I just received in the mail today from DeepDiscount (with free shipping) two seasons of Hogan's Heroes. Now that was a funny show. It got me thinking that we had favorites in comedy series in the 1960's. So this topic is about your favorite comedy series of the 1960's. I know that sometimes some series run into a decade change like Leave it to Beaver (1957-1963) and The Brady Bunch (1969-1974). I'll leave it up to you to choose that period.

So I guess I'll start out with Hogan's Heroes. What a very cleaver show and what great comedic timing. Bob Crane did such a great job in this show as Col. Robert Hogan. The rest of the cast were a great match as well. Werner Klemperer as Col. Wilhelm Klink and John Banner as Sergeant Hans Schultz. They were the best bumbling idiots I think I've ever seen. Then there are the partners in crime with Robert Clary, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dixon, and Larry Hovis. This is a series for all to see for generations to come.

All six seasons of the show are on DVD.

What are some of yours?

Cheers Hondo :cool: Duke Lane

I was alway a big fan of Gilligans Island, The Munsters, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Andy Griffith Show, and these are just off the top of my head. I'm sure there are several more I can't recall right now.

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My favorites were Gilligan's Island (I'd take Marry Ann over Ginger any day) and Get Smart. Maxwell smart was always good for a few laughs with his "would you believe..." lines and "Missed it by that much!". I still use that line today using my best Max impression.:teeth_smile:

Mark

Another one that I truly enjoyed as a child was Bewitched. Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York and Agnus Moorehead were fantastic on the show. I liked the old Darrin better, and had a blast with Uncle Arthur (Paul Lynn). This was a classic from beginning to end.

Cheers :cool: Hondo

Mike, glad to hear you liked Hogan's Heroes. I LOVE that show. Season 3, is especially good--Sgt Schultz stole that show. One eposied in season 3, that really sticks out to me is one in which a Zoo train (or something like that) was bombed out and all the animals were loose in the woods aroung Stalag 13. Sgt Carter was out on some job and came back with a friend--a chimp. This episode is one you will not stop laughing while watching it.

Sgt. Schultz: (holding the chimps hand in his right hand-not realizing it is a chimps hand) Schultz asks: "Col. Hogan, please tell me that I am holding LeBeaus hand" LeBeau steps out from behind Schultz frowning at Schultz. Absolutely hilarious! Anyway, I will have all six seasons of the show when my next order comes in from DDDvD.

Other 60's comedy's I liked:

Leave it to Beaver, The Munsters, My Favorite Martian, Gilligan's Island, The Beverly Hillbillies and some others I can't think of at this time.

Even though I am tired of it today, when I was a kid I really liked The Beverly Hillbillies. That show was so funny. I never saw John Wayne as the guest star or if I had I don't remember it. But Granny and Jed were so great. They were naturals and their acting ability was remarkable. They could deliver their lines and the reactions were timeless.

I was not a great fan of Jethro or Ellie Mae. They just didn't do good acting. But the rest of the cast was great.

Cheers :cool:

I will have all six seasons of the show when my next order comes in from DDDvD.


I am collecting the whole Hogan's Heroes series myself and have the first three seasons right now. I got seaon two and three from DDDVD for $16.82 apiece (with free shipping). It came in Firday, but I haven't seen too much of the shows yet. I am seeing seaon two on the first disc right now. I'll keep watching.

Cheers :cool: Hondo

Even though I am tired of it today, when I was a kid I really liked The Beverly Hillbillies. That show was so funny. I never saw John Wayne as the guest star or if I had I don't remember it. But Granny and Jed were so great. They were naturals and their acting ability was remarkable. They could deliver their lines and the reactions were timeless.

I was not a great fan of Jethro or Ellie Mae. They just didn't do good acting. But the rest of the cast was great.

Cheers :cool:
Well Hondo, if you wanna see John Wayne on The Beverly Hillbillies, the tune in to WGN Monday July 2 at 8:30 am and you can see Duke and granny together.

I cast my vote for McHales Navy. I was a Navy brat what can I say. Also liked Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C., poor Sgt Carter

Well Hondo, if you wanna see John Wayne on The Beverly Hillbillies, the tune in to WGN Monday July 2 at 8:30 am and you can see Duke and granny together.

Is that Central Time? I'll have to set the VCR for that. I'll have to work. But thanks for the heads up on that.

Cheers :cool: Mike a.k.a. Hondo

Eastern time my friend (check out my last post on How's the Weather) and glad to be of assistance. He will be on the I Love Lucy show later this month on TVLand.

I am collecting the whole Hogan's Heroes series myself and have the first three seasons right now. I got seaon two and three from DDDVD for $16.82 apiece (with free shipping). It came in Firday, but I haven't seen too much of the shows yet. I am seeing seaon two on the first disc right now. I'll keep watching.

Cheers :cool: Hondo

Damn Sam, you got those for $3.20 cents cheaper (each season) than I did when they were ordered just last Friday. I wonder if this just means that they are selling like hotcakes--and they have a huge sale going on or--if they are about to be taken off the shelves and no longer for sale? I noticed that when a movie is very popular there--that they lower the price on it--which is what happened to two I recently had ordered.

