This month in 1962 — THE BUGS BUNNY SHOW debuted on Saturday mornings on ABC.
A primetime version (1960-62) preceded it, but the Saturday show became the longest, continuously-running morning children's program in network TV history.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY "says that it doesn’t matter what you’re like outside, it’s inside that counts. That’s why people who are sometimes disowned by society like the show so much."
On early-1960s American TV, the line between "camp" and "gay" was sometimes awfully thin. Here's the great George Rose playing a very campy, queer-coded pirate in a CBS production of TREASURE ISLAND (March 5, 1960). He almost sounds like he's channeling the British camp comedian Kenneth Williams.
Young Jim is played by Richard O'Sullivan, who 13 years later would star as Robin Tripp in the British sitcom MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE (the inspiration for THREE'S COMPANY) and later the sequel ROBIN'S NEST.
Today in 1963 — THE FRENCH CHEF with Julia Child debuted on WGBH.
“The camera didn’t bother me. Some people are awfully conscious of it. I think if you just pay attention to what you’re doing, then you’re not conscious of anything else.”
"I'm not surprised THE AVENGERS has such enduring popularity, because it was a groundbreaking series that changed television. It was the first show that put its leading man and leading lady on an equal footing."
— Patrick Macnee (1922–2015) #BOTD
“I was in dire need of tremendous help at that time…And it helped me grow back into a successful name again. People recognized my name, and still do, because of Catwoman.”
"We were trying to think of who could play Endora. And Elizabeth and I were in New York, at Bloomingdales, and there we ran into Agnes Moorehead. And I thought, ‘My God. There she is!’”
— #WilliamAsher, director/producer of #Bewitched
Venus Smith, the forgotten Avengers girl. She was Steed's partner in six 1963 episodes. Fascinatingly different from the other Avengers girls. She had zero combat skills but she was a useful agent. And quite charming.