1. On what 1950s TV show did a duck fall from above?
2. Who was the Man of Steel?
3. What was the name of the quiz show where a person is in an isolated booth that was used to insure honesty when answering questions?
4. Who were the top TV anchormen in the 1950s news world?
5. Who wrote the best seller which taught "a simple yet scientific system of practical techniques of successful living that works."
6. What was the title of the book that caused some in the 1950s to host a come-as-you-are party and serve "reincarnation cocktails."
2007-09-27 07:46:48 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
Aw you guys are good. I am going to have to get tougher.
2007-09-27 08:06:33 · update #1
2Jaxx - You keep making me laugh!
2007-09-27 08:07:21 · update #2
The show was Twenty-One with Jack Barry with Van Doren who later testified to House subcommittee that it was a hoax.
2007-09-27 13:29:42 · update #3
1. You Bet Your Life
2. Superman
3. 21?
4. Huntley & Brinkley
5. The Power of Positive Thinking
6. The Search for Bridey Murphy?
2007-09-27 07:54:20 · answer #1 · answered by Denise P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not a Senior, but I am giving it a try for the ones I know, just so I can come back and learn the ones I don't ;)
1. No idea.
2. Superman.
3. Twenty-one. (21) The one where Van Doren disappointed a whole nation.
4. My guess is it was Murrow and Cronkite.
5. L. Ron Hubbard (?) (Dianetics--source, later, of Scientology)
6. Don't know the name of the book, but the guy I am thinking of (author) was named Stephenson, I think (?) He encouraged the use of hallucinogens in an effort to get people to do past life regressions.
2007-09-27 08:00:40 · answer #2 · answered by Bronwen 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1.You bet your life? (Groucho Marx)
2. Superman
3. $64,000 Question
4. Huntley and Brinkley - was Cronkite 1950's or 60's?
5. Norman Vincent Peale?
6. The Search for Bridey Murphy
2007-09-27 08:00:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. You Bet Your Life
2. Clark Kent/Superman/George Reeves
3. The 64,000 Question
4. Edward R. Murrow
5. Norman Vincent Peale
6. The Search for Bridey Murphy
2007-09-27 07:54:36 · answer #4 · answered by p_opus2000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You Bet Your Life
Superman
$64,000 Question
David Brinkley & Chet Huntley
Norman Vincent Peale (the Power of Positive Thinking)
Search for Bridey Murphy?
2007-09-27 08:27:18 · answer #5 · answered by Shortstuff13 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. Gourcho Marx - you bet your life
2. Superman
3. 64,000 question?
4. Douglas Edwards; Gabriel Heater, Edward R. Murrow and Walter Winchell [Cronkite started out in 52 with the convention and Murrow]
5. Norman Vincent Peale
2007-09-27 08:04:14 · answer #6 · answered by sage seeker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. Groucho Marx ("You Bet Your Life.")
2. Superman (George Reeves)
3. $64,000 Question
4. Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, Edward R. Murrow
5. Dale Carnegie
6. OK. You got me on that one!
2007-09-27 07:53:42 · answer #7 · answered by felines 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. You Bet Your Life
2. Superman
3. 21
4. Walter Cronkite
2007-09-27 07:51:20 · answer #8 · answered by fizzygurrl1980 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was a bit later, than the early 1950" and we did not get TV in South Africa until 1974. Can you believe that!
Later did listen to "The Goon show"
2007-09-27 08:21:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. Groucho - "You bet your life"
2. Superman
3. $64,000 question
4. Chet Huntley - David Brinkly
5. sounds familiar but ....
6. haven't the foggiest
2007-09-27 11:01:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