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Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 03/28/09 at 12:15 am
American Bandstand
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 03/28/09 at 8:27 pm
Beetle Bailey comic strip debuts in 1950.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 03/28/09 at 9:22 pm
Crusader Rabbit
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 03/28/09 at 11:16 pm
Deputy Dawg animated series debuts in 1959.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 03/29/09 at 12:59 am
Elvis Presley
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 03/29/09 at 8:53 pm
Fender guitars introduce both the Telecaster and Stratocaster models during this decade.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 03/29/09 at 10:43 pm
Gidget
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 03/31/09 at 1:24 am
Hank Williams
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 04/11/09 at 11:45 pm
Imitation of Life (1959 film starring Lana Turner)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 04/12/09 at 12:57 pm
James Dean
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 04/12/09 at 5:29 pm
Kitty Carlisle
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 04/13/09 at 12:04 am
Limelight (1952 film starring Charlie Chaplin)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 04/13/09 at 12:15 am
Mantovani
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 04/13/09 at 8:31 pm
North By Northwest (1959 Alfred Hitchcock film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 04/14/09 at 12:14 am
Only you - Platters hit song
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/09 at 12:37 pm
Peter Sellers
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 04/14/09 at 1:39 pm
Rear Window
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/09 at 3:45 pm
Spike Milligan
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 04/14/09 at 8:46 pm
Tang (the powdered orange flavored drink) introduced in the late 50s. :P
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/09 at 4:32 am
Unchained
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 04/17/09 at 8:46 pm
The Van Pelt siblings, Lucy and Linus, debut on the "Peanuts" comic strip in 1952.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 04/17/09 at 11:58 pm
Walt Disney Presents
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 04/18/09 at 8:09 pm
Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr stars in the 1956 musical film adaptation, "The King and I".
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 04/18/09 at 11:57 pm
Zorro (tv show)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 04/19/09 at 12:15 am
Alpha-Bits cereal debuts in 1958.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 04/19/09 at 12:16 am
Bullwinkle debuts in 1959
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 04/19/09 at 12:26 am
Cheez Whiz (that processed cheese in jars) debuts in 1953.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/09 at 11:52 am
Dragnet
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 04/24/09 at 8:15 pm
Eddie Cochran (best-known for hits like "Summertime Blues" and "C'mon Everybody")
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 04/25/09 at 12:11 am
Fabian
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 04/25/09 at 8:32 pm
Guys and Dolls (1955 film version of Broadway musical)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 04/25/09 at 11:47 pm
Heartbreak Hotel
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 04/26/09 at 8:07 pm
It Should Happen to You (1954 film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 04/26/09 at 11:56 pm
John Diefenbaker
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/09 at 7:31 am
Killer's Kiss
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 04/28/09 at 11:58 pm
The Lawrence Welk Show debuts in 1955.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/09 at 10:26 am
Moonfleet
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 04/29/09 at 1:10 pm
Norma Jean...aka Marilyn Monroe
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 04/29/09 at 4:23 pm
Otto Preminger
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/09 at 9:57 am
Pat Boone
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 05/01/09 at 8:21 pm
Quacker (animated duck that appeared in the Tom and Jerry cartoons in the 50s).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 05/01/09 at 10:02 pm
Ricky Ricardo
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 05/02/09 at 11:13 pm
Search For Tomorrow (debuted on CBS in 1951)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 05/03/09 at 12:12 am
Ten Commandments ( movie)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/09 at 6:02 am
Unchained (movie)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 05/08/09 at 1:48 am
Vivian Vance
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/09 at 9:17 am
Weird Science
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 05/19/09 at 11:20 pm
Your Hit Parade
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 05/20/09 at 12:18 am
Zasu Pitts
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 05/20/09 at 11:03 am
Annette Funicello
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 05/20/09 at 11:10 pm
Bobby Fischer wins the United States Chess Championship at the age of 14 (1958).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 05/21/09 at 12:27 am
Casey Stengall
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 05/21/09 at 8:37 pm
Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher tie the knot in 1955; they were divorced by 1959.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 05/21/09 at 11:07 pm
Eddie Fisher
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 05/22/09 at 8:21 pm
Frank Sinatra is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1955 film "The Man With the Golden Arm".
