marno@ihuxm.UUCP (Marilyn Ashley) (01/29/85)
Here in Chicagoland, we have a t.v. station (Channel 9) that frequently shows reruns of the old shows from the sixties, i.e., Gilligan's Island, The Andy Griffith Show, and of course, the best show of the sixties, The Dick Van Dyke Show. Only Andy is currently being shown; the station is giving Dick a rest for several years. If I remember correctly, It's About Time was based on two astronauts who are launched into flight and fall to earth in 2000 B.C. During the second year, the premise was changed to bring the cast (neanderthals and all) into the present. There is a book out called The Great T.V. Sitcom Book, and it lists every television sitcom ever made, as well as giving a synopsis of the series, including plots and cast names. It ranges from My Mother, the Car to Cheers and has extensive coverage of those shows that had a major influence on television, such as M*A*S*H. If anyone would like further information on this book, please contact me. Marilyn Ashley ihnp4!ihuxm!marno
phl@drusd.UUCP (LavettePH) (01/30/85)
And of the forties and fifties, too. Who cares if they are in b&w? Color will never make a good show out of a bad one and a million dollars worth of special effects is no substitute for a plot and some decent dialog. Shows I would stay up late to see again: 1. "Adventures in Paradise" 2. "Foreign Intrigue" 3. "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." 4. "Peter Gunn" 5. "Route 66" 6. "Playhouse 90" 7. "Twelve O'Clock High" 8. "Mission Impossible" 9. "Richard Diamond" 10. "I Spy" Shows I would like to see sealed away in a time capsule for twenty years: 1. "I Love Lucy" 2. "Gilligan's Island" 3. "Mac Hale's Navy" 4. "Startrek" 5. Anything with Mary Tyler Moore in it. (except #9, above) 6. "The Honeymooners" 7. "Leave it to Beaver" 8. "Police Story" 9. "Hawaii Five-O" 10. "Twilight Zone" Any more? - Phil
lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (01/30/85)
Actually, "It's About Time" changed the premise within the first season -- they never really made it to a full second season. Not only did they change the premise, they also changed the theme to match. I have audio tapes of both versions. --Lauren--
kenw@lcuxc.UUCP (K Wolman) (01/30/85)
Okay, I can handle people ignoring "A Family at War" (peasants!). But if we're talking about Great TV Shows of the Sixties, I would like to add one that ran for one or two seasons on CBS (Monday nights, 10-11 pm): EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE It concerned social workers in a private New York City welfare agency (I used to work for the PUBLIC welfare service in NYC, and NOBODY would believe a show about that!). Its stars were George C. Scott and Cicely Tyson. If that isn't enough, the scripts and guest stars were more often than not magnificent. The best: a show called "Who Do You Kill?" It dealt with a couple in Harlem (James Earl Jones and the late Diana Sands!!!) whose baby son is bitten to death by a rat. It was overwhelming in its impact. Probably, the show was one of William Paley's attempts to pretend he was "doing his bit" for Kulchur; his mid-Sixties ax-man, one James Aubrey (whose legacy included Mr. Ed and some awful piece of garbage starring Eddie Albert and one of the Gabor animals), probably cancelled it because it occasionally forced thought. Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose. . . . -- Ken Wolman Bell Communications Research @ Livingston, NJ lcuxc!kenw (201) 740-4565 ". . . Toto, I think we're not in the Bronx anymore. . . ."
marno@ihuxm.UUCP (Marilyn Ashley) (01/30/85)
Please don't forget the Dick Van Dyke Show. Where else can one find Sally's Aunt Agnes' words of wisdom, or the great characters created and played by Carl Reiner? Who out there remembers the invasion of the walnuts?? M. Ashley ihnp4!ihuxm!marno
gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly) (01/31/85)
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Channel 66 in Joliet, IL comes in quite strong in Chicago's
west burbs, and features reruns of Perry Mason at least 5
nights per week. What a gem! It is rumored that Raymond
Burr is doing one or two made-for-TV movie remakes. If anybody
has the straight poop on this, please let me know. It won't
be the same, though, without the outstanding original cast,
at least one of whom (William Talman, who played D.A. and
perennial loser Hamilton Burger) died years ago.
As close as I've watched the credits, I've never been able to
discover who wrote the music to Perry Mason. Anybody know
who wrote that classic theme?
