My Childhood 1960s Television Shows
My Childhood 1960s Television Shows
The Start of Television in Singapore
Television
began in Singapore on 15 February 1963. The then-Minister for Culture S.
Rajaratnam became the first person to appear on Singapore TV. At that time,
there was probably one in 58 persons in Singapore who owned a TV set.
The pilot
service was only 1 hour per day on Channel 5. On 2 April 1963, it became a
regular service. It was a daily broadcast 7.15 pm to 11.15 pm in 4 official
languages.
On 23
November 1963, Channel 8 was added. It took over Chinese and Tamil programs,
while English and Malay programs stayed on Channel 5. Until Singapore’s
independence on 9 August 1965, Singapore was still a state of Malaysia and the
programs were aired together with TV Malaysia. When Singapore became
independent, it became the TV Division of Radio Television Singapore (RTS).
Stories of Yesteryear – Singapore in the 1960s EP41
Television Singapore (Click on the link and then video EP41)
Video: Diary of a Nation (SBC 1988): 15 February 1963: TV Singapura
First Made in Singapore Television
Setron (Singapore Electronics) Limited made Singapore’s
first locally manufactured back-and-white television set in late 1964. It was
previously a coffee trading company, Heng Guan Limited, which had to shut down as
its Indonesian based business was affected by Konfrontasi (Confrontation).
Photo shows Setron Television Set Source: (Roots.sg)
Television Programs (Year 1960 to 1970)
Please note that the televised years indicated refers to
overseas context of origin, and not Singapore.
77
Sunset Street
Televised
from 1958 to 1964.Private detective drama series. Two former government agent,
now private detective works out of a stylish office at 77 Sunset Bolevard,
Suites 101 and 102. The street address was colloquially known as Sunset Strip.
Adventures
of Superman
Televised
1952 to 1958. An American TV series based on comic book characters and concepts
that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster created in 1938. George Reeves played Clark
Kent and Superman, with Jack Larson as Jimmy Olsen, John Hamilton as Perry
White, and Robert Shayne as Inspector Henderson, Phyllis Coates as Lois Lane.
Andy
Williams Show
Televised
1962 to 1971. American TV variety show. It was hosted by crooner Andy Williams.
The show featured a number of regular performers and included guest performers.
When the show debuted, it was tailored to William’s pop music stylings and
aimed at adult viewers. It was also popular for its comedy skits.
Alfred
Hitchcock Presents
Televised
from 1955 to 1965.An American TV anthology series created, hosted and produced
by Alfred Hitchcock. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Hitchcock
closed the show in much the same way it opened, but mainly to tie up loose
ends. Frequently, a leading character in the story would have seemingly gotten
away with a criminal activity. In the postscript, Hitchcock would briefly
detail how fate or the authorities eventually brought the character to justice.
Bat
Masterson
Televised
1958 to1961. American western series. In the series, Bat Masterson (Gene Barry)
was often dressed in expensive Eastern clothing. He was portrayed as a ladies’
man who travelled the West looking for women and adventure. He preferred to use
his cane rather than a gun to get himself out of trouble.
Batman
Televised
from 1966 to 1968. It stars Adam West as Bruce Wayne (Batman) as Dick Grayson
(Robin), two crime-fighting heroes who defend Gotham City from a variety of
archvillains.
Bewitched!
Televised
from 1964 to 1972. Starring Elizabeth Montgomery. It is about a witch who
marries an ordinary mortal man and vows to lead the life of a typical suburban
housewife.
Bonaza
Televised
from 1959 to 1973. The show is set in the 1860s and centers on the moral
dilemmas surrounding the wealthy Cartwright family who live in the vicinity of
Virginia City, Nevada bordering Lake Tahoe.
Cobat!
Televised
from 1962 to 1967. Starring Rick Jason and Vic Morrow. This covered the grim
lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during
World War Two.
Candid
Camera
Televised
1948 to 2014. This is an American hidden camera reality TV series. The show
involved concealed camera filming ordinary people being confronted with unusal
situations, sometimes involving trick props. When the joke was revealed,
victims were told the show’s catchphrase “Smile, you’re on Candid Camera.”
