The Betty White Show 1958 Jimmy Boyd Sings + Gloria Talbot Frank Nelson

Betty White's genius begins 60 years ago, when she breaks the mold of sitcoms (her previous "Life with Elizabeth") and comes up with a sitcom-variety show that's part sketches and part songs. Her cast includes formidable foil Reta Shaw, Jack Benny's loopy pal Frank Nelson, and novelty singer Jimmy Boyd. Also here, spooky beauty Gloria Talbot and Sheila James (later of "Dobie Gillis" and "Broadside") and one of the first "out" politicians, still with us at 77 and known as Sheila Kuehl