Season 2 was real good but, I was more impressed with season 3. Maybe it was because I have not rewatched season 2 yet? :-))

Eastern time my friend (check out my last post on How's the Weather) and glad to be of assistance. He will be on the I Love Lucy show later this month on TVLand.

Well, I thought I'd just ask. Chicago is in the Central Time Zone, so better safe than not. I really like that I Love Lucy series with Duke. That's absolutely funny stuff.

Cheers :cool: Hondo

Damn Sam, you got those for $3.20 cents cheaper (each season) than I did when they were ordered just last Friday. I wonder if this just means that they are selling like hotcakes--and they have a huge sale going on or . . . . . .

Carl,

I got them at DDDVD and I actually saved over $4.20 per DVD. I debated as to get the fourth season, but just couldn't afford to buy that one right now. I wish I did. I may not be able to get that good of a deal for a while.

But it was that 20% sale they had a couple of weeks ago. We talked about it and even gave everybody a discount code for the purchases. I saved over $8 on this deal. :ohmy:

Cheers :cool: Mike

Well, I thought I'd just ask. Chicago is in the Central Time Zone, so better safe than not. I really like that I Love Lucy series with Duke. That's absolutely funny stuff.

Cheers :cool: Hondo
Hadn't thought about that. The website I get my info from said the times were all eastern.

Carl,

I got them at DDDVD and I actually saved over $4.20 per DVD. I debated as to get the fourth season, but just couldn't afford to buy that one right now. I wish I did. I may not be able to get that good of a deal for a while.

But it was that 20% sale they had a couple of weeks ago. We talked about it and even gave everybody a discount code for the purchases. I saved over $8 on this deal. :ohmy:

Cheers :cool: Mike


Hi Mike, that was the same sale I tried to get but, my friend who buys them for me using his CC (since I don't have one--I just give him a money order) waited too long for the sale and wound up spending I think $22.00 more than he should have. I did a trade with him for these DvDs and my friend shafted himself on the deal. Does not want me to send the differance--but I did anyway. ;-))

I wasn't born when I Love Lucy was on the air back in the 50's, so I didn't get to see the original shows. I do remember liking that show, but I did get to see The Lucy Show with Vivian Vance and Gale Gordon in the 60's.

Lucy was a Carmichael and Vivian Vance's character lived with her. Lucy had two children, a boy and a girl and Vivian had a son. It was a classic and I truly enjoyed that series. Later Vance left the show and so did the children, so she had Mr. Mooney and her friends to carry on the show. One of my favorites in the 60's.

Cheers :cool:

I'm sorry, but the I Love Lucy show used to drive me crazy. Lucille Ball used to always get into these predicaments that would be make my skin crawl because they were so stupid. If you were watching these on reruns, it was day after day after day (not even a week between to recover). In my older age, I probably wouldn't find these as bad, but forty years ago, I wasn't so forgiving. But then again, I used to love the Three Stooges (and still do). Go figure!

You guys have named some great shows from the sixties!

. . . good for a few laughs with his "would you believe..." lines and "Missed it by that much!". I still use that line today using my best Max impression.
Another favorite line from that show, that I still use occasionally, is "Sorry about that, Chief."

Mrs. C :angel1:

I'm sorry, but the I Love Lucy show used to drive me crazy. Lucille Ball used to always get into these predicaments that would be make my skin crawl because they were so stupid. If you were watching these on reruns, it was day after day after day (not even a week between to recover). In my older age, I probably wouldn't find these as bad, but forty years ago, I wasn't so forgiving. But then again, I used to love the Three Stooges (and still do). Go figure!

(WHEW) I thought I was going to have to get on to you (when talking about the Three Stooges) but, glad I did not have to ;-)) The Three Stooges are tops in my book. Love those guys. :thumbs_up:

Now this was a funny show for a child. F-Troop was a very funny show with Forrest Tucker, Larry Stroch, and Ken Berry. The Indians were a riot. I see that they are coming out on DVD. Wonder if I should get them for my collection. Hmmmmm. I think not. A lot more to choose from.

Do you remember the music of the show. I found the lyrics of the theme song and I know it was used the first season, but can't remember if it did after that.

The lyrics are:

The end of the Civil War was near,
When quite accidentally,
A hero who sneezed, abruptly seized
Retreat and reversed it to victory.

His medal of honor pleased and thrilled
His proud little family group.
While pinning it on, some blood was spilled,
And so it was planned he'd command...F-Troop!

Where Indian fights are colorful sights
And nobody takes a lickin',
Where paleface and redskin
Both turn chicken.

When drilling and fighting get them down,
They know their morale can't droop,
As long as they all relax in town
Before they resume, with a bang and a boom...F-Troop!

Cheers :cool:

Roland and Martin's Laugh-in was a great one to watch as a child. I just loved the jokes and the far out scenery. Goldie Hawne was on that show and she was a riot herself at that time.