Captain
Scarlet
Televised
1967 to 1968.British puppet series. The Mysterons is a race of Martians that
possess partial control over matter. They vows reveng and launch a series of
attacks against Earth, after a misunderstanding causes human astronauts to
attack their city on Mars. These are countered by Spectrum, a worldwide security
organization. Captain Scarlet became Spectrum’s top asset because he acquired
the Mysteron’s self-healing power of retro-metabolism. Thus he becomes
indestructible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Scarlet_and_the_Mysterons
Daktari
Televised
1966 to 1969.Dr Marsh Tracy was a veterinarian running an animal study center
in Africa. Helping him were his daughter Paula, American Jack Dane and Mike.
They frequently had to protect animals from poachers and local officials.
Living with them was a cross-eyed lion named Clarence and a chimp named Judy.
Dean
Martin Show
Televised
1965 to 1974. It is a variety-comedy series, hosted by Dean Martin. The theme
song to the series was his 1964 hit song “Everybody Loves Somebody”. His act
was that of a drunken, work-shy playboy, although the ever-present
old-fashioned glass in his hand often only had apple juice in it. The show was
heavy on physical comedy rather than just quips.
Dr
Kildare
Televised
1961 to 1966. The TV series initially told the story of a young intern Dr James
Kildare (Richard Chamberlain) working at the large metropolitan Blair General
Hospital and trying to learn his profession, deal with patient’s problems, and
win the respect of the Dr Leonard Gillespie (Raymond Massey)
Dragnet
Televised1967
to 1970. American police procedural drama enacting the cases of a dedicated Los
Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday (Jack Webb) and his partner
Officer Bill Gannon (Harry Morgan). The trademark is the show’s opening
narration: “The story you are about to see is true. Only the names have been
changed to protect the innocent.”
Flipper
Televised
1964 to 1967. Flipper, a bottlenose dolphin, is the pet of Porter Ricks, Chief
Warden at Coral Key Park and Marine Preserve and his 2 sons, Sandy and Bud T.
Get
Smart
Televised
1965 to 1970. A secret agent comedy played by Don Adams (agent Maxwell Smart),
Barbara Feldon (Agent 99) and Edward Platt (Chief).
Green
Acres
Televised
from 1965 to 1971. American sitcom. It is about Oliver Wendell Douglas (Eddie
Albert), an erudite New York City attorney, fulfilling his dream to be a
farmer, and Lisa Douglas (Eva Gabor), his glamorous Hungarian wife, dragged
unwillingly from an upscale Manhattan penthouse apartment to a ramshackle farm.
The series is a mockumentary about their decision to move to a rural area.
Green
Hornet
Televised
from 1966 to 1967. Playboy bachelor and media mogul Britt Reid (Van Williams)
is the owner and publisher of the Daily Sentinel newspaper, but as the masked
vigilante Green Hornet, he fights crime with the assistance of his martial arts
expert partner and butler, Kato (Bruce Lee). They travel in his
weapons-enhanced custom Imperial car named Black Beauty; infiltrate and battle
criminal gangs, leaving them and the incriminating evidence for police arrival.
Gilligan’s
Island
Televised
1964 to 1967. American sitcom. The series followed the adventures of seven
castaways as they attempted to survive on an island on which they had been
shipwrecked. The series revolve around the dissimilar castaways’ conflicts and
their unsuccessful attempts to escape their plight due to Gilligan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilligan%27s_Island
Gunsmoke
Televised
from 1955 to 1975. American western drama series. The stories take place in and
around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The
central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GunsmokeHave Gun Will Travel
Televised
from 1957 to 1963. The series follows the adventures of Paladin, a gentleman
investigator-gunfighter who travels around the Old West working as a mercenary
for people who hire him to solve their problems.
Hawaii
Five-O
Televised
from 1968 to 1980.The show starred Jack Lord as Detective Captain Stephen “Steve”
McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force in Hawaii. The original
team included Danny “Danno” Williams (James MacArthur), Chin Ho Kelly (Kam Fong)
and Kono Kalakaua. They hounded international secret agents, criminals and
organized crime syndicates plaging the Hawaiian islands. With the aid of
District Attorney, John Manicote, McGarrett is successful in sending most of
his enemies to prison.
