The Flying Nun 1967 - 1970 Opening and Closing Theme (With Snippet)
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The Flying Nun was an American situation comedy produced by Screen Gems for ABC based on the 1965 book The Fifteenth Pelican, written by Tere Rios. It starred Sally Field as Sister Bertrille. The series originally ran on ABC from September 7, 1967, to April 3, 1970, producing 82 episodes, including a one-hour pilot episode. Developed by Bernard Slade, the series centered on the adventures of a community of nuns in the Convent San Tanco in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The comic elements of the storyline were provided by the flying ability of a novice nun, Sister Bertrille. In the hour-long series pilot, Chicago native Elsie Ethrington arrives in San Juan from New York City after her arrest for having been involved in a protest; she then adopts the name of Sister Bertrille. It is also later learned (in the episode "My Sister, The Sister") that Sister Bertrille comes from a family of physicians and is the only one who did not follow in their footsteps. She became a nun, joining the Convento San Tanco, after being impressed by the missionary work of her aunt, and broke up with her boyfriend of eight months, a toy salesman. Sister Bertrille could be relied upon to solve any problem that came her way by her ability to catch a passing breeze and fly.
This was generally attributed to her weighing under 90 pounds (41 kilograms), high winds at the Convent high on the ocean bluffs, and the large, heavily starched cornette that was the headpiece for her habit. (The cornette was based on one worn until the middle 1960s by the Daughters of Charity, although Sister Bertrille was never said to belong to that order. Indeed, the order which included the Convento San Tanco was never specified in the series.) Her flying talents caused as many problems as they solved. She explains her ability to fly by stating, "When lift plus thrust is greater than load plus drag, anything can fly."
The reason behind that statement was that Sister Bertrille weighed only 90 lbs.; in one episode, she tries to gain weight so she could stay grounded, but the attempt failed. Additionally, in the first season episode "Young Man with a Cornette," she specifically tells a young boy who intended to use her cornette to fly that there were many factors other than her weight (which was distributed differently than that of the boy) that made her flying possible. The only time she was unable to take off was when heavy rains or storms occurred and caused her starched cornette to lose its shape or when she had to wear something that would keep her grounded at all times.
I LOVED this show as a little girl! It made me want to grow up and become a nun... Until I found out they couldn't really fly. Life lost all meaning after that.
Well, I don't watch it when it because I wasn't born yet. I heard it false advertising. But you love it, fine. But everyone thinks it's a worst. I think it's worse than my mother, the car. Nice theme and effects. It like plan 9 with badness of Superman 4.
They can fly, it's the landing that's the problem...
😂😂😂❤
Classic tv
Love ya ❤
If you’ve ever watched The Flying Nun, you will discover that in spite of its corny premise many of the shows episodes were quite good; often with a positive & heartfelt message.
Sad most are gone with the exception of Sally Field. ❤️
Agreed.
Extremely sad especially for Mr. Alejandro Rey!!!!!
So why did they muck it up with such an absurd premise? Why not make it a show with those good qualities and Sally’s excellent personality traits and let those carry it? I’ll bet her as an idealistic and upbeat nun minus the aviation would have been a very successful show.
So what was the premise exactly? Was it just a permanent eucharistic ecstasy?
@@rushthezeppelin If you'd watch it you'd find out. In three years of episodes they never once show them taking communion. In fact the Catholicism is really toned down: except for the habits that they wear this could easily be a Protestant show. Lol
After so many years of hearing about The Flying Nun, this is my very first time watching the intro and outro to this legendary classic tv series.
This is wonderful.
Same. I just saw a clip of Will & Grace with Ellen DeGeneres as a nun, so that brought me here.
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It was an awesome theme.
One of my favorite must-watch shows as a kid. A little silly but each episode had a positive message that left you feeling good.
@@ZZSmithReal It was absolutely terrific with superb acting storylines and a Dynamite Theme Song !!!!!
Better flying effects than CW' Supergirl
simply incredible
Tonight on the CW
I agree with you there.
That’s because she’s actually hanging from a crane wire. So you could say it’s real.
The Flying Nun was one of my favorite tv shows growing up and still is. Sally Field is a wonderful actress. 2021
It was 50 years ago today that ABC aired the final episode of 'The Flying Nun.' The final episode was "No Tears for Mrs. Thomas." It sure was the last time we saw Sister Bertrille (Sally Field) walked up the steps, walking and she looked back before the closing credits faded to black. Right now, Sally Field is the only surviving cast member of the 1967-1970 series.