Cheers :cool:

Duke was on that show once dressed as a pink rabbit. Just showed that he had a sense of humor and could poke fun at himself.

McHale's Navy starring Ernest Borgnine with Tim Conway and Joe Flynn. A funny comedy for all you navy guys.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/42/MCNVY.jpg/300px-MCNVY.jpg

Cheers :cool:

Who could forget these fab four on Saturday mornings.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/Monkees3.jpg/220px-Monkees3.jpg

Your right, it's The Monkees.

The Monkees were British-born David Thomas (Davy) Jones (vocals/percussion/guitar/{drums-live only}), Hollywood native Geroge Michael (Micky) Dolenz Jr. (vocals/drums/keyboards/guitar), Texan Robert Michael (Mike/Wool Hat) Nesmith (guitars/vocals), and Peter Halsten (Peter Tork) Thorkelson (bass/keyboards/banjo/guitar/trombone/vocals),

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5c/Monkees_season1.jpg/180px-

A great group and funny in its day.

Cheers :cool:

Who could forget these fab four on Saturday mornings.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/Monkees3.jpg/220px-Monkees3.jpg

Your right, it's The Monkees.

The Monkees were British-born David Thomas (Davy) Jones (vocals/percussion/guitar/{drums-live only}), Hollywood native Geroge Michael (Micky) Dolenz Jr. (vocals/drums/keyboards/guitar), Texan Robert Michael (Mike/Wool Hat) Nesmith (guitars/vocals), and Peter Halsten (Peter Tork) Thorkelson (bass/keyboards/banjo/guitar/trombone/vocals),

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5c/Monkees_season1.jpg/180px-

A great group and funny in its day.

Cheers :cool:


Easily. These guys were no Beatles. I never could stand the Monkees. They remind me too much of stuff like: Love America Style and The Partridge Family.:stunned:

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. with Jim Nabors and Frank Sutton as Sgt. Carter. This was a great series and was one for the books. I think (maybe you can correct me) this is the first series that came from another series (The Andy Griffith Show).

Cheers :cool:

Well, the fifth season of Bewitched is coming out tomorrow.

Hi Mike, you are correct. Gomer Pyle was the first spin-off from Andy Griffith. :thumbs_up:

I liked that show and also was a fan of Frank Sutton. I wonder if these are out on DvD yet?

Hi Mike, you are correct. Gomer Pyle was the first spin-off from Andy Griffith. :thumbs_up:

I liked that show and also was a fan of Frank Sutton. I wonder if these are out on DvD yet?

The first 2 seasons are out with the second on recently coming out. The 1st season came out as the last season of The Andy Griffith Show was released (don't remember when).

Hope that helps.

Cheers :cool: Hondo

:thumbs_up: Thanks Mike. Gomer Pyle is next on my "hit-list." Im trying to collect the series that had shorter runs first before going into ones lasting for several years with the exception of COMBAT.

The Munsters came to Television on September 1964 and lasted until September 1966 with only 70 episodes. A fair show. One that some may like or dislike. Anyway, I think
there is some shows out on DVD but I don't think there are any seasons out.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e1/Themunsters.jpg/200px-Themunsters.jpg Cheers :cool:

Hondo, both seasons are out on DVD.:thumbs_up:

Glad to know the show is on DvD. I always liked watching The Munsters. :thumbs_up:

The reason I know this is I just happen to (ahem) OWN both seasons. :wink_smile:

The reason I know this is I just happen to (ahem) OWN both seasons. :wink_smile:

Ahhh, you lucky Gent you ;-)) Im a long way to getting them unless there is a really good sale going on or them. My first DvD priority is to complete getting Daniel Boone, and then ill probably work on getting Black Sheep Squadron, Tour of Duty, McHales Navy and finally finish it off with the rest of COMBAT. Trouble is, it this will probably take a few years. :glare:

The Addams Family made their debut back in September 1964 til September 1966 with 64 episodes. So it was head-to-head with The Munsters. But lost out on the number of shows by 6 episodes. Both shows were in black and white. And though they were not on the same time they were slamed by rating's woes. I believe that both seasons are on DVD. The Addams Family did have reunion shows and movies in their future, and it was based on a catoon feature going all the way back to the 1930's (didn't know that). It was created by an American cartoonist, Charles Addams.

Cheers :cool:

Now this has to be the most interesting show in Television histoy, so that is why I am listing them as a comedy great. My Three Sons starring Fred MacMurray as the father Steve Douglas. The show itself was a great success but how they did it has to be remarkable.

When MacMurray, signed on to do the show back in 1960, reportedly, his contract stipulated that he work only 65 days per year. His scenes for each season were produced in two blocks of filming. He would report to the Desilu-Gower lot in late May and work thirty-five days (five days per week, weekends off), then take off for 10 weeks. He would then return to complete his remaining 30 days of shooting and was finished altogether around Thanksgiving. MacMurray's ten-week hiatus in the middle of each season's production schedule freed the actor up to follow other pursuits, while the filming of scenes with the other cast members continued. This sometimes produced noticeable continuity problems onscreen, especially as the boys grew and changed styles.

