In-stock Gifts

1950s

Colonel Bleep was the first color cartoon made for TV, by a Miami-based production company. Bleep is a space ranger from the planet Futura, who flies around in a Trav-a-lab with his puppet-boy deputy Squeak and Scratch the Caveman. Together they save the Milky Way from Doctor Destructo!$12.99 apiece!. Check a box to order:
Colonel Bleep Volume 1 Out of Print
Colonel Bleep Volume 2 Out of Print
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Rocky Jones Richard Crane had a two-year stint as Rocky in a sophisticated (for its time, considering it was shot on film) fantasy of 21st century adventure. If you're not in a rush you can search the phrase "Rocky Jones Space Ranger" in our TV tape database for all available titles, but these are the most popular from the series, which we get from a variety of sources. Co-star Scotty Beckett was a member of the most famous of the Our Gang incarnations in the 30s, appearing in such classic shorts as For Pete's Sake, Honky Donkey and Washee Ironee (as well as other studio films, of course). From '54 to '56 he played Winky, one of Rocky's many sidekicks, and thereafter retired from the business. Check a box to order:
BEYOND THE MOON - The episodes were aired in three parts but later combined and re-issued as a complete feature. Tint: B/W, Length: 75 mins., $12.99
CRASH OF THE MOONS - Two civilizations are threatened when their twin worlds head for a collision; Year: 1953, Tint: B/W, Length: 72 mins., $9.99
THE FORBIDDEN MOON - Rocky, Deena and the whole gang blast off to adventure on a forbidden moon as the Office Of Space Affairs sends them out on a deadly mission to rescue station RV5; Year: 1953, Tint: B/W, Length: 75 mins., $19.99
MANHUNT IN SPACE also features Sally Mansfield, Robert Lyden. - The episodes were aired in three parts but later combined and re-issued as a complete feature. Tint: B/W, Length: 75 mins., $12.99 Code: MISRJ2 Retail: $12.99
RENEGADE SATELLITE - You're on Ankapore, the city that never sleeps. It's here that Rocky encounters his old enemies Dr. Reno and Rudy DeMarco as he faces a renegade satellite; Year: 1954, Tint: B/W, Length: 69 mins., $19.99
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Space Patrol dates back (it debuted on March 9, 1950) to the era of the fifteen minute show! It started out on KECA-TV in Los Angeles but was soon syndicated on tv and the radio simultaneously. For the whole exhaustive story, try the Solar Guard Academy's Space Patrol Home Page! The tapes we sell are of the standard length Ed Kemmer series. $9.99. Check this box to order:
Space Patrol Volume 01 - Starring Ed Kemmer as Commander Buzz Corey and Lyn Osborn as Cadet Happy. "Secrets of Eternal Youth" and "Terra the Doomed Planet" appear here, both with original commercials (for Ralston cereals like Wheat Chex - "Fill 'er up, mom!"); 60 minutes, $9.99
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Super Circus As Yesterdayland's timeline puts it, the ringmaster "Kirchner, whose voice was already familiar as the off-camera announcer for Marx toy commercials, had been a real circus barker in the early 1930’s" and the baton-twirling assistant Hartline "was as much a sex symbol as one could be on a wholesome television show of the early 1950's." Their combination was so popular, that when they were recast the series only lasted another year. If you're not in a rush you can search on Super Circus or Mary Hartline as phrases in our TV tape database for all available titles, but this one's the most popular. $24.99. Check this box to order:
SUPER CIRCUS - It's Super Circus, boys and girls, with all the original cast and Kellogg's commercials. Claude Kirchner is the ringmaster, with beautiful assistant Mary Hartline (who also headlined her own show) and clowns Cliffy, Scampy and Nicky. Circus acts from all over the world! Four half hour segments from 1952; 115 mins., B/W, $24.99
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Winky Dink and You almost came out a couple of years ago from a one-shot label that stymied our attempts to carry their product. It took indie distributor Vanguard to repackage volume one, the magic screen (by "magic" we mean the magic of static cling!) to put over your TV set and draw on, erasable crayons and a wiping cloth in a handy little plastic lunchbox. The original series ran on CBS in the 50s but was revived in the 70s. If you're in your 40s you may remember drawing on the magic screen - Bill Gates does! Steve remembers his mom refusing to buy the magic screen and crayons, so boy did he catch it when he drew on the real screen with regular crayons! Check a box to order:
The Winky Dink and You Set includes volume one, the magic screen, erasable crayons and a wiping cloth in a plastic carrying case; $14.99
Winky Dink and You Volume 1 is Escape Harem Scarem, with a bonus cartoon called Nudnik on a Shoestring; 45 mins., color, $9.99
Winky Dink and You Volume 2 is Where Is Hector Collector? Animate the show with your onscreen drawings and find Hector! 45 mins., color, $9.99
Winky Dink and You Volume 3 is The King Needs Help; only you can help Winky! 45 mins., color, $9.99
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Adventures in Paradise started in the 50s (created by James A. Michener), but lasted until 1962. Adam Troy (Gardner McKay) is a Korean War vet based in the South Pacific, drifting in his schooner Kon Tiki anywhere from Hong Kong to Pitcairn Island. Crewmen were portrayed by Weaver Levy, James Holden, and later Guy Stockwell. The series used four versions of the Tiki, including a fully operational miniature and a scaled down version for action involving the players, as well as the real ship, which McKay purchased after the series' run was over. The star wound up in radio in later years, and died recently of cancer in Hawaii. Our visitors tend to buy all three tapes at a time. $19.99 each. Check a box to order:
Castaways begins with the Tiki on its way to the strife torn island of Mai Sai with a cargo of serum to fight a cholera epidemic. Troy and crew pick up three men stranded on a tiny atoll, who claim to be survivors of a shipwreck, but they're really gunrunners from a ship called the Punjab Trader, whose captain was murdered! The trio, led by the second mate (John Larch), take over the Tiki, threatening to kill the nun (Viveca Lindfors) who is transporting the serum, and go after the Punjab Trader.
Somewhere South of Suba has a dead man's business partner hiring the Tiki and its captain, Adam Troy (Gardner McKay), to try and trace a long-lost cargo plane that hides Tai Kun, the third largest diamond in the world! Troy does just that, and finds not only the wreck, but the dead man's daughter Loraine (Alexis Smith), alive all of those years and hiding a terrible secret about her father. This episode features a lot of Sea Hunt-style underwater action.
The Forbidden Sea costars Joan Blondell, John McGiver, Robert Douglas, and Henry Silva. A man found clinging to an outrigger canoe convinces Troy to divert the course of the Tiki, much to the distress of his passengers. Troy soon learns that the man has conned him into bringing his passengers to a military test site, to use their presence -- and their deaths, if necessary -- as a protest to halt nuclear bomb tests! 60 mins.