Highway
Patrol
Televised
1955 to 1959. The series followed Dan Mathews (Broderick Crawford), the gruff
and dedicated head of a police force as he chased criminals in a western state.
Excitement was mainly generated by Dan’s rapid-fire staccato delivery of his
lines, frequent shootouts, hostage death threat, the escape of a violent
criminal, a train derailment, or other imminent catastrophe.
Hogan Heroes
Televised
1965 to 1971. American sitcom set in a German prisoner of war camp during World
War One. Colonel Robert E.Hogan (Bob Crane) coordinates an international crew
of Allied prisoners to run special operations from their camp, Stalag 13,
located in Nazi Germany, where the winter is permanent. The group conduct Allied
espionage and sabotage and help escaped Allied POWs from other prison camps
using a secret network of tunnels that operate under the ineptitude Colonel
Klink (Werner Klemperer) and his sergeant-of-the-guards Hans Schultz. The
prisoners cooperate with resistance groups (the Underground), defectors, spies,
counterspies and disloyal officers to accomplish this.
I Dream of Jeannie
Televised
1965 to 1970. Sitcom about an astronaut who found and release a 2000 year old
genie (Barbara Eden) from a bottle and became her master. The genie fells in
love and eventually marries her master.
Televised
1951 to 1957. Comedy series. It followed the life of Lucy Ricardo (Ball), a
yound middle-class housewife in New York City, who either concocted plans with
her best friends, Vance and Frawley, to appear alongside her bandleader husband
Ricky Ricardo (Arnaz) in his nightclub, or tried numerous schemes to mingle
with, or be a part of how business.
Ironside
Televised
1967 to 1975. It was an American crime drama series. Robert T. Ironside
(Raymond Burr), or Chief Ironside, who was paralyzed from the waist down after
being shot on vacation, act as a consultant to the San Francisco police.
Land
of the Giants
Televised
from 1968 to 1970. Set 15 years into the future, the series tells the tale of
the crew and passengers of a spacecraft named Spindrift. Enroute from Los
Angeles to London, the Spindrift encounters a magnetic space storm, and is
dragged to a space warp to a mysterious planet where everything is 12 times
larger than on earth. The Spindrift crash-lands, and the damage renders it
inoperable.
Lassie
Televised from 12
September 1954 to 25 March 1973. This is about the adventure of a female Rough
Collie dog named Lassie and her human and animal companions.
Leave
it to Beaver
Televised
from 1957 to 1963. The TV sitcom is about an inquisitive and naïve boy,
Theodore “The Beaver” Cleaver (Jerry Mathers) and his adventures at home,
school, and around his suburban neighbourhood. It starred Barbara Billingsley
and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver’s parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as
Beaver’s brother Wally.
Lost
in Space
Televised
from 1965 to 1968.
The series follows the
adventures of the Robinsons , a pioneering family of space colonists who
struggle to survive in the depths of space. The spacecraft was named
Jupiter 2.They had a robot named The Robot.
MG
Ramachandran
Though
not a tv series, he appeared in many Tamil movies, which are often televised on
Channel 8 in Singapore. He is popularly known by his initials MGR (17 January
1917 to 24 December 1987). He was an Indian actor, director and producer who
had an extensive career primarily in Tamil language films.
During
this period, Tamil TV in Singapore was also characterised by Hindi Films based
on Hindu mythology, such as Sampoorna Ramayana (1961), Mahabharat (1965)
Mister
Ed
Televised
1961 to 1966. American TV situation
comedy. The show’s character is a talking horse (Bamboo Harvester)(voice
provided by Allan Lane), owned by architect Wilbur Post (Alan Young), who is
married to Carol Post (Connie Hines). The Posts resided at 17230 Valley Spring
Road in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles. Many of the program’s gags follow
from Mister Ed’s tendency to talk only to Wilbur, the horse’s skills as an obnoxious
and inconsiderate troublemaker, and his precociously human-like behaviour that
far exceeds anything those around Wilbur expect of a horse.
Televised
from 1963 to 1966. The series follows a martian (Ray Walston), whose one-man
spacecraft collied with US Air Force’s rocket plane, the North American X-15.