It started its run on ABC (1960-65) and CBS picked up the rest of the seasons (1965-1972). William Frawley started out on the show as Bub until he was forced to retire after a stroke in 1965. William Demarest came in and played Bub's brother Charley for the remaining seasons.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/94/My3Sons.jpg/250px-My3Sons.jpg

Tim Considine who played Mike Douglas the eldest son in the same year did not renew his contract and he left the show. So they adopted Ernie "Barry Livingston" Thompson and he became a Douglas, just so they could keep the title. And so the show went on.

When CBS picked up the show it made it in color. So a lot of changes took place and when Robbie "Don Grady" Douglas got married he became a father to triplets. Well, you must admit that this has interesting twists but it worked for this show for twelve years.

Cheers :cool:

The Dick Van Dyke Show was on CBS from October 1961 through June 1966. Mary Tyler Moore played Dick Van Dyke's wife and had some great lines and episodes throughout the run. All seasons are out on DVD and a must for the true fans.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f9/Dick_van_dyke_show_3.jpg/175px-Dick_van_dyke_show_3.jpg Cheers :cool:

The Dick Van Dyke Show was on CBS from October 1961 through June 1966.
NOW you're talking!

:thumbs_up: The Dick Van Dyke show sure was a great show.

Guess what is finally out but is only being sold at one site?















GET SMART.

Its finally out and I saw that it supposedly can only be ordered on the Time/Life site. From their commercail, I see that they also want an arm and a leg, as payment, for the first season. Notice their shipping and handling charge will cost you your other arm and leg. :yeaahh:

The Andy Griffith Show debut on October 1960 until April 1968. The show went to color in the sixth season after Don Knotts left the show to do other projects. Andy had three love interest with Helen Crump (Aneta Corsaut) coming in 1964. Of course you can't have the show without Opie Taylor (Ron Howard). But with the town of Mayberry North Carolina you have your barber Floyd Lawson (Howard McNear). The gas station attendant Gomer Pyle (Jim Nabors). The town was like home in every small town America, but the laughs are timeless.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/36/Andy_Griffith_Show1.jpg/200px-Andy_Griffith_Show1.jpg
Don't forget Aunt Bee (Frances Bavier). And what about the town drunk Otis Campbell (Hal Smith)?

You can get all 8 seasons of the show on DVD.

Cheers :cool:

Here's another series I thought of today, after I took my two youngest kids to Dennis the Menace park in Monterey.

Dennis the Menace, starring Jay North, ran from 1959 to 1963.

1988

Currently, as near as I could find, the TV show is not available on DVD.

Chester :newyear:
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Good One Chester! I didn't even think of that one, and you're right, it is not available on video. Don't know who has the rights to that movie.

Cheers :cool : Hondo

:thumbs_up: The Dick Van Dyke show sure was a great show.

Guess what is finally out but is only being sold at one site?

GET SMART.

Its finally out and I saw that it supposedly can only be ordered on the Time/Life site. From their commercail, I see that they also want an arm and a leg, as payment, for the first season. Notice their shipping and handling charge will cost you your other arm and leg. :yeaahh:

Ringo,

I "Googled" [Get Smart Don Adams] and got a few good hits, one of them being Get Smart DVD set ALL FIVE SEASONS (http://www.tvboxset.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=67_99&gclid=CJy5n4n1r40CFRAkggodF3nG2A) at TVBoxSet.com, for the sale price of $89.99. It looks like a pretty good deal. According to the Time-Life site, the total cost is close to $200, but FREE shipping (BIG deal:glare:).

It looks like the same set to me. I don't know anything about TVBoxSet.com. Does anybody else?

Mrs. C :angel1:

Hazel aired from 1961 to 1966 on NBC, the first four season, and CBS the final season. It starred Shriley Booth as Hazel, Don DeFore (played with Duke in Without Resevervations) as George Baxter, Whitney Blake as Dorothy Baxter, Bobby Buntrock as Harold Baxter (the son).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/21/ShirleyBooth2.jpg/200px-ShirleyBooth2.jpg
The first season is available on DVD this summer.

Cheers :cool:

Here are a few more titles, for your reminiscing pleasure -

Car 54 Where Are You? (1961-63)

Family Affair (1966-71, with Brian Keith and Sebastian Cabot)

Green Acres (1965-71)

Mr. Ed (1961-66)

Petticoat Junction (1963-70)

Ringo,

I "Googled" [Get Smart Don Adams] and got a few good hits, one of them being Get Smart DVD set ALL FIVE SEASONS (http://www.tvboxset.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=67_99&gclid=CJy5n4n1r40CFRAkggodF3nG2A) at TVBoxSet.com, for the sale price of $89.99. It looks like a pretty good deal. According to the Time-Life site, the total cost is close to $200, but FREE shipping (BIG deal:glare:).

