The Goldbergs-1950's Live NBC TV Opening Segment

[GuriyasKhana]

good idea com in the window TV Opening Segment

[feekie]

I love The Goldbergs so much! I watch the episodes on JLTV every day.  I wish I had a family like the Goldbergs.

[jas22]

now this is really the FIRST comedy series on television, correct? i am pretty sure that is accurate, but an internet search reveals conflicting information - i found a website dedicated to the history of comedy on television, and 'the goldbergs' wasnt even mentioned, when it even started broadcasting on TV in 1949!

[jas22]

oops - the first american network comedy may have been "mary kay and johnny", 1947. to me, this is fascinating to know. i always wonder if fans of this stuff from that time are still alive, and if they do remember watching the program, and if they know they can find this stuff on youtube!

[tomservo56954]

Not only can you see episodes as extras on the documentary YOO HOO, MRS. GOLDBERG, they are airing every day on the JLTV cable network (basically you have to have digital or satellite to get it).

[km2711]

I got the 47 3-DVD Set for Father's Day--what a treasure all of the episodes are!!

I always loved watching THE GOLDBERGS back in the arl and mid '50s..

Gertrude Berg was such a great person--She was a brave soul and withstood a lot of pressure from many quarters back then...

I highylrecommend the DVD Set to anyone ..

[fromthesidelines]

How big were TV screens in 1952, 'iamintheburg'? "Standard size" was about 21 inches, and most models ranged from 10 to 25 inches.

[iamintheburg]

This is, like, PREHISTORIC TV........love seeing the " raw " programming. So, how big were the screens that people were using then ? Those round things ? This is great......thanks.

[BROOKLYNBRENDA]

HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED!!!  LOL!!

[patches22]

In NY you can see it on Channel 120 (JLTV) of the Time Warner Cable on Thursday nights at 8pm

[33MissMaggie]

I LOVE this !

Thank you so much for posting it.

I enjoy seeing The Goldbergs, makes me wish we could turn back time.

[fromthesidelines]

So, the series went back on the air, twice a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:15pm(et), for rotating sponsors Ekco and Vitamin Corp. of America. NBC cancelled it at the end of the season {not enough viewers were tuning in to satisfy the sponsors}. Then, Mrs. Berg managed to revive the series on DuMont in the spring of '54....

[fromthesidelines]

When the show moved to TV in 1949, General Foods sponsored it (Sanka coffee). But, when Philip Loeb {"Jake Goldberg"} was "blacklisted" in 1950, and Gertrude Berg refused to drop him from the cast, sponsor and network cancelled the series in 1951. A year later, she went to NBC- they told her that unless Loeb was NOT a part of the cast, "THE GOLDBERGS" would never be shown on TV again. She was forced to replace him with Harold J. Stone [later Robert H. Harris].

[Juliaflo]

@fromthesidelines Joseph McCarthy, in my opinion, drove Philip Loeb to suicide.

[elkabong1961]

@Juliaflo Joeseph McCarthy was proven ABSOLUTELY RIGHT thanks to the Venona Project.

[BenAliGtor]

@Juliaflo But the good news is that McCarthy died a miserable disgraced drunk.May the bastard rot in hell.

[Juliaflo]

@BenAliGtor I second that. I enjoy watching this on JLTV, and I am Catholic.

[fromthesidelines]

"THE GOLDBERGS" was primarily a dramatic series, with "gentle" comedy overtones (it was more of a "soap opera" when it was a daily quarter-hour, for Procter & Gamble, on NBC radio in the '30s and early '40s). Like "THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW", there was usually a "crisis" of some kind that turned the episode more towards drama than comedy. The only difference was, Mrs, Berg NEVER staged the show before a live audience, OR used a "laugh track".

[Sheri451]

I went to a library book sale about twenty years ago. When I left, I had bought an old cassette tape of old days radio programs, soap operas, One of them were The Goldbergs, It started out as a radio drama, was the TV version a drama too? Or was it a comedy?

[vintageboobtube]

That was me that posted this clip.I was lucky enough to had obtained an original 16mm kinescope of this episode.The Goldbergs is pretty much long forgotten,however it was a very valuable contribution to the early days of television.Thanks for your comment.

[bonesdoc11]

I almost forgot what funny was. A thousand thanks to whoever it was that posted this on YouTube!