Scholars often describe Argosy as a bellwether, a magazine whose shifts trace changing American tastes and whose legacy can be felt wherever serialized adventure still finds an audience.
Argosy began in the final decades of the nineteenth century as a bold experiment in mass-market fiction and became, over the next several generations, one of the most influential incubators of American popular storytelling. Its roots go back to the 1880s, when publisher Frank Munsey sought to create inexpensive reading for a growing audience of young readers and adults hungry for narrative entertainment.
My Three Sons produced a total of 380 half-hour episodes, all filmed in black and white for the first five seasons, and in color thereafter.
My Three Sons is a classic American television sitcom that aired for twelve seasons from 1960 to 1972, making it one of the longest-running sitcoms in U.S. television history. The show originally premiered on ABC on September 29, 1960, and remained there until 1965.
This is my first entry into my Doyle’s Space: Sitcom Hall of Fame. I’ve always loved situation comedies and want to give them their due here.
“The Andy Griffith Show” is an iconic American television sitcom that aired from October 3, 1960, to April 1, 1968. Created by Sheldon Leonard and Aaron Ruben, the show was set in the fictional town of Mayberry, North Carolina, and revolved around the life of widowed sheriff Andy Taylor and his friends and family.
IT’S OUT OF THIS WORLD!
I watched one of the most classic sci-fi films ever made on Svengoolie. This 1956 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie has a starship crew in the 23rd century going to investigate the silence of a distant planet’s colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization. produced by Nicholas Nayfack (“The Invisible Boy” Robbie the Robot’s second appearance), and directed by Fred M. Wilcox (“Lassie Come Home”, “Courage of Lassie”).