It was April 3,1970 right after Easter.
I could never understand why Sally Field hated doing this show. She was awesome as sister betrill. A golden show of my youth
Yes, it was actually pretty serious, not silly, except for her occasional flights. The sisters worked at a teaching order who helped poor children in San Juan. It wasn't as ridiculous as the title suggests.
Mine too. 👏
It wasn't because of the show itself, she loved the writing and her fellow cast members, rather she didn't like the way she was treated by the producers.
I think it was also that she felt she was not taken seriously by Hollywood, after years of comedic roles from this one to her roles in the "Smokey and the Bandit" movies. If I recall correctly, when she finally did win an Oscar for a dramatic role, she broke down in tears in her acceptance speech, telling the Academy, "You like me - you really like me!" or something to that effect.
@@NickB1967 It was her second Oscar win where she made her "You Like Me" speech.
For a time people liked it, they really liked it.
Lol I see what you did there
I love your comment! I really, really love it!!!
But Sally Field hated it she really really hated it
@@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz I've never heard Field say she hated doing The Flying Nun.
When ABC was classic 👍
Sally Field was wonderful as Sister Bertriile. She was great in the role. She hated being the flying nun, but she touched so many lives. She is a fantastic actress. Check out Sybil, she made her mark in that movie!! You go girl!Thanks for the beautiful memories.
That theme song is killa! The closing crescendo is masterful.
Theme-bridge-coda!
Totally brings me back to childhood!
For me too, but only remember the last season or seasons when they were new since I was only 2 when it came out and later my mother was happy that she found the reruns on WFLD in Chicago which was the future Fox 32.
One of the greatest comedy sit com shows from the great 1960s. Plus an outstanding theme song to boot !!!!!
You mean SIT-CORN, dontcha?
Scott Miller , I love the theme song of The Flying Nun from the second season
We need more television shows like this today! Wholesome shows are fading so fast :’(.
Go to me tv
Memeberable entertainment television
All the old shows mate
My young years were formed on these 60's TV shows. Yes, wholesome and fun and entertaining and not vulgar and cussing and naked. We had fun back then watching TV. We had 3 networks NBC, ABC, CBS plus PBS which all offered the best programs possible and families could be relaxed watching and have the kids watch TV without monitoring the shows.
Go to Antenna TV.
I never understood the push for drama in everything. There can be conflict without learning your boyfriend’s cheated on you with you sister and everyone is a supernatural being
This is witchcraft.
a memorable TV theme from the 1960's - there were a lot of them! *two thumbs up*
My very favorite TV them song music! Awesome tune & orchestration. Has all the elements of a memorable song in a short time: Theme, bridge, coda.
Sally Field is just wonderful!
Yes, we like her! We really do! :-)
@@jozepp8130 She was America's sweetheart at the time.
Did anyone else watch this as a kid? I was six when I watched this. I was so disappointed that I couldn't fly when I was older ~ silly me. Sally Field continues this day to be my ultimate favorite actor. She has such a graceful logic, intense, & humble persona. Love this whole vibe from beginning to end in this film 🎥
the optical effects werent that bad considering its tv from the 1960s
Just looking at that. The optical effects are actually incredibly good. If they matched the angle of her body to the back ground a little closer it would look amazing. For 1968 it is fabulously done.
Very good
I agree. The flying effects are almost on par with some of the shots in of Superman the Movie which would be released about 11 years after this. If they touched up the lighting and yes matched the angles to the backgrounds better it would definitely look amazing.
@@KiCreativeStudioJPi saw a clip from an upcoming superman tv series and the in flight quality wasn't that much better ( the one from the 'arrowverse i think it was ? . Thats why they normally avoid it now and just have someone zoom into the distance in 3 seconds
I'd say they are superb considering that there were no computers around then. Also, closely listen to that theme music. It is absolutely marvelous with a full orchestra, giving you that full bodied orchestral sound quality. It is far superior to the music we hear on television shows today.
Sally was a superhero in her own right; flying and all. Too bad you can't see this show much today.
Good POSITIVE clean comedy I'll still watch this
I'm sorry!!! I shared this with a mate cuz I wanted him to be happier....i don't have a credit card to pay your channel- I apologise, but flying nuns make me happy!!! Thankyou😉
I remember this and Bewitched and Dream of Jeanie and Favorite Martian - the era of magic powers TV shows.
