Red

Here's Red Skelton, on the cover of the February 20-26 issue of TV Guide magazine.

Red's TV show was at the time a half-hour long, on Tuesday nights on CBS.

Mr. Bandstand

Here's Dick Clark, host of TV's American Bandstand, still airing live on ABC from Philadelphia each weekday at the time, on the cover of the September 10-16, 1960 issue of TV Guide magazine.

This Is Babs?!

On the cover of the November 27-December 3, 1953 issue of TV Guide magazine is Lugene Sanders, who played Babs (daughter of Chester A.) Riley on the NBC sitcom The Life of Riley which starred William Bendix.

Yabba Dabba Doo!

Here's the cover of the July 1-7, 1961 issue of TV Guide magazine with Fred and Wilma Flintsone and Barney and Betty Rubble.

Der Bingle

Here's the front cover of the January 1-7, 1954 issue of TV Guide magazine with Bing Crosby.

Merv!

Here's Merv Griffin on the cover of the August 16, 1969 issue of TV Guide as he gets ready to launch his CBS Network late-night talk show (which was cancelled in 1972).

Patriotic Beaver

Here's Jerry Mathers, star of the classic sitcom Leave It To Beaver , seen on the cover of the June 28, 1958 cover of TV Guide.

Dean and Jerry

Here's the cover of the June 5, 1953 issue of TV Guide with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

What's My Line?

Here's the cover of the July 6, 1957 issue of TV Guide with Al Hirschfeld's rendition of the cast from What's My Line with moderator John Charles Daly and regular panelists Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, and Dorothy Kilgallen.

Claude and Mary

Here is the cover of the August 21, 1953 issue of TV Guide magazine with two of the stars of ABC's Chicago-based Super Circus, ringmaster and emcee Claude Kirchner and arguably the most prominent face (amongst other attributes) on that show, Mary Hartline.

At Ease, George

That's Lonesome George Gobel on the cover of the January 19, 1959 issue of TV Guide magazine.

Remember When The Running Stopped?

Here's the cover of the August 19, 1967 issue of TV Guide with the two principal cast members from The Fugitive, Barry (Lt. Philip Gerard) Morse and David (Dr. Richard Kimble) Janssen.

Charley Weaver?!

Here's Cliff (Charley Weaver) Arquette on the cover of the January 16, 1960 issue of TV Guide.

Loretta

Here's Loretta Young on the cover of TV Guide magazine from December 4, 1953.

Why Perry, You Sonafa Barber!

Here's Perry Como on the cover of the July 3, 1953 issue of TV Guide.

Red

Here's Red Skelton on the cover of the October 2, 1953 issue of TV Guide magazine.

Rise With Ed

Operatic star Rise Stevens with Ed Sullivan on the cover of the June 18, 1954 issue of TV Guide.

Jolly Stoneface

Cover of the January 22, 1955 issue of TV Guide with Ed Sullivan.

Groucho and Friend

And it ain't George Fenneman.

Cover of the August 27, 1955 issue of TV Guide with Groucho Marx and the You Bet Your Life secret-word Duck.

Elvis!

Cover of September 8, 1956 issue of TV Guide with Elvis Presley.