1960's  TV was the family campfire.
                Jim has invited you to join his family tonight
            around the 60's black and white and remember.   

      "Television was big in our home.  You knew exactly
   what day it was and what time it was by what was on
television. When we got back from Ansonia on Saturday
night, one of the more fun traditions was the
whole family sitting down to watch The Jackie          By James Murphy
Gleason Show. My family would really howl during
this program, but we all lived for the last few minutes of the show.
                                        That's when Frank Fontaine did the Crazy
                                        Gugheheine  act.  We thought  he was an
                                        absolute riot. Then at the end of the skit ...."

                                           "Another great tradition in the 60's was the
             annual showing of The Wizard of Oz. Of course, nowadays you
                can rent the video any time you want,  but half of the fun of
                 that movie was the anticipation of the event. It was usually
                     shown on Sunday night, and the whole family was parked
                           in front of the television getting ready for it. The best
                                  character by far was the Cowardly Lion."

      Can you remember where you heard -
      "Sock it to me"                "Just the facts ma'am"
      "Yabba, dabba, do!"      "Beam me up Scotty"
      "Hey, Mr. Wilson"            "Danger Will Robinson"
                    "Shazaam, shazaam, shazaam"

Maybe titles of the top 6Os shows will help:

Dragnet	The Lucy Show	Petticoat Junction
Mr. Ed	The Virginian	Leave It To Beaver
F Troop	Family Affair	My Favorite Martian
Lassie	The Fugitive	American Bandstand
Bonanza	Twilight Zone	The Red Skelton Hour
Get Smart	The Flintstones	The Dean Martin Show
Batman	Lost In Space	The Beverly Hillbillies
Jack Parr	Hogan's Heroes	The Ed Sullivan Show
Shindig	Gilligan's Island	Car 54, Where Are You?
Room 222	The Dating Game	The Donna Reed Show
Mod Squad	The Untouchables	The Lawrence Welk Show
Green Acres	Andy Griffith Show	The Dick Van Dyke Show
Gomer Pyle	Rowan and Martin	Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Walt Disney	I Dream of Jeannie	The Jackie Gleason Show
Bewitched	Dennis the Menace	The Smothers Brother's Show