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1. This show premiered in 1948. It allowed the audience to see how someone would react in a strange situation.
"When it's least expected-you're elected. You're the star today. Smile! You're on ________ ________!"
2. Westerns were very popular in the early days of television. This lyric comes from a show about a Texas cattle drive. It was on the air from 1959-1966 and featured a young character named Rowdy Yates.
"Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
Keep movin', movin', movin',
Though they're disapprovin',
Keep them doggies movin' _________!"
3. The first animated show was on the air from 1960-1966. The song was not included in the opening until the third season.
"_____________, meet the _____________
They're the modern stone-age family
From the town of Bedrock
They're a page right out of history."
4. Sitcoms have always been a favorite style for television viewers. Shows are sometimes based on unconventional situations such as this show about a very unusual animal that premiered in 1961 and had enough material to go through 1965.
"A horse is a horse
Of course of course
And no one can talk to a horse,
Of course
That is, of course
Unless the horse
Is the famous _________ ____!"
5. The popularity of the "Beverly Hillbillies" in 1962 inspired creator Paul Henning to develop more shows featuring folks from the same area of the country. This show ran from 1963-1970.
"Come ride the little train that is rolling down the tracks to the junction.
______________ ___________!"
6. Paul Henning decided to add this comedy to the schedule in 1965 and it ran until 1971. It featured a couple from the city trying to adapt to country life.
"________ ________ is the place to be.
Farm livin' is the life for me.
Land spreadin' out so far and wide
Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside."
7. This show lasted only one season, from 1966-1967. It was about two astronauts, played by Frank Aletter and Jack Mullaney, who travel faster than the speed of light and wind up in prehistoric times. They have to live with a cave couple, portrayed by Joe E. Ross and Imogene Coca. Midseason, as the show was not doing very well, the four travel back to the present. It wasn't enough to save the show.
"______ ______ _______, it's about space,
About two men in the strangest place.
______ ______ _______, it's about flight -
Traveling faster than the speed of light.
This is the tale of the brave crew
As through the barrier of time they flew."
8. A show inspired by the Beatles and their movie "A Hard Day's Night". This show premiered in 1966 and ran through 1968.
"Here we come, walkin'
Down the street.
We get the funniest looks from
Every one we meet.
Hey, hey, we're _____ _______!
And people say we monkey around.
But we're too busy singing
To put anybody down."
9. From 1977 through 1984 this sitcom relied on the popularity of its male star, sexual innuendos, and the revolving door of blonde co-stars.
"Come and knock on our door (Come and knock on our door)
We've been waiting for you (We've been waiting for you)
Where the kisses are hers and hers and his ________ __________ too."
10. This show that ran from 1979-1988 is the longest running show featuring an all female main cast. It takes place at a boarding school.
"You take the good, you take the bad,
you take them both and there you have
___ ______ ___ _______, ____ _______ ___ _______."
Source: Author
TAKROM
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