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 05/22/09 at 9:01 pm
Grace Kelly
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 05/23/09 at 8:23 pm
Hula Hoops introduced in 1957.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 06/17/09 at 11:37 am
I love Lucy (TV show)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 06/17/09 at 8:31 pm
Jiffy Pop popcorn and Jif peanut butter introduced in the late 50s.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Marian on 06/17/09 at 9:04 pm
King creole was a popular movie
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 06/17/09 at 9:24 pm
Looney Tunes still made
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: nally on 06/17/09 at 10:34 pm
McGuire Sisters (band)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 06/18/09 at 7:38 pm
Norma Jean aka Marilyn Monroe
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 06/18/09 at 8:30 pm
Othello (1952 film starring and directed by Orson Welles)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 06/20/09 at 12:35 am
Platters
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/20/09 at 2:01 pm
Rattigan, Terence
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 06/21/09 at 12:21 am
Some like it hot
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/09 at 1:37 am
Tony Curtis
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Womble on 06/21/09 at 12:53 pm
Ursula Andres makes her film debut in 'The Loves of Casanova', 1954. She would later become well known as Bond-Girl "Honey Ryder" in the film 'Dr. No'.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 06/21/09 at 2:33 pm
Skip V
Walt Disney Presents
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Womble on 06/21/09 at 4:41 pm
X-ray machines were used in stores to help sell footwear throughout most of the decade. These were known as fluoroscopes. The devices were first banned in Pennsylvania stores in 1957 when harmful effects of X-rays were properly considered.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 06/21/09 at 8:36 pm
Your Hit Parade (NBC musical program)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 06/21/09 at 9:23 pm
Alice In Wonderland (Disney film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/09 at 8:08 am
Bluebottle, a character from The Goons
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 06/22/09 at 6:24 pm
Cinderella (another Disney film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 06/23/09 at 12:03 am
Desi Arnaz
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 06/23/09 at 10:19 am
Everly Brothers
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 06/23/09 at 8:07 pm
Father Knows Best (TV series that aired throughout much of the decade on CBS)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 06/24/09 at 1:08 am
Grace Kelly
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 06/24/09 at 11:24 pm
Honeymooners, The
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 06/25/09 at 11:30 am
I Love Lucy
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 06/25/09 at 8:18 pm
Judy Garland stars in the 1954 film version of the musical "A Star Is Born".
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Womble on 06/25/09 at 9:33 pm
"King Tut's Tomb" (1950) Heckle & Jekyl Cartoon
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 06/26/09 at 12:41 am
Lucille Ball
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 06/26/09 at 2:32 pm
Mickey Mouse Club
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 06/27/09 at 8:14 pm
No Highway In the Sky (1951 film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 06/27/09 at 9:30 pm
Ozzy & Harriett
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/28/09 at 10:15 am
Peter Sellers
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 06/28/09 at 11:56 am
Skip "Q"
Road Runner cartoons
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Womble on 06/28/09 at 3:29 pm
A Space Program was developed in China by Tsein Hsue-Shen during the decade
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 06/28/09 at 8:16 pm
Tuesday Weld becomes a teen idol in the later part of the decade.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 06/28/09 at 8:17 pm
Skip "U"
Ritchie Valens
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 06/28/09 at 8:21 pm
Wally Cleaver
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 06/28/09 at 8:22 pm
Yogi Bear debuts in 1958 in "Huckleberry Hound Show"
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 06/29/09 at 8:33 pm
Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, The (ABC children's series 1954-1959).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 06/29/09 at 11:18 pm
Bill Haley & the Comets
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 06/30/09 at 10:38 am
Chuck Jones directed many memorable Looney Tunes like "What's Opera Doc?", "Duck Amuck", "Duck Dogers...", and the Road Runner cartoons in the 1950's
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 06/30/09 at 8:10 pm
Danny Thomas Show, The (also known as "Make Room For Daddy") aired during much of the decade, into the 60s.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/01/09 at 12:21 am
Everly Brothers
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 07/01/09 at 12:28 am
Fabian
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/01/09 at 12:29 am
Gidget film
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/01/09 at 8:28 pm
High Society (1956 film starring Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Marian on 07/01/09 at 8:31 pm
Inkspots still around
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/02/09 at 8:37 pm
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film version)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/09 at 9:37 am
Kubrick, Stanley
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/03/09 at 11:03 am
Lucille Ball
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/03/09 at 12:05 pm
Mason, James
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/03/09 at 10:47 pm
North By Northwest (1959 Alfred Hitchcock film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 07/04/09 at 12:10 am
On the Waterfront
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Womble on 07/04/09 at 8:56 am
Pollution became a global issue
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/04/09 at 11:27 am
