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The CBS 50th Anniversary Special from 1978.
And yes, thats Betty White. And thats Lucy next to Don Knotts.
And yes, Im old!
OLDMDDEM
(1,572 posts)gab13by13
(21,321 posts)I think that's Lassie.
AZSkiffyGeek
(11,009 posts)Jean Stapleton, Walter Cronkite, Alfred Hitchcock, Mary Tyler Moore, ?, Gene Rayburn
33taw
(2,440 posts)AZSkiffyGeek
(11,009 posts)multigraincracker
(32,674 posts)Long time ago.
GopherGal
(2,008 posts)against the five that makes me old, since the wording is "five people", but then I started looking and recognized way too many for that technicality to save me...
Interesting to notice how non-diverse the picture is.
Kali
(55,007 posts)sop
(10,167 posts)Niagara
(7,605 posts)I enlarged the photo so I could see it better and I can't share the enlarged photo for some reason. Who we thought it Ron Howard is actually Jon Walmsley. All The Walton's actors are in this anniversary photo except my dreamboat Richard Thomas.
sop
(10,167 posts)Jilly_in_VA
(9,966 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Lot of tv stars in there.
ret5hd
(20,491 posts)well, you got more problems than me:
Niagara
(7,605 posts)AZSkiffyGeek
(11,009 posts)Also top center, Rob Reiner, with Carol Burnett, Steve Allen and Jim Nabors below him.
Backseat Driver
(4,392 posts)lisa58
(5,755 posts)MLAA
(17,288 posts)AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)If he is, I missed him. MASH was at the top of its game then, widely recognized as one of the top comedies of the TV age
MLAA
(17,288 posts)My husband and I were talking about M*A*S*H yesterday. We agreed it was the best written and best delivered/casted show ever. We tried to thing of others nearly that good. All I could come up with was West Wing.
What show(s) would you add?
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)I didnt watch it when it was on NBC, but started when I saw Comedy Centrals marathons. At first I thought the show was very mean-spirited, and couldnt understand its appeal. But the more Ive been watching, Im finding that there are deeper insights to both the characters and the work environment that are all too true. Michael Scott is indeed an ass, but you get glimpses into his childhood that explain that, as one example. The Pam-Jim romance was so achingly well-written across the first three seasons that I sometimes teared up.
It isnt always knee-slappingly funny, but shows like this dont have to be to be considered great.
In the MASH era, CBSs early to mid-1970s Saturday night lineup was the BEST bar none:
All In The Family
MASH
Mary Tyler Moore Show
Bob Newhart Show
Carol Burnett
MLAA
(17,288 posts)for years so Im sure to find it if funny/insightful. I have always loved Bob Newhart. Having spent my career with the company that invented punch cards, I found this sketch hilarious. Might only be funny if youve ever had to deal with those damn cards in the old days 😊
Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)Some appear to be photo shopped inserted.
NNadir
(33,515 posts)multigraincracker
(32,674 posts)..I outlived em all.
Codifer
(546 posts)Ray Walston next to Dennis Morgan.(?) At least I think it is Morgan... I knew it just a minute ago. Kind of middle left edge.
Weaver ! It is Dennis Weaver... just remembered.
AZSkiffyGeek
(11,009 posts)AZSkiffyGeek
(11,009 posts)OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)2naSalit
(86,577 posts)At least a third of them!
Codifer
(546 posts)Archie Bunker, I can't recall his real name... but may start with a "C".
Edit to add: Carol O'Conner.
Brings back memories of the "Sgt Pepper" album cover. But I was stoned then..... oh, wait.
MuseRider
(34,107 posts)I could see them better!
Donkees
(31,392 posts)MuseRider
(34,107 posts)ruet
(10,039 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I was only 15 when that photo was taken but I could identify at least half of them, if not more.
Not all by their real name, but at least by the name of the character they played.
