Actually I'm old enough to have been born into the world where many of those shows came from - and, unfortunately, I also live in the world of today. For anyone under 55, the differences are unfathomable.

Watching these old TV clips, it's surprising how many of the actors have passed away.

- back when it was fun to live in America.

Most of these ads and shows are from my earliest memories and earlier, but I will say this, at that time the themes and jingles were as much a part of the experience as the programs themselves. TV was still rather young and quite a novelty. These gems are as much a part of our history as any other moments of the era. What a great time to be alive, even with its faults, it was a gentler time.

I cancelled my cable about 7 years ago, and have been using an old set of rabbit ears ever since. I receive the signals for several FREE over-the-air networks, and still see a lot of these vintage programs.

Cigarettes and beer....Love it!

it was the innocent yrs no violence no nudity every body got along as it showed on television. bring back shows with stories this is why I watch tcm all stories

Wow these clips sure took me back to when I was a kid.... A load of beer and cigarette commercials though....Amazed at that.... Carling Black Label....don't see that much anymore...but ....PBR...still around....

I'm sittin here baked outta my friggin gourd and watch your vid. I'm a little kid again! Thank you for posting!

I wish commercials today had cool catchy jingles like the ones in this video :)

Kent were probably my favorite cig way back when! I switched brand in my 39 years of smoking, but stayed with kent longer, than any other. Probably 20 or more years!!!! And I'm still breathing?????

Ah, the Frito bandito, I remember that! And I miss the shampoo's we had back then, smelled much better & didn't mess your hair up like this junk today. And I see cakes don't rise as high anymore, as the one in this vid. Born in '58, I miss those days....

This was back when the intros to TV shows were longer than the TV commercials.

Haven't smoked in years and I wouldn't go back to it. I still know the jiggles. And actors and TV shows. What a era. I'm glad I grew up in this age.

The Dinah Shore Chevy commercial goes back an additional 10-11 years to about 1951.

I just found this Excellent Channel. I'm almost 65 ( AUGUST 12TH) I'd like to say that this Channel brings back but some Sweet Memories . Thank You so very much. I subscribed!

The same era that gave us the ultimate double entendre from Mrs. Cleaver: "Ward, don't you think you were a little hard on the Beaver last night...?"

I miss all of these shows. Much better than what's on today. Even the commercials

I knew every word of the Frito Bandito song!! Brains are truly the strangest things.

Always with a smile and never any violence. Such a good vibe they put off back then.

i seen this back then in the 60s i was a kid

This is an Amazing time capsule into the past! It jogged my memory on so many things! Thanks for posting this.

"As cool and as clean as a breath of fresh air" LOLOLOL 😁😁😁😁

What fun it was reliving the old TV themes and some of those commercials! Though I never smoked cigarettes, those themes were sure catchy. I remember growing up as a kid in the golden age of TV. Once in a while, I find myself singing one of those old themes!

Gotta love that "Mel Torme" style Rice Crispies commercial, and Mel Blank as Frito Bandito!

What a wonderful compilation. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing this! What a blast from the past

I remember these tv shows from my childhood. The cigarette commercials and corny car commercials.

Thriller was a great series that ran on NBC from 1960-62. They sure don't make shows like that anymore.

l remember all of these good old day's

this shit is so cool, i remember all of this stuff, i am 62, thanks for all the good memories, makes me hate the shit on tv now. i will watch the internet and get rid of tv.

See, smoking is good for you; It gives you a fresh mouth and clear throat. Doctors know nothing these days.

This was worth looking uo, just to see Dinah Shore sing, "See the USA in Your Chevrolet"! We would sing that on the playground. It shows that a good Madison Avenue jingle, will stay with you a lifetime!

Thanks for the videos. I remember every commercial and TV show intro. As a kid I didn't have a care in the world.

I always thought Kool referred to how hip the smoke would make you! lol

Lovely vintage television show openings and their accompanying commercials which are now banned from television viewing.

LOVED this video! I was just an itty bitty kid when these ads and shows were new, but, I still remember a lot of them. I don't know how, though. It was a lot of fun going way back into the past. Thanks!!! =)

This makes me cry, because this was when tv made perfect sense, and there should be more like this!!!

Reminds me of times the good ol times that I watched tv with my mom. I miss my mommy 😭😭😭😭😭

This was wonderful thanks so much for posting i loved it

Ah, those classic beer commercials. Hamm's & Pabst Blue Ribbon are still available. Carling's Black Label Beer is only available in Great Britain & Canada.

All of the shows on here came out in 1962. The commercials (from their various years) were probably tossed in for the hell of it. I can't believe how many of these shows (much less the commercials) I recognized. Man, I am getting old.

Loved the slinky commercial as a kid back then!

I miss the " Fito Bandito". I used to run to the TV if I heard it.