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..ihnp4!iwsl8!ken *** ***lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) (01/31/85)
Ha! The Invasion of the Walnuts episode of Dick Van Dyke just ran out here in L.A. a month or so ago. Lots of the old shows, from DVD to Alfred H., run in the L.A. independent market, not to mention the national cable operations. In fact, Batman recently returned to this market. It has really improved with age. The pure "campiness" of Batman is superb. Watching it again reinforces my theory that Lost in Space was actually in the same genre, and that it (LiS) rates very highly when viewed in that light. --Lauren--
techpub@mhuxt.UUCP (mcgrew) (01/31/85)
> > Shows I would stay up late to see again: > > 1. "Adventures in Paradise" > 2. "Foreign Intrigue" > 3. "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." > 4. "Peter Gunn" > 5. "Route 66" > 6. "Playhouse 90" > 7. "Twelve O'Clock High" > 8. "Mission Impossible" > 9. "Richard Diamond" > 10. "I Spy" > I'll add to that list: 11. "Combat" 12. "The Invaders" 13. "Perry Mason" 14. "One Step Beyond" 15. "The F.B.I." 16. "Bilko" > Shows I would like to see sealed away in a time capsule for twenty years: > > 1. "I Love Lucy" > 2. "Gilligan's Island" > 3. "Mac Hale's Navy" > 4. "Startrek" > 5. Anything with Mary Tyler Moore in it. (except #9, above) > 6. "The Honeymooners" > 7. "Leave it to Beaver" > 8. "Police Story" > 9. "Hawaii Five-O" > 10. "Twilight Zone" > > Any more? > > - Phil This goes pretty far back, but anyone remember: 1. "The Ann Southern Show" 2. "My Little Margie" or 3. "Topper"? I can't remember too much about them but wouldn't mind seeing a few episodes again. Melanie Accomando ihnp4!mhuxt!techpub
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (02/01/85)
WTBS runs Perry Mason at 12:05 every day. Now for the $64,000 question... Why does TBS start their shows at 5 minutes past the hour? -Ron
robdye@ut-sally.UUCP (Rob Dye) (02/01/85)
In article <1219@ihuxm.UUCP> marno@ihuxm.UUCP (Marilyn Ashley) writes: > >Please don't forget the Dick Van Dyke Show. Where else can one find >Sally's Aunt Agnes' words of wisdom, or the great characters created >and played by Carl Reiner? > >Who out there remembers the invasion of the walnuts?? Wasn't that the one where Rob grows eyes in the back of his head? and it all turns out to be a dream? I remember Laura's horror at Rob's hindsight (:-)) and vaguely recall a closet full of walnuts. Funny... I didn't watch the show religiously (and just about never watched it in syndication), but those scenes happen to be the ones I always remember when I think about the DVD Show. And I must have been pretty young at the time. (I'm 26 now. How long ago was that?) ... ah, well... thanks for the memories... robdye
waltt@tekecs.UUCP (Walt Tucker) (02/01/85)
My favorites were "Mr. Terrific" and "Captain Nice" (we had discussions
of these a couple of years ago on the net).
Oh yeah, don't forget "My Mother the Car", "My Living Doll", and good old
"Ozzie and Harriet".
Yes, I do remember (vaguely) "The invasion of the walnuts."
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You may be right, but it just may be a lunatic you're looking for,
-- Walt Tucker
Tektronix, Inc.
rsg@cbscc.UUCP (Bob Garmise) (02/01/85)
Maverick. How can anyone forget it? And what about Secret Agent? And the Avengers? All from the 60s (and late 50s in the case of Maverick). ...bob garmise...at&t bell labs, columbus...
