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    When TV Teaches History

    All TV shows are time capsules. But during many shows, sometimes TV characters will comment on the past – offering up insight into a character’s own history. Or sometimes shows reveal something about the era in which it was filmed. And that’s what these posts are all about – the history we can learn from watching TV.

    • The History of the Bermuda Triangle (on TV)
    • The History of the Gilligan's Island Theme Song
    • Dastardly and Muttley Cartoons Were Based on Actual History
    • The History of Dynamite, As Explained in an Episode of "Lost"
    • The History of How "The Jetsons" Predicted the Future
    • A Look at "The Jeffersons" TV Theme Song, "Movin' On Up"
    • 9 Modern TV Shows and Their Classic TV Counterparts
    • Streaming Time Capsule: "One of the Boys"
    • "The Love Boat" TV theme song: A History
    • The History of Aging, As Seen on TV
    • A Charlie Brown Christmas and Some of the History In It
    • How the Three's Company Theme Song Came About
    • Did the "High Five" Begin on "The Phil Silvers Show"?
    • Forgotten TV Legend: Bob Williams, Dog Trainer
    • "Happy Days" and Baseball's Jimmy Piersall
    • The Story Behind the "Alice" TV Theme Song
    • Bat Masterson and The Famous Horse Photo
    • The Story Behind the Laverne & Shirley Theme Song
    • TV History 101: "The Day After"
    • How Classic TV has Handled Pandemics
    • WKRP in Cincinnati and the Who concert episode
    • All Those Times Sammy Davis, Jr. Played Himself on TV
    • TV History 101: All in the Family and Sammy Davis, Jr.
    • Anna May Wong and “The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong”
    • Betty White’s 1950s sitcoms, "Life with Elizabeth" and "Date with the Angels"
    • Gilligan's Island and the history of Wrong Way Feldman, er... Corrigan
    • It's a Wonderful Life -- and Its History as a Holiday TV Classic
    • TV History 101: Who shot J.R.?
    • WKRP in Cincinnati and "Turkeys Away" -- a History
    • How the Friends theme song, "I'll Be There For You," came to be
    • The History of Working Women, As Seen on TV
    • Streaming Time Capsule: Bloodlust and its "Brady Bunch" Connection
    • Streaming Time Capsule: the cartoon, "Jeannie"
    • TV History 101: Saturday Morning Cartoons Began With Mighty Mouse
    • Green Acres and the History of College
    • Shooting Columbo: A TV Professor Book Review
    • The "All in the Family" Theme Song Has a Lot of History In It
    • TV History 101: The History of TV Dinners
    • Reality check: The Brady Bunch and Jesse James
    • TV History 101: “Smile, You’re on Candid Camera!”
    • Streaming Time Capsule: Mister Peepers
    • Sanford and Son and Rent Parties

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