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Lucy Goes To The Candy Factory
"I Love Lucy" was television's most innovative shows having television's first interracial couple and using a kinescope with a three camera shot that become the sitcom norm. Fans will forever remember this episode where Lucy and Ethel get jobs at a candy factory and have a losing battle with the conveyor belt of chocolate. -
Elvis Presley on the "Ed Sullivan Show"
Ed Sullivan orginally did not want Elvis to appear on his show due to the fact he wasn't fit for family viewing, but once Steve Allen's ratings hit the roof with Elvis on his show Sullivan had a change of heart. Over 60 million viewers tuned in to Elvis' first apperance on the show which was the largest viewer audience in history. -
The Beatles on Ed Sullivan
8 years later after the Elvis appearence the Beatles did their first live American performance on the Ed Sullivan show. 73 million people tuned in to watch this show, breaking the record Elvis held. 45% of Television owners tuned in. -
Richard Nixon Resigns
After being connected to the Watergate scandal Nixon took to the television with a 16 minute speech announcing his resignation. The following afternoon he bid farewell to his staff and left in the presidential helicopter posing one last time with a smile on his face with his arms and hands raised in a V shape for victory. -
The Wedding of Charles and Diana
Lady Diana married Prince Charles at St.Paul's Cathedral viewed by three quartes of a billion people. 16 years later people turned to their TVs once again to mourn her death from a horrible automobile accident. -
The fall of the Berlin Wall
"Mr.Gorbachev tear down this wall" Ronald Regan said gaving orders. 2 years later the job was done. On this November night the first slab of concrete was removed from the wall. -
Johnny Carson's Final "Tonight Show"
At this time the "Tonight Show" was the only show in the game, After 30 years in the job, Carson said goodbye to the late night show. Shows leading up to the finale he had an array of stars to give their last talk with the talk show host, but on the final show he had a more personal show. He sat on a stool and gave his goodbye to his staff,family, friends, and audience. -
The O.J Simpson Case
On a June night over 95 million viewers tuned in to see a "car chase" of a fleet of LAPD cruisers following Simpson and his friend Al Cowlings. Simpson's ex-wfie and her friend have been killed three days earlier; charged with double murder Simpson was suppose to turn himself in. He left a note with lawyer Rob Kardashian saying he did not do the crime. In late October he was found not guilty of the murders. -
September 11th Attacks
The morning shows were about to end when reports came in that one of the buildings of the World Trade Center has been hit by a plane. Then another report came in that a 2nd plane flew into the 2nd building of the World Trade Center. Reports of a plane heading for the pentagon came in and the World Trade Center buildings came crumbling down on live air. -
Hurricane Katrina
Thousands of residents in New Orleans pleaded for help on television. Reporters shared on the air of the heartbreak in the cities affected. This weather report was more than just the usual, it was a tragedy that people believe could of been better handled.