jims@hcrvax.UUCP (Jim Sullivan) (02/02/85)
Re: Dick Van Dyke Yes...the invasion of the walnuts.....hold it...what happened to my thumbs ?? And I am thristy. What about the Monkees ???? Those guys were the greatest. Jim Sullivan (..!hcrvax!jims) "Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think"
matthew@ucla-cs.UUCP (02/02/85)
I heard on the radio a couple of days ago that a cache of "Honeymooners" episodes were just discovered in a tape vault. These episodes have only aired once (the original show), and were thought to be lost forever. They have now been syndicated and will be showing on weekday afternoons or early evenings on some station near you (almost certainly). Matthew Merzbacher matthew@ucla-locus
waltt@tekecs.UUCP (Walt Tucker) (02/04/85)
Prime Time Shows 67-69
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1967
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ABC Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea The FBI ABC Sunday Night Movie
Cowboy in Africa Rat Patrol Felony Squad Peyton Place Big Valley
Garrison's Gorillas The Invaders NYPD Hollywood Palace
Legend of Custer Second 100 Years ABC Wednesday Night Movie
Batman Flying Nun Bewitched That Girl Peyton Place Good Company
Off to See the Wizard Hondo Guns of Will Sonnet Judd for the Defense
Dating Game Newlywed Game Lawrence Welk Iron Horse ABC Scope
CBS Lassie Gentle Ben Ed Sullivan Show Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Mission:Impossible
Gunsmoke Lucy Show Andy Griffith Show Family Affair
Carol Burnett Show
Daktari Red Skeleton Show Good Morning, World CBS News Hour
Lost In Space Beverly Hillbillies Green Acres He & She
Dundee and the Culhane
Cimarron Strip CBS Thursday Night Movie
Wild Wild West Gomer Pyle USMC CBS Friday Night Movie
Jackie Gleason Show My Three Sons Hogan's Heroes Petticoat Junction
Mannix
NBC Walt Disney's WWoC Mothers-in-Law Bonanza High Chaparral
The Monkees Man From UNCLE Danny Thomas Hour I Spy
I Dream of Jeanne Jerry Lewis Show NBC Tuesday Night Movie
The Virginian Kraft Music Hall Run For Your Life
Daniel Boone Ironside Dragnet Dean Martin Show
Tarzan Star Trek Accidental Family Actuality Specials/Bell Telephone
Hour
Maya Get Smart NBC Saturday Night Movie
1968
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ABC Land of the Giants The FBI ABC Sunday Night Movie
The Avengers Peyton Place The Outcasts Big Valley
Mod Squad It Takes a Thief NYPD That's Life
Here Comes the Brides Peyton Place ABC Wednesday Night Movie
Ugliest Girl in Town Flying Nun Bewitched That Girl
Journey into the Unknown
Operation: Entertainment Felony Squad Don Rickles Show
Guns of Will Sonnet Judd for the Defense
Dating Game Newlywed Game Lawrence Welk Hollywood Palace
CBS Lassie Gentle Ben Ed Sulivan Show Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
Mission: Impossible
Gunsmoke Here's Lucy Mayberry RFD Family Affair Carol Burnett Show
Lancer Red Skeleton Hour Doris Day Show CBS News Hour/60 Minutes
Daktari Good Guys Beverly Hillbillies Green Acres
Jonathan Winters Show
Blondie Hawaii Five-O CBS Thursday Night Movie
Wild Wild West Gomer Pyle USMC CBS Friday Night Movie
Jackie Gleason Show My Three Sons Hogan's Heroes Petticoat Junction
Mannix
NBC New Adventures of Huck Finn Walt Disney's WWoC Mothers-in-Law
Bonanza Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
I Dream of Jeannie Rowan & Martins Laugh-In NBC Monday Night Movie
Jerry Lewis Show Julia NBC Tuesday Night Movie
The Virginian Kraft Music Hall The Outsider
Daniel Boone Ironside Dragnet Dean Martin Show
High Chapparel Name of the Game Star Trek
Adam 12 Get Smart Ghost & Mrs. Muir NBC Saturday Night Movie
1969
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ABC Land of the Giants The FBI ABC Sunday Night Movie
Music Scene New People Harold Robbins "The Survivors"
Love, American Style
Mod Squad Movie of the Week Marcus Welby, MD
Flying Nun Courtship of Eddies Father Room 222 ABC Wed Night Movie
Ghost & Mrs. Muir That Girl Bewitched This is Tom Jones
It Takes a Thief
Let's Make a Deal Brady Bunch Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Here Come the Brides Jimmy Durante Presents Lennon Sisters
Dating Game Newlywed Game Lawrence Welk Show Hollywood Palace
CBS Lassie To Rome with Love Ed Sullivan Show Leslie Uggams Show
Mission:Impossible
Gunsmoke Here's Lucy Mayberry RFD Doris Day Show Carol Burnett
Show
Lancer Red Skeleton Hour Governor & J.J. CBS News Hour/60 Minutes
Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour Beverly Hillbillies Medical Center
