This is a helluva group photo.....

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

Replaced photo with much clearer one Pluvious found.....Thank you!

[EYESORE 9001]

1. That photo is highly CBS-centric

It may have more celebrities than any single photo I’ve ever seen.

[CincyDem]

2. I believe it's from the CBS 100th Anniversary Gala. n/t

[Hugh_Lebowski]

17. 50th :)

[Pluvious]

3. Here is a slightly better version of the same picture

Pretty cool photo

( it's a reply to the original poster of a poorer quality version, but has all the comments ) :

Link to tweet

[Nevilledog]

7. Put it in the OP....thank you!

[Walleye]

4. Wow everybody who was anybody.

If you’ve ever tried to set up even a small group photo, you know what an accomplishment this is

[Demovictory9]

5. capt kangaroo, Edith for Archie Bunker, Florida, very 80s TV

[Hugh_Lebowski]

19. Pic is 1978, so it's 70's and before, not 80's :) nt

[Demovictory9]

22. lol.. got it. some in the picture continue on TV into the 80s

[Hugh_Lebowski]

25. Indeed. Not AitF or Good Times, but for sure some of them :) nt

[Sanity Claws]

6. Did Alfred Hitchcock ever smile?

[Nevilledog]

9. He is smiling.....the jowl on the left is a millimeter higher.

[secondwind]

8. I like the Alfred Hitchcock touch............

[Nevilledog]

10. It was Lassie for me

[MuseRider]

11. I certainly know most of them

if not by their actual name I remember their character name (kinda sad to say that).

Love the picture.

[Equomba]

12. Spoiler Alert...

This link goes into more detail.
https://playingintheworldgame.com/2021/07/04/the-cbs-50th-anniversary-photo/
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[Nevilledog]

16. Cool!

[Equomba]

38. Glad to be of help!

And many thanks for posting this, such a great leap back in time, especially for those who grew up in the era.

It's nice to happen upon something from time to time that, at least for me, took my mind away from our current situation(s). I even emailed the links to a few friends, they got a kick out of this as well, so I will pass their thanks back to you!

[Tadpole Raisin]

21. It was scary to recognize most of them right away. If you had a current picture of

Stars I’d be luck to know 10-20% of them.

[Equomba]

23. I know what you mean!

We go through the "never heard of them" all the time at home, each of us being 60+. And beyond that, there is no curiosity to find out what they're known for.

I will have to admit, though, I thought the younger person 3rd row from the top, five in, was Ron Howard. Never watched Adam-12.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

13. I'm guessing The Smothers Brothers mother took that photo!

[dhol82]

30. ........

[hlthe2b]

14. Hah... I recognize most... That's James Arness on the side (he was six foot 7 ' )

Definitely a blast from the past.

[yonder]

15. I was going to say it looks like mostly TV folks

but the CBS connection covers that.

Pretty impressive.

[Cartoonist]

18. I feel old because I recognize almost all of them.

Take a group of today's celebrities and I wouldn't be able to name half of them, meaning I'm out of touch because I'm old.

[Archae]

20. I recognized most of them...

But I also realized how many of them have died.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

27. The large majority sadly ... back couple rows has done fairly well ...

Bob Newhart, John Amos, Carol Burnett, Rob Reiner, Dick Van Dyke (95!), Dan Rather, Loretta Swit, Lynda Carter, Lee Meriweather ... to name a few I'm pretty sure are still with us.

[EYESORE 9001]

24. In case you were wondering where this gala was held...

it was on the Isle of Lucie.

[Sneederbunk]

26. Obviously some photoshopped insertions.

[mopinko]

37. i dont think so.

that's a very pre-ps photo.

[Jon King]

28. At first I thought it was the Repug Congress from all the white faces.

Seriously, just glanced quickly and figured it was a photo demonstrating how white the Repug delegation is.

[a kennedy]

35. Ha ha, there ARE 5, that I count, Blacks.....

Nope I’m wrong there are 6 Blacks.

[TygrBright]

29. Lookit all the white people! n/t

[Dakota Flint]

31. It looks like Ray Walston

might have just goosed Sally Struthers by the expressions on their faces.

[Martin Eden]

32. Aside from Lassie, I don't know any of those people.

j/k

Born in 1957, I recognize most of them.

The arrangement looks random; I wonder if it was. Game show host Gene Rayburn wasn't exactly a big star compared to a lot of those folks, but he's in the front row (as a side note, he and my mother went to the same high school (Lindblom in Chicago) about the same time.

[kacekwl]

33. Wow , every

TV show I watched growing up. Fantastic.

[a kennedy]

34. I damn near know them all....not by name, but by tv show...oh and there are only 5 Blacks....

[Unwind Your Mind]

36. Lucy right in the middle

With Don Knotts and Ed Asner on either side 💕💕

This is very cool, thanks for sharing

[rogerballard]

39. I bet one helluva party afterward !

Could you imagine

I love this photo.