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tv star collector
09-23-2007, 07:02 PM
1953: I Married Joan, My Little Margie, The Life of Riley and Mr. Peepers
1955: Father Knows Best and The People's Choice
1956: Stanley and The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
1957: The Bob Cummings Show and The Real McCoys
1958: The Ed Wynn Show
1959: Bachelor Father

treky
09-23-2007, 09:21 PM
never heard of that 3rd one.

Anyway; mine are THE HONEYMOONERS, BURNS AND ALLEN, and THE JACK BENNY SHOW, whenever they'd do it as a straight sitcom. For those who never saw the show, it had a "loose format"; sometimes it was a sitcom, sometimes a variety show, sometimes a sitcom/variety show, which sometimes combined his home life with his work life; like MTM and DVD.
Whenever it was a straight variety show though; those were the weakest episodes. Every once in a while though, there was a good one, like the time they did a parody of THE HONEYMOONERS.

BuddyHinton
09-23-2007, 10:27 PM
Honeymooners. Topic Closed:)

bencasey
09-23-2007, 11:35 PM
1953: I Married Joan, My Little Margie, The Life of Riley and Mr. Peepers
1955: Father Knows Best and The People's Choice
1956: Stanley and The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
1957: The Bob Cummings Show and The Real McCoys
1958: The Ed Wynn Show
1959: Bachelor Father

Pretty good list. I would add Bilko, Our Miss Brooks, December Bride, Make Room for Daddy, Leave it to Beaver, Ozzie and Harriet, Private Secretary, The Ann Sothern Show and The Gale Storm Show to the list.

Scoobiedoo30
09-24-2007, 02:30 PM
I Love Lucy

tv star collector
09-24-2007, 03:51 PM
Pretty good list. I would add Bilko, Our Miss Brooks, December Bride, Make Room for Daddy, Leave it to Beaver, Ozzie and Harriet, Private Secretary, The Ann Sothern Show and The Gale Storm Show to the list.

I don't know how I forgot Leave It to Beaver and Make Room for Daddy. Those were two shows that I never missed. I also sort of liked Sgt. Bilko and
Ozzie & Harriet (the few times that I've seen them).

tv star collector
09-24-2007, 03:54 PM
I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy was certainly a classic, but I never saw it during its original run.
In the fifties, we only got one channel which was an NBC affiliate (although
they did carry a few ABC shows like Leave It to Beaver). But I
have seen reruns many times in syndication and on TV Land. Great show
and great comedienne.

Classicshowsgurl15
09-27-2007, 01:29 AM
I Love Lucy
Leave It To Beaver
The Honeymooners

NOVARick
09-27-2007, 04:02 AM
I Love Lucy
The Honeymooners
Leave It to Beaver
Burns and Allen
The Jack Benny Program
Our Miss Brooks
Father Knows Best

comedyfreak
09-27-2007, 08:05 AM
I Love Lucy
The Honeymooners
Leave It To Beaver
Burns And Allen
The Jack Benny Program
The Phil Silvers Show

Zebra 3
09-28-2007, 12:13 AM
What he said...

Honeymooners. Topic Closed:)

catlover79
09-28-2007, 12:16 AM
I'm not too familiar with many 1950s sitcoms. I'll go with I Love Lucy and Leave it to Beaver.

OH Nuts!
09-28-2007, 05:11 AM
I Love Lucy
The Adv. Of Ozzie and Harriet
Our Miss Brooks
Leave It To Beaver
The Honeymooners