CIRCARAMA, Disneyland's original motion-picture-in-the-round, was a gotta-see-it Tomorrowland attraction from Day One in 1955. A spectacular 360 degree tour of the American West - spanning the Sunset Strip to the Grand Canyon - viewed on eleven screens in a giant circular theater. First-time visitors must've been utterly bowled-over by the effect. But that's not why I've brought you here today. Oh, no. We're going to find another wonder of early Tomorrowland: the FOODARAMA! Got your ticket? Follow me! As your eyes adjust to the indoor lighting, here's our first view of the theater. Not quite what you expected? Yep, there really are five automobiles parked in here! All sparkly fresh 1955 models by American Motors. But what's really surprising is the absence of ropes or stanchions protecting the displays! Evidently, people of the Fifties were well-behaved and respectful of everything. Moving to the center of the room, we pass a sporty two-door Metropolitan within our reach. (Well, what do you know... there are fingerprints all over it!) Glancing back at the entrance, half of the room looks like a Nash dealership... ...while the other half resembles an appliance center! Let's look around. Try to resist the temptation to tug the door handles, or twist all the knobs on the washing machines, okay? And *Gasp* there it is! The fabulous new FOODARAMA by Kelvinator!! The Rolls Royce of Refrigerators The "last word in foodkeeping," the futuristic FOODARAMA can hold 166 pounds of meat in its freezer, has a handy Breakfast Bar for eggs and bacon and 2 pitchers of juices, Cheese and Butter Chests, an aluminum foil dispenser, and even an unrefrigerated bin for bananas! Imagine that! A special bin in your refrigerator that is unrefrigerated! Now that's something! And the FOODARAMA offers much more. You see, not everybody here in the 1950s can afford a kitchen full of Kelvinator appliances like Donna Reed or June Cleaver have on television. A quarter of American families in 1955 (approximately 50 million people) were poor working class folks - people who had saved their way through the war, and not terribly long before that, had faced the hard times of the Depression. Extravagances such as the FOODARAMA embodied optimism for a tomorrow stuffed to the rafters with bountiful plenty. Even Richard Nixon, in his famous 1959 "kitchen debate" with Nikita Khrushev, asserted that the superiority of capitalism over communism was not in ideology or military might but in the comforts of the suburban home, "designed to make things easier for our women." Author Stephanie Coontz in her excellent book The Way We Never Were comments, "Acceptance of domesticity was the mark of middle-class status and upward mobility." By the mid-fifties the "glorification of self-indulgence" in family life was at the center of the postwar American dream. Okay, shush now, everybody. The movie is about to start, and it's a good one! As the lights begin to fade, I wonder...will the little light inside the FOODARAMA stay on?

This is pretty much from the 1970s revival but it's still fun.