George Smith So true... wasn't it sooo sweet?? Loved this show !!
And yet it is so much more close to reality than today's "reality TV". I'll watch TVland anytime over Survivor or The Bachelor.
The 1960s were the best times for television Period !!!!!
George Smith i want a throwback to this
Don't forget "Gilligan's Island".
Loved Sally Field in The Flying Nun when I was 7 years old. It effected my psyche ever after. I have always had a fascination with nuns and with sci-fi. Now I realize where these interests were first fostered.
The psychosexual implications of a Flying Nun are worth exploring!
Whenever I taught my students about Puerto Rico I would include one episode of "The Flying Nun."
Dave Hall I hope you show them the pilot. It's very informative.
Bruno56 🤣 Karajo! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
I wouldn,t. At 17 she went to mexico for an abortion. She is cold hearted.
Bruno56 ok, there sweetheart.. don’t get your panties in a bunch.. geez!... it was just a tv. Show.
Bruno56 But the pilot itself was indeed filmed in Puerto Rico. The rest of the series was mostly filmed in Burbank. Look familiar? ruclips.net/video/6V46ybm8BAI/видео.html
I still love it
Utterly fantastic gem of a theme music!
Wish the complete theme song was available with a really satisfying strong ending could be heard, this music is memorable and fantastic !!!!!
@@scottmiller6495 Love it!
@@scottmiller6495 Utterly! :)
@@scottmiller6495 Could compose additional theme variations on the music just for fun. Has a nice bridge. The orchestration is utterly fantastic.
Some people in 1967 were working to send a mission to the moon. Other people were working on making this show.
Doctor Medkit
Me? I was getting diaper changed and keepin my folks up at night. :-)
And she had a son named Forrest Gump!
On a different version of this planet, her name was Sally Fields.
@jett woodward This will freak you out, but Look at the letter F on the Ford logo, and notice that Green is no longer on top on all stop lights. No explanation.
@jett woodward Just in general, unexplained, things have changed. Another example, all of South America is now east of Florida, it used to be underneath North America. The shape of Italy used to be a boot, remember that? Now it's practically touching Sicily. It wasn't like that when we were younger.
Nobody has mentioned to composer! It was Dominic Frontiere, who also composed the FBI Theme. Those two are among my top TV theme music loves. The FBI theme could have been developed into a symphonic standalone piece. The elements of such an endeavor were compressed into the FBI theme. I fiddled (HA!) with developing the music further in my computer, but have so many other music projects, that I set it aside. At one time, he was the head of 20th Century Fox music department. The Flying Nun theme has some great arranging. Love the Fox logo music as the end.
I used to watch this show nearly all the time it was broadcast.
This is the coolest intro song I have ever heard. I could listen to it 100 times and not get tired. I wonder why it was never played after the show?? Try driving down the interstate with this playing,..you’ll be flying before you know it!
It needs to be longer and with a slam bang Finish, then you'll be in Heaven!!!!!!!!!!
I can't believe there was a show about this, but now I need to watch it
My little sister and I always watched The Flying Nun. We never thought what a silly premise it was because the episodes were well written; funny and touching. But of course, as a boy, I also loved 'It Takes A Thief' with Robert Wagner!
I loved the Flying Nun...good fun.
I remember in one opening she flew in through the Quaker Oats logo! Unbelievable!!
One of the very few TV series to take place in Puerto Rico!
I ran up the same steps in Old San Juan that Sally Field ran up and down in in the closing credits of "The Flying Nun".
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me-tv should show this on their channel, it about time that this show came back on tv again.
I was sad to see this show go in 1970 and most of the cast members have died. It only made three seasons, but this is still as good as it was before.
Ok I grew up with Sally and I'm in love with her
She is America’s sweetheart.
Wow, what special effects!
Not sure if you're being sarcastic. I think the process shots are well done.
@@hudsony777 They are pretty well done considering the technology at the time.
No matte lines!
She was so cute. Still is!
Truly innocent times.
i was a kid back then, this was a great show
Awesome theme song
This was Domenic Frontiere's orchestration for the second season title (1968-'69), which was more "up beat" and "brassier" than the first season version [which is NOT seen current syndication/cable editions].
When I use to watch the show, I often wondered how did she keep that hat on her head whenever she flew? (I never saw a strap for her hat).
