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FReeper Canteen ~ Most Excellent Adventures in TV Land ~ 16 Sep 2005
September 15, 2005 | Beachn4fun/Canteen Crew

Posted on 09/15/2005 6:00:50 PM PDT by beachn4fun

TIME TRAVEL

Hey, isn’t this new time machine just great?

ARE YOU READY? The Canteen is about to embark on another journey back in time.

Come one, climb aboard, no ticket required……free ride….we're about to take off.

Hop in, watch your step ...... Let me set my control

Buckle up. Now don't be afraid....I know how to fly this thing.......Here we goooooooooo.......

WHOOOOOOSHHHHHHHH

Landing with a thump. Sorry, folks. I’m still learning how to fly this new machine. Now, let me turn on the television and see what is on.

Do any of you remember these shows?

Car 54, Where Are You

9/11/1961 - 9/8/1963 NBC

Black and White - 60 episodes

Car 54, Where Are You Cast

Joe E. Ross as Officer Gunther Toody

Fred Gwynne as Officer Francis Muldoon

***Also:

Beatrice Pons as Lucile Toody

Paul Reed as Captain Martin Block

Albert Henderson as Officer O'Hara

Joe Warren as Officer Steinmetz

Al Lewis as Officer Leo Schnauser

Bruce Kirby as Officer Kissel

Hank Garrett as Officer Ed Nicholson

Jim Gormley as Officer Nelson

Charlotte Rae as Silvia Schnauser

Shelley Burton .as Officer Murdock (1961-62)

Duke Farley as Officer Rily (1961-62)

Jerome Guardino as Officer Antonnucci (1961-62)

Frederick O'Neal as Officer Wallace (1962-63)

Nipsey Russell as Officer Anderson (1961-62)

Car 54, Where Are You Theme Song

"Car 54, Where Are You" by John Strauss and Nat Hiken

Car 54, Where Are You Tidbits

Officers Toody (Joe E. Ross) and Muldoon (Fred Gynne) worked in New York's 53rd Precinct, which is a mixed neighborhood, both Irish and Jewish.

Aside from being cops, these two had nothing in common. One was smart, tall, thin and lived with his mother. The other was short, chubby and not too bright.

The first cop sitcom, it also featured Nipsey Russell as Officer Anderson, unusual as blacks weren't getting recurring roles in those days.

Andy Griffith Show

10/3/1960 - 9/16/1968 CBS

30 minutes

Black and White (1960-1965) and Color (1965-1968)

249 episodes

Syndication Title: Andy of Mayberry

Andy Griffith Show Cast

Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor (1960-1968)

Don Knotts as Deputy Barney Fife (1960-1965)

Frances Bavier as Aunt Bee Taylor (1960-1970)

Ron Howard as Opie Taylor

Jack Dodson as Howard Sprague (1966-68)

Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle (1963-64)

Andy Griffith Show Theme Song

"The Andy Griffith Show" by Earle Hagen

Andy Griffith Show Tidbits

Let's make this easy. Andy Griffith left the show in 1968 and it was renamed Mayberry R.F.D. Ken Berry as Sam Jones, another widower with a young son, carried on for Andy.

Andy Griffith Show began as an episode of the Danny Thomas' Make Room for Daddy show.

Almost everyone alive knows that Andy and Opie (Ron Howard) lived with Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier), who had raised Andy and who, when flustered flustered said "Oh, fiddle-faddle!"

Barney Fife (Don Knotts) was the inept but loveable deputy. When Knotts, who won five Emmy Awards for this role, left the show in 1965, they explained it by saying he became a detective in Raleigh. He got a brief shot at his own variety show, The Don Knotts Show, in 1971..

Green Hornet

9/9/1966 - 7/14/1967 ABC

Color - 30 minutes - 86 episodes

Based on the radio by the same name and created by George Trendle.

Produced by Richard Bluel

Green Hornet Cast

Van Williams as Britt Reid/The Green Hornet

Bruce Lee as Kato

****Also:

Wende Wagner as Lenore 'Casey' Case

Lloyd Gough as Mike Axford

Walter Brooke as District Attorney F.P. Scanlon

Green Hornet Theme Song

"Flight of the Bumble Bee" performed by Al Hirt.

Green Hornet Tidbits

Britt Reid (Van Williams) is handed management of his father Dan's newspaper, The Daily Sentinel in Washington D.C. With this comes a mandate to do good in the world, which this family comes by naturally as Dad is a grandnephew of John Reid, also know as - The Lone Ranger.

The Green Hornet is the great-grand-nephew of the Lone Ranger, you ask skeptically. Yes, because George Trendle created both and a plug is a plug is a plug.