Fla Dem
(23,656 posts)Happy for the ones that are.
wryter2000
(46,039 posts)The images are small enough that it's hard to recognize many of them. Interesting that Alfred Hitchcock is in there. I think one of them is Danny Kaye, and another one is Tommy Smothers. I don't see the other brother. And there's a collie lol, right next to the female star of All in the Family (her name escapes me). Plus, Walter Cronkhite, of course.
And George Burns. George and Gracie were wonderful. I'd happily watch that show again if I could find it.
I'm old.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,185 posts)And the blonde behind her is Leslie Stahl!
wryter2000
(46,039 posts)I'm going to be staring at this picture all day.
demigoddess
(6,640 posts)remember their names.
Niagara
(7,605 posts)Last edited Tue Jul 20, 2021, 07:32 PM - Edit history (1)
Top 3rd row- Ron Howard and David Harper
Top 4th row- Sherman Hemsley
Top 5th row- Judy Norton, Mary Elizabeth McDonough and Lucille Ball
7th row- Eric Scott, Kami Cotler and The Loveboat Captain
3rd bottom row- Elizabeth Montgomery and George Burns
1st bottom row- Lassie and Alfred Hitchcock
I'm now going to see what celebrities other DUers found.
Edit: Who I thought was Ron Howard is actually Jon Walmsley. All The Walton's actors are in this anniversary photo except my dreamboat Richard Thomas. It's difficult to identify people when they're the size of ants and I don't even need bifocals yet.
Nay
(12,051 posts)Alfred Hitchcock (front row), Ed Asner, Adrienne Barbeau, Ron Howard, and isn't that Glenn Campbell next to Buddy Ebsen in upper left corner?
ruet
(10,039 posts)James Arness from Gunsmoke.
Nay
(12,051 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,847 posts)She was in Green Acres.
Solly Mack
(90,763 posts)ruet
(10,039 posts)Maybe more but I can't be sure given the resolution. I"m, well, under 59 years old.
Paladin
(28,254 posts)And I knew I was old, already.
TlalocW
(15,381 posts)Telly Savalas, George Burns, Ethel Merman, Richard Pryor, Carol Burnett, Lucy, Sherman Helmsley, and Bert Convy. Is that Bob Newhart over on the edge on the upper right?
TlalocW
Wicked Blue
(5,832 posts)Bob Newhart 4th down in right side
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)... actual names!
I was like, "Edith Bunker, Gloria Stivic, Grandma Walton..."
ruet
(10,039 posts)Nothing better to do at lunch.
Jean Stapleton
Walter Cronkite
Alfred Hitchcock
Mary Tyler Moore
Familiar but would have to look up
Gene Rayburn
Familiar but would have to look up
Familiar but would have to look up
Unknown
Lesley Stahl ?
Unknown
Danny Kaye ?
Nancy Walker
George Burns
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Telly Savalas
Very familiar but would have to look up
Very familiar but would have to look up
Unknown
Someone from the Waltons?
Unknown
Bonnie Franklin
Orson Wells
Gabor Sister
Gavin MacLeod but maybe not. Also looks like a CBS exec I can't name.
Tim Conway
I know who that is I just can't think of it. Danny something?
Bob Keeshan
Dennis Weaver
Ray Walston
Sally Struthers
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Betty White
News Guy
Ned Beatty
Charles Kuralt
Unknown
Jamie Farr
Adrienne Barbeau
Unknown
Unknown
Lucy
Ed Asner
Gameshow host
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Mike Wallace
Sherman Hemsley
Unknown
Isabel Sanford
Unknown
Bob Denver
Carroll O'Connor
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Art Carney
Tony Randall
Bob Newhart
Dick Smothers
Unknown
Ted Knight
Very familiar but would have to look up
Ron Howard
Unknown
Unknown
Valerie Harper
Unknown
Another Waltons kid?
Unknown
Familiar but would have to look up
Unknown
Glen Campbell
Buddy Ebsen
Unknown
John Forsyth
Know it but can't think of it.
Carol Burnett
Jim Nabors
Unknown
Loretta Swit
Ed Bradley
Andy Griffith
Unknown
Demond Wilson
Linda Carter
Dick Van Dyke
Jack Lord
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Rob Reiner maybe?