Hawaii Five-O
Family Affair Jim Nabors Hour CBS Thursday Night Movie
Get Smart Good Guys Hogan's Heroes CBS Friday Night Movie
Jackie Gleason Show My Three Sons Green Acres Petticoat Junction
Mannix
NBC Wild Kingdom Walt Disneys WWoC Bill Cosby Show Bonanza
Bold Ones: The New Doctors/The Lawyers/The Protectors
My World & Welcome To It Rowan & Martin Laugh-In NBC Monday Night Movie
I Dream of Jeannie Debbie Reynolds Show Julia NBC Tuesday Night Movie
The Virginian Kraft Music Hall Then Came Bronson
Daniel Boone Ironside Dragnet Dean Martin Show
High Charparrel Name of the Game Bracken's World
Andy Williams Show Adam 12 NBC Saturday Night Movie
-- Walt Tucker
Tektronix, Inc.act@pur-phy.UUCP (Tselis) (02/05/85)
In article <552@mhuxt.UUCP> techpub@mhuxt.UUCP (mcgrew) writes: >> >> Shows I would like to see sealed away in a time capsule for twenty years: >> >> 1. "I Love Lucy" >> 2. "Gilligan's Island" >> 3. "Mac Hale's Navy" >> 4. "Startrek" >> 5. Anything with Mary Tyler Moore in it. (except #9, above) >> 6. "The Honeymooners" >> 7. "Leave it to Beaver" >> 8. "Police Story" >> 9. "Hawaii Five-O" >> 10. "Twilight Zone" >> >> Any more? Speaking of stuff sealed away in time capsules, does anyone remember "HERE COME THE 70s!"? It would be hilarious to see this series again. There was a lot of futuristic technobabble like the stuff in Future Shock. But I remember having a lot of fun watching it. I wonder how I'd react to it now? Can anyone remember any specific predictions they made? Apart from the cure of all known diseases, a flying car in every garage, a personal computer in every home (maybe that one wasn't so far-fetched, except that it should have been put in Here Come the 80s), and a chicken in every pot? I'd enjoy watching other programs like: Marcus Welby, M.D. The Bold Ones The Storefront Lawyers Medical Center and other "relevant" stuff. (I remember them as being better than the kind of trash they put out now, but maybe that's nostalgia.)
jpg@sdchema.UUCP (Jerry Greenberg) (02/08/85)
And what about The Munsters?. Its not shown in syndication in San Diego, Los Angeles, or on the superstations (WTBS,WGN) (I dont get WOR).
wmk@ptsfa.UUCP (Bill Klein) (02/08/85)
While we are talking about specific episodes of shows, who else remembers the episode of "Father Knows Best" when Betty had her nightmare. I think that she had to write a paper for school for the next day. She "dreamed" that a mysterious man sold her family a set of encyclopedias. Each member identified something they wanted and gradually as they obtained what they wanted, the stranger "captured" their souls. I am more than willing to accept corrections to the plot, but at age 7 (give or take a few years) it sure scared me more than walnuts in the closet. Bill Klein (....!ucbvax!dual!ptsfa!wmk) Pacific Bell
oz@rlgvax.UUCP (THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ) (02/09/85)
> As close as I've watched the credits, I've never been able to > discover who wrote the music to Perry Mason. Anybody know > who wrote that classic theme? According to a marvelous book that I received over the holiday season called "The TV Theme Song Sing~along Song Book" (By John Javna St martin's press $5.95) The Perry Mason Theme was by Fred Steiner. They also include the actual music for the song. Some other facts about Perry Mason from the book: The show's producers wanted Raymond Burr to play Ham Burger! Erle Stanly Gardener chose Raymond Burr as his choice for Perry! in 1973 CBS tried to revive Perry Mason with Monte Markham as Perry. For any children of 50's and 60's television, I strongly recommend the book. It contains the lyrics to "George of the Jungle," "Super Chicken," "F Troop" and "77 Sunset Strip" to name a few. It also has lyrics to shows that I didn't even know HAD lyrics, such as: "Bonanza," "Bewitched," "I Love Lucy," and "Star Trek" (The lyrics to Star Trek were by Gene Roddenbury and the man should have stuck to show creating!). It also contains "trivia" about the shows and lyrics to certain "classic" commercials as well. It is a lot of fun. "Once upon a time there was an engineer. Choo chooo Charlie was his name we hear. He had an engine and he sure had fun, He used Good'N'Plenty Candy to make his train run. Charlie says, "Love my Good'N'Plenty." Charlie says, "it really rings the bell" (ding, ding) Charlie says, "Love my Good'N'Plenty, Don't know any other candy that I love so well." OZ seismo!rlgvax!oz