A VHS tape with selected moments from Milton Berle's Texaco Theatre show. There is an "Act 3" VHS tape also. This was a comedy-variety show starring Berle. Texaco Star Theater was credited heavily with driving American TV sales during its 1948-1956 run. See also "Milton Berle The Treasure Box Collection" which is a DVD set with 90 minutes of 1950 footage from Texaco Star Theater.

A selection of the best of Studio One, fully restored.

Disc 1 has the shows "Lillian Martin", "The Iceman Goeth", "Desert Island", "Deadeye & The Alamo", & "Freddie's Romance" & other vignettes. Disc 2 has "San Fernando In Alaska", "Indiana", "Many Skeltons", "Freddie and the Baby", and "Live in San Francisco". Guests include stars such as Cesar Romero, Rhonda Fleming, & Don Knotts. 1 of a 2 volume set. The show ran from 1951-1971.

Features 20 half-hour episodes of the popular Western series that ran from 1950-1956. There are four parts to this collection.

The episodes from 1951-1957 of the classic sitcom starring Lucille Ball & Desi Arnez. See also "I Love Lucy - The Complete Seasons 7-9" which is a series of hour-long specials that aired from 1957-1960 that continues the "I Love Lucy" saga with the Ricardos now living in Westport, Conn.

The first of a 3 volume collection. The show was a 1952-1955 sitcom that starred veteran vaudeville, film, and radio comedienne Joan Davis as the scatterbrained wife of mild-mannered community judge Bradley Stevens (Jim Backus).

TV's favorite cop, Sgt. Joe Friday, solved crimes in this popular series from 1951-1959. 14 30 minute episodes are included. The idea for the show came from the 40's film noir movie "He Walked By Night".

Four classic episodes from GENERAL ELECTRIC THEATER, the long-running anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that ran between 1953-1962. This is the first of a three volume set.

21 episodes from the four seasons (1955-1959) that it ran. Starred Phil Silvers as the conniving Master Sergeant Ernie Bilko of the U.S. Army, who spent the bulk of his time trying to wheedle money through various get-rich-quick scams and con games.

This is the first volume of a five volume set. Each set contains 3 or 4 selected programs from the show's 15 year run from 1950 to 1965.

The 1957-1958 season of the show starring Danny Thomas. It is heavily edited and is the syndication version. The pilot for the Andy Griffith show is on here too.

10 unedited full-color episodes from the 1958-59 TV show. Early kids shows were usually live shows such as "Howdy Doody", because animation was expensive! Cartoons on TV were usually those originally shown at the theatre such as Looney Tunes. This is one of the first cartoons made for TV, although Felix had been around since 1919 in various forms.

Offers a generous sampling of more than 100 blackouts, musical diversions (including a simian version of "Swan Lake"), sketches, and technological dalliances. Excerpts span from the 50's to the early 60's and Kovacs' untimely death.

The "Best of the Rest" for the 50's including comedy and drama. Includes selections for which there are no dedicated DVDs.

one half-hour episode each, of: The Lone Ranger, Bat Masterson, The Cisco Kid, The Roy Rogers Show, Death Valley Days, Sky King, Tate, Sgt. Preston of the Yukon, Judge Roy Bean, Fury, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, and Annie Oakley.

This really isn't VERY early TV, but some of the techniques, such as the stop animation used on Rudolph, was difficult for the early 60's. I still remember the original broadcast of "Rudolph" in 1964 when I was six - one of my best childhood Christmas memories.