At the infancy of television, the Paul Winchell Show was one of the more popular tv shows. Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smiff were household names that made us laugh during a time of uncertainty. Here they are, in 1953, envisioning what Christmas would be like in 2000 as tourists on the moon. Does this video clip look blurry? That's 1953 television as it really looked!
A little about The Paul Winchell Show: Paul Winchell was a ventriloquist who began his prime time show in 1950 on NBC. It ran until 1954. The name of the show changed - The Paul Winchell Show, or The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show, or The Spiedel Show, or What's My Name? - but the premise remained the same, it was a comedy show. After 1954, it became a children's show and aired on Saturday or Sunday mornings until 1968.
After Paul Winchell left entertainment, he focused on the medical sector, patenting both a blood storage system and an artificial human heart. What a talented man! He died in 2005, having witnessed Christmas 2000 himself.
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A little about The Paul Winchell Show: Paul Winchell was a ventriloquist who began his prime time show in 1950 on NBC. It ran until 1954. The name of the show changed - The Paul Winchell Show, or The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show, or The Spiedel Show, or What's My Name? - but the premise remained the same, it was a comedy show. After 1954, it became a children's show and aired on Saturday or Sunday mornings until 1968.
After Paul Winchell left entertainment, he focused on the medical sector, patenting both a blood storage system and an artificial human heart. What a talented man! He died in 2005, having witnessed Christmas 2000 himself.
Have photos that you'd like to see included? Share your photos or see a video of Bing Crosby singing White Christmas on the next page.