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It’s interesting that so many people use some variation of the term television obscurities. When I decided to use it as the name of this website I thought it was fairly unusual. Apparently a lot of people feel certain television programs are obscure and, luckily for me, want to know more about them. Here are some additional keyphrases I felt were interesting or unusual:

• naughty bloopers
• 1953 singer fired on live tv
• tv show main character s name is jesse eyeball follows him around
• joi lansing playboy
• dan haggerty beard on fire
• batman tv show cowl and batgirl cowl
• stephanie powers tied up
• rhoda the robot
• april dancer tied up
• mike wallace mickey cohen

I had no idea there were so many people who want to see Stefanie Powers tied up.

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1. 10 Of The Most Outlandish TV Concepts Ever
2. Batgirl and the Batman Phenomenon
3. “The Outsiders”
4. “The New People”
5. W*A*L*T*E*R
6. Cliffhangers: “Stop Susan Williams”
7. “It’s About Time”
8. Outtakes, Bloopers & Goofs
9. “Mr. Lucky”
10. “Ferris Bueller”

I should point out that Cliffhangers: “Stop Susan Williams” is the first of a three-part article on Cliffhangers, so it is understandably seen by more people than the second and third parts. Interestingly, Cliffhangers: “The Curse of Dracula” was more popular than Cliffhangers: “The Secret Empire”, suggesting it is remembered more fondly than Cliffhangers: “The Secret Empire” (which was the only segment of Cliffhangers not to be edited into a made-for-TV movie, meaning it wasn’t syndicated for decades after the show went off the air).

As far as I can tell the least popular article is Early Networks and the East-Midwest Connection. Part of that has to do with the fact that it was published in November of 2009, making it one of the newer articles. The most popular exhibit was Famous Faces Do Commercials. The most popular video file was the Batgirl promotional short from Batgirl and the Batman Phenomenon. Finally, here are the five most popular individual posts made to the main page:

1. The New People, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Articles Revised
2. EW’s 26 Great TV Shows That Got a Quick Hook
3. View Scenes from Earliest Existing Television Footage
4. DVD Review: Mr. Terrific – The Complete Series
5. Status Guide – “Night Beat”

I’m thrilled that my post about the earliest existing television footage was viewed by so many people. But I have no idea why my status guide for Night Beat proved popular with visitors.

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Ten Most Popular Articles – January 2009
10 Of The Most Outlandish TV Concepts Ever
Batgirl and the Batman Phenomenon
The New People
The Outsiders
Outtakes, Bloopers & Goofs
The Ugliest Girl in Town
Mr. Lucky
It’s About Time
W*A*L*T*E*R
Television Programs in 1941

Both It’s About Time and Television Programs in 1941 were new this month, pushing The Color Revolution: Television In The Sixties and The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.out of the top ten.

Five Most Popular Exhibits – January 2009

Famous Faces Do Commercials
Network Television Promotion
Computer Commercials, 1984-1994
Full Issue of 1951 TV News
TV Guide – Behind the Scenes of the 1964-1965 Season

I’ve decided to start listing the top five exhibits each month. There are currently six and by process of elimination we learn that The New People Comic Books is the least popular exhibit. I find that a little surprising. I am also surprised at how popular my latest exhibit, Computer Commercials, 1984-1994, turned out to be, ranking third this month.

Ten Most Popular Audio and Video Files – January 2009

Batgirl Promotional Short (Batgirl and the Batman Phenomenon)
Opening Credits to Mr. Lucky
Closing Theme to Mr. Lucky
Opening to W*A*L*T*E*R
Promo for ABC’s Monday Night Line-Up (The New People)
Scene from It’s About Time (Dinosaur Interrupts Wedding)
Opening Credits to It’s About Time (1st Version)
Land of the Giants Promotional Spot
Opening Credits to Cliffhangers
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. Fall Preview

There must be a lot more fans of Land of the Giants out there than I thought because a promotional spot for the series is the first post in the Video Vault to crack the top ten most popular audio/video files.