It looks like the same set to me. I don't know anything about TVBoxSet.com. Does anybody else?

Mrs. C :angel1:

Hi Sue, don't buy the TV box set. I never heard of them until by chance-today as a matter of fact. I had just finished having lunch with an ex-girlfriend of mine and she decided to stop by this local CD and DvD resale-shop here in town. I went in knowing I was going to spend some money--and picked up a rather nice slightly useed copy of Blood on the Sun w/ James Cagney. $4.00

Anyway, I was about to leave the store, when I noticed a TVboxset on their shelf--many TV westerns on it., Well, I don't recall the name of the company that produced this set--but they are definately as bad as Good Times or Alpha Video. The set was easy to tell that it was of cheap quality. Don't waste your money on that set. I don't know if Get Smart has been released by more than one or two companies. This set is akin to some of those 2 for $5 at Wal Mart specials.

Hazel aired from 1961 to 1966 on NBC, the first four season, and CBS the final season. It starred Shriley Booth as Hazel, Don DeFore (played with Duke in Without Resevervations) as George Baxter, Whitney Blake as Dorothy Baxter, Bobby Buntrock as Harold Baxter (the son).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/21/ShirleyBooth2.jpg/200px-ShirleyBooth2.jpg
The first season is available on DVD this summer.

Cheers :cool:
There is a show that I had forgotten about. Sad story about Bobby Buntrock though.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120594/bio

How could we leave out Barbara Eden and I Dream of Jeannie. I am a Bewitched fan, but this one is a fun one. With Larry Hagman as Major Anothony Nelson and Bill Daily as Major Roger Healey. This is one for all to enjoy. Also starring is Hayden Rorke as Dr. Alfred Bellows, Emmaline Henry as Amanda Bellows.

The show was on from 1965 to 1970 on NBC.
The first two seaons are available on DVD.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Image-103B.jpg/200px-Image-103B.jpg

Cheers :cool:

Hi Sue, don't buy the TV box set . . . . I never heard of them until by chance-today as a matter of fact. . . . I noticed a TVboxset on their shelf--many TV westerns on it. . . . they are definately as bad as Good Times or Alpha Video. The set was easy to tell that it was of cheap quality. Don't waste your money on that set. I don't know if Get Smart has been released by more than one or two companies. This set is akin to some of those 2 for $5 at Wal Mart specials.
Ringo, thanks for the heads up!

Sue :angel1:

:wink_smile: Glad to help you not waste money. :wink_smile:

How could we leave out Barbara Eden and I Dream of Jeannie. I am a Bewitched fan, but this one is a fun one. With Larry Hagman as Major Anothony Nelson and Bill Daily as Major Roger Healey. This is one for all to enjoy. Also starring is Hayden Rorke as Dr. Alfred Bellows, Emmaline Henry as Amanda Bellows.

The show was on from 1965 to 1970 on NBC.
The first two seaons are available on DVD.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Image-103B.jpg/200px-Image-103B.jpg

Cheers :cool:

Mike, believe it or not but, im related to Barbara Eden (on my mothers side of the family).

Mike, believe it or not but, im related to Barbara Eden (on my mothers side of the family).

. . . . . And you didn't mention this show before I did? Are we talking about cousin or what?

Cheers :cool: Hondo

Marlo Thomas and That Girl on ABC from 1966 to 1971. A cute comedy that takes place in Manhattan. Ann Marie and Donald Hollinger (Ted Bessell) are a dating couple who seem to have a good time. Ann Marie represents the single woman and how she lives her life for herself. Seaons 1 and 2 are out with the third season coming in August.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/Thatgirllogo.jpg

Cheers :cool:

. . . . . And you didn't mention this show before I did? Are we talking about cousin or what?

Cheers :cool: Hondo

Yep, were Cousins. :wink_smile: Heck, Babs Eden does not even know our side of the family exists. :yeaahh:

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Yep, were Cousins. :wink_smile: Heck, Babs Eden does not even know our side of the family exists. :yeaahh:
So . . . you're not kissing :heart: cousins, then?

Yep, were Cousins. :wink_smile: Heck, Babs Eden does not even know our side of the family exists. :yeaahh:
Aww! Sorry to hear that, Carl. I had a very famous 4th cousin, Robert L.B. Tobin (his mother and my great grandmother were sisters). He was very active in the arts and was a member of the board of the Metropolitan Opera. Needless to say, he was very rich. I doubt if he realized that our quadrant of relatives even existed. He died about 7 or 8 years ago.
Cheers - Jay:beer:

The Wackiest Ship in the Army starring Jack Warden as Major Simon Butcher and Gary Collins as Lieutenant Richard "Rap" Riddle. The show was between 1965 to 1966 with 29 episodes on NBC. It was based on the 1960 movie starring Jack Lemmon. I don't remember that show, but I was on 4 years old when it came on.

Cheers :cool:

So . . . you're not kissing :heart: cousins, then?

