Dixon' Trading Page: 1960-90

If a show began in the 1950s and continued into the '60s, or if it began in the 1980s and continued into the '90s, you'll still find it here.  I did that so people won't have to switch back and forth if they're looking for one particular series.  All of these are w/o/c unless stated otherwise.

The Addams Family
--12/3/65 "Gomez the Cat Burglar"

The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet
--1953 "The New Chairs"
--1953 "The Pancake Mix"
--1954 "The Pajama Game"
--1955 "Music Appreciation" (w/ Mary Tyler Moore in commercials as Happy Hotpoint!)
--"The Kappa Sigma Party" 1963 rerun of show from 10/3/56 w/newer introduction by Harriet
--10/31/56 "The Banjo Players"
--1957 "Tutti Frutti Ice Cream" (classic!)
--1958 "The Exploding Book"
--12/58 "Father's Night at the Frat House"
--1/28/59 "Ozzie & the Space Age"
--1964 "The Exotic Housemother" w/Mamie Van Doren and a young Bob Eubanks
--1964 "The Big Dog"

All in the Family
--1/30/78 "Cousin Liz"

The Andy Griffith Show
---10/3/60 "The New Housekeeper" (series debut) (fuzzy video)
---2/6/61 "Andy the Marriage Counselor"
---1/21/63 "High Noon in Mayberry"
---12/16/63 "Citizen's Arrest" (classic!)
---5/11/64 "Back to Nature"
---12/25/67 "Goober the Executive"
---4/1/68 "Mayberry RFD" (series finale)
---11/02 "The Andy Griffith Reunion: Back to Mayberry" (reunion w/Griffith, Don Knotts, Ron Howard, Jim Nabors and a lot of clips)

The Arsenio Hall Show
---2/94 w/George Carlin, Dawnn Lewis, A Tribe Called Quest

Barney Miller
--12/23/76 "Christmas Story"
--2/19/81 "The Librarian"

Batman
--9/14/66 second season opener w/Julie Newmar as Catwoman (part 1 only)

The Bear Bryant Show (highlights show featuring the legendary Alabama coach,syndicated in the South)
--11/28/82 Iron Bowl w/Bear and Stedman Shealy; Auburn snaps 'Bama's winning streak thanks to freshman Bo Jackson, who isn't mentioned by name; Bear's last show (unannounced; he hadn't even announced his retirement when this was taped!)

The following is also available, commercials are deleted:
--12/4/79 Iron Bowl, Bama wins again

Beverly Hills Buntz (Dennis Franz dramedy/"Hill Street Blues" spinoff)
--11/5/87 pilot
--"Fit to Be Tied" 1/88 airing of 11/29/87 ep (w/o/c from Canadian airing on CBC)
--12/24/87 "Sid & Randy"
--3/25/88 "Umbrella in the Water"

Bewitched
--3/25/65 "Driving is the Only Way to Fly" (Paul Lynde, in his first appearance on the show, appears as someone other than Uncle Arthur!)

Bonanza
--12/14/71 "A Home for Jamie"

Car 54, Where are You?
--10/21/62 "Occupancy, August 1st" w/Molly Picon, Charles Nelson Reilly

Cheers
--11/14/85 "2 Good 2 B Real" (fuzzy video)
--5/14/92 "An Old Fashioned Wedding" (1 hour; credits missing but otherwise complete)

The Cosby Show
--11/14/85 "Denise Drives" (fuzzy video)

Make Room for Daddy/The Danny Thomas Show
--11/10/53 "Visiting Englishman"
--9/28/54 "Family Troubles"
--1954 "Danny's Birthday"
--2/1/55 "Children's Governess"
--4/26/55 "A Trip to Wisconsin"
--9/20/55 "Little League"
--4/10/56 "USO Tour"
--10/23/61 "The Trumpet Player" w/Harry James

The Dick Van Dyke Show
--10/3/61 "The Sick Boy and the Sitter" (series debut)
--1/24/62 "Who Owes Who What"
--10/31/62 "My Husband is Not a Drunk"
--9/15/65 "Coast to Coast Big Mouth" (jumpy in spots)  
--5/23/94 "The Dick Van Dyke Show Remembered" clip show w/Charles Kuralt and cast members
--5/11/04 "The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited" reunion show with clips and an updated story involving the surviving actors

Family Ties
--11/14/85 "My Tutor" (guest star: River Phoenix; fuzzy video)

Gilligan's Island
--1/31/65 "X Marks the Spot"

