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All of the following are true regarding television during the 1950s EXCEPT?
A) it altered eating habits at dinnertime with the appearance of TV trays and frozen TV dinners.
B) its drama was noted for its “earthiness” and extreme violence.
C) it is revered as a classic period in television programming–a “golden age of television.”
D) it relied heavily on programming that included the variety show and live drama.
…B…The censors would not allow any violence that might upset a viewer. TV was tame in the 50s.
TV Variety Shows
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The CAROL BURNETT SHOW VHS COLLECTION: 15 tapes with 30 episodes. Classic Comedy! $450.00 The Carol Burnett Show classic moments. The Carol Burnett Show is one of Televisions greatest shows in history! Lasting 11 successful years starting in 1967 and ending in 1978. Winning 25 Emmy Awards *** 8 Golden Globe Awards *** 3 People’s Choice Awards. Time magazine’s “100 Best TV Shows of All Time” *** Guest appearances from some of the greatest stars!… |
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Gee Whiz-zz / Guided Muscle $1.99 … |
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A Classic Christmas – The Ed Sullivan Show $0.97 Unforgettable Performances from The Ed Sullivan ShowCapture the warmth joy and magic of the holiday season in A ClassicChristmas; from the Ed Sullivan Show. This one hour special featuressome of the biggest classic holiday song performers to date includingBing Crosby Johnny Mathis and Connie Francis. Share some festivefamily seasonal moments with group performances from Alvin & TheChipmunks and Ri… |
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Tuppy and the Terrier $0.99 … |
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Clarion CMV1 DVD/CD/MP3/WMA Receiver with USB Port $799.99 Clarion’s CMV1 is a DVD receiver packed with entertainment options. Play back DVDs and CDs, your digital MP3/WMA/AAC and DivX files, and control your iPod directly. Enjoy the show on the 3.5-inch display or go with external video monitors. The CMV1 features technologies to give you warm, detailed audio–fifty watts of it through four channels. Looking to build a larger system? Six preamp outputs… |
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TV’s Grooviest Variety Shows (of the ’60 and ’70s) $6.75 AUCTION DESCRIPTION… |
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Morecambe and Wise $35.00 Morecambe and Wise worked together for mor than forty years, honing skills drawn from the music hall, variety, radio, cinema and TV, and then combining them to produce an award-winning show for the BBC. This biography includes unpublished material from the BBC archives, and celebrity interviews…. |
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas ( DVD-ROM ) $7.49 This software is BRAND NEW. Packaging may differ slightly from the stock photo above. Please click on our logo above to see over 15,000 titles in stock…. |
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Spongebob Squarepants: Lights, Camera, Pants! $4.70 The Show Must Go On!Product InformationThe residents of Bikini bottom are about to discover that there’s notbusiness like show business. Producer Gill Hammerstein is holding acasting call for a special episode of “The New Adventures of Mermaidman andBarnacleboy.” But production is stalled when no one shows up toaudition except for one eager yellow sponge. With the show in danger … |
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Saturday Night Live – 25th Anniversary $7.55 Like many of the clips that make up the bulk of its content, the Saturday Night Live 25th Anniversary special suffers from that malady specific to almost every SNL sketch: it starts out brilliantly, loses steam about halfway through, then slowly but gamely limps to the finish line with occasional spurts of humor. This special (which actually marks the show’s 24th anniversary, but never you mind ab… |