TV Guide ad for a syndicated showing of "Sir Francis Drake" Wednesdays at 7PM on WKST-33 Youngstown. WKST began on Channel 45 in 1957, moving to Channel 33 in 1959. Channel 33 was remnamed WYTV in 1964. Channel 45 became WXTV, a failed independent from 1960-62, then WNEO PBS, Alliance Ohio in 1973..Channel 45's analog signal was shut off for good Wednesday, November 19, 2008 to make way for WNEO's digital signal, also on Channel 45, which signed on Friday, November 21, 2008. TV Guide Ad for the syndicated "Knute Rockne Story" an hour long special aired on WJW-TV 8 Tuesday, November 27, 1962 at 7:30..Preempting "The New Loretta Young Show" and the "Lloyd Bridges Show." June 1962 ad f0r Bill Jorgensen of KYW-TV 3's Eyewitness News "Night Edition" He would move across to TV 5 WEWS in the mid 1960's before starting a long career in New York City in 1967, first at WNEW-TV 5 and then at WPIX-11. He was among the first anchors onf INN news in the early 1980's..(Wikipedia) !962 Ad for Warren Guthrie News. "The Sohio Reporter" aired not only on WJW TV 8, but WSPD-13 Toledo and WKBN-27 Youngstown 1962 TV Guide Ad for Mickey Mouse Club Reruns weekday on Channel 8. WKBN ad for the Ohio State-Michigan Game..From TV Guide This time, I thought we would look at the last week of November, 1962. Particularly with the Ohio State Michigan game coming up. The week in Television according to TV Guide.. Barnaby's Party on Saturdays (7:30-10AM) was a big 2 and one half hours long on KYW-TV 3..WJW countered at 8AM with B'wana Don, a show originating from Storer Broadcasting in Detroit and also aired in Toledo on WSPD-13. WEWS-TV 5 carried Ensign O'Toole, a military comedy starring Dean Jones and Jack Albertson Thursdays at 7PM..What was unusual about this was that it was a current NBC program, usually carried Sundays at 7. KYW aired David L. Wolper's Biography Series in it's place. ABC's only 2 color series were The Jetsons (Sunday, 7:30) and The Flintstones (Friday, 7:30.) However, Channel 33 Youngstown and 49 Akron did not carry these shows in color.. On the opposite side Outside of the above mentioned shows, The only show Channel 5 aired in color regularly was the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.. Dale Young Time aired Monday-Friday 11-12 Noon on WJW-TV 8..as an answer to One O Clock Club on 5 and Mike Douglas on 3..The show only lasted from October 1, 1962-Into the Spring of 1963. Co hosts were Ernie Anderson and later, Jim Doney.. First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy was profiled in "The World of Jacqueline Kennedy" Friday, November 30, 1962 at 10PM on NBC (3,21) The 1962 Michigan at Ohio State game was aired by the CBS Network with Lindsay Nelson, Jim Simpson and Terry Brennan as announcers..The 1962 game had similarities to this year's in that Ohio State had a winning record (6-3), though at 4-2 in the Big Ten they were tied with Northwestern for 3rd Place. Wisconsin won the Big Ten while Minnesota was second..Michigan was last with a 1-6 league record 2-7 overall.. Ohio State won the 1962 game 28-0. In 2008 Michigan is next to last at 2-5 and 3-8 overall..while Ohio State at 6-1 and 9-2 is in a 3-way tie with Michigan State and Penn State for the Big Ten lead... Saturday, November 24, 