Excerpt from early GARRY MOORE SHOW 12/7/1951

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Excerpt from early GARRY MOORE SHOW 12/7/1951

Postby Richard M Roberts » Thu Jun 13, 2013 3:53 pm

How do explain a performer like Garry Moore to somebody today? He was one of the biggest things in Television in the 50's and 60's, and if you can find any footage of him, showing it to someone just makes people scratch their heads now. Who can really understand that in the early of Days of Television and Radio, there were celebrities were were popular because they were pleasant, likeable, and they were on practically every day. It was more like spending time with an old friend who was good company,more like talking over the back fence then over the Orthocon Tube, rather than someone who had to bust their tails entertaining you. I miss the Days of Media without "edge", and performers like Moore, Arthur Godfrey, Arlene Francis, Dave Garroway, Steve Allen, so many others. This was when Television and Radio could be a true companion, not just screaming heads, noisy music, and lowest common denominator programming for the sub-human.

Here's a rare fifteen minute clip from an early Garry Moore live broadcast, at this point he was probably on for several hours a day five or six days a week, making millions tune in by not doing to darn much. Take a look, scratch your heads if you have too, but then, you obviously don't know what you're missin':






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Re: Excerpt from early GARRY MOORE SHOW 12/7/1951

Postby Gary Johnson » Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:42 pm

If nothing else, it was Moore who introduced the television audience to Carol Burnett, who became part of his ensemble cast in 1960.


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