The ship was damaged and the martian was injured. He was taken in by Tim O’Hara
(Bill Bixby), a young news reporter reporting on the X-15 and was on his way
home, Los Angeles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Favorite_Martian
Sea Hunt
The Adventures of Robinhood
The FBI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fugitive_(TV_series)
The High Chaparral
People
are Funny
Televised
from 1942 to 1960. American radio and TV game show, which contestants were
asked to carry out stunts in order to
prove that “People Are Funny”. Contestants who were successful received prizes.
Petticoat
Junction
Televised
from 1963 to 1970. American Sitcom. The series takes place at the Shady Rest
Hotel, which is run by Kate Bradley, her three daughters Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo,
Betty Jo and her uncle Joe Carson. The show centers on the going-on at the
Hotel.Her lazy, braggadocious, but lovable Uncle Joe Carson supposedly helps
her in the day-to-day running of the hotel, while she serves as a mediator in
the various minor crises that befall her 3 daughters. Uncle Joe, when he is not
idling in his favourite porch chair, frequently comes up with Half-baked
get-rich schemes and ill-conceived hotel promotions which ended up with him
making a fool of himself.
P.
Ramlee
Tan Sri
Teuku Zakaria Bin Teuku Nyak Puteh (22 March 1929 to 29 May 1973), better known
by his stage name P.Ramlee was a Malaysian film actor, director, singer,
songwriter, scriptwriter, musician, composer and producer. He was born in
Penang to an Acehnese father. Touted as the Renaissance man of Malay
entertainment, he kick-started a successful at the Shaw Productions film studio
in Jalan Ampas, Singapore. His career spanned from the late 1940s to the early
1970s.
He acted
in 66 films, directed 35 feature films, of which he wrote 33, and composed more
than 360 songs. His films grossed millions of dollars and won more than 30
awards. A History Channel Asia documentary on October 2010 revealed that he
died penniless of a heart attack. He was buried at Jalan Ampang Muslim
Cemetery, in Kuala Lumpur
Peyton
Place
Televised
from 1964 to 1969. Peyton Place was founded by the Peyton family, whose members
included the Harringtons. Some of the plots involved Rodney Harrington, the
oldest son, choosing between bad girl Betty Anderson or fragile Allison
MacKenzie. His brother Norman Tool to working class Rita Jacks. Allison’s
mother Connie was keeping a secret about her daughter’s birth. People married
and divorced, loved and lost. Murder, illicit passion, insanity, and secrets
were the staples of Peyton Place.
Ripcord
Televised
1961 to 1963. The series follows the adventures of 2 skydivers, Theodore (Ted)
McKeever (Larry Pennell) and James (Jim) Buckley (Ken Curtis) and their pilot
Chuck Lambert (Paul Comi). Their adventures include chasing dangerous criminals
to performing difficult and daring and occasionally absurd rescues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripcord_(TV_series)Sea Hunt
Televised
from 1958 to 1961. This stars Lloyd Bridges as former Navy diver Mike Nelson.
He is a well-known expert on diving who is often called on for difficult or
dangerous projects.
Skippy,
the Bush Kangaroo
Televised
from 1968 to 1970. The series is about the adventures of Skippy, the pet
kangaroo of Sonny Hammond, the younger son of the Head Ranger of Waratah
National Park in Duffys Forest, near Sydney. The stories revolved around events
in the park, including its animals, the dangerous arising from natural hazards,
and the actions of visitors.
Star
Trek
Televised
from 1966 to 1969. The series follows the adventures of the starship USS
Enterprise (NCC-1701) and its crew. The show is set in the Milky Way galaxy,
roughly during 2260s. The ship and crew are led by Captain James T.Kirk
(William Shanter), First Officer and Science Officer, Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and
Chief Medical Officer Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley)
Talent
Time
Televised
1964. Started as a 1946 radio competition on Radio Malaya, then held before a
live audience at Victoria Memorial Hall, before moving to TV. The competition
attracted not just singers , but also novelty musicians who can make music with
a saw, warble like a bird and tap dance.
Tazan
Televised
from 1966 to 1968. Tarzan, who is Lord Greystoke (Ron Ely) plays a well
educated character who had grown tired of civilization, returned to the jungle
where he had been raised. He is assisted by chimpanzee Cheetah and orphan boy
Jai, in his war against poachers and other bad guys.
