Zenith Presents: A Salute to Television's 25th Anniversary

TV Special
1972
1h 30m

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The Zenith Electronics Corporation presented an all star variety show look at the first 25 years of network television in the United States. This retrospective brought together many of the m... Read allThe Zenith Electronics Corporation presented an all star variety show look at the first 25 years of network television in the United States. This retrospective brought together many of the most popular names of early broadcasting and included classic film clips, kine-scopes, vide... Read allThe Zenith Electronics Corporation presented an all star variety show look at the first 25 years of network television in the United States. This retrospective brought together many of the most popular names of early broadcasting and included classic film clips, kine-scopes, video tape segments, and the personal memories of those who were a vital part of entertainment... Read all

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Trivia
The day after this special first aired, John Wayne was a guest on John Wayne (1972). On CBS Lucille Ball began her fifth season of Here's Lucy (1968), and James Arness began his 18th season of Gunsmoke (1955).

Goofs
During Dave Garroway's segment about the 121 honorees, the crawl misspells Captain Kangaroo (1955) as "Captain Kangeroo."

Quotes
Dinah Shore: We were live and our main motivation was fear!

Crazy credits
Over the closing credits is a montage of "Good Nights" from various television programs.

Connections
Features The Milton Berle Show (1948)

Soundtracks
How Sweet It Was
Written by Jack Elliott, Robert Wells (as Bob Wells) and John Bradford
Performed by Florence Henderson and the Zenith Singers and Dancers