1951

1 Bobby Troup Trio with Ginny Maxey. Daddy
2 Jet Tower Completely modernizes Dishwashing
3 Red Skelton In 1951 CBS has Red Skelton to bring his radio show to television.
4 Cheerios Free US Army guided missile. Ma did the mail come? Guided missiles and Dentyne Gum.
5 Alan Freed Tuesday Weld La Vern Baker Frankie Lymon and the Teen Agers Chuck Berry Credited popularizing the term "Rock and Roll".
6 Post Sugar Crisps Sold by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Free metal railroad emblems. Kids today probably wouldn't even want them for free.
7 P M Whiskey Ask for PM tonight.
8 Ford Pickup Keeping America strong.
9 General Douglas MacArthur Relieved of command by President Truman in April for publicly disagreeing with Truman's Korean War Policy.
10 Amos & Andy The Amos 'n Andy Show premired on TV in 1951 and completed 78 episodes.
11 Jantzen Fashion that attracts.
12 Yogi Berra Hawks Prest-o-lite battery.
13 Consolidated Model 36 B-36 bomber, able to deliver a payload of 10,000 lb to targets in Europe from bases in the US.
14 "Good health to all from Rexall." National exposure for Rexall through sponorship of Amos and Andy.
15 Frazer Vagabond Nice hatchback and fold down rear seat.
16 Flying Air travel first class with mom.
17 Curtiss Treats for the goblins. Vampires in the night? Blind as a Bat?
18 Passbook Teaching little brother about passbook savings.
19 Harley Davidson How do those hats stay on?
20 Singer For the moms without enough to do. Sewing machine a girls best friends.
21 Ipana / How sparkling can you be? The answer is Ipana.
22 Dinah Shore In 1951 The Dinah Shore Show was on NBC TV twice a week for 15 minutes.
23 The Catcher in the Rye By J. D. Salinger. Published in the US in 1951
24 Rice Krispees Howdy Doody introduces Crispy Squares.
25 The Day The Earth Stood Still Great Sci-Fi. An alien lands with a message for the people of earth, live in peace or be destroyed as a danger to others.
26 Tide He wears the cleanest shirt in town. I guess you are the only one in town that uses tide.
27 Whitey Ford Whitey made a his debut midway through the 1950 season.
28 Behave Yourself / Shelly Winters Comedy / A stray dog gets a newly married couple into all kinds of murder and intrigue. Shelly sings Lie To Me.
29 The Adventures of Kit Carson Kit Carson and El Toro, his Mexican sidekick, roamed the Wild West chasing desperadoes.
30 Kaiser Frazer Plans Aluminum Car Looks like it might get pretty hot under that glass roof.
31 Bedtime for Bonzo Ronald Reagan gets to play with a chimp, and Diana Lynn. Dean Martin sings to Diana here.
32 Speedy Alka Seltzer Speedy with his Alka-Seltzer tablet body and hat first appeared
33 Gorgeous Color Pictures / Kodak Ready for a slide show? Bobby Driscoll
34 Pepsi More Bounce to the Ounce.
35 Admiral TV Buy Foxy. RCA Victor ad here.
36 Tex Ritter and sons "Daddy's Last Letter" became a hit. / Seen here with son well-known TV star John Ritter.
37 Univac / UNIVersal Automatic Computer Recording tape for for first commercial computer in US.
38 Racket Squad Captain John Braddock protects the public from the confidence rackets.
39 Straight Arrow Shredded Wheat Rin Tin Tin sells the Nabisco brand here.
40 Puffs Classic TV Commercial
41 Roy Rogers picture cards / With Dale Evans The Roy Rogers Show ran on radio for nine years before moving to television in 1951.
42 Roy Rogers Clock Who didn't have a clock similar to this in there home? Happy Trails
43 Croquet For those people in large brick houses.
44 Sky King "From out of the clear blue of the western sky comes Sky King"
45 7 Up Now free of Lithium citrate. All action
46 Unaired Pilot / I Love Lucy CBS finally gave in and funded a TV pilot for their radio star Lucy.
47 I Love Lucy A great opening for a great series.
48 Chef Boyardee Hector "Chef" Boyardi was born in Italy in 1898. Boiardi's company made rations for American troops during World War 2.
49 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Together in love.
50 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Parted in espionarge.
51 Peanuts Peanuts premiered in 1950, in seven newspapers:
52 Jack in the Box Founded in 1951.
53 Washer Here is a modern convienence for you. When you get an automatic washer use ALL.
54 Skippy peanut butter Mom must have glad her kid got the commercial, sorry its so blurry mom.
55 Willie Mays Won the 1951 Rookie of the Year Award.
56 Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland absolutely dazzling.
57 Classic Ad Somehow I want one!
58 Flannel Funnies Casper: To Boo or Not to Boo Oh my who remembers putting flannel figures on felt for fun. My I'd rahter be doing that right now.
59 Christmas Arrives in the form of a Plymouth.
60 Alka Seltzer Buster Keaton Promotes
61 A Streetcar Named Desire 'Hey Stella!'
62 Fabian Tiger
63 The Mills Brothers Paper Doll
64 Rosemary Clooney Come On-a My House
65 The African Queen Humphrey Bogart Katharine Hepburn
66 An American in Paris Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron
67 A Place in the Sun Shelly Winters
68 Captain Hook Sells Admiral appliances
69 Mr. Wizard
70 Roller Derby
71 Christmas Carol Alastair Sim

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