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Ten Most Popular Articles – December 2008

The Color Revolution: Television In The Sixties
10 Of The Most Outlandish TV Concepts Ever
Batgirl and the Batman Phenomenon
The Outsiders
Mr. Lucky
The New People
W*A*L*T*E*R
Outtakes, Bloopers & Goofs
The Ugliest Girl in Town
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

Switch Outtakes, Bloopers & Goofs with Red Dwarf USA and you’ll have the top ten articles from November.

Three Most Popular Exhibits – December 2008

Famous Faces Do Commercials
TV Guide – Behind the Scenes of the 1964-1965 Season
Network Television Promotion

TV Guide – Behind the Scenes of the 1964-1965 Season knocked Full Issue of 1951 TV News out of the top three. Interesting.

Ten Most Popular Videos – December 2008

Batgirl Promotional Short (Batgirl and the Batman Phenomenon)
The Final Scene From I Married Dora
Opening Credits to Mr. Lucky
Opening to W*A*L*T*E*R
Promo for the Series Premiere of The Outsiders
Opening Credits to Cliffhangers
Promo for ABC’s Monday Night Line-Up (The New People)
Promo for the Third Episode of The Outsiders
Batman Promotional Spot (Batgirl and the Batman Phenomenon)
Closing Theme to Mr. Lucky

Again, most of these were in the top ten for November as well, although last month scenes from the two unsold U.S. Red Dwarf pilots were the top two videos. I’m very interested to see that the final scene from I Married Dora and the opening credits from Cliffhangers are so popular.

Out of sheer curiosity, I looked at the least popular articles for 2008 as a whole.

Ten Least Popular Articles – 2008

Home Free
A Brief History of Television Writers: 1949-1979 (Part 4)
A Brief History of Television Writers: 1949-1979 (Part 2)
The Angel Presentation Reel
The Tab Hunter Show
Midseason 1979 (Part 2)
TV Guide Promotional Spots
Midseason 1979*
Television Programs in 1941
Coronet Blue

*This is for the entire Midseason 1979 article. It is also available in two parts, both of which are more popular.

Obviously, the two newest articles (Coronet Blue and Television Programs in 1941) haven’t had as much time to be discovered by visitors, so they’re understandably at the bottom of the popularity ranking. And I’m the first to admit that A Brief History of Television Writers: 1949-1979 is dense and not all that interesting. But why aren’t more people interested in The Tab Hunter Show or TV Guide Promotional Spots?

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But first, a caveat: Obviously, if another website links to a specific article at Television Obscurities and sends a huge amount of traffic to that particular article, the end results are skewed statistics.  Also, because there are only five exhibits available at the moment, I am only going to show the top three.

Ten Most Popular Articles

The Color Revolution: Television In The Sixties
10 Of The Most Outlandish TV Concepts Ever
Red Dwarf USA
The Outsiders
Batgirl and the Batman Phenomenon
The Ugliest Girl in Town
W*A*L*T*E*R
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
The New People
Mr. Lucky

I’m not surprised that 10 Of The Most Outlandish TV Concepts Ever, The Outsiders or The New People are in the Top Ten; both have been among the most popular articles at Television Obscurities since the beginning. On the flip side, it was a little unexpected to see Red Dwarf USA or Mr. Lucky so popular.

Three Most Popular Exhibits

Famous Faces Do Commercials
Full Issue of 1951 TV News
Network Television Promotion

I am thrilled that the Full Issue of 1951 TV News is so popular. And I will be interested to see how well TV Guide – Behind the Scenes of the 1964-1965 Season does next month.

Ten Most Popular Videos
Scene From the Second Pilot (Red Dwarf)
Scene From the First Pilot (Red Dwarf)
Batgirl Promotional Short (Batgirl and the Batman Phenomenon)
Opening to W*A*L*T*E*R
Opening Credits to Mr. Lucky
Promo for the Series Premiere of The Outsiders
The Final Scene From I Married Dora
Promo for the Third Episode of The Outsiders
NBC’s 1966 Fall Preview for The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Promo for ABC’s Monday Night Line-Up (The New People)

It makes a certain amount of sense that all of the most popular videos are from the most popular articles.  I am a little curious, however, at the fact that only one video from The New People made it into the top ten.

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