 season, it pulls away from that same fire hydrant?)
@lesa.49033 жыл бұрын
Stopped with driver in car and engine running = Standing = No ticket, even for a civilian. I do see from your other comment that you are way more of a car expert than I am.
@JJJBRICE7 жыл бұрын
Does anyone notice a similarity between Joe E Ross and Shemp Howard?
@gidzmobug23236 жыл бұрын
No--but Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis were in one other program together: The Munsters.
@fromthesidelines11 жыл бұрын
Actually, that's an NBC announcer whose name I can't quite place at this moment...
@priestessmikokikyo773 жыл бұрын
If that show was soo popular why did it only last two seasons?
@joelholmes12608 жыл бұрын
They sure would have needed to re-write the theme song, if the series had been renewed for a third (or fourth) season (which it was NOT)!
@OldsVistaCruiser Жыл бұрын
I actually came up with alternate ending lyrics for that: There's a ball game over at Shea The president's due at JFK Car 54, where are you? (Idlewild became JFK)
@Ralphie_Boy6 жыл бұрын
*Dam I remember dead days with my partner!!!!*
@famoustvstarr9 жыл бұрын
Sloopy editing..Would have sound better if you didnt chop off the last few notes of each end credits...must redo
@nannyboo13687 жыл бұрын
(wonders if you meant to type, sloppy? How sloopy of you.)
@hifidistortion2711 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Fred Gwynne as the voiceover
@tonymanzo37664 ай бұрын
E Tremont ave or e 180 st, crossing third ave at
@cumcockproductions64333 жыл бұрын
Mario
@susancaruso893711 жыл бұрын
Hi Paul,
@JJJBRICE7 жыл бұрын
Anyone notice a resemblance between Joe E Ross and Shemp Howard?