The Early Years.......  
 
You had your ear glued to the Radio. 
That orange light glowing in the dark bedroom...... 
trying to put a blanket over it so mom wouldn't know you were still awake and listening...... 
You had your cup of Ovaltine and your decoder ring.... 
and you thought nothing could be better........until.... TV!!!!!

 

 

 
 
 

The sitcom was born in the Fifties.  
 

 

The Ricardos in I Love Lucy       

Lucy (MacGillicuddy) Ricardo ..(Lucille Ball)
Ricky Ricardo ..(Desi Arnaz)   
Ethel Mertz ..(Vivian Vance)
Fred Mertz ..(William Frawley) 


Address:    623 East 68th Street, New York City 

   

Lucy always had some 'splainin to do ... 
My favorite episode was the "Vitameatavegamin Girl" 
 

I'm Your Vitameatavegamin Girl (Wav)(33K) 
 

 

the Kramdens in the Honeymooners......  

Ralph Kramden ..(Jackie Gleason) 
Alice Kramden ..(Audrey Meadows) 
Ed Norton ..(Art Carney) 
Trixie Norton ..(Joyce Randolph) 

Home:    358 Chauncey Street in the Bensonhurst District 

 

  

(Pert Kelton originally played Alice because Gleason thought Meadows was too pretty. So she dressed up as a housefrau and had a photo taken which was then shown to Gleason. .....Meadows got the part.) The Honeymooners was really television's first spin-off. 
Originally a small sketch from "The Jackie Gleason Show" ('52), 
the Honeymooners wasn't wildly popular when first aired. 

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