YouTube in the 1950s (You Asked For It)

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12 жыл бұрын

Well, the closest thing to a 1950s KZfaq was a series called "You Asked for It". This episode contains a wrestling chimp, African-American pianist Ivory Joe Hunter, the secrets of card sharks, archery, and a blackface act (considered "nostalgic" at the time). I think the network this aired on the DuMont Network (which no longer exists, though the FOX network is a corporate successor in some ways)

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@Null_Protogen Жыл бұрын

my Grandpa (Frank Ruth) was on You Asked For It! he was the operator for Elektro the robot. he appeared in 2 episodes. I actually have a few outtakes where he holds the controls into the audience and lets them push buttons until it breaks, where he promptly starts swinging the controls by the wire.

@jamesbyersmusic 6 жыл бұрын

A year after Al Jolson died and one of the very few bits of footage in existence of Harry!

@dhansel4835 6 жыл бұрын

You noticed when they put the spoon in the jar of Skippy Peanut butter it kinda poped out showing how dry it was. You can imagine what it would do trying to spread it on bread.

@CarlDuke Жыл бұрын

Great seeing Harry Jolson here.

@plunkervillerr1529 7 ай бұрын

Teddy Peanut Butter is better for your health. Ivory, please sing "Since I Bet You Babby"?

@efrainrodriguez585 6 жыл бұрын

Nice show I used to watch when I was a ver young man.

@plunkervillerr1529 7 ай бұрын

Mr. Baker, would you please show us a women's roller derby race?

@marc7491 5 жыл бұрын

Wiliam Tell shot was faked! The camera was positioned behind the archer with no view of the subject. After the shot, the camera changed to the apple with an arrow thru it. Never actually saw the shot.

@joeambrose3260 3 жыл бұрын

Can't say for sure, but I did wonder why they didn't show a side shot

@dttruman 2 жыл бұрын

@@joeambrose3260 Yeah, when they do something like this, they usually have two, maybe three angles of the stunt being done. On the show, there was knife thrower who did part of his act blindfolded and they did it with at least two angles.

@garyn.9450 2 жыл бұрын

This is only my opinion, but I'd say the reason for faking the whole bit was because this show was broadcast live, and they were being overly cautious about a possible accident during the stunt.

@daisyroots 8 жыл бұрын

skippy is not rancid and it's very pleasant indeed.....

@AdamSternberg 4 жыл бұрын

When black-face was acceptable on TV LOL

@meridien52681 3 жыл бұрын

Disgusting. Everybody gets nostalgia for "the good old days" but they forget, the past was the worst! Prejudice, segregation, diseases rampant, no advances in medicine and other commonsense things we take for granted! You can keep "the good old days", I'll take the future any day!

@meridien52681 3 жыл бұрын

It was a simpler time then; they're flogging the hell out of that peanut butter with NO other sponsors to be seen!

@DarlaAnne 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have any more of these shows? My grandfather was Leo Irby and he was a very requested guest (escape artist) on the show.

@illusionistMunawarMuzaffar 3 жыл бұрын

I have escape acts of this series, will post soon

@DarlaAnne 3 жыл бұрын

@@illusionistMunawarMuzaffar Thank you SO much. My email is darlanne@gmail.com. I would be thrilled if you could share them!

@dogmomma4019 2 жыл бұрын

@@illusionistMunawarMuzaffar my mother used to watch this show back in the 50s. She remembers watching one on the Moscow circus. I have been trying to find it for her here on KZfaq but I am not having any luck

@illusionistMunawarMuzaffar 2 жыл бұрын

@@dogmomma4019 I think this complete series is available for purchase,

@dogmomma4019 2 жыл бұрын

@@illusionistMunawarMuzaffar I apologize if this information is readily available somewhere and I am just not aware of this. Do you know where I might be able to locate and purchase? In addition to looking for this specific clip/episode for my 76 year old mother. in the past, i had searched long and hard for a short little movie that my great uncle ( Gene Ivaldi ) had been in as a child. The way my great aunt and my parents explained this to me was back then, during the golden Era of Hollywood there were these little groups of child actors. The most well-known one being the "our gang" group which later turned into the "little rascals". I will have to ask my great aunt if she remembers the name of his group, but it was thought that his group was called " the chili peppers". My great aunt has a few photos of him and the group taken on set during filming of the little movie. She thought that the movie was titled something like " On the mic" or something like that. Anyway, several years ago now uncle Gene had been diagnosed with cancer and I had really hoped to find the movie and be able to give it to him as a gift. Obviously I never found it and he passed away many years ago now. ( I miss him so much! He was so kind, fun, and loving.) While searching for the movie, I was told that a LOT of the film from this time frame had not been saved or stored properly. Even if the intention was to save the reels, it degraded over time. Someone had told me that some film had been destroyed in a fire as well at one of the major studios and I think MGM was the studio. It has been a long time since I was searching so my memories are a little fuzzy now. I apologize if this comment is a bit of a long ramble! I am babysitting my great niece and I am rocking her in attempt to get her to take her nap, lol. My mom remembers her step dad writing in to "you asked for it " to request the show do an episode on the lord's prayer being written on a grain of rice. She said that she can't remember if the show did air his request or not, so I am looking for that one too, if it exists.

@JasonDelarosa2000 2 жыл бұрын

Parodied in _Happy Days_ as _You Wanted to See It_

@DanFiebiger 7 жыл бұрын

There was a later incarnation of "You Asked For It" with a different host in the later 50s on another network. I wish someone would post clips from that incarnation.

@jiml5274 5 жыл бұрын

The host was a singer named "Smiling" Jack Smith.

@hebneh 5 жыл бұрын

@Cliff Yablonski I remember this one as well, but as reruns in the early 1960s. No studio audience, just the host on camera, then with filmed sequences of what had been asked for.

@zefallafez 4 жыл бұрын

Gary Owens hosted a version in the 1980s

@harveypost7799 4 жыл бұрын

Did any of them Peanuts come Pres.Jimmy Carter's farm for Skippy's.

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@billmoraites3357 7 жыл бұрын

I have the entire library of the you asked for it films transferred to video contact. hornbet@gmail.com