tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3021484385160263499.post6248538861462157505..comments2023-10-12T10:46:07.020-05:00Comments on Tomato Cans: The Tragic Tale of Benny ParetDavid Goodloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01436578436386818281noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3021484385160263499.post-46027457696750794422015-05-22T13:46:11.606-05:002015-05-22T13:46:11.606-05:00Television was not a novelty in 1962. 1952, yes; 1... Television was not a novelty in 1962. 1952, yes; 1962, no. 1962 was the year of "The Beverly Hillbillies," "Leave It to Beaver," and "The Twilight Zone." Doctor and lawyer shows were very popular. Famous newsmen included Walter Cronkite, Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, and Walter Cronkite at the end of his career. <br /><br />Before that, there were "I Love Lucy," and many Westerns. Jack Webb asked for the facts in "Dragnet." In "Bye Bye Birdie," the McAfee family rhapsodized about being on Ed Sullivan. References to any of these shows would be as familiar as references to "Seinfeld," "The Simpsons" or "Mad Men" would be in later decades. <br /><br />Moreover, the man in the White House in 1962 was there partly because he looked better on television than his opponent.<br /><br />What were novelties in 1962 were color television (CBS was still an all-black-and-white network), and educational TV, later called public TV.<br /><br />miriamnoreply@blogger.com