That
Girl
Televised
from 1966 to 1971. American sitcom. Ann Marie (Marlo Thomas) is an aspiring
actress, who moves from her hometown of Brewster, New York, to try to make it
big in New York City. She had to take anumber of temporary jobs to support
herself in between her auditions and
small parts. She has a boyfriend, Donald Hollinger (Ted Bessell), a writer for
Newsview magazine.
The
Abbott and Costello Show
Televised
1952 to 1954. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello portrayed unemployed actors in a
rooming house in Los Angeles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Abbott_and_Costello_Show
The
Adventures of Rin-Tin-Tin
Televised
1954 to 1959. American Adventure Family Western. A boy, Rusty (Lee Aaker) who
orphaned in an Indian raid, was raised by the soldiers at a US Cavalry post
known as Fort Apache. He and his German shepherd dog, Rin Tin Tin, helped the
soldiers to establish order in the American West.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Rin_Tin_TinThe Adventures of Robinhood
Televised
1955 to 1959. British TV series. The series follow the Robin Hood (Richard
Greene) and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding
vicinity.
The
Andy Griffin Show
Televised
1960 to 1968. American situation comedy. Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) is the widowed sheriff of Mayberry, North
Carolina, a community of 2,000 people. He has a well meaning cousin and deputy
Barney Fife (Don Knotts), an aunt cum housekeeper, Bee Taylor (Frances Bavier),
and a son Opie (Ron Howard). Eccentric townspeople and temperamental
girlfriends complete the cast.
The
Beverly Hillbillies
Televised
from 1962 to 1971. Jed Clampett, an impoverished and widowed mountaineer, is
living alongside an oil-rich swamp with his daughter and mother-in-law. One
day, he went hunting and his gun-shot struck oil. He is paid a fortune by the
OK Oil Company for the right to drill on his land. Jed’s cousin Pearl Bodine
prods him to move to a mansion in wealthy Beverly Hills, California, bringing
Jethro, Pearl’s son along. The mansion is next door to Jed’s banker, Milburn
Drysdale and his wife Margaret who has zero tolerance hillbillies. Double
entendres and cultural misconceptions are the core of the sitcom’s humour.
The
Carol Burnett Show
Televised
1967 to 1978. American skit-comedy starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki
Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner, with frequent star Tim Conway.
The Ed
Sullivan Show
Televised
from 1948 to 1971. American variety show. Hosted by New York entertainment
columnist Ed Sullivan. Virtually every type of entertainment appeared on the
show; classical musicians, opera singers, popular recording artists,
songwriters, comedians, ballet dancers, dramatic actors performing monologues
from plays, and circus acts were regularly featured.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ed_Sullivan_ShowThe FBI
Televised
1965 to 1974.American police TV series.Based on actual FBI cases, with
Inspector Lewis Erskine (Efem Zimbalist), a widower whose wife had been killed
in an ambush meant for him; Special Agent Jim Rhodes (Stephen Brooks) who is
Inspector Erskine’s assistant, Barbara Erskine, Inspector Erskine’s daughter,
Arthur Ward (Philip Abbott), assistant director to FBI Director J.Edgar Hoover.
The
Flying Nun
Televised
1967 to 1970. American sitcom series. Sister Bertrille (Sally Field) joins the
Convent San Tanco in San Juan, Puerto Rico. As she weighs under 90 pounds (41
kilograms), the high winds at the Convent high on the ocean bluffs, and the
large, heavily starched cornette (headpiece) enable her to fly. Her flying
ability caused as many problems as they solves. The series centered on the
adventures of the Convent’s nuns.
The
Fugitive
Televised
from 1963 to 1967. American crime drama series. Dr. Richard Kimble (David
Janssen) was a physician. He was wrongly convicted of his wife’s murder and
sentenced to receive the death sentence. En route to the death row, his train
derailed, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real
killer, a “one armed man” (Bill Raisch). At the same time, Dr. Kimble is
hounded by the authorities, most notably Police Lieutenant Philip Gerald (Barry
Morse).
The High Chaparral
Televised
from 1967 to 1971. This is an American Western drama set in the 1870s, and
revolves around Big John Cannon (Erickson), a rancher who runs a ranch called
“The High Chaparral” in the dry desert of the southern Arizona territory, near
Mexican border, in Apache Indian country.
