Make Room For Daddy (1953) - Footage Offline - 10/12/10

The Frank Fontaine Show (1955) - Footage Offline - 5/17/09

I think this was probably a pilot in the mid-fifties, hence the lack of sponsor spots on what looks like a raw piece of film. Fontaine, staple of The Jackie Gleason Show, could not hold a show of his own - especially with canned laughs and no writers. At least, it seems as if it has no writers.

The Jack Benny Program with guest Peter Lorre (1962)

What's My Line with guest Arthur Godfrey (1951)

The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson with guest host Freddie Prinze and guest Richard Pryor (1976)

I unfortunately can't embed this, but you can go directly to YouTube and watch this video, posted today, in parts one and two.

The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson with guests Robert Blake and Burt Shulman (1973)

Route 66 with guest stars Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff and Lon Chaney Jr! (1962) - Footage Offline - 09/10/10

The Martha Raye Show with guests Buster Keaton, Paul Douglas and songwriter Harold Arlen (1956)

Full episode.

Mister Peepers (1952)

Mister Peepers is considered among the top echelon of nineteen fifties sitcoms although I personally feel it is somewhat overrated. To be fair, I've only watched maybe six early episodes of the series, but I wasn't enthralled by it. I am a big fan of Wally Cox, however. His stand-up act, the little I've heard of it (on a radio episode of Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts), is hilarious. I'm also a fan of Underdog and the premiere episode of Mission: Impossible, both featuring Cox. I also get a kick out of the fact that he was best friends with Marlon Brando and the man that taught Brando how to ride a hog for The Wild One. For me, the best thing about Mister Peepers is its theme song composed by Bernie Greene. WFMU recently posted an item about Bernie Greene. Listen to a great sounding MP3 of the Mister Peepers theme here.

Fibber McGee and Molly with guest star Charles Lane (1959)

The very famous and very popular radio sitcom Fibber McGee & Molly was one of the last OTR shows to be converted into a television series. Unlike the well-remembered radio counterpart, nobody remembers this 1959 NBC sitcom. It did not have Jim and Marion Jordan at all.

The Don Lane Show with guest Dean Martin (1983)

The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson with guest host Bill Cosby and guests The Jackson Five (1972)

Jackson 5 - killing me softly (live)
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Sam & Friends (1959)

Here's one show that has yet to make it to DVD, but seems like a natural for the medium.