More like :broken_heart:

"Marge, gimme another Rootbeer!" :beer:

Aww! Sorry to hear that, Carl. I had a very famous 4th cousin, Robert L.B. Tobin (his mother and my great grandmother were sisters). He was very active in the arts and was a member of the board of the Metropolitan Opera. Needless to say, he was very rich. I doubt if he realized that our quadrant of relatives even existed. He died about 7 or 8 years ago.
Cheers - Jay:beer:

Hi Jay, im also related to a few dead Presidents as well. None of their descendants know we exist either. Same goes for the descendants of Cordell Hull-though my oldest Brother is trying to get in touch with some of those folks. :wink_smile: Last I heard, he was in email contact with one-but had not yet proven we were related.

Forgot to mention, now watching the 2nd set of seven episodes of season 5 of Hogan's Heroes. This season started off a bit slow but is steadily picking up the pace. Is also the last season for Ivan Dixon, who played Sgt. Kinchloe.

Sally Field in Gidget. It lasted only one season from September 1, 1965 to September 6, 1966 with 32 episodes on ABC. Dan Potter played Gidget's father Professor Russell Lawrence. This was a spinoff from the three Gidget's films.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/db/Gidgettvguide.jpg/200px-Gidgettvguide.jpg

Like so many shows that didn't do that well, they created a life in syndication. This series did so well in that they did a couple of Television movies.

Funny, I thought it was on more than one season. By the way, it was up against CBS's The Beverly Hillbillies.

Cheers :cool:

The Patty Duke Show starring Patty Duke as Patty Lane. The show aired from September 1963 til May 1966 with 104 episodes on ABC. Her father, Martin Lane (played by William Schallert, played many shows and movies throughout the years.

Patty Lane (played by Duke) was a normal teenager living in the Broiklyn Heights section of New York City, who loved boys, ice cream, and sleepovers. In the first episode, her "identical cousin" Cathy Lane (also played by Duke) came over to the United States from Scotland to live with Patty's family. Their close physical resemblance to each other is explained by their fathers being identical twin brothers.

The dual role for Duke challengedspecial effects for its time, considering television special effects were rare in the early 1960s, particularly for a sitcom. When special effects weren't practical, child actress Rita McLaughlin was used as Duke's double (almost always seen only from behind). Ironically, McLaughlin's hair was bright red while Duke was a brunette. This proved not to be a problem for the show since the two actresses' hair shades appeared the same in monochrome.

Already a budding star in her own right, Duke was further thrust into the public consciousness through the show. As the series went on, her star power from the series allowed her to enter the realm of popular music, releasing a Top Ten single, "Don't Just Stand There", in 1965.

Although the series was still popular during its final season, ABC decided not to renew it for the '66/'67 season on the basis that filming it in color would have been prohibitively expensive.

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Dennis the Menace was a comic strip spin-off for a TV series with the same name. It aired on CBS from 1959 until 1963. Dennis was played by Jay North, Henry & Alice Mitchell (Dennis' parents) were played by Herbert Anderson and Gloria Henry. Jay North was only 8 years old when the series started. Mr. Wilson was played by Joseph Keerns and Mrs. Wilson by Sylvia Field. Keerns died in the middle of Season 3 of Cerebral hemorrhage and was replaced by Gale Gordon as Mr. Wilson's brother John Wilson. Later, his wife came in and stayed for the remainder of the seasons. She was played by Sara Seeger.

Of course all good things come to an end. Dennis became older and the plot was getting stale, so they ended it and well the rest is history, but the comic strip is alive and well.

I don't think it is out on DVD at this time.

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The Patty Duke Show . . .
It's so funny you should mention this! I thought of it just the other day and was going to post about it, and didn't get around to it.

I remember watching it, and enjoying it. My cousin and I used to play a game where we would be Patty and Cathy, and because I could do the accent better, I got to be Cathy.

The other thing about the show was that Patty was a very typical teenager, and her cousin had traveled around the world and was very "cultured" proper and had trouble understanding some of the more "typical" teenage stuff.

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The Second Hundred Years was a sitcom starring Monte Markham which aired on the ABC for one season and 26 episodes from September 1967 through September 1968.

It was what was called a "high concept" show—one which was based on circumstances which were extremely unlikely to occur in real life. The concept here was that one Luke Carpenter had left for Alaska in 1900 as part of a gold rush, but soon after his arrival was buried in a glacial avalanche. His burial was evidently so complete and so rapid that he survived in a state of suspended animation for 67 years. He was then thawed out and soon brought to the home of his now-elderly son, Edwin (portrayed by Arthur O'Connell), in Woodland Oaks, California. The humor centered around how Luke was younger, both in appearance and attitude, than both his son, who was apparently around 70, but also his grandson Ken, who at 33 was the exact age at which Luke had disappeared and been preserved, and who was a near double for his grandfather (not surprising, as both characters were portrayed by Markham). Other than having to adjust to all of the technology of the modern era, Luke, who was an individualistic, light-hearted sort, was at some ways more at home in his new world than his staid offspring.