1962 TV Guide-Cleveland Edition Cleveland 3 KYW-NBC 5 WEWS-ABC 8 WJW-CBS Akron 49 WAKR-ABC Youngstown 21 WFMJ-NBC 27 WKBN-CBS 33 WKST-ABC 6:20 3 News 6:30 3 Columbia Lectures 6:50 8 Meditation 7AM 3 This Land Is Ours 8 RFD 7:30 3 Barnaby's Party-Sheldon/Conroy 7:45 8 Rex Humbard 8AM 8 B'wana Don 21 Time For Felix 8:25 5 News 8:30 5 Breakthru-Religion 8:45 21 Learn to Draw-Jon Gnagy 9AM 5 Cartoons 8-27 Captain Kangaroo 21 Bugs Bunny 33 Double Three Roundup 9:30 5 Inside Catholic Schools 21 Ruff and Reddy-COLOR 9:45 5 Lippy Lion 10AM 3-21 Shari Lewis-COLOR 8-27 Alvin 10:15 5 Learn To Draw-Jon Gnagy 10:30 3-21 King Leonardo-COLOR 5 Make A Face-Clayton 8-27 Mighty Mouse 33 Jeff's Collie (Lassie) 10:55 49 News 11AM 3-21 Fury 5 Quarterback Club-Ken Coleman 8-27 Rin Tin Tin 33-49 Make a Face 11:30 3-21 Magic Midway-Claude Kirchner 5-33-49 Top Cat 8-27 Roy Rogers Noon 3-21 Make Room For Daddy-Early ABC Years 5-33-49 Bugs Bunny Show 8-27 Sky King 12:30 3-21 Exploring-COLOR 5-33-49 Allakazam-Mark Wilson 8-27 Reading Room 1PM 5-33-49 My Friend Flicka 8 College Closeup-John Fitzgerald 27 College Kickoff-Chris Schenkel 1:15 8-27 College Football-Michigan at Ohio State 1:30 3 Movie-Sailor's Holiday 1944 5 American Bandstand-Guest Tommy Roe 21 Mr. Wizard 27 Panorama 33 Hopalong Cassidy 49 This Is The Life 2PM 21 Movie-TBA 49 Movie-Hell Below 1933 (also to be aired on TV 3 at 1:35 AM) 2:30 3 Dimensions Three 5 WRU Perspective 33 Overland Trail 3PM 3 Inquest 5 Wide World Of Sports 3:30 3 Movie-Walk Swiftly, Stranger 1949 33 Cimarron City 49 Code 3-Police Drama 4PM 49 Passport To Danger 4:05 8 College Roundup-Ken Armstrong 4:15 8 Changing Times-Kiplinger 27 College Scoreboard 4:30 5-21 Horse Race-Display Handicap-Aqueduct 8 Film Feature 27 Movie-Main Street After Dark-1944 33 Footnote 49 Touchdown-Football 4:45 33 Canadian Travel 5PM 3-21 NFL Highlights 5 Captain Penny 33-49 Wide World Of Sports 5:30 3 News, Sports, Weather 5 Teenarena-Bill Baker 8 Wrestling-Cleveland 21 Captain Gallant 27 Wrestling-Youngstown 5:45 5 Captain Penny 6PM 3 Movie-California Conquest 21 NBC News-Sander Vanocur 6:15 21 Newa, Sports, Weather 6:30 5 Saturday News Roundup 8 Divorce Court 21 Checkmate 27 News-Dick Minton 33 Supercar 49 Top Star Bowling 6:40 5 Sports-Jim Brown 6:45 27 Sports-Don Gardner 6:50 5 Saturday News Roundup 6:55 5 Weather-Earl Keyes 7PM 5 San Francisco Beat 27 Whirlybirds 33 Beany and Cecil (Though the show is being fed from ABC in Color, Channel 33 shows it in Black and White) 7:30 3-21 Sam Benedict 5 Great Music-Chicago 8-27 Jackie Gleason 33-49 Roy Rogers/Dale Evans Show 8:30 3-21 Joey Bishop-COLOR 5-33-49 Mr. Smith Goes To Washington 8-27 Defenders 9PM 3-21 NBC Saturday Movie-Sailor of The King-1953 5-33-49 Lawrence Welk 9:30 8-27 Have Gun, Will Travel 10PM 5 Untouchables 8-27 Gunsmoke 33-49 Boxing-Don Dunphy 10:45 33-49 Make That Spare 11PM 3 News-Jack Bennett 5 News-Daniel Hackel 8 News-Jim Doney 21-27-33 News 49 Movie-Honky Tonk 1941 11:10 3 Weather-Ron Jay 5 Weather-Earl Keyes 8 Sports-Ken Armstrong 27 Sports-Don Gardner 11:15 3 Sports-Ken Goodman 5 Sports-Paul Wilcox 8 Weather-Howard Hoffman 27 Movie-All About Eve 1950 33 Movie-The