Exhibits
In the past some of my articles have been little more than collections of promo spots or commercials with only a minimum of text thrown in to add some variety. I realized that these articles might be better served without the text. If the emphasis was on the video footage, why not just present the video and forget all about the text?
Thus the exhibits section of Television Obscurities was born. Unlike in-depth articles, which present lots of information in text form and are complemented by audio and video, exhibits will be mostly visual or aural.
Famous Faces Do Commercials
(June 22nd, 2008)A collection of television commercials featuring actors and actresses, musicians, athletes and other celebrities hawking a wide variety of products, from the 1950s through today. Famous faces include Bill Cosby, Farrah Fawcett, Jay Leno, Andrea Dromm, John Denver and Sandy Duncan.
Full Issue of 1951 TV News
(September 21st, 2008)TV News was an early, TV Guide-type magazine covering the Buffalo and Rochester region of New York. Here is the entire June 2nd, 1951 issue of the magazine, complete with television listings, articles, advertisements and a crossword puzzle.
Network Television Promotion
(June 22nd, 2008)A collection of network promotional spots, primarily from the 1960s through the 1980s, broken into four distinct categories: the series/season premiere, the episode preview, the generic spot and the network line-up. View promos from such shows as Thriller, The Brady Bunch, Gibbsville, The Wild, Wild West and The Defenders.
The New People Comic Books
(July 18th, 2008)In 1970, Dell released two comic books based on ABC's short-lived The New People, which ran for seventeen episodes starting in the fall of 1969. Take a look at the covers, the first five pages from the first issue, and a Spanish version published in Mexico.
TV Guide - Behind the Scenes of the 1964-1965 Season
(November 24th, 2008)TV Guide occasionally presented "Picture Features" that went behind the scenes of television programs. Here are seven examples from the 1964-1965 television season, including Gilligan's Island, The Tycoon and The Baileys of Balboa. Last Updated November 24th, 2008