1956

1 Gale Storm I Here You Knocking
2 Quaker Oats Healty Living or Just plain common sense?
3 Ed Sullivan Introduces us to the stars.
4 Sam Snead Washing his clubs with SOS? Yeah he did that!
5 Dolls need to smell good too. Where is Ken
6 Thin Mints Fighting with mom for more.
7 The Great Locomotive Chase A true-life spy story of ultimate suspense. High speed and inconceivable bravery! Staring Fess Parker.
8 The Buccaneers Fighting the Spanish who were ravaging the Caribbean.
9 Raison Bran We needed those raisons coates ith Honey.
10 Pan American The Thing to do with life is live it. Strategic Air Command's 10th Anniversary March 21, 1956
11 The Adventures of Jim Bowie Jim Bowie "frontiersman" and his knife save they day!
12 Frosted Flakes With Pepsi billboard inside, who didn't need one of these?
13 Tareton Look at the cigarette case.
14 The Suez Crsis Jets Scramble
15 The Price is Right Bill Cullen
16 Frenchs Mustard Does something wonderful for hamburger.
17 The Man Called X Ken Thurston on a "Dangerous Assignment".
18 1956 Buick Century No post between front and back windows.
19 American Bandstand Dale Hawkin's here. July 9, 1956, Dick Clark's 1st appearance as host
20 Trix Brer Rabbit / Free Dubble Bubble Gum
21 Sugar Pops "Shot with Sugar" Free airline pilots wings.
22 Hank Aaron Aaron hit .328 in 1956
23 Douglas First in Aviation
24 Hills Brothers What can we call this now, 1/2 Can?
25 Forbidden Planet "He was warned, and now he's paid! Let him be buried with the other victims of human greed and folly!"
26 Tetracyn / Terramycin Antibiodics by Pfizer
27 Dick Clark American Bandstand.
28 Twenty One / Mr. Van Doren The show was rigged / fans ultimately disappointed.
29 To Tell The Truth "Will the real Baby Boomer, please stand up?
30 Phillip Morris Cigarettes Loved for Gentleness!
31 Coke Cooler One of the present day collectibles.
32 My Fair Lady 1956 Broadway production was a hit.
33 Heartbreak Hotel Best selling single of 1956.
34 American Band Stand Original Titles.
35 Ted Williams 1956 Red Sox , AVG 345
36 Suez Crsis On the Runway.
37 Roy Orbison Appears on Ed Sullivan's show signing "ooby Dooby".
38 Ballantine Ale "that's Ale brother!"
39 Buster Brown Shoes Cartoons sell!
40 Sandy Koufax Outstanding Jewish athlete.
41 Maypo Marky Maypo first appeared on TV in 1956.
42 1956 Ford Crown Victoria With Continental Kit
43 The Ten Commandments The Greatest Event in Motion Picture History / Heston vs. Brynner / Rameses vs. Moses.
44 New Ford Seat Belts Great for the Kids in the back seat.
45 Cocoa Puffs Like that chocolate cereal?
46 James Brown "The Godfather of Soul" "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business"
47 To Tell The Truth Kitty Carlisle getting all the attention!
48 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Return after the horror of the war.
49 Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo "The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven"
50 Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers Bengal Lancers in India, timeframe, late 1800's.
51 Ernie Kovacs The Best of Ernie Kovacs reveals his status as a pioneer of TV comedy that inspired many shows.
52 Lone Ranger Guns Man what kid didn't want these?
53 Toy Piano What our parents bought for us.
54 A-1 and Mom Make the party memorable.
55 Suez Tanks on the battle field.
56 Woolyn for the wash. Ad detergent Keep that animation coming.
57 Adlai Stevenson Ran for president against Dwight D. Eisenhower.
58 Fantasyland Game Disney Keeps us playing.
59 Captain Kangaroo Game Man did that appeal to us.
60 Meet me in Las Vegas What happens in Vegas...................
61 Lena Horne Stormy Weather (1956; RCA)
62 Judge Roy Bean Cantankerous yet fair administrator of frontier law.
63 Col. Tom Parker, Elvis Presley and Ed Sullivan Charles Laughton introduced Elvis on his first Sullivan appearance do to Ed's car crash.
64 Cement Mixer Hey this would make a good toy.
65 Keds Animation sells.
66 Dial Shampoo With so much lather why does she need more?
67 Hey, Jeannie Jeannie Carson
68 Magic Tatoo With bubble gum.
69 The Buccaneers
70 Cornflakes Brings us Santa
71 Jello Brings us Christmas Sharing the Joy of Jello with Santa.
72 Walter Cronkite Preidential Coverage to Medal.
73 Joy Dish Detergent Walking Doll
74 The King and I Deborah Kerr Yul Brynner
75 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Kevin McCarthy as Dr. Miles J. Bennell Dana Wynter as Becky Driscol
76 Around the World in 80 Days
77 Elvis with Johnny Cash Beginning to enter our lives here, both gone now.
78 B B King
79 Written on the Wind
80 I Love Lucy Merry Christmas Everybody

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