Answer: The Mavis Bramston Show
Inspired by the BBC's "That Was The Week That Was", The "Mavis Bramston Show" won the 1965 Logie Award for "Best New Show". The Mavis Bramston Show was cancelled during 1968. Such a pity as it was a wonderful satirical show taking off people from all walks of life.
From Quiz: Rewind the '60s
Answer: Aunt Jemima
Pearl Mills introduced Aunt Jemima pancake mix in 1889, the first ready made product. Quaker purchased the brand in 1926 and introduced Aunt Jemima Syrup in the mid-'60s, hence the tagline "Aunt Jemima, what took you so long?"
From Quiz: They Said It in the '60s
Answer: Ponderosa
"Bonanza" was a western series starring Lorne Greene, Michael Landon and Dan Blocker. These actors starred as the Cartwrights, a family living in the Wild West. Their home is the ranch "Ponderosa".
"Bonanza" started in 1959 and continued until 1974. Most seasons had a whopping thirty-odd episodes, and thus filled up more than half a year.
South Fork is the ranch of the Ewing family in the TV series "Dallas".
Colbyco is the firm headed by Alexis Colby in the TV series "Dynasty".
Forrester Creations is the fashion firm headed by the Forrester family in "The Bold and the Beautiful".
From Quiz: Any Way The Sixties Blow
Answer: A foam mouse who appeared numerous times on "The Ed Sullivan Show".
Topo Gigio and his creator, Maria Perego and actor Giuseppe Mazzullo (the character's voice) appeared more than 50 times on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
From Quiz: 1960s All American Entertainment
Answer: Psycho
"Psycho" premiered in 1960, it was filmed in black and white as Hitchcock thought it might be too gory in colour. The famous shower stabbing scene, accompanied by rasping violins, has more than ninety edits.
A casaba melon was sacrificed to obtain the sound of the knife plunging into a body.
The movie starred Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates and Janet Leigh as Marion Crane.
Alfred Hitchcock was born in London in 1899, he died in Los Angeles in 1980.
From Quiz: That's Entertainment - Swinging 60's Style Pt2
Answer: Richard Nixon
Apparently, it took Richard Nixon 6 takes to get the line just right. According to those who witnessed the taping, he was coming across as too angry but, finally, on the 6th take, he got it just right.
Nixon, of course, was the Republican candidate for President at the time. Never one to win over the under-30 crowd, Tricky Dick was fortunate that the Democratic candidate was the equally un-hip Hubert Humphrey. Nixon's handlers thought it might be a good idea for him to go on the flower-powered "Laugh In" to see if he could gain some credibility with the youth of America. Whether he did or not is open to debate but he did manage to win the presidency. For a while, at least. Until Watergate socked it to the nation.
From Quiz: 1968: The Year in Entertainment
Answer: Hair
"Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" brought rock and roll into the American theatre. Long before rock became mainstream in musicals such as "American Idiot" and "Jersey Boys", the musical theatre world had a hard time coming to terms with rock music. After all, before the advent of rock in the '50s and '60s, much of popular music sprang from the Broadway musical. A great many standards from the '20s, '30s and '40s came from Broadway shows. Elvis and the Beatles changed all that and "Hair" rode that rock and roll wave to success in the theatre and, in so doing, paved the way for other shows to come.
"Hair" tells the story of a 'tribe' of hippies living a Bohemian lifestyle in New York City. Espousing a free-love, anti-war philosophy, the show had a successful run at Joe Papp's Public Theatre in late '67; it opened on Broadway in April of 1968 and lasted four years on the Great White Way. It's cast album became a best-seller and several songs from the show--"Aquarius", "Good Morning, Starshine", and the title track--became pop hits. A (dreadful) film adaptation followed in the 1980s and a Tony-winning revival in 2009 won the musical a new generation of fans.
From Quiz: 1967: The Year in Entertainment
Answer: Carnaby Street
The '60s fashions were born in Britain and Carnaby Street, located in the Soho district of London, was the place in then for many fashion designers notably Mary Quant and John Stephen. Harry Fox and Henry Moss opened the first ladies boutique in Carnaby Street called "Lady Jane" in 1966.
From Quiz: Rewind the '60s
Answer: Tommy
The Who is a famous British rock band. Members sometimes come and go, and in 1969 the band consisted of the four best known of their musicians: Pete Townshend (guitars, keyboard, lyrics), John Entwistle (bass guitar, horn, lyrics), Keith Moon (drums and percussion) and lead singer Roger Daltrey.
The rock opera "Tommy" features a young boy who becomes deaf, mute and blind after witnessing his father and his step-father fighting each other (with a fatal outcome). Tommy learns to play pinball machines (only using his intuition and his smell, according to the lyrics) and beats the national champion. Soon after Tommy miraculously recovers all his senses, he becomes a guru and preacher.
From Quiz: Any Way The Sixties Blow
Answer: Oahu
Adapted from a chapter of the James Michener novel of the same name, "Hawaii" is an epic cinematic rendition of a missionary's adventures on early 19th century Hawaii. It deals with the arrival and settlement of the first Calvinist Americans in this then still almost untouched paradise which ultimately ends in tragedy as the native and guest cultures prove too different to coexist. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, the movie failed to win any of them but did win two Golden Globes (for Jocelyne LaGarde as best supporting actress and for Elmer Bernstein's orchestral score). Some sources list "Hawaii" as the top grossing movie of 1966 and "The Bible: In the Beginning" as runner-up, others have the opposite order.
From Quiz: The 1960s - Entertainment at its Most Colorful