"THEY LIKE ME! "THEY REALLY REALLY LIKE ME!"
@@fromthesidelines Love it!
The second version of these three themes is the best and would be even nicer if it had a stronger and longer ending without an interruption !!!!!
Utterly fantastic instrumental! I also like the Screen Jems ending logo music!
This is an awesome gem of a tune & orchestration by Dominic Frontiere who also composed music for Outer Limits and Rat Patrol. :)
I was watching this TV episode the Flying Nun as a 70s kid. I also watched the Munsters, the Addams family, Gidget, Get Smart, I Dream of Jeannie, and Rowan and Martin's Laugh In Sock It To Me. Those were groovy, far out TV shows, really a gas? 📺 😎😊😄✌
This is frankly adorable. I have only now discovered its existence (born in the 70s), and it's wholesome, cute, funny TV for the whole family.
I'm 29 but I remember watching this as a kid. And omg lol
This was probably high tech special effects for the 1960s!
I love the 1960s ! Far Out Music and Wacked Out TV Shows
would love to see reruns of this :)
I love the closing theme for the 2nd-3rd season
Fantastic music that needs to have a more extended replay and powerful ending !!!!!
Music reminds me of That Girl theme with the orchestration. Love those days! 🌝
Bossa Nova music has always made good TV themes!
These two themes are among my favorites. Add I Dream O Jeannie. 🙂
My mom loves this show 😁
Ahh such awesome early childhood memories!
I still can't believe this was a real show, what a nostalgic trip it was
I am from Costa Rica (not to be confused with Puerto Rico) and I remember watching this show (on re runs) and is until today that I realize it took place in Puerto Rico and that the flying nun could fly due to her hat and weight! Awesome!
This show was the reason I became a nun.
It’s the reason I became a flier.
I so miss these shows especially in this day and time.
Since I remember watching this the first season opening & closing themes were different than the second and third season if you happen to catch it not to mention that in the first season you’ll see Sally Field cruising along on a motor scooter when the episode starting
Wonderful wholesome funny show! I am enjoying rewatching it so much! 👍
I loved this show back in the 1970s!
I always loved this show!💓😊
I liked when she flew out of the QUAKER OATS logo.
I liked when she flew with dog. Incredible! Perfect efect without computers
I will always associate Sally with this show. And what a cutie!
A surfer girl in Gidget and a flying nun. She had great versatility.
I need a reboot of this show, same campy vibe too just modernized 😂
I'd never heard of this show until my viewing of a certain Simpsons episode yesterday. I've always considered Sally Field to be very beautiful, even in old age. It's neat to see her in this.
OMG, some 5 months later that's exactly why I'm here. Thought it was some obscure American Simpsons joke, so looked it up. I still have trouble believing it was actually real 🤦
@@MKR5210 If you were more than five years old in 1967, you'd know "The Flying Nun" was real. I watched it, first-run, when I was 8-11 years old. I have a much greater appreciation for the writing now.
I once worked as a reporter for a Catholic newspaper. We would occasionally joke that the Flying Nun was coming in to town today and we needed to be at the airport for her news conference.
Let's give some credit to Alejandro Rey as the perfect straight man
And my dog BooBoo. We dressed her up on Halloween as a Nun. A chiweenie with ears like a longhorn steer. That walk took easily 1 1/2 hours, so many people loved her. Of course, she loved it too.
i’m so glad i grew up with this :’)
I love this and me and some of my friends we call each other Flying Nun and it is so funny.😂
Brings memories of the 70s. Sally fields also played Forrest Gumps mom.
Also loved her in steel Magnolias.
My friend and I Loooved steel magnolias
"she was right My hair does look like a brown Foot ball helmet"
Best theme song of all the shows !
Totally agree! :) This could be ballet music.
My mom loves that show
There is one missing from the credits Sister Sixto played by Shelley Morrison who is currently known as Karens maid Rosario on Will and Grace.
I love this show..and intro❤❤❤❤😂
Gigdet was the show that catapulted Sally Field into stardom!
I will always love this show thank you Sally Field
Goodness is everything in the end..
