A special highlighting fifty years in the history of television. Includes tributes to Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Walter Cronkite, Jackie Gleason, Bob Hope and Ed Sullivan. Clips of classic television moments are presented.
Production
Six hosts rotating like a chaotic award show relay.
Acting
Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett in the same tribute? Legendary.
Practical Effects
Jim Henson literally performing Kermit for network television.
Director
John Moffitt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired January 14, 1989—exactly 50 years after NBC's first official TV broadcast. The timing was *chef's kiss*.
Jim Henson's appearance was one of his last major TV performances before his sudden death in May 1990.
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