Synopsis
The “The Today show” show from Nov. 20 1957, with host Dave Garroway.
Uploader's description on archive.org
Details
- Running time
- 46 minutes
- Collection
- 1950s Classic TV, Classic TV
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- 50's Television
- 1950's
- Fifties
- 1957
- Live TV
- Kinescope
- Dave Garroway
- NBC
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Enjoyed it very much · mstamper · 2016-03-27
One forgets how grim the news was in the supposedly idyllic 1950s. Nothing but war and the threat of war. Everyone arming themselves with nuclear missiles. And how cruddy everyone looked! Everyone looked 50+ and wore dumpy clothes. Perhaps it's the grayness of the B/W kinescope recording, or perhaps it's the grayness of the culture. Pathetic sets and graphics. Animal exploitation (monkeys) for laughs. No wonder alcoholism was so pervasive then. Really makes me appreciate 2016.
★★★★ · Narrow Minded previous reviewer. · dhsparkman · 2019-01-25
I was a kid when this show was made, but seeing the cast of the then Today Show brings back a lot of memories: I used to watch it every morning. This cast is rather historic; the news includes the general public's initial introduction to computers and transistors. Contrary to the previous reviewer, there is no more news of wars on this show than there is currently. People look "50+ years old because most of them were, and fashions were different then. Younger people worked. This news is much more informative: you have real stories from Europe and Africa that would not appear on dumbed-down…