Sunday, September 14, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Monday, September 8, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
The Mike Douglas Show with co-host Jerry Lewis (1978)
A different episode from the same week of guest hostin'.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
The Hollywood Palace with hosts Steve & Eydie with guest Corbett Monica (1967)
This is the episode of Sinatra opening acts.
Robin and the Seven Hoods - Style (1964)
This was always my all time favorite Rat Pack tune and one of my favorite Sinatra songs ever. I used to dance along to it at the age of fifteen in my parent's basement, a baseball bat doubling for a cane.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Alan King (1987)
I have a rare and obscure pre-fame Alan King LP that I'll be posting at some point in the next few weeks.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Sunday, August 17, 2008
The 25,000 Pyramid with host Bill Cullen and guests William Shatner and Joanne Worley (1978)
Shatner plugs this cornball LP at the start of the show. You'll notice that his "space gun" is actually an upside down tripod. Also, if nothing else - skip to the 8:50 mark for Joanne Worley's clue.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Friday, August 15, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
What's My Line with mystery guest Danny Kaye (1957)
To keep this site from being overwhelmed by the sudden glut of What's My Line mystery guest spots flooding YouTube, I will only be embedding those featuring famous comedians or full episodes when they appear.
Wheel of Fortune (1976)
The sound ain't great but it's interesting to see an episode of Wheel of Fortune from 1976 hosted by a young Chuck Woolery (who looks like a Jack Burns character). I don't blame you if can't sit through the whole thing. I didn't.
Monday, August 4, 2008
What's My Line with panelist Groucho Marx (1959)
Groucho spars a bit with Bennett Cerf's failed attempts at humor and laborious rambling (as did Henry Morgan every now and then). By the way this is the 1000th post on Classic Television Showbiz and probably the 500th with questionable grammar.
The Doris Day Show featuring Rose Marie and McLean Stevenson (1968)
I can't believe they let Doris on national television with such an awful tan. This is a two-parter, but you'll have to wait a little bit to see the next installment of this episode as simultaneous Guba embeds really fack with the formatting of this blog for some reason.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Thursday, July 31, 2008
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1965)
A rare color episode of Ozzie and Harriet - and although the colors bleed - it isn't a colorized episode. This was near the end of the show's run.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Suspense starring Bob Hope (1949)
Paul Frees announces that Bob Hope stars in this week's episode of that greatest of radio dramas: Suspense. The episode Death has a Shadow. Bob plays it straight and intense like... for one of the few times in his career. Listen.
The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971)
Generally I rely on YouTube and occasionally Guba, Veoh, GoogleVideo and Dailymotion for the videos posted on Classic Television Showbiz. I've avoided popular sites like AOLvideo and Hulu because they are not available in Canada - and i'm not about to embed something that I myself can't even watch. However, I recently discovered a way around that and if you are using a computer outside the United States like me then you'll want to go here and figure out what you need to do to watch these videos. It's remarkably simple. After you've done that you'll not only be able to watch this episode of The New Dick Van Dyke Show, you'll also be able to watch several full - mostly high quality - episodes of Adam 12, Dragnet '68, Chico and the Man, The Dick Van Dyke Show, McHale's Navy, The Barney Miller Show, The Bob Newhart Show, The Partridge Family, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, Starsky and Hutch , F Troop, Lost in Space and several others on AOL and Hulu. Unfortunately you do have to sit through a preliminary thirty second advertisement and the odd middle thirty second ad when watching them - so make sure you have your computer's mute button close at hand. Also, once you install the AnchorFree software it'll prompt you to "choose a sponsor" but it's fairly harmless, it will just create a small ad box at the top of your page that you can easily close by clicking on the 'x'.
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