Winchell-Mahoney Time (1965) Original complete episode #18
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Famously, the original color videotapes of this series were all deliberately erased by Metromedia; this episode, and the demo reel we have also posted on UA-cam, are the only known surviving episodes.
My brother and I were watching Winchell Mahoney time when suddenly the lights began to dim down and down till they were Orange then went out that was the great blackout of November 1965... All the way up the Eastern seaboard of the US till Canada... I'll never forget that... Decades before cell phones my father waited on line to use a pay phone and tell my mother everything was okay
I remember that black-out quite well. All the sudden my transistor radio went dead..........then I realized there was no electricity anywhere, Some radio stations used their auxilery power till that ran out. I was so aggravated the next day in school some people did their homework by candle light....made the rest of us look bad,
I watched this as a kid in Los Angeles. Born in 1960. That song is burned iny memory forever.
Likewise.
Born in Van Nuys under the 49 star flag.
Me too, born in LA, 1960. In fact, Paul Winchel and I share the same birthday, Dec 21 😎
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_Scotty wotty doo doo._
Watching this brings back fond memories of my "baby boomer" childhood when i use to be on my lunch break from school and while having lunch over my aunt Anna's house I would be watching "Winchell-Mahoney Time" and had a fun time doing so and this show made my lunch which consisted of a "Swanson's tv dinner" (my aunt Anna couldn't cook lol) that much more enjoyable.
Me too Vic! My mom watched this with me all the time!
@@scottsdaleglenn Good having fond memories and these classic tv shows (in more ways than one) do bring back fond memories.
I thought they said they destroyed these and i am so HAPPY they didn’t!
@@kathleenmichlin8616Yeah right!! They were going to do that without keeping a copy!! These recently found copies were their future marketing strategy.
Peanut butter and jelly, Ovaltine.
It's a shame that Metromedia had to erase the color videotapes of this mid 60s gem. This show is fantastic. Thanks for posting, Jeff.
They didn't have to erase them. There was a contract dispute with Winchell and they threatened to destroy the tapes if he didn't capitulate. He stood his ground and they made good with their threat. Winchell then sued Metromedia and collected millions.
@@almag6872 I never heard this story. Where did you get this information? Sure does make for an interesting tidbit!
@@VicMartino I heard that some time ago -Art which was malicious ly destroyed - unfortunately those millions rewarded won't bring back those episodes forever lost- great to see these rare clips that survived!
I agree. Winchell sued Metromedia and was awarded $3.8 million for the destruction of the tapes and and $14 million award as punitive damages. Unforgivable that Metromedia destroyed an irreplaceable piece of television history.
And he invented the artificial heart
this is like a time machine for my mind..... to see it so clear, this many years later is almost hallucinogenic!! :)
I enjoy watching old tv It brings back good memories .
I watched Winchell Mahoney Time when i came home from school. Channel 5 WNEW-TV.
We had an antique Gingerbread clock and I made sure it was right on the money when the show came on!
Excellent story…thanks for sharing. I have fond memories of channel 5 WNEW!!!
At 8 yrs old I Used to Love Watching This Show on Channel 32 WFLD-TV in Chicago, IL. (southside) Thanks For the Memories. (smile)
Thank you so much for posting the episode. I was a fan club member and I had a Jerry Mahoney ventriloquist doll (Sears?) when I was a kid. So wonderful to see this again. 🙂
I spent a lot of time visiting my maternal grandparents in northern NJ in the 1960s, and I loved watching the local children's shows out of NYC--Birthday House, Wonderama, Soupy Sales, Sandy Becker, Chuck McCann and Winchell/Mahoney. Such great memories and I could even remember the theme song to the show, thanks for the upload!
The Friends song was always the ending to our evening activities at camp during the summer. Thanks for posting this, Jeff.
Cartoons in full color. During the 1965-66 season, some producers were experimenting with color. There were even full episodes of Perry Mason and, I think, The Donna Reed Show. This was, of course, the test run for the 1966-67 season when everything went color. Like Dorothy landing in Oz after the tornado.
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, National Geographic specials... .
Dad built his own Heathkit color sets.
Favorite act since the beginning. Knucklehead is the most reasonable of the three with the scarecrow. That's some puppeting jui juitsu right there.
Paul Winchell was definitely a one-man show during this season (the following season his wife joined the cast). I mean, he did all the puppets plus the male characters.
I absolutely do not remember seeing this by 1965. Earlier yes, maybe it wasn't in the boston burbs by 65.
Great to see a full show. I posted the opening in color a few years ago. Never thought about doing a search. I may post these of the color footage.
Do really you have this entire episode in color? Is so,yes,please post it.
What a great show and time to be alive! My favorite character was Snitchy the Snail.
It’s unforgivable that Metromedia deliberately destoryed an irreplaceable part of television history.
Soupy Sales was fantastic as well. Most of his shows are gone now too.
In an episode of “The Honeymooners”(“On Stage”),listen to Ralph Kramden’s(Jackie Gleason)”hammy”voice (“Rachael…”) He sounds a little like “Snitchy the Snail”!
. @johnrobinsoniii4028 Yeah, they stole from the best...each other!!
@Suddenlyits1960 It's really amazing that they're finding the warehouses where the copies were stored. Metromedia wouldn't have been so stupid as to not have some future reference before they destroyed the 'originals'.
Luckily..Mr.Kluge and his execs didn't destroy this episode of"Winchell/Mahoney Time"…I remember seeing this show..weekday afternoons on WNEW TV(Which is now WNYW TV)Ch.5 in NYC from 1965 to 1967.
Wow, so funny. I like how its made for kids but the material is funny for adults too. Thanks for posting this!
Soupy Sales did the same thing. It was called Family Entertainment.
So this is the show that "Scotty-wotty-doo-dah" came from! I remembered the phrase, but forgot the source.
April Winchell at the end sitting on Paul Winchell's lap.
I never knew this show featured cartoons and from what Goody Good introduced it was a mix of Looney Tunes and Terrytoons, were any others featured?
So far these are the cartoons featured in this show:
Bugs Bunny: Hare Splitter(1948)
From A to Z-Z-Z-Z(1954)
Deputy Dawg: The Hungry Astronut(1964)
Bugs Bunny: Hare Force(1944)
WNEW-TV, Channel 5 in New York (the flagship station of the Metromedia chain), presented an hour-long version of this series weeknights at 6pm from 1965 through 1967. They were able to do it by adding more cartoons to the "mix" [among them was "The New 3 Stooges"].
@@fromthesidelinesThat’s how The Soupy Sales Show was an hour long. They alternated his show with cartoons, also mostly Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes.
I think they got the idea from the kid matinees of the ‘30s and ‘40s where they showed the same thing plus Popeye.
Snitchy the Snail would appear with Paul on The Dick Van Dyke Show episode "Talk to the Snail."' Paul played ventriloquist Claude Wilbur & Snitchy was called Jellybean.
"Scrubbing Bubbles. . . ."
Paul Winchell: The one and only Dick Dastardly