50’s and 60’s Classic TV Shows
This sitcom about a red-headed comedienne and her husband Ricky Ricardo was one of the most popular shows of the 1950s.
What is I Love Lucy?
Teenagers loved dancing to this craze, where you twist your hips without moving your feet.
What is The Twist?
This young president, often called “JFK,” was elected in 1960.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
He’s known as the “King of Rock and Roll.”
Who is Elvis Presley?
This U.S. president’s famous slogan was “I Like Ike.”
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Sheriff Andy Taylor and his son Opie lived in the town of Mayberry on this beloved show.
What is The Andy Griffith Show?
Girls in the 1950s often wore these wide skirts decorated with an applique of a dog.
What is a poodle skirt?
In 1955, this brave woman refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Chuck Berry’s famous hit that inspired many guitarists.
What is “Johnny B. Goode”?
This toy, invented in 1958, became a national craze as kids tried to spin it around their waists.
What is the Hula Hoop?
George Jetson and his family lived in the future on this animated TV show.
What is The Jetsons?
In the 1960s, young people wore tie-dye shirts and gathered at festivals like this famous 1969 music event in New York.
What is Woodstock?
The U.S. sent astronauts to the moon in this year.
What is 1969?
This artist’s song “Peggy Sue” became a 1950s classic before his tragic plane crash.
Who is Buddy Holly?
The first man to walk on the Moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This TV western featured the Cartwright family—Ben, Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe—living on the Ponderosa Ranch.
What is Bonanza?
This toy, a ring you twirl around your waist, was a major craze in the late 1950s.
What is the Hula Hoop?
This Cold War barrier was built in 1961, dividing East and West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Wall?
Known for his wild piano antics and hits like “Great Balls of Fire.”
Who is Jerry Lee Lewis?
This style of restaurant, complete with carhops and roller skates, became a cultural icon of the 1950s.
What is a drive-in diner?
This 1960s show featured secret agent Maxwell Smart, known for his shoe phone and the catchphrase “Would you believe…?”
What is Get Smart?
Young men in the 1950s slicked back their hair with this shiny product, giving rise to the nickname “greasers.”
What is pomade or hair grease?
This Cuban event in 1962 nearly brought the U.S. and Soviet Union to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This Mississippi-born artist’s hit “Blueberry Hill” was one of the first major R&B crossovers.
Who is Fats Domino?
This 1960s cultural movement was associated with peace, love, music festivals, and psychedelic art.
What is the counterculture (or hippie movement)?