http://www.ultraswank.net Retro Living and Design from the 50s, 60s and 70s Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:59:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.ultraswank.net/television/the-match-game/ http://www.ultraswank.net/television/the-match-game/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:00:41 +0000 Katharine Miller http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3542 Long before chat shows, judges and “tabloid infotainment” cluttered up American television airwaves, game shows dominated daytime programming. Several popular game shows of the 1950s and ’60s featured celebrity panelists—To Tell the Truth, Password, What’s My Line, You Bet Your Life, I’ve Got a Secret and Hollywood Squares. Each show had a rhythm and structure [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/television/the-match-game/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/television/the-playboy-club/ http://www.ultraswank.net/television/the-playboy-club/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:00:24 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3426 With Mad Men out of the game this year and not expected to make a return until spring 2012, television networks are going head to head to see who can fill its gap. ABC is joining the mile high club with their upcoming Pan Am series, while NBC are heading to Chicago and the opening [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/television/the-playboy-club/feed/ 0 http://www.ultraswank.net/television/bewitched/ http://www.ultraswank.net/television/bewitched/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:23:28 +0000 Jesse Kowalski http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3375 From age 7 to 30, I was Darrin two all the way. This kid was a macho, red-blooded Dick Sargent devotee. I couldn’t stand Darrin one, Dick York, with his big ears, greasy hair, and constant whining. No sir, Dick Sargent was my man – so much smoother and more willing to roll with the [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/television/bewitched/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/television/pan-am-promo-trailer/ http://www.ultraswank.net/television/pan-am-promo-trailer/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:18:42 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3304 A few weeks ago we took the skies with news about a new ABC series centered around the iconic airline Pan American World Airways during the 1960s. Recently a promo was released, giving us a taste of what we’ll see this fall. At a first glance it looks a bit like Mad Men in the [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/television/pan-am-promo-trailer/feed/ 6 http://www.ultraswank.net/television/pan-am-flies-again/ http://www.ultraswank.net/television/pan-am-flies-again/#comments Thu, 05 May 2011 05:11:35 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3274 Here are some news that will surely bring a smile to any fan of aviation and travelling in style. The iconic airline Pan American is going to take to the skies again soon in the upcoming ABC tv-series “Pan Am“. A pilot (no pun intended) has been ordered and the plot is said to center [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/television/pan-am-flies-again/feed/ 4 http://www.ultraswank.net/television/get-smart/ http://www.ultraswank.net/television/get-smart/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 06:51:30 +0000 Katharine Miller http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=3065 Would you believe that Mel Brooks and Buck Henry teamed up to create one of the funniest spy shows of the 1960s? Capitalizing on the success of the James Bond franchise, television networks ordered a slew of espionage-themed programs. The Man From U.N.C.L.E, I Spy, Mission Impossible, and The Avengers brought a new level of [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/television/get-smart/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/television/mad-men-season-4-premieres-tonight/ http://www.ultraswank.net/television/mad-men-season-4-premieres-tonight/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:25:56 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=2629 Tonight at 10 PM/9C, anyone who lives in the US and have access to AMC can catch the season premiere for the award winning series Mad Men. What will happen with the newly founded agency Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce and Don Drapers domestic life? Find out tonight. I can’t wait!]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/television/mad-men-season-4-premieres-tonight/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/television/commercials-from-the-1960s/ http://www.ultraswank.net/television/commercials-from-the-1960s/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:50:24 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1989 Various television commercials for cars, shaving products, food and everything else that made this decade great! What are your favorite commercials from this period?]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/television/commercials-from-the-1960s/feed/ 2 http://www.ultraswank.net/television/christmas-specials-from-the-past/ http://www.ultraswank.net/television/christmas-specials-from-the-past/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:16:55 +0000 Guest http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1658 If you lived in the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s or even the ’80s, you probably spent some of your time watching television during the Christmas season (when it wasn’t more inclusively referred to as ‘the holidays’, like today.) Apart from the Christmas or holiday-themed episodes of your favorite TV series, you might have sat through a [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/television/christmas-specials-from-the-past/feed/ 1 http://www.ultraswank.net/television/mad-men-casting-call/ http://www.ultraswank.net/television/mad-men-casting-call/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:25:25 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1115 If you always wanted to work in the advertising business in New York circa 1962, here’s your chance! AMC are advertising a contest for a walk-on role for season 4 of the series which basically means that you have a chance to get a small speaking part in a future episode. To enter the competition [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/television/mad-men-casting-call/feed/ 3 http://www.ultraswank.net/television/mad-men-season-3/ http://www.ultraswank.net/television/mad-men-season-3/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:47:52 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/?p=1072 Season 3 of the Emmy Award-winning series Mad Men featuring the adventures of Don Draper and his team of creative people at New York based ad agency Sterling Cooper will premiere on Sunday, August 16 at 10pm on AMC. For those of you who want to catch up with the previous season, AMC is hosting [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/television/mad-men-season-3/feed/ 4 http://www.ultraswank.net/television/more-mad-men/ http://www.ultraswank.net/television/more-mad-men/#comments Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:09:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/more-mad-men/ Since my previous post about the TV show Mad Men from AMC back in November I have now watched the entire first season (13 episodes) and thought I would share some thoughts about the show. Mad Men is a drama that revolves around the life of creative director Donald Draper who works at a prestigious [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/television/more-mad-men/feed/ 5 http://www.ultraswank.net/television/mad-men/ http://www.ultraswank.net/television/mad-men/#comments Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:20:00 +0000 Chris http://www.ultraswank.net/uncategorized/mad-men/ Mad Men is a drama series from AMC about a swank ad agency in Manhattan, New York. It takes place in the early 1960s, when working with advertising was probably the most glamorous work you could have at that period as portrayed in many movies from that decade. For instance Lover Come Back starring Rock [...]]]> http://www.ultraswank.net/television/mad-men/feed/ 5