The
Honeymooners
Televised
1955 to 1956. American TV sitcom series. Portray the lives Ralph Kramden
(Jackie Gleason), bus drive for the Gotham bus company, his wife Alice Kramden
(Audrey Meadows), his neighbour and best friend Ed Norton (Art Carney) and his
wife Trixie Norton (Joyce Randolph). The couples lives in an apartment house at
328 Chauncey Street, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City. The series followed
the couples as they get involved with various scenarios and schemes in their
day-to-day living in Ralph and Alice’s small, sparsely furnished two-room
apartment.
The Invaders
Televised
1967 to 1968. American science-fiction TV series. Architect David Vincent (Roy
Thinnes) accidently learns of a secret alien invasion already underway and
thereafter travels from place to place attempting to foil the aliens’ plots and
warn a sceptical officials and general public of the danger. As the series
progresses, Vincent is able to convince a small number of people to help him
fight the aliens.
Televised
from 1950 to 1965.The series was about the misadventures of Jack Benny and his
friends.
The
Liberace Show
Televised
1952 to 1969. Wladziu Valentino Liberace was a child prodigy an American
pianist, singer and actor. In his TV
show, he catered to the tastes of the mass audience bu chatting to the camera
as if performing in the viewer’s own living room. He also used dramatic
lighting, split images, costume changes, exaggerated hand movements to create
visual interest.
Televised
from 1966 to 1968. American action and adventure series. The series follows the
exploits of 4 Allied soldiers (3 Americans and 1 Briton) who are part of a
long-range desert patrol group in the North African campaign during World War
Two. Their mission: ”to attack, harass and wreak havoc on Field Marshal Rommel’s
vaunted Afrika Korps”.
The
Wild Wild West
Televised
1965 to 1969. American western espionage and science TV series. Set during the
administration of President Ulysses Grant (1869 to 1877), the series followed
secret agents James West (Robert Conrad) and Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin) as
they solved crimes, protected the president and foiled the megalomanical
villians to take over part or all of the United States. The show featured a
number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used
by the agents and their adventures.
Time Tunnel
Televised
from 1966 to 1967. Stars James Darren and Robert Colbert. Both men were in a
top-secret US project, named Project Tic-Toc, to build an experimental time
machine (The Time Tunnel). Desperate to continued funding of the project, both
men sent themselves through time and became lost in time.
The
Addams Family
Televised
from 1964 to 1966.Comedy about a closely-knitted family, with macabre
interests. They reside with their butler and a disembodied hand in a small wooden
box at 0001 Cemetery Lane in an ornate, gloomy, second empire style mansion.
The
Lone Ranger
Televised
1949 to 1957. Western drama series. The fictional story line maintains that a
patrol of 6 Texas Rangers is massacred, with only 1 member surviving. The
“lone” survivor then disguises himself with a black mask and travels with Tonto
throughout Texas and the American West to assist those challenged by the
lawless elements. A silver mine supplies the Lone Ranger with the name of his
horse (Silver) as well as the funds required to finance his wandering lifestyle
and the raw material for his signature silver bullets.
Televised
from 1964 to 1968. It starred Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G.Carroll. The
series follows secret agents who works for a secret international counter
espionage and law enforcement agency called U.N.C.L.E.
The
Samurai
Televised
1962 to 1964. The series portray the adventures of a roving samurai, Akikusa
Shintaro. His true identity is the older hal-brother of the 11th
Tokugawa shogun. He is a master swordman, using both the long katana and the
short wakizashi swords to seek out and eliminate plots by rival lords, fight
against Koga ninjas, Iga ninjas, Black ninjas and Fuma ninjas, thus protecting
his brother.
The
Twilight Zone
Televised
1959 to 1964. An American anthology TV series, created and presented by Rod
Serling. Each episode presents a stand-alone story in which characters find
themselves dealing with often disturbing or unusual events, an experience
described as entering “The Twilight Zone,” often with a surprise ending and a
moral. Although predominantly science-fiction, the show’s paranormal and
Kafkaesque events leaned the show towards fantasy and horror.