Sally Field was/is a beacon of hope to all young actors and actresses who are just starting out in the business. Don't despair if you are trapped, for the moment, in a nothing job, playing a dancing carrot, or a leprechaun who's been exiled from Ireland by a witch's curse and is now working as a grade-school teacher in Flatbush. First Sally was Gidget; then she plumbed the depths-of-all-depths in this peerlessly silly show; but at long last she burned up the television screen as the lead in "Sybil" (which really put her on the map); and then finally, at long last, she stood onstage at the Oscars, not once, but twice, accepting TWO Best Actress Oscars in succession. Just promise us all that, when your time comes, you won't afflict us with your version of "YOU LIKE ME! YOU REALLY LIKE ME!"
Awesome analysis! I forgot all about that! But yes, after years and years silly roles from Gidget to The Flying Nun to Smokey and the Bandit, I think Sally Field getting an Oscar for a dramatic role really caused her to melt down at the Awards.
Her acceptance speech was touching. It meant she had overcome terrible obstacles (her father died in WWII and the man who became her stepfather sexually abused her).
Her Oscar speech was a statement of finally feeling good about herself.
This is what I thought about while I was watching The Nun
The Bossa Nova theme was one of the best though, LOL
I loved this Bossa theme !
Dominic Frontiere did a great job with the music for the show.
Another tv theme gem from maestro Dominic Frontiere!!
Outer Limits!!
Don't forget: "The Flying Nun" received the worst reviews for a first-season sitcom, but it lasted for three successful seasons (1967-70)
and made Sally Field a star.
If you read her autobiography, this show made her a joke. She spent years of frustration trying to get auditions and jobs that would allow her to prove that she was a star despite taking this job.
@@gijoejones She was already a star, thanks to Gidget. The Flying Nun nearly killed her career. Nobody took her seriously for years. It was the telemovie Sybil that won her new credibility.
And now, she's known as "Momma Gump"!
Actually, "Gidget" made Sally Field a star.
@@gijoejones I guess the "frequent-flyer" miles didn't help, after all. 😢 😢 😢
Love this theme so much. Like Noël Coward meets Aaron Copland. 💞💕
If you listen closely, it echoes the ‘l love Lucy’ theme.
Best show ever!
I born at 71, but i Saw it the tv serie at 80s and now i'm still un love...
One can remember this from the 60s and 70s. Still prime time TV fare in the 1970s. I remember this also from the early 1990s. It was given a solid run on TV where I was, circa '92 - '93, and basically still prime time even then, like late afternoon, early evening. My Three Sons also going then, but, as I noted to someone at the time, The Flying Nun being better, being slicker, more polished. But they got decades of TV mileage from these 1960s TV projects, for want of something subsequent of sufficient standard.
For those of you who are familiar with Bewitched, can hear subtle similarities of this theme with Bewitched. Courtesy of producer Harry Ackeman
Yeah I know the effects look cheesy but back then it wasn't.
I loved this show
i had such a crush on Alejandro Rey...
Old San Juan. At 2:13 you can see the streets paved with blue bricks. Those bricks were originally used as ballast aboard British Royal Navy ships which were dumped out during the ill-fated British attack on San Juan in 1797.
Always loved the Theme Song. It sounded like a mix between I Love Lucy and Bewitched and Star Trek the Original series.
I adore this music. ❤
It was supposed to be made in Puerto Rico. The end scenes are made in Old San Juan.
What was really odd is that the Catholic Church of the time actually approved of the show, given its positive depictions of the nuns and lighthearted comedy. Sister Bertrille (a then very young Sally Field) could be relied upon to solve any problem that came her way by her ability to catch a passing breeze and fly.
This was generally attributed to her weighing under 90 pounds (41 kilograms), high winds at the Convent high on the ocean bluffs, and the large, heavily starched cornette that was the headpiece for her habit. (The cornette was based on one worn until the middle 1960s by the Daughters of Charity, although Sister Bertrille was never said to belong to that order. Indeed, the order which included the Convento San Tanco was never specified in the series.) Her flying talents caused as many problems as they solved. She explains her ability to fly by stating, "When lift plus thrust is greater than load plus drag, anything can fly."
This was also a reference to her previous TV show "Gidget", where Sally Field, as a short and petite woman, was seen as the "girl midget" or "Gidget".
Around this time I think many people said that Sally would never be taken seriously as an actress because of this show. Damn did she prove them wrong. Way to go Sally!
Actually I think it's much harder to play a good girl than a bad girl. Much more complicated!
good old childhood times
how adorable is sally?
And I hadn't even started to skin up, yet... Wow!