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1. From 1959 to 1963 came "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis". Money, girls and popularity consumed this teenager's time and thoughts. Dwayne Hickman starred as Dobie, Tuesday Weld was his sometimes girlfriend Thalia Meninger and his best friend was Maynard G. Krebs, played by what actor who would go on to a successful show about a group of castaways?
2. This show was one of the very few successful efforts put forth by the DuMont network. It was shown daily at 7 p.m. for half an hour. It was the first sci-fi space "epic". The leads were played by Al Hodge and Don Hastings before he became a soap opera star. They patrolled the solar system, seeking out evil doers and usually defeating them. Can you name this show?
3. Jim Newton owned a ranch. He lost his wife and son in an auto accident and eventually adopted a young boy named Joey. Joey became fast friends with a horse whose name was the title of the show. Can you name this equine hero?
4. "Hey, Jeannie" ran for two seasons from 1956 to 1958. The title character was a young Scottish girl who moved to New York to find work. She found a job as a waitress in a donut shop and friends in a cabbie and his wife. Who starred in this short lived comedy?
5. "People's Choice" was a successful comedy that ran for three seasons from 1955 to 1958. Pat Breslin played Amanda Peoples, who was in love with a newly elected city councilman name Socrates Miller. Can you name the actor who played Soc Miller, then went on to a series about a Naval Officer named Henessy?
6. Before "The Fugitive", David Janssen starred in a series called "Richard Diamond, Private Detective". He operated on wit, stealth and information supplied by his many contacts on the New York Police Department. Mary Tyler Moore also acted on the series, but in what unusual fashion?
7. A British import, "Robin Hood", produced by ITV, made its debut in 1955. It was moralistic more than being adventurous, and starred Richard Greene as Robin. The show was notable for using the same actors over and over in different roles and for its writing talent. What was unusual about the writers?
8. "Circus Boy" ran for two seasons, beginning in 1956. It was about a young boy with the circus whose parents had been killed doing a trapeze act. The other performers looked after him. It starred Guinn "Big Boy" Williams and Noah Beery Jr. Which of these, who went on to play a Monkee, played Circus Boy?
9. "Mr Adams and Eve" ran from 1957 to 1958. It was about a married couple who were in show business and got along much better on screen than off. It starred Howard Duff and his real life wife, who later became a respected movie and television director. Who was she?
10. "Harbor Master" was a short lived series about a ship's captain who often became embroiled in crime solving. The actor who played captain David Scott had appeared in well over 100 movies and would go on to play Pat Garrett opposite Clu Gulager's Billy the Kid in a 1960 series. Can you name him?
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