I remember watching this episode as a kid; Christmas episodes always broke my heart because we never celebrated one Christmas or any other holiday or birthday in my childhood home. But while I was watching, I felt happy for the characters in the show; it was my way of escaping the grim atmosphere of our home.
So sorry for the pain you experienced in your childhood. The Lord Jesus can bring healing and wholeness in the midst of brokenness. Call upon the Lord. John 3:16
Oh I'm so sorry things at home were like that. I hope you enjoy every holiday now. These episodes all warm my heart. I love seeing the big retro bulbs on the tree. I'm glad others find them sentimental too 🎄🎄🎄
Did your family belong to that religion that doesn't celebrate holidays or birthdays? Can never remember what it is. I worked with a woman who was in that religion and I didn't know it. I said "Merry Christmas" to her and she just smiled and quietly told me that her religion didn't celebrate Christmas. I thought that was strange, but found out later that there is a religion like that.
I was a tiny kid when this show aired. I wanted to be a pretty teenager just like her when I became a teenager! RIP Patty Duke! Your show was one of the first shows that made an impression on my early life! 😂❤
I’m so glad we can still get The Patty Duke show on yutube. I just caught up on all the episodes and now I can enjoy this episode again. I love this opening credit to the show because it shows their cute dog in a confused state hiding from Patty and Kathy❣ Priceless..we miss you Anna (Patty) ❤🙏💐🌈🌟💫
A sweet episode. And the next one will bring me to even more tears. Love Patty Duke and William Schallert. They make an amazing team. If only the two were around for much, much longer.
I remember in the mid seventies WS costarring in The Hardy Boys on ABC. I liked the show, until the producers started tinkering with the format and added Nancy Drew into the episodes. Things worked much better just keeping the two shows separate.
Breaking the fourth wall really was not so uncommon then. The Patty Duke show did it more then once. The Dobie Gillis show did it. The Gidget show did it. This was a way to focus on the teenagers to get them to tune in next week and just help the ratings. I miss this old style of TV programming. But then I am an old piece of granite.
This episode originally aired on Christmas day 1963, with the second part airing on New Years day 1964. That would never happen in today's television world.
At 12:43 William Schallert (Martin) mentions a girl named Harriet Olson. In the 1979 Little House on the Prairie episode "The Preacher Takes a Wife" his character was ex-fiancée to Mrs. Harriet Olson.
Does life imitate art? Or does art imitate life? Early shows like this are actually criticized by some as being too perfect and unrealistic but I don't agree. I think they set a good example instead. I remember as a child my mom wearing dresses and high heels everyday, even around the house. My siblings and I were always dressed nice and people had manners back then.
@@Wubba2Write funny but true. It's similar to watching Gilligan's Island over the years.. first it was the wholesome Mary Anne,,,,, then as I matured it was the sophisticated Ginger..... and now? OMG Lovie???
Making her do a foreign accent was a mistake, as it is with most actors. It almost never makes the actor look good. But she really does come across as two different girls.
1:41: "Prima Veritas" - under the banner headline of the "local paper," meaning: "The First Truth," which also reflects the birth of Christ. Christmas episode... writers / prop people had a bit of fun with it.
Anyone notice that Patty's mother always wears outfits that have a noticeable design right over each of her breasts. What the heck? 5:51 AND didn't Cathy's father have an accent from one of the first few episodes? Oops. Still I loved this show since I was a kid in the 60's! I just realized they broke the 4th wall in this episode!
Has anyone tried to watch Addams family along with Patty Duke show as special double pack for making yourself feel brand new?..especially on both Christmas eps !!!!
Airdate Dec, 25th, 1963. 21:10 "Something edible from Turkey". This is the only time Turkey is mentioned instead of Kurdistan; which needs a whole history-geography course to explain. . Too bad at the end Ross and Natalie's identical cousins didn't show up too. 24:00 Now that it's midnight he's going to find a cowboy.
@@MrMenefrego1 I remember when they interviewed her a couple of years before she died Patty said she never liked that line of the theme song “a hot dog making her lose control”. She thought it was a dumb phrase. She was also suffering bipolar disorder filming the show so this dual character acting helped her cope with her illness.
@@h193013 That's the only way it could happen in real life. "Identical cousins" are as rare as identical siblings born from separate pregnancies (like a year or more apart). Which is to say: Never going to happen. But it sure makes for a cute show!
Uh, Cathy is the one with the accent, as she's the cousin from Europe. Patty is the daughter, who doesn't have any more of an accent than the father. You're listening skills and lack of culture lacks
@@gerard1657 I'm sure @johnderosa2276 meant Cathy. Her father was Uncle Kenneth. She had an accent and he didn't. You're the one lacking any brain skills.
Patty Duke really makes you believe that Cathy and Patty were two different people. She was that talented. RIP Patty.
Academy Award Winner!
Fine actress. Even