Hopalong Cassidy never struck me as a drama.
Ryan Lee wrote:
My lecturer/tutor at uni, Dr Alan Mckee, author of Australian Television: A
Geneaology of Great Moments, selected Hopalong Cassidy (1949) and after a
deluge of suggestions (and bargaining! The shows everyone mentioned all came
Surely you mean Drama, my good man. Take off that high hat, opera cape, and
the monocular. You are fooling no one.
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Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hopalong Cassidy never struck me as a drama.
Ryan Lee wrote:
My lecturer/tutor at uni, Dr Alan Mckee, author of Australian Television: A
Geneaology of
Ryan,
Hopalong Cassidy ('49) was probably more of a kids show than a drama that aired in the
evening for adults. The Lone Ranger and Hoppy were the start of kids merchandising
tie-ins. But they were dramas for Saturday morning TV, when the kids were home from
school. Of course, Howdy Doody
I'm sure he wouldn't mind if I did, and I just might! Wanna sit next to me
to back me up? vbg Anyway, think everyone's had enough of this thread so
I'll slice its throat now..
Cheers,
Ryan
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Ryan,
Tell the good
He didn't say it had to be good, just popular..
Cotty wrote:
On 14/3/04, RYAN disgorged:
Would anyone happen to know the year when America started producing
popular drama on TV (and maybe a title)? Guessing pre-1950s.. I'm not
very optimistic, but thought it's worth a shot..
I
Ryan,
TV wasn't much in the US until post WWII. My dad bought us a set in '49. I remember
a number of variety shows (Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason, Sid Caesar, Jack Benny) and
Tom Corbet, Space Cadet as a daily(??) serial that I watched. There were only 2 or
3 channels in Chicago - now the
And let's not forget Playhouse 90 ...
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The oldest serious drama that I remember was
the Halmark Hall of Fame, where the Halmark
greeting card company sponsored 1+ hour live
productions of serious theater. Quite a feat!
1947-- Faraway Hills (a DuMont soap opera) appeared in prime time. Seems to be
the first nationally shown TV Drama. The DuMont Network folded in 1955.
There were TV broadcasts as early as 1928 in the New York City area though.
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