Snake Pit 1948 11:20 3 Movie-Jeanne Eagles 1957 5 Movie-Stanley and Livingstone 1939 8 Movie-Crosswinds 1951 21 Movie-12 Angry Men 1957 1:15 8 Movie-$1,000 A Touchdown 1939 1:35 3 Movie-Hell Below 1933 Friday, November 30, 1962 5:50 3 News 5:55 3 Farm Fare 6AM 3 Columbia Lectures 21 Continental Classroom 6:30 3-21 Continental Classroom-COLOR 6:50 8 Meditation 6:55 8 News 7AM 3-21 Today-Hugh Downs 8 College Of The Air 7:25 27 College Of The Air 7:30 8 Rex Humbard 7:45 8 Clutch Cargo 7:55 27 News 8AM 8-27 Captain Kangarroo 8:55 5 News 9AM 3 Woodrow-Clay Conroy 5 Western Reserve Telecourse 8 B'Wana Don 21 People Are Funny 27 Romper Room 33 Kartoon Showtime 9:30 3 Best Of Groucho 5 Romper Room 8 Jack LaLanne 21 Leave It To The Girls 10AM 3 Felix-Cartoons 5 Paige Palmer 8 As The World Turns 21 Say When-Art James 27 Calendar-Harry Reasoner 10:25 21 NBC News-Edwin Newman 10:30 3-21 Play Your Hunch-Merv Griffin-COLOR 8-27 I Love Lucy 33 Yoga For Health 10:45 5 Cleveland TV Classroom 10:55 49 News 11AM 3-21 The Price Is Right-Bill Cullen-COLOR 5-33-49 Jane Wyman 8 Dale Young Time-Variety 27 McCoys (Real McCoys) 11:30 3-21 Concentration-Hugh Downs 5-33-49 Yours For a Song-Bert Parks 27 Pete and Gladys Noon 3 News, Weather, Sports 5 News-Randy Culver 8-27 Love Of Life 33-49 Tennessee Ernie Ford 21 Your First Impression-COLOR 12:10 5 Noon Show-Children-Captain Penny 12:25 8-27 CBS News-Harry Reasoner 12:30 3 Mike Douglas 8 Search For Tomorrow 21 Truth Or Consequences-Bob Barker 27 News-Frank Leslie 33-49 Father Knows Best 12:35 27 Movie-Bonnie Prince Charlie 1949 12:45 8 Guiding Light 12:55 21 NBC News-Ray Scherer 1PM 5 One O Clock Club-Dorothy Fuldheim, Bill Gordon 8 Divorce Court 21 News-Youngstown 33 Susie-Ann Sothern 49 Movie-Men Of Boy's Town Part 2 1941 1:15 21 Kitchen Corner-Marjorie Mariner 1:30 33 Our Miss Brooks 2PM 3-21 Merv Griffin-COLOR 8-27 Password-Allen Ludden Panel:Betty White, Henry Morgan 33-49 Day In Court 2:25 33-49 ABC News-Alex Drier 2:30 5-33-49 Seven Keys 8-27 House Party-Art Linkletter 2:55 3-21 NBC News-Floyd Kalber 3PM 3-21 Loretta Young 5-33-49 Queen For A Day-Jack Bailey 8-27 Millionaire 3:30 3-21 Young Doctor Malone 5-33-49 Who Do You Trust?-Woody Woodbury 8-27 To Tell The Truth-Bud Collyer Panel:Joan Fontaine, Barry Nelson, Gene Rayburn and Phyllis Newman 3:55 8-27 CBS News-Douglas Edwards 4PM 3-21 Make Room For Daddy 5 Love That Bob!-Bob Cummings 8-27 Secret Storm 33-49 American Bandstand-Guest Fabian 4:30 3 Barnaby, Popeye and Friends-Linn Sheldon 5-33-49 Discovery '62 8 Edge Of Night 21 Here's Hollywood 27 Catholic School Story 4:45 27 Stanley-Cartoons 4:55 5-49 American Newsstand-Bill Lord 21 NBC News-Sander Vanocur 33 Casper and Company 5PM 5 Five O Clock Show-Captain Penny (1) Three Stooges-A Plumbing We Will Go (2) Little Rascals-Little Papa 8 Mickey Mouse Club 21 Movie-Bowery Batallion 1951 49 Movie-On Borrowed Time 1939 5:05 3 Movie-Gun That Won The West-1955 5:15 33 Double Three Ranch 5:30 8 Movie-Mystery Sea Raider-1940 (Ken Armstrong 5 minute Newscast at 6PM) 6PM 33 Lone Ranger 6:15 21 Century Milestones 27 Suppertime-Rex Humbard Family 6:20 5 Mr. Jingeling-Max Ellis 6:30 3 News-Bill Jorgensen 