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The Second Hundred Years was a sitcom starring Monte Markham which aired on the ABC for one season and 26 episodes from September 1967 through September 1968.
I never saw this show, but it sounds really interesting! I also enjoy Monte Markham.

Has Mr. Ed been mentioned in this thread?

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I never saw this show, but it sounds really interesting! I also enjoy Monte Markham. . . . . . . . . .



It did last only one season, and I haven't heard about it too. I don't think I've heard of Monte Markham. What did he do?

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I don't think I've heard of Monte Markham. What did he do?
To be quite honest, my firmest memory of him is a guest appearance on the Mary Tyler Moore Show. I was young, and he was very handsome :embaressed_smile:. In checking his IMDb entry, it seems he did lots of guest appearances on many sitcoms and other series, and is still alive (he was born in 1935). It also looks like he was a regular on Baywatch (which I never watched) for 44 episodes (1989-92).

Here are a couple of pictures so you can see what he looks like, since IMDb doesn't have any -

1995 1996 1997

Does that help a little? :teeth_smile:

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To be quite honest, my firmest memory of him is a guest appearance on the Mary Tyler Moore Show. . . . . . . . it seems he did lots of guest appearances on many sitcoms and other series, and is still alive (he was born in 1935). . . . . . .

Does that help a little? :teeth_smile:

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Yes, I guess I've seen him, but don't recall any show in particular. So I guess he's the type that makes his rounds from show to show, but not the main star or even supporting cast.

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Hondo,

I must apologize, as I was editing my post and adding more information, while you were reading the "original" and responding to it. In reading at IMDb a little more, I could see he did have some series work in his own right, in addition to the show you mentioned.

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Mister Ed is an American television situation comedy.


It first aired as a syndicated program on January 5, 1961 to July 2, 1961 and then on CBS from October 1, 1961 to February 1966. Mister Ed was the first series ever to debut as a midseason replacement, occurring before the premiere of Batman, five years later.


The stars of the show are Mister Ed, an intelligent talking palomino American Saddlebred ("played" by gelding Bamboo Harvester), and his owner, architect Wilbur Post (played by Alan Young). Much of the program's humor stemmed from the fact Mister Ed would speak only to Wilbur. According to the show's producer, Arthur Lubin, Young was chosen because "he seemed like a guy a horse would talk to." Lubin, a personal friend of Mae West, scored a coup and persuaded the legendary screen icon to guest star in one episode.
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The show was derived from the short story "Ed Takes the Pledge" by Walter R. Brooks, who is otherwise known for the Freddy the Pig series of children's novels, which likewise feature talking animals who interact with humans.

The concept of the show was similar to Francis the Talking Mule, with the equine normally talking only to one person (Wilbur), and thus both helping and frustrating its owner.

Mister Ed was voiced by character actor Allen "Rocky" Lane (speaking) and Sheldon Allman (singing, except his line in the theme song, which was sung by its composer, Jay Livingston).

Ed was trained for the show by Les Hilton. Lane remained anonymous as the voice of Mister Ed, and the show's producers would refer to him only as "an actor who prefers to remain nameless". The credits listed Mister Ed as playing "Himself." Mr. Ed's first words, after Wilbur mused, "It's been a long time since I was kid," were: "It's been a long time since I was a pony." A young horse is a colt; a pony is a miniature breed of horse. An example of writer ignorance as publicly disseminated misinformation.

The other main characters in the show were Wilbur's tolerant wife Carol (Connie Hines) and their neighbors the Addisons (Larry Keating and Edna Skinner) until 1963 (upon Larry Keating's death that year) and then the Kirkwoods (Leon Ames and Florence MacMichael).

For the final season, the Kirkwoods disappeared. Instead, the show focused strictly on the home life of the Posts, which was made a little more interesting with Carol's father moving in at the beginning of the season.

The theme song was written by the songwriting team of Jay Livingston and Ray Evans and sung, for the show, by Livingston.

A horse is a horse
Of course, of course
And no one can talk to a horse of course —
That is of course unless the horse
Is the famous Mister Ed.

Go right to the source and ask the horse —
He'll give you the answer that you'll endorse
He's always on a steady course
Talk to Mister Ed!

People yakity-yak a streak
And waste your time of day,
But Mister Ed will never speak
Unless he has something to say!

A horse is a horse
Of course, of course
And this one will talk 'till his voice is hoarse
You never heard of a talking horse?
Well listen to this:
"I am Mister ED!"

According to an urban legend when the theme song for Mister Ed was played backwards the words "Someone sung the song for Satan" and "the source is Satan" could be clearly heard. These phrases are heard by some listeners due to the phenomenon called phonetic reversal.


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The 1960's would never be the same without a secret agent show and a comedy was also the ingredants for Get Smart. The show debut on NBC back in September 1965 and lasted until April 1969 and the final season on CBS from Spetember 1969 through September 1970. Don Adams was Maxwell "Agent 86" Smart. Barbara Feldon was Agent 99. Edward Platt was the Chief.