Skip Q
Rocky & Bullwinkle debuts in 1959
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/04/09 at 10:41 pm
"Space Race" between the U.S. and Soviet Union.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 07/04/09 at 11:19 pm
Ten Commandments
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/05/09 at 5:30 pm
Skip "U"
"Venus" is one of Frankie Avalon's hits (doubt it's the same was Shocking Blue/Banananrama)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/05/09 at 11:18 pm
Wild Strawberries (1957 film directed by Ingmar Bergman)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/06/09 at 8:53 pm
Yogi Bear debuts in 1958
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/07/09 at 10:52 pm
Annie Get Your Gun (1950 film version of Broadway musical)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 07/08/09 at 12:53 am
Benny (Jack)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/08/09 at 12:26 pm
Crusader Rabbit
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Marian on 07/08/09 at 8:19 pm
Dwight eisenhower
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/08/09 at 8:50 pm
Everly Brothers
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/08/09 at 11:03 pm
Fabulous Johnny Cash, The (1959 album by Johnny Cash)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/09/09 at 12:50 pm
Gumby
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/10/09 at 12:00 am
"Hooray For Hollywood", Vol. 1 and 2 (albums released by Doris Day in 1958 and 1959)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 07/10/09 at 12:33 am
I love Lucy
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/10/09 at 10:10 am
Chuck Jones, director of many Looney Tunes shorts
Some reason, he started to be credited by this moniker since he was reffered to Charles M. Jones...
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/10/09 at 10:55 pm
Kelly, Gene (stars in one of his most famous movies, 1952's "Singing In the Rain")
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 07/11/09 at 12:13 am
Lucille Ball
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: nally on 07/11/09 at 12:25 am
Milwaukee Braves win the 1957 World Series, defeating the Evil Empire Yankees...the following year, the tables would turn ::)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 07/11/09 at 12:43 am
North by North West (film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/11/09 at 8:41 pm
Old Yeller (1957 Disney live-action film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/11/09 at 11:32 pm
Popeye cartoons still made
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/12/09 at 8:37 pm
skipping Q
Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958 film starring Jerry Lewis)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/13/09 at 11:43 am
Smurfs created (yes they were around then)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/14/09 at 8:35 pm
Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe star in the 1959 film, "Some Like It Hot".
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/14/09 at 9:29 pm
Skip "U"
"Venus" is a song from Frankie Avalon
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/15/09 at 8:11 pm
Westerns on television and film very popular during this decade.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Womble on 07/15/09 at 8:49 pm
Skipping X
Yves Montand was a popular film actor in the decade.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/15/09 at 11:59 pm
Zorro
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/17/09 at 8:20 pm
American League champs New York Yankees defeat the National League champs Brooklyn Dodgers in 6 games to win the 1953 World Series.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 07/17/09 at 9:29 pm
Brooklyn Dodgers move to Los Angeles by the end of the decade
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/17/09 at 10:44 pm
Cold War between the United States and Russia continues on strong.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: ninny on 07/18/09 at 10:20 am
Dwight D Eisenhower president - 1953-1961
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/18/09 at 1:15 pm
Edsel
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/18/09 at 8:28 pm
Fifteen (young adult novel by Beverly Cleary, first published in 1956)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Womble on 07/18/09 at 10:26 pm
'Gigi' won Best Picture Oscar in 1958
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/19/09 at 1:48 am
Hanna Barbera tv cartoons started in later part of the 50's
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/19/09 at 8:20 pm
I've Got a Secret (CBS game show, debuted in 1952)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/21/09 at 11:03 am
Jerry Lewis
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/21/09 at 8:24 pm
Kermit the Frog (an early prototype version) first introduced by Jim Henson on "Sam and Friends" (a puppet TV series) in 1955.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 07/22/09 at 12:57 am
Lucille Ball
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/22/09 at 10:28 am
Mariyn Monroe
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/22/09 at 4:12 pm
^ real name
Norma Jeane Mortenson
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/22/09 at 7:04 pm
Ozzie & Harriett
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/22/09 at 10:49 pm
Peyton Place (original novel by Grace Metalious, published in 1956)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/23/09 at 11:34 am
Road Runner
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/23/09 at 8:00 pm
Starship Troopers (original novel by Robert A. Heinlein, published in late 1959)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/24/09 at 9:36 am
Terry-Thomas
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/24/09 at 8:15 pm
Underwater! (1955 film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/25/09 at 12:17 am
Woody Woodpecker voiced by Grace Stafford
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Marian on 07/25/09 at 1:54 pm
xylophones heard in calypso music
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 07/25/09 at 3:20 pm
Yogi Bear
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Womble on 07/25/09 at 3:25 pm
Zippy the chimp was a TV fixture throughout the decade. Shows include "Howdy-Doody".