5 Dorothy Fuldheim 21-27-33 News 6:40 3 Weather-Dick Goddard 49 Sports-Bob Wylie 6:45 3-21 Huntley Brinkley Report 5 News-Tom Field 27 CBS News-Walter Cronkite 33-49 ABC News-Ron Cochran 6:55 5 Weather-Carolyn Johnson 8 Weather-Howard Hoffman 6:57 8 TV Editorial-Norman Wagy 7PM 3 Quick Draw McGraw 5 Ripcord 8 City Camera-Doug Adair 21 Highway Patrol 27 Mr. Lucky 33 Bat Masterson 49 News-Jack Fitzgibbons 7:10 8 Sports-John Fitzgerald 7:15 8 CBS News-Walter Cronkite 49 Weather-Bill McKay 7:20 49 Best Food Buys 7:30 3-21 Shakespeare-SPECIAL/COLOR Preempted International Showtime 5-33-49 Gallant Men 8-27 Rawhide 8:30 3-21 Sing Along with Mitch-Mitch Miller-COLOR 5-33-49 Flintstones-COLOR (B&W on 33, 49) 8-27 Route 66 9PM 5 I'm Dickens-He's Fenster 33 M Squad 49 Movie-The Big Lift-1950 9:30 3-21 Don't Call Me Charlie!-Comedy 5-33 77 Sunset Strip 8-27 Fair Exchange 10PM 3-21 World of Jacqueline Kennedy-SPECIAL (Preempts Jack Paar) 10:30 5 The Third Man 8-27 Eyewitness 33 Wyatt Earp 11PM 3 News-Bill Jorgensen 5 News-Tom Field, Joel Daly 8-27 News-Warren Guthrie 21 News 33-49 ABC News-Bill Shadel 11:10 3 Weather-Dick Goddard 8 City Report-Doug Adair 27 News-Ken Thomas 33 News-Don Parcher 49 News-Akron 11:15 3 Steve Allen 5 Tonight-Johnny Carson-COLOR 8 TV Editorial-Norman Wagy 27 Sports-Don Gardner 49 Movie-Rendezvous 1935 11:18 8 Sports-John Fitzgerald 11:23 8 Movie-Cloak and Dagger 1946 11:25 27 Movie-Hell's Island 1955 33 Movie-Gentleman's Agreement 1947 11:30 21 Tonight-COLOR 12:45 3 Movie-Homecoming 1948 1AM 5 News 1:28 8 Movie-The Case Of The Black Cat 1936

Although it was 11 years ago, it seems like yesterday when Carol I started to make plans for our “once-in-a-lifetime” trip to Disneyland. We were as excited as little children as we contemplated the trip! You see, we are both part of the generation that saw Disneyland take shape before our eyes! Back in the … Continue reading "Happy 60th Birthday Disneyland"

"The Mickey Mouse Club" was a beloved 1950s TV program. Although the show looked purely fun and educational, some shocking things happened behind the scenes!

Celebrate nearly a century of Mickey Mouse with one of the most expansive illustrated publications on the Disney universe: behind-the-scenes shots, animation art, and vintage comics trace Mickey's 122 cartoons, his comic adventures, and the world of merchandise and memorabilia, as well as the legendary Mickey Mouse Club and unfinished projects. | Author: David Gerstein, J. B. Kaufman | Publisher: Taschen | Publication Date: Jan 19, 2023 | Number of Pages: 496 pages | Language: English | Binding: Hardcover | ISBN-10: 3836583550 | ISBN-13: 9783836583558

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Mickey Mouse skates from Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse Club Magazine, 1957. Scan from Vintage Disneyland Ticket.

**Please see all pics as they are part of the description of condition** This magazine is formally known as the Mickey Mouse Club Magazine. There is some corner and spine wear. Over all in good condition for its age. It was folded down the center, but it lies flat now.

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