Gomer Pyle, USMC
--2/28/69 "Gomer Tends a Sick Cat"

Good Times
--5/2/74 "The Checkup" (B&W kine copy)

Green Acres
--12/22/65 "What Happened in Scranton?" (b&w print)
--1/31/68 "Arnold, Boy Hero" (B&W print)

Harry O
--10/17/74 "Eyewitness"

Have Faith (ABC sitcom w/Joel Higgins, set in a parrish)
--4/18/89 pilot

Hawaii Five-O
--1/1/69 "Pray Love Remember, Pray Love Remember"

Hill Street Blues
--10/18/84 "Rookie Nookie"

Hogan's Heroes
--3/3/67 "Reverend Kommandant Klink"

Hootenanny
--5/23/64 guests: the New Christie Minstrels and comedian Jackie Vernon

The Jack Benny Program
--11/30/52 "Jack is Visited by Burglars"
--10/25/53 w/Humphrey Bogart
--1/17/54 w/Liberace
--1/6/57 w/Jayne Mansfield

The Jim Nabors Hour
--9/25/69 premiere w/guest Andy Griffith and a cameo by Don Knotts

Kate & Allie
--1/27/86 "Too Late the Rebel" (guest star: Ben Stiller; includes a local weather crawl)
--1/30/89 "A Tree Grows on West 56th Street"

Kojak
--2/22/77 episode "Kiss It All Goodbye"

Lassie
--12/4/60 about Timmy's go-cart; one of the other characters refers to child actor Stephen Talbot by his real first and last name!

Late Night With David Letterman (NBC)
--5/22/86 Cher is the only guest, calls Dave a bad name and he clearly doesn't like it
--2/4/88 6th anniverary show (90 minutes)
--2/1/89 Lainie Kazan, They Might Be Giants
--2/89 7th anniversary show
--5/9/89 Geena Davis, Jeff Stilson, John Allen Paulos; Biff Henderson opens the show instead of Bill Wendell
--5/11/89 Maria Conchita Alonzo, Carl Perkins, a hilarious cameo by Bryant Gumbel (apparently he and Dave resolved their feud)
--2/90 8th anniversary show from LA 90 minutes
--6/25/93 last NBC show; cuts off early because it was timer-recorded and the show ran over without notice

The following is also available minus commercials:
--3/84 "Custom Made Show II" w/Jane Pauley (NBC rerun)
--2/26/85 "Morning Show" (NBC rerun)
--11/20/85 "Too Tired/AC Broke Down" (show originates from Dave's office, this is the one where he makes Teri Garr take a shower)  (NBC rerun)

Later With Bob Costas
--2/1/89 David Letterman is interviewed; among other things he discusses the above-listed incident with Cher

Leave It to Beaver
--10/3/59 "Blind Date Committee"
--7/22/61 rerun from 12/24/60 "Beaver's Accordian" (classic!)

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
--5/6/58 "Doc Holliday Rewrites History"

The Lucy Show
--12/12/66 Phil Silvers guests

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
--9/23/72 "What is Mary Richards Really Like?"
--12/14/74 "A Girl Like Mary"
--"The Last Episode" 9/77 network rerun of the finale, last time show was seen on CBS

M*A*S*H
--9/18/78 episode "Commander Pierce"

Murder, She Wrote
--2/21/88 "Murder Through the Looking Glass" w/Robert Reed, Karen Valentine, Gregory Sierra (couple of commercial breaks in second half hour missing, closing credits missing)

Murphy Brown
--3/6/89 "Mama Said" Colleen Dewhurst's Emmy-winning first appearance as Murphy's mom (cuts off during credits)
--12/18/89 "Here's to You, Mrs. Kinsella"
--5/18/92 "Birth 101" (Murphy has her baby)
--9/14/92 "You Say Potatoe, I Say Potato" (the one that addresses Dan Quayle)  (1 hour)

My Three Sons
--3/24/66 Ernie has a girlfriend
--"So Long Charley" (likely network rerun)

Perfect Strangers
--2/15/91 "Out of Sync" (an episode inspired by the Milli Vanilli scandal; possible network rerun, jumpy video)

Perry Mason
--5/8/58 "The Case of the Substitute Face"

Petticoat Junction
--9/24/63 "Spur Line to Shady Rest" (series premiere)

Roseanne
--12/6/88 "Lover's Lanes" (George Clooney's role is especially noteworthy in this one)
--4/18/89 "Dear Mom and Dad"

St. Elsewhere
--9/21/86 "Where There's Hope There's Crosby"