The
Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau
Televised
1968 to 1975. This is a nonfiction documentary TV series focusing on marine
biodiversity, directed by Alan Landsburg and hosted by French filmmaker,
researcher and marine explorer Jacques Cousteau
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Undersea_World_of_Jacques_CousteauThunderbirds
Televised
1965 to 1981. British science-fiction TV series created by Gerry amd Sylvia
Anderson using a form of electronic marionette puppetry (Supermarionation). Set
in the mid 2060s, the series follows the exploits on International Rescue, a
life-saving organization equipped with 5 technologically-advanced land, sea,
air and space rescue craft named the Thunderbirds and launched from a secret
base in the Pacific Ocean. The main characters are ex-astronaut Jeff Tracy and
his 5 adult sons, who pilot the Thunderbirds.
Ultraman
Originally
televised from 1966 to 1967. Ultraman is an Ultra Warrior that hails from
Nebula M78. While chasing the space monster Bemular, he accidentally collided
with SSSP Officer Shin Hayata who was on a patrolling duty. Feelin guilty for
playing a part in his death, Ultraman merged their bodies together and give
Shin the Beta Capsule. From that day fowrad, Ultraman staunchlydefended Earch
against aliens and monsters, with Shin Hayata and the SSSP assisting him. While
Hayata worked alongside his fellow SSSP members, he ould switch to Ultraman
should the situation call for it.
Voyage
to the Bottom of the Sea
Televised
1964 to 1968. It is a science fiction series about a futuristic nuclear
submarine S.S.R.N. Seaview, designed, built by submarine Admiral Harriman
Nelson (Richard Basehart), and Commander Lee Crane (David Hedison), the
captain. The Seaview is officially for undersea marine research and visits many
exotic locations in the secen seas, but its secret mission is to defend the
planet from all world and extraterrestrial threats in the then-future of the
1970s.
Walt
Disney’s Disneyland
Televised
from 1954 to 1958. Anthology TV Series.
Disne
wanted to produce a TV program to finance the development of the Disneyland
amusement park. The show contained teasers for the park, as well as episodes
representing life in one of the park’s main sections: Adventureland,
Tomorrowland, Fantasyland and Frontierland. Consequently, Davy Crockett and
other pioneers of the Old West and American history appeared in Frontier Land.
Similarly, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea appeared in Adventure Land. Topics for
Fantasy Land would include either actual cartoons, and animated folms or
documentaries on “The Making of…” such as Peggy Lee singing the duet of the
wicked Siamese cats in Lady and the Tramp.
Walt
Disney Presents (1958 to 1961)
Televised
1958 to 1961.
The
TV series under this new title. Walt Disney introduced his productions such as
The Peter Tchaikovsky Story, Sleeping Beauty, Texas John Slaughter, Elfego
Baca, Moochie of the Little League as well as animations such as Mickey Mouse,
Donald Duck, Goofy and Jimmy Cricket talking to Walt Disney.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_anthology_television_series#Walt_Disney's_Disneyland_(1954%E2%80%931958)
The
iconic comedy double were said to be the Laurel and Hardy of the East and were
among Singapore’s first television stars. They were talent spotted at a Teochew
crosstalk show in New World Amusement Park and invited to host the weekly
Chinese Variety Show on television launched in 1963. Wang Sha (Known as “Ah
San”, Hokkien for skinny) and Ye Feng (known as “Ah Pui”, Hokkien for fatty)
incorporated dialects, pasar Malay and pidgin English into their skit and
songs, pioneering a distinct brand of Singapore humour.
Ye
Feng, whose real name was Xiao Tian Cai, died of a heart attack at the age of
63 in September 1995. Wang Sha, who real name is Heng Kim Ching, suffered from
chronic lung disease and died at the age of 73 in January 1998.
Source:10
Things to Know About the 60s, The Straits Times, 14 May 2015
What’s My Line
Televised from 1950 to 1967. Originally ran in the United
States on CBS TV Network. It is a panel game show. The game uses celebrity
panelists to question contestants in order to determine their occupation. There
would also be a weekly celebrity “mystery guest” that the panelist are called
to question and identify while blindfolded
Zorro
Televised from 1957 to 1959 starring Guy Williams.Senor Zorro became
an outlaw in the pueblo of Los Angeles in California”to avenge the helpless, to
punish cruel politicians, to aid the oppressed.”
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