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broadcastarchive-umd:

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! is a documentary television series based on the newspaper feature that aired in three incarnations.

The first Believe It or Not TV series, a live show hosted by Robert L. Ripley, premiered on NBC television March 1, 1949. Shortly after the 13th episode, on May 27, 1949, Ripley died of a heart attack and several of his friends substituted as host, including future Ripley’s Believe It or Not! president Doug Storer. Robert St. John served as host from the second season until the series ended on October 5, 1950.

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! later returned to television in a second series from 1982 to 1986 on the American ABC network. Character actor Jack Palance hosted the popular series throughout its run. In the 2000s (decade), a new series was produced for TBS with actor Dean Cain and field correspondent Kelly Packard as hosts. (Wikipedia)

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oldshowbiz:

Having been born in the 1980s, I was not alive to witness the era in which every independent television channel in America showed an old movie late at night.

Add to the fact that DVDs, BluRays, Turner Classic Movies and the Internet has given me access to so many of these movies in massive numbers and in crystal clear formats — there is truly no excuse for me to be nostalgic for the era of The Late Late Show, The Million Dollar Movie, the Creature Feature or Shock Theater.

And yet, whenever I watch some old black and white Paramount or Universal release from the 1930s or 1940s with all their familiar character actors, I can’t help but pretend I am watching The Late Show on something like the KPIX package pictured here.

Well, I was born in the very early 70s, but I didn’t watch a lot of late movies. Yet I have nostalgia for these, as well. The closest we had that I actually remember is the Saturday afternoon Creature Double Feature. Saw lots of cheesy goodness during those hours.

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jknox00:

Lady Godiva was a freedom rider she didn’t care if the whole world looked. 
Joan of Arc with the Lord to guide her she was a sister who really cooked. 

Isadora was the first bra burner and you’re glad she showed up. (Oh yeah) 
And when the country was falling apart Betsy Ross got it all sewed up. 
And then there’s Maude. (6X) 

And then there’s that old compromisin’, enterprisin’, anything but tranquilizin’, 
Right on Maude!

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