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