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 07/25/09 at 3:28 pm
All about eVe ( film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/25/09 at 8:07 pm
Beezus and Ramona (1955 book by Beverly Cleary)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/26/09 at 11:57 am
Chuck Jones directed many classic cartoon shorts like "Duck Amuck", "What's Opera Doc?", and "Rabbit of Seville"
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/26/09 at 8:31 pm
Danny and the Dinosaur (children's picture book by Syd Hoff, first published in 1958)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/27/09 at 2:54 am
Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/28/09 at 8:23 pm
From Russia, With Love (original 1957 James Bond novel by Ian Fleming).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 2:24 am
Graham, Billy
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/29/09 at 3:42 pm
Hanna Barbera went into the tv animation business after leaving MGM
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 3:45 pm
Ice-Cold in Alex (1958 movie)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/29/09 at 3:46 pm
James Dean
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 3:58 pm
King Creole (1958 film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/29/09 at 4:00 pm
Looney Tunes still made
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/09 at 4:02 pm
Millligan, Spike
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/29/09 at 4:52 pm
Norma Jean (Marilyn Monroe's real name)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/29/09 at 8:13 pm
On Beyond Zebra! (1955 children's book by Dr. Seuss)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/30/09 at 10:07 am
Peter Sellers
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/30/09 at 8:39 pm
Ransom! (1956 film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 07/31/09 at 1:46 am
Sugar Ray Robinson (American boxer)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 07/31/09 at 10:46 am
Tom & Jerry cartoons still made
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 07/31/09 at 8:30 pm
Up Periscope (1959 film starring James Garner)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/09 at 7:15 am
Victor mature
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 08/01/09 at 11:15 am
Woody Woodpecker now voiced by Grace Lantz 'til the end of it's run in 1972
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/09 at 12:04 pm
Lev Yashin (Russian footballer)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 08/01/09 at 4:08 pm
Zorro
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 08/01/09 at 8:02 pm
Abbott and Costello Show, The (TV series aired 1952-1954).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 08/01/09 at 9:20 pm
Beatniks
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Womble on 08/01/09 at 11:00 pm
Connie Francis
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 08/02/09 at 12:59 pm
Daffy Duck becomes one of Bugs Bunny's foes
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 08/03/09 at 8:34 pm
Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook (1956 album)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 08/03/09 at 8:59 pm
Foghorn Leghorn cartoons still made
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/09 at 1:41 am
(The) Goon Show
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 08/05/09 at 6:50 pm
Hoppity Hopper (the kang...uh... giant mouse)
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Written By: coqueta83 on 08/06/09 at 8:23 pm
It Started With a Kiss (1959 film starring Glenn Ford and Debbie Reynolds)
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Written By: Frank on 08/07/09 at 12:53 am
James Stewart
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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/07/09 at 4:09 pm
Kay Kendall
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Written By: coqueta83 on 08/07/09 at 10:56 pm
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The (novel by C.S. Lewis, first published in 1950)
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Written By: Frank on 08/08/09 at 12:39 am
Marty ( film)
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Written By: coqueta83 on 08/08/09 at 8:16 pm
Night of the Hunter, The (1953 novel by Davis Grubb, made into a feature film in 1955 starring Robert Mitchum).
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Written By: woops on 08/08/09 at 9:13 pm
Ozzy & Harriette
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Written By: Frank on 08/08/09 at 11:53 pm
Paul Newman becomes famous in this decade
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Written By: woops on 08/10/09 at 3:46 pm
Skip "Q"
Road Runner cartoons
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Written By: Frank on 08/11/09 at 12:52 am
Sabrina ( film)
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Written By: woops on 08/12/09 at 11:50 am
Toast of the Town (tv show)
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Written By: coqueta83 on 08/13/09 at 11:18 pm
skipping U this time...
Vivien Leigh stars in the films "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Deep Blue Sea" during this decade.