The association inspires Britt and so he sets up shop as the Green Hornet, a crimefighting masked crusader. (Sound familiar?) His manservant, Kato (Bruce Lee) assists him in his deeds of derring-do. Only he and the District Attorney (Walter Brooke) know the Green Hornet's true identity.

Yes, THAT Bruce Lee, later to star in a gadzillion martial arts films.

The plot twist. The Green Hornet is considered a criminal by police and so has to beat a hasty retreat after nabbing the bad guys.

That's the end of the ride for today. Please watch your step on exiting the time machine. Now that I've shown you a few, how about you share something from your memory. Or, if one of these were your favorite show then, share a memory of the best episode for you.

Final note: All information found freely on the Internet

Footnote: Management is not responsible for the accuarcy of historical events. Management is not responsible for lost personal items in th time machine. Finders keepers. Shipping and Handling is separate. Taxes are applicable. Void where prohibited. Children under 40 must have parent's approval. When ordering have your credit card ready.



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To: MS.BEHAVIN; LUV W; TASMANIANRED; GummyIII; StarCMC


Shield Up Women!!

701 posted on 09/16/2005 5:03:17 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (Going to the End of the Line...)
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To: StarCMC

BRATTStar!


702 posted on 09/16/2005 5:04:40 PM PDT by tomkow6 (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)
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To: StarCMC

Thanks, I wish I had some pics of my better stuff to post


703 posted on 09/16/2005 5:06:18 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: bentfeather

LOL!!! You found some GREAT graphics!!


704 posted on 09/16/2005 5:07:25 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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To: tomkow6

LOL - I didn't even know I got the 700!! Hey Tom - you'll enjoy the music I'm gonna post tonight,.,,

He he he!!


705 posted on 09/16/2005 5:09:05 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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To: LUV W; All

OHHH Man that be funny if Karl Rove did it LOL!


706 posted on 09/16/2005 5:13:07 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("Not everybody in, it, for truth, justice, and the American way,"= Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: StarCMC; laurenmarlowe; AZamericonnie; Diva Betsy Ross; Kathy in Alaska

Here is the obligatory Mylife obscure music request.

Robert Earl Keen "For Love" from the album "what I really mean"

Im kinda on a REK kick here lately, thinking of goin to see the lad next month ;)


707 posted on 09/16/2005 5:14:26 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: LUV W; tomkow6; All

Tell you one thing they pretty happy they SAY MAN Cheney is going have surgery I think Dick Cheney is on Duer dead pool


708 posted on 09/16/2005 5:15:28 PM PDT by SevenofNine ("Not everybody in, it, for truth, justice, and the American way,"= Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: La Enchiladita

LOL! :)


709 posted on 09/16/2005 5:16:58 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: mylife

I'll go looking


710 posted on 09/16/2005 5:17:56 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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To: bentfeather

Shields up!!!!
Laser at the ready!!
What is the target, Commander?

711 posted on 09/16/2005 5:18:55 PM PDT by luvie (The Creator of wind and water is also the source of even a greater power -- a love that can redeem..)
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To: GodBlessUSA

Did you find him?


712 posted on 09/16/2005 5:20:06 PM PDT by luvie (The Creator of wind and water is also the source of even a greater power -- a love that can redeem..)
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To: Diva Betsy Ross

Good Evening Diva
Your son is sick. I was up all night, with my little girl with stomach virus too. She's better now. I hope your son is through the worse part of it now.
HUGS!


713 posted on 09/16/2005 5:21:38 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: StarCMC
............You WILL PAY!..........

714 posted on 09/16/2005 5:22:50 PM PDT by tomkow6 (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)
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To: StarCMC

Dont git lost ;)


715 posted on 09/16/2005 5:23:07 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: LUV W
Any, approaching suspicious looking space craft, with a one eyed pilot and horns.
Roger and Out!
716 posted on 09/16/2005 5:24:09 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (Going to the End of the Line...)
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To: mylife

LOL - ok - I got it doming - I think...we'll see!!


717 posted on 09/16/2005 5:24:22 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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To: tomkow6

Hmmm..... I AM going to play some of your theme songs.


718 posted on 09/16/2005 5:25:17 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Good Evening Ma! :)

Woo Hoo it's the

Image hosted by TinyPic.com

719 posted on 09/16/2005 5:26:16 PM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, past, present and future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: StarCMC; mylife

Ooops - that would be "Coming"


720 posted on 09/16/2005 5:27:05 PM PDT by StarCMC (Old Sarge is my hero...doing it right in Iraq! Vaya con Dios, Sarge.)
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