Pete and Gladys (1960)

★★★★★ · That's an Actor, Not Edward R. Murrow · leefloridatv · 2010-02-20

That's an actor portraying "Ed," (the only thing that Pete calls him during the broadcast.) That is not Edward R. Murrow. Seems to be a good, even-handed way of promoting a new show. I liked it myself.

★★★★★ · The Sponsor's Preview · bgrauman · 2011-01-25

This brief preview was never shown on CBS; it was produced for "PETE AND GLADYS"' primary sponsor, Carnation, so that the company could introduce their new program to their various executives and distributors at a special meeting, just before the series began in September 1960. Alan Dexter indeed portrays a fictional version of "Edward R. Murrow" here {the real Murrow would NEVER participate in this kind of promotion; besides, his "PERSON TO PERSON" series was being hosted by Charles Collingwood at the time, as Murrow had taken a year's sabbatical in Europe. When he returned in 1960, he was…

★★★★ · This was a good show... · bestpbx · 2008-12-08

The actors were good and they had pretty good scripts. I have no proble with Mr. Murrow doing this promo. Walter Cronkite appeared on Mary Tyler Moore, and several newscasters appeared on Murphy Brown. Senator John Glenn even appeared on Frazier. This did not degrade thme. They are all just human beings and I think they did it for a hoot. WHo cares, anyway?????

★★★★ · Historically Interesting · Seto-Kaiba_Is_Stupid · 2008-08-09

"Pete and Gladys", By all accounts, was hardly a great show, and indeed, it only ran for 2 seasons, never making the top 25. Still, as seen in this long promo, It was an decent enough TV series, featuring a good cast, and decent writing. Still, What makes this worth watching is it's insight into how the major TV networks promoted TV shows back then. With no internet, they created "promo reels".

From Murrow to Mediocrity · Dodsworth the Cat · 2008-11-11

Here's Ed Murrow, the Patron Saint of Broadcast Journalism, reduced to shilling for his own network and, indirectly, a milk company. With a laugh track, no less. The man who defeated Joe McCarthy couldn't defeat the CBS suits who insisted on putting him in stuff like this. How anyone could have gotten an idea of what the show was about from this promo is beyond me. I still don't know. Harry Morgan and Verna Felton were very talented but it seems like they're reduced to obvious physical humour and weak one-liners.