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Written By: woops on 08/13/09 at 11:28 pm
Woody Woodpecker cartoons still made
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Written By: coqueta83 on 08/14/09 at 11:26 pm
Yahtzee (the dice game) debuts in the mid-50s.
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Written By: woops on 08/14/09 at 11:27 pm
Zorro
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Written By: Marian on 08/16/09 at 3:02 pm
All I have to do is dream a popular song by the Everly brothers
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Written By: coqueta83 on 08/16/09 at 8:19 pm
Brenda Lee records one of her best-known songs, "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" in the late 50s.
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Written By: Frank on 08/17/09 at 12:10 am
Cary Grant
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Written By: woops on 08/17/09 at 12:36 pm
Davey Crockett
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Written By: Frank on 08/18/09 at 10:04 am
Eddie Fisher
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Written By: ninny on 08/18/09 at 10:23 am
Frank Robinson MLB debut 1956.
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Written By: Frank on 08/18/09 at 10:37 am
Gordie Howe (NHL)
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Written By: ninny on 08/18/09 at 10:58 am
Henry Aaron
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Written By: woops on 08/18/09 at 9:52 pm
I Love Lucy
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Written By: Frank on 08/18/09 at 11:47 pm
John Wayne
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Written By: ninny on 08/19/09 at 10:06 am
Kim Novak
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Written By: woops on 08/19/09 at 3:31 pm
Little Audrey cartoons still made
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Written By: coqueta83 on 08/19/09 at 8:16 pm
Martian Chronicles, The (collection of sci-fi short stories by Ray Bradbury, first published in 1950)
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Written By: woops on 08/20/09 at 1:11 pm
Nasty Canasta (antagonist on various western themed Looney Tunes like "Drip Along Daffy")
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Written By: coqueta83 on 08/20/09 at 11:52 pm
One Dozen Berrys (1958 album by Chuck Berry)
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Written By: Frank on 08/21/09 at 12:11 am
Paul Newman
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Written By: woops on 08/21/09 at 12:24 pm
skip "Q"
Road Runner cartoons
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Written By: coqueta83 on 08/21/09 at 10:55 pm
South Pacific (1958 film version of Broadway musical)
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Written By: Frank on 08/22/09 at 2:22 am
Tony Curtis
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Written By: ninny on 08/22/09 at 7:32 am
Underwater! - 1955
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Written By: coqueta83 on 08/22/09 at 8:30 pm
Vincent Price stars in a number of films during this decade, including "The Fly" and "House of Wax".
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Written By: Womble on 08/22/09 at 8:31 pm
War in Korea
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Written By: woops on 08/22/09 at 9:25 pm
Yogi Bear debuts in 1958
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Written By: Womble on 08/22/09 at 11:34 pm
Zsa Zsa Gabor is the leading lady in the film Moulin Rouge (1952)
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Written By: woops on 08/23/09 at 11:09 am
Amos & Andy tv show
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Written By: coqueta83 on 08/23/09 at 8:23 pm
Betty White starred in the sitcom "Life With Elizabeth", which aired from 1953-1955.
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Written By: Frank on 08/24/09 at 12:11 am
Cary Grant
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Written By: woops on 08/24/09 at 10:43 am
Dumont network
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Written By: Frank on 08/24/09 at 1:05 pm
Edward R. Murrow
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Written By: woops on 08/24/09 at 1:27 pm
Annette Funicello
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Written By: Frank on 08/24/09 at 6:02 pm
Gale Storm
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Written By: woops on 08/24/09 at 6:07 pm
Harvey comics popular
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Written By: Frank on 08/24/09 at 6:23 pm
I love Lucy
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Written By: Womble on 08/24/09 at 8:13 pm
Jacqueline Bouvier married future President of the United States, John F. Kennedy on September 12, 1953.
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Written By: coqueta83 on 08/24/09 at 8:25 pm
King Solomon's Mines (1950 film)
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Written By: Womble on 08/24/09 at 8:27 pm
Lucy and Desi, America's sweethearts
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Written By: coqueta83 on 08/25/09 at 8:11 pm
Mickey Mouse featured in the 1953 animated short, "The Simple Things".
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Written By: Frank on 08/26/09 at 12:26 am
Nikita Khrushchev
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Written By: woops on 08/26/09 at 3:11 am
Ozzie & Harriett
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Written By: Marian on 08/27/09 at 12:49 pm
poodle skirts
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Written By: Frank on 08/27/09 at 2:52 pm
Ricky Ricardo