So much of early television wasn't preserved, so it's kind of this gem survives. Thanks for sharing it.

As a parent i can imagine my grandparents thinking “crap, now i have to endure high pitched whistling all damn day. Perfect” lol

Love it..... life was so much simpler then..... my dad was the organist for many local shows during the 50s and early 60s before his Time For Uncle Paul Show......

I just saw 'Funny Girl' for the first time and had to check out some Fanny Brice videos...thanks for posting!!

What a rare treat. Thanks for posting. And yes, we DID sing along, and yes, I DID redeem popsicle wrappers for gifts!

Fanny Brice had talent and style. She could sing ballads or act comedy rings around any child. I'm crazy about this lady. She died so young, Thank you for making it possible to watch her only performance on TV, Yery close tp I Love Lucy. Personally I think Fanny would have it over Lucy...

Wow! Fanny Brice's only TV appearance? She died shortly after or we'd have much more. Thanks for this rare gem!! I love her!!

How ironic that Fanny Brice died at only 59 in 1951 - a mere 10 years before Barbra Streisand came on the scene. Brice would have only been in her early 70s when FUNNY GIRL opened. Streisand was once quoted as saying one of the few people of the past she would have loved to have met was Brice. That might have been one hell of a meeting of the minds!

Ironic is that while Funny Girl catapulted Barbra into super stardom. It was Barbra that made people remember Fanny Brice as a Star.

This Commercial is SO interesting and funny 😂 I didn’t know they had Popsicle way back then! Also I only heard of Fanny Brice from the new movie “Can You Ever Forgive Me” 😊

Omg... that’s exactly how I thought daddy would look! Thanks for posting this. I’ve listened to OTR for years and never knew this existed. Dude could’ve helped daddy out by saying the rabbit WASNT for sale.. lol

Wow thank you for posting. I love this.

It aired LIVE in Los Angeles on June 12, 1950. Because there was no "coaxial cable" enabling coast-to-coast live telecasts until September 1951, this kinescope was seen on the East Coast a week later, on June 19, 1950.

This is a treat of watching radio stars on early Television programs. Radio was still listened to by the majority of people in the early 1950s but Television was a new medium for people to enjoy. Radio stars such as Jack Benny, Bob Hope and Red Skelton were able to conquer the new medium but sadly people such as Fred Allen and Fanny Brice didn't succeed. Well at least we have this video that shows how Radio stars looked. Fanny Brice was very funny but she looked too old acting as a little girl. Hey, she was a brilliant comedian , I really enjoyed the old time radio Baby Snooks show. Please listen to it and use your imagination as Fanny Brice plays a mischievous little girl.

She was hilarious!

Now I want a Popsicle

As an otr fan this is gold for me to see! But it does work better on radio! What they should've done is make some Snooks cartoons. That way the character could still be a little girl!

I would've loved to have seen her appear opposite Lucille Ball on " I Love Lucy! "

Surely I'm not the only one that can see Fanny Brice's influence on Jerry Lewis ?

Brice's Baby Snooks show ran on radio from 1937 til her death in 1951.

RIP Fanny Brice. Fanny died of a cerebral hemmorage in May 1951 at age 59. Too bad they didn't provide cast credits. Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks is obvious. Announcer Bob LeMond is credited at the end; he's likely to be the Popsicle salesman too. In radio Daddy was played by Hanley Stafford.

"Daddy" looks younger than "Baby Snooks"!

Incidentally, this script was adapted from the one Phil Rapp wrote for Fanny and Hanley on radio's "GOOD NEWS OF 1939" [October 20, 1938].

Many wont recognize or know of BABY SNOOKS fanny brice

I THANK GOD THAT RECORDINGS OF ALL KINDS WERE SO MUCH BETTER THAN IN THE 20'S JUST AWFUL ITS A SHAME FOR THE GOOD SINGERS ETC. FANNY HAD A LOVELY VOICE GRACEN COMEDY AND STYLE WHEN SHE WANTED IT

Betty Boop brought me here.

Funny Girl 1968 and the 1975 sequel Funny Lady bore no resemblance to the life of Fanny Brice and her true story. That's the film I'd like to see.

This was before the Korean War.

Why was this her only TV appearance? I loved Fanny Brice!

Had Fanny lived she may have had her own series but it may not have run long. Her career may have ended in the 50's. With Funny Girl coming in the early 60's she may have made guest appearances but by the 70's she may have died.

Snooks baby, You're a... baby! Never grow up.

Whatever happened tp all those slidatone rings? This show looks like a 50s infomercial.

Popsicle is “ wholesome”!!! Yeah ok:)

Truly the Golden Age of television. Sad what's become of today's TV -- most of it utter garbage and commercials ad nauseum! Remember when shows had one sponsor and more show than commercial?

UTUBE COME RAIN OR COME SHINE BY JOHN BAVAS

DDLG?

Did the popsicle company really expect people to sing along? It wasn't exactly a catchy jingle lol...

All though her character was annoying, I have to give Ms Brice a thumbs up for having ALOT of "noive!"

lolita

Creepy as hell.

Popsicle.... Healthy... I don't think so! Didn't Barbra Streisand talk about eating these in the cinema?

Using an innocent family channel to talk about evolution is horrible! As if man kind actually came from “apes”, smh.. We were made in Gods image, not some animals. What’s sad is the character playing the “father” doesn’t even try to give baby snooks the correct answer but just says he doesn’t care what the answer is (some good father!). I feel bad for all of those kids in the past watching and being shown and taught that garbage.. As for the show, I understand the humor of the time and why this would appeal to them in the past but she’s too tall. She’s as tall as her father, it just looks like a grown woman (obviously) pretending to be a baby not an actual toddler the way her character is trying to portray. I get for radio this might work because they only hear her voice, but not as a show. Maybe have her in a baby carriage or something so she is not taller than the man. I’ll admit she’s pretty good at playing a toddler but seeing it is just weird. She looks more like a grandmother then a baby! Like an old, outspoken, crotchety old woman. That might have been better to portray. I’m glad I got to see her though (to see her acting skills). You can tell she worked hard to try and make this work.

Fanny Brice was a famous and beloved entertainer. But this is cringeworthy.

She's grotesque.

She must have been good in vaudeville, but on TV or the movie screen that woman is grotesque.

The humor of this period is really painfully bad. Ouch. Fanny Brice is just annoying.