Unknown
John Amos
Possibly Bob Barker
Very familiar but would have to look up
Dan Rather
Unknown
OMG! Can't think of it.
OMG! Can't think of it.
James Arness
Skittles
(153,154 posts)in the front row
Harker
(14,015 posts)and the sixth is Captain Kangaroo, Bob Keeshan.
sinkingfeeling
(51,448 posts)MissB
(15,806 posts)Early 50s. I recognized a fair number of them!
mnhtnbb
(31,384 posts)on a game show I was on about 1978. Jamie Farr (Corporal Klinger from MASH) and I played Cross Wits together. We didn't win.
I think M*A*S*H was the best written, directed, casted, performed show ever. Malinger was hilarious. Did he seem like a pretty cool guy when you played Cross Wis?
mnhtnbb
(31,384 posts)Living in L.A. from 1969-88 I had a number of encounters/sightings with celebrities, including two with other MASH actors. Gary Burghoff (Radar) was a neighbor of friends when they were both renting tiny houses in Malibu in the early '70's. He came to a Halloween party that my friends hosted once they had moved into a house in the Hollywood Hills. MASH was big at the time, and he was wearing an ape mask for most of the evening at the party! Another time I was driving home on Wilshire Blvd to Santa Monica and saw Harry Morgan (Col Potter) coming out of a Baskin Robbins shop with an ice cream cone in hand, getting in his car (a Cadillac).
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)I recognized most of them. John Amos looking good in the top row.
Very cool. Thanks for sharing.
EDIT: I wonder what was up will Sally Struthers? Sure doesnt look glad to be there
denbot
(9,899 posts)Opie/Richie too!
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)To think that so many of these awesome people are gone now. It makes me sad, but happy to see their faces again. When was photo this taken, and what was the occasion? I'm guessing maybe it was a group photo for Emmy Awards, maybe around the early 1970's?
I recognize many of these people, most of them actually. But recalling their names ... I'd have to google a lot of them. Thanks for posting!
ProfessorGAC
(65,010 posts)I got to 25 faces I could name before I finished the third row from the top!
TexasBushwhacker
(20,185 posts)I recognize a LOT of them.
Laffy Kat
(16,377 posts)My "brush with greatness' story: Bob Keeshan once used my office desk phone. I was totally star-struck.
Upthevibe
(8,041 posts)celebrities. Such talented people who've given me a lot of entertainment through out my life...
Texaswitchy
(2,962 posts)I am surprised I survived my childhood.
I did all kinds of dangerous things.
Must be a picture from CBS.
Rhiannon12866
(205,265 posts)wnylib
(21,438 posts)Alfred Hitchcock
George Burns
Orson Wells
Yul Brenner *
Sally Struthers
Carrol O'Connor (Archie Bunker)
Adrienne Barbeau (TV daughter of Maud)
Loretta Swit (Major Hot Lips Houlihan)
Bonnie Franklin (mother on One Day at a Time)
Gene Rayburn (host of Match Game)
Ellen Corby (Waltons grandmother)
Hattie McDaniel (Mammy, Gone with the Wind)
Buddy Epson (Jed Clampett)
Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle)
Sherman Hemsley (George Jefferson)
Bob Newhart
Betty White
Bob Denver (Gilligan's Island, beatnick sidekick on Dobie Gillis)
* Oops. After looking at the key, I see that I got Yul Brenner mixed up with Telly Savalas. Two baldies that look alike to me.
Saw many names on the key that I should have recognized but didn't. Does that mean that I am SO old that I am forgetting?
MichaelSoE
(1,576 posts)on computer ... right click on the picture, choose open image in new tab/browser window and you will bee at the hosting site. The image can then be enlarged and a bit easier to identify persona
Vinca
(50,269 posts)Bucky
(53,998 posts)A few I may not remember their names. There's at least two guys in that photo I want to call Eric Severeid, but I know he's only one of them