Vaughn Meader shot to fame impersonating President John F. Kennedy. His guest appearance on The Joey Bishop Show was “destroyed” following Kennedy’s death in November 1963.
Category: Tales of Lost TV
Tales of Lost TV: Folksay (1944)
WCBW’s November 1944 broadcast of “Folksay” is a lost TV program. So is the rebroadcast in January 1945. Both featured Sophie Maslow, the New Dance Group, Woody Guthrie, and Tony Kraber.
Tales of Lost TV: The Esther Williams Aqua Spectacle
“The Esther Williams Aqua Spectacle” was broadcast by NBC on September 29th, 1956. No copies are known to exist today.
Tales of Lost TV: Alan King’s Pleasures of Rome
Is “Alan King’s Pleasures of Rome,” a 1977 ABC special featuring a tour of Rome, lost forever?
Tales of Lost TV: The Girl in the Bathing Suit
“The Girl in the Bathing Suit,” which originally aired in November 1955 on DuMont’s Studio 57 anthology, may be lost forever.
Tales of Lost TV: The Secret Weapon of 117 (Stage 7)
Is “The Secret Weapon of 117,” an early sci-fi script written by Gene Roddenberry, lost forever?