Beer Commercials where pretty good made me want to crack a cold one. I remember those ads

Funny to see these now... Was a kid watching these programs and commercials on grandparents Black and White T.V.

The Frito Bandito lol love it...

So glad I grew up in the 50s and 60s.. A great time.

That was fun ! Well put together and a great snapshot of the good ol' days.

Boy that surly brings back memories. Thank you!!!!

I seriously have the Pabst Blue Ribbon jingle in my head. Well, It'll be P.B.R. today 🍺!

Yep, them good ol’ days when smoking cigarettes was a refreshing and healthy habit. Wish those days would come back once more. 😉

Theses shows take me back to the good old days

i had to go out for a smoke after this

Tku 4 Ur Post. Plan on showing this vid at 1/2 time Super Bowl Party. Tks for the memories. Now I know why I stopped smoking and lying about living in Miami Beach! (Tks and smiles)

Thanks, that was fun!

I do remember most of these shows/commercials. Television was great back then, yes in black n white!The horror pictures used the shadows and shades and made the TV Show/Movie very scary without even showing the deed! Many old time radio shows would use sound effects and the actors tone of voice, that would scare you into next Tuesday, they created an environment ,then let your mind take you away to cringe in fear, or to laugh! Turn the lights off!

man I never new cigarettes were so good for you, I found out the other day that getting hit in the head with an ax was refreshing

This is one of the very best collections I’ve seen! Really evocative of that time period.

Sugar Pops...SHOT WITH SUGAR!! Ahhh, a nice heaping bowl of sugar first thing in the morning, followed with a cigarette. Those were the days, my friend...

The intro to The Rifleman...............so homoerotic. Very appropriate.

You will need Dr, Ben Casey. When you smoke Cigarettes.

I loved it was great brought back a lot of memories

Yes it was TERRIBLE we had to watch TV without getting educated about every HORRIBLE side effect on the face of the earth.

So here we are 60 years later and the host of TPIR (Drew Carey) looks like Bill Cullen.

back in the day 1960s

All this does is make me feel old. LOL!!!

great memories ..😍😍😘😘😘😘😘

This was a much better time! God, how I wish our country was like this now! (I even like the black & white). The Eisenhower/Kennedy years: how wonderful they were!

Cigarettes softened with fresh air, LOLOLOLOLOL XD

Ben Casey has a minute-and-a-half opening. It's a drama in itself.

Even the commercials were good and no reality shows!!!!

TV is nothing but ads, just like you tube today.

God I was in love with Ben Casey 😃

back in the 70s i onlt earned $1.60 an hour after working at the same place for 4 years. Only made a..dime more than the new ones hired in at.

I remember The Rifleman was sponsored by Lilt Home Permanent (at least in the late '50's thru '63)

Wow so many memories

A relative smoked Kool's and in her 50's her breathing was that of a 105 yr old woman. She died at 63 yrs old.

I read somewhere that "Bud" on Father Knows Best regularly smoked bud.

My father disparagingly referred to Clint Walker as "Mushmouth" in "Cheyenne", for way he talked. Thus my brother and I would sing "Mushmouth, Mushmouth" to the tune of the show's theme song.

The beginning of Ben Casey always scared the crap out of me when I was a kid.

back in the day 60s i seen this when i was kid

The original metal Slinky made your hands smell bad when you handled it. It would very quickly get tangled and permanently kinked and bent, and then it wouldn't move anymore.

The good old days when smoking was healthy.😁

FANTASTIC!! THANKS SO MUCH FOR POSTING THESE!

And besides this is my childhood right here.

I drove my chevy to the levey!

Back in the day, I use to drink beer. And when I did it was always a Pabst Blue Ribbon. Best damn beer ever. All my friends who drank Bud and Miller use to laugh, well when they were out and I had beer, they'd sure come crawlin' wanting one of mine........

Thank you for the feedback. You are correct, the dates were way off. I have since corrected that! Must have had to much coffee that night.

Kool as a breath of Fresh Air 😜☠️

Classic TV. Little or NO lip syncing. REFRESHING!

Me gusta muchisimo el bandito de crujientes de maiz!

Could not help but notice the predominance of beer and cigarette ads in these old shows...wow!

My mom used to send away for a bunch of the toys on cereal box's they had for a time. My favorite and most memorable was from Frosted Flakes, a space man aprox. 1/6 scale that had a retractable line running through it to mimic space walking. The line tangled and broke in no time and I was left disappointed again. lmao.

Sky blue waters...beer!...what a paradise for future diseases!

Mickey Dolenz was starring on Circus Boy in 1958. They show this on Antenna TV weekends at 4and 4:30 PM.

Gotta LOVE those cigarette and beer jingles. UGH!!

hmm! my favorite cigarette !the flavour so smooth !it's gotta be good for ya !

love the cigarette commercials

Betty White at 7:46!!!!