The series centered around bumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart, also known as Agent 86. His partner is "Agent 99", whose real name is only used in the second episode; even after Smart married her, he (and everyone else) continued to address her as "99" (or, occasionally, Mrs. Smart). Smart and 99 worked for CONTROL, a secret U.S. Government spy agency based in Washington D.C.(at 123 Main Street). Together, the pair investigated and opposed various threats to the world while Smart's bumbling caused complications. However, at each story's climax, Smart never failed to save the day, typically thanks to his own dumb luck and 99's competence. Looking on was the long-suffering Chief of CONTROL, who was always addressed as "Chief". Unlike Agent 99, Chief was revealed to have a first name — Thaddeus — on a few occasions.
The nemesis of CONTROL was KAOS, and KAOS's Vice President of Public Relations and Terror, Siegfried (Bernie Kopell), showed up often as Maxwell Smart's opponent, or would-be assassin. Though on opposite sides, Max and Siegfried clicked personally, and spoke fondly of one another—even when trying to kill each other.
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Other characters included Hymie the Robot (Dick Gautier), a powerful android who tended to take orders too literally; Agent 13 (Dave Ketchum), who was forever being stationed inside weird places such as mailboxes, washing machines, lockers, and other objects; Agent 44 (Victor French), who regularly suffered the same fate as Agent 13 (The main difference between them being that while Agent 13 grumbled and raged about his situation, 44 would pout and cry) ; Agent Larrabee (Robert Karvelas), the Chief's slow-witted assistant; Shtarker (King Moody), Siegfried's chief henchman; and Fang (Agent K-13), a badly-trained dog working for CONTROL..

Perhaps the most recognizable 'gag' from the show was Smart's shoe phone, which has become somewhat of a comic icon: Smart would communicate with CONTROL using a rotary-dialed telephone concealed in his shoe, similar to a modern cell phone. While such a device was decades ahead of its time in real life, its numerous design flaws — such as the loud bell and the need to take off his shoe to use it — led to various humorously awkward situations.

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:thumbs_up: Hay, learn something new every day. I had not known that Victor French was a part of that series? Im a big fan of his. Do you remember him as Ketchum in: Rio Lobo? :thumbs_up:

I remember him in Rio Lobo. French has been in a lot of TV and movies.

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The Doris Day Show is an 128-episode that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 1968 until September 1973. In addition to showcasing Doris Day, the show is remembered for its many abrupt format changes over the course of its five-year run. It is also remembered for Day's claim, in her 1975 autobiography, that her husband Martin Melcher had signed her to do the TV series without her knowledge, a fact she only discovered when he died of heart disease on April 20, 1968.
Day had been a popular film actress in the 1950s and early 1960s. In this gentle sitcom, she was cast as Doris Martin, a widow and mother of two young sons who, when the series premiered, had just moved back to a rural ranch outside of San Francisco after having lived in big cities for most of her adult life.
Other characters during this initial phase of the program included Doris's father Buck (played by Denver Pyle) and their hired hand on the ranch, Leroy (played by James Hampton).
In the 1969-70 TV season, the Doris Martin character began to commute from the ranch to San Francisco, where she worked as a secretary for a magazine. New workplace characters were added. McLean Stevenson (who would later leave the series to star in M*A*S*H) played her boss, and her friend and coworker, Myrna Gibbons, was played by Rose Marie in a role similar to her more famous Sally Rogers role on The Dick Van Dyke Show. Pyle and Hampton were still seen during this season.
At the start of the 1970-71 season, Doris and her sons moved from the ranch to San Francisco, where they lived above an Italian restaurant. Doris began writing articles for the magazine at which she worked, Today's World. Most of the characters from the previous season remained, with the exceptions of Pyle and Hampton's characters.
The fourth season, 1971-72, saw the most radical change in the series. Perhaps inspired by the success of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Day's character suddenly became a swinging single career woman. The entire cast, other than Day herself, was gone; even Doris Martin's two sons were no longer in the cast (or even referred to). Doris Martin now had a new editor, Cy Bennett (played by the great character actor John Dehner) , and she was no longer a secretary, but rather a full-time staff writer. (The character was now depicted as though she has always been a reporter, and no reference was ever made to her ever having been a secretary.) The series continued with this format until it was canceled in 1973.
The Doris Day Show was considered a rather lightweight comedy, and was never a huge ratings success (although it was popular enough to survive on primetime TV for five seasons). Even though it premiered at a time when rural comedies such as Green Acres were still the norm, it continued into the era when topical, relevant sitcoms such as All in the Family prevailed. In fact, The Doris Day Show was once, in 1971, referred to in an episode of All in the Family. As the bigoted white character Archie Bunker awkwardly attempts to make small talk with his new African American neighbor Louise Jefferson, he asks her: "Er, how did you like the Julia show last night?" Louise Jefferson replies, "Fine. How did you like Doris Day?"

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