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
--10/6/68 w/Nancy Sinatra, and a performance clip by the Beatles; funny sketch making fun of the Bobby Goldsboro song "Honey"; look for future "M*A*S*H" co-star Mike Farrell in a cigarette commercial
--10/13/68 w/Barbara Feldon, Bill Medley and a performance clip by the Beatles; look for a young and unknown Steve Martin at the beginning of the show

Star Trek: the Next Generation
--2/22/88 "Home Soil" (opening scene  missing)
--5/9/88 "Conspiracy"
--12/5/88 "Elementary, My Dear Data"
--6/12/93 "Timescape"

Taxi
--2/19/81 "The Costume Party"

That Girl
--11/10/66 "Break a Leg" w/George Carlin, Dabney Coleman, Sally Kellerman

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
--12/17/69 Tiny Tim marries Miss Vickie (Budinger); other guests include Florence Henderson, Nick Lucas (originally sang "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" in the '20s)  and Phyllis Diller
--7/17/71 Rodney Dangerfield, Della Reese, Willie Stargell, Freeway
--2/6/73 Bobby Darin, Orson Bean, Seals & Crofts, Joan Embry of the San Diego Zoo; Howard Hessman and Judd Hirsch appear in conmercials
--1/23/74 w/Jack Benny, Mel Blanc, Maria Muldaur, Jim Henson w/Kermit, Dr. Irwin M. Stillman; Judd Hirsch appears in a commercial
--9/13/79 w/Angie Dickinson, Buck Henry, Stephane Grappelli, and the singing dog contest (dogs don't do so well this night which means funny Johnny); plus an appearance by Carnac the Magnificent
--5/21/82 w/Sylvester Stallone and a very funny Steve Martin
--5/22/92 Johnny's last show with clips, behind the scenes footage and an emotional goodbye; taped from WVTM,  Birmingham, AL

The following are also available minus commercials:
--4/21/64 Arlene Dahl, Henry Morgan, Pete Fountain; Johnny plays the drums! (from Armed Forces TV)
--11/14/69 w/Ozzie and Harriet (funny story about their experience with marijuana!), Lucille Ball, others; a few scenes missing, this copy comes from Armed Forces TV and even has their logo at the end

The Twilight Zone
--6/2/61 "The Obsolete Man" w/Burgess Meredith

Walt Disney (various incarnations)
The Wonderful World of Disney
--2/13/77 "This is Your Life, Donald Duck" (rerun from 1960)
--3/26/78 Chip and Dale in "Mixed Nuts" (rerun from 1961)

Welcome Back Kotter
--12/23/76 "Hark the Sweatkings"

The Wonder Years
--1/31/88 pilot (3/88 network rerun)
--"Heart of Darkness" 11/30/88
--"Our Miss White" 12/7/88
--"Christmas" 12/14/88 w/o/c (credits cut off)
--2/15/89 "Hiroshima, Mon Frere"
--2/28/89 "Loosiers"
--3/7/89 "The Walkout"
--3/14/89 "Nemesis" (classic!)
--3/21/89 "Pottery Will Get You Nowhere" (network rerun of episode originally aired 2/1/89)
--4/18/89 "Brightwing"
--5/16/89 "How I Spent My Summer Vacation"
--"Steady as She Goes" 1989 network repeat
--"The Phone Call" Summer 1989 repeat from 4/88
--"Birthday Boy" '89 summer rerun from 4/11/89
--"The Family Car" 11/20/89 (two breaks and closing credits missing; episode otherwise complete)
--1/16/90 "Don't You Know Anything About Women?"
--"The Powers That Be" 1/23/90
--"The Glee Club" 2/27/90
--"Night Out" 3/13/90 (open cut off)
--3/27/90 "Faith" (minor tracking and low audio)
--"The Unnatural" 4/17/90
--"Cocoa and Sympathy" 5/1/90 (weather bug on screen and interrupted briefly twice by local weather update from WBRC, Birmingham; credits not included because weather bulletin interferes)
--"Daddy's Little Girl" 5/8/90
--"Moving" 5/16/90 (opening upcut) 
--"The Tree House" network rerun of an episode from 2/20/90
--"Growing Up" 9/19/90; opening missing due to a cable problem
--12/12/90 "A Very Cutlip Christmas"

TV Movies:
"Kent State" TV Movie on "NBC's Big Event" February 17, 1981 (3 hours; cast includes Ellen Barkin) w/o/c from WVTM-TV, Birmingham

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