Monday, December 29, 2008

Early TV, and the Postal Service

The United States Postal Service has released its list of stamps which will appear in 2009. One set of twenty stamps will concern television history. "The Early TV Memories" series will be released Aug. 11th.

The television shows which will be commemorated are:

The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet; Alfred Hitchcock Presents; The Dinah Shore Show; Dragnet; The Ed Sullivan Show; The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show; Hopalong Cassidy; The Honeymooners; Howdy Doody; I Love Lucy; Kukla, Fran and Ollie; Lassie; The Lone Ranger; Perry Mason; The Phil Silvers Show; Red Skelton; Texaco Star Theater; The Tonight Show; The Twilight Zone; and You Bet Your Life.

Here's a news story about the upcoming series of stamps:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_on_go_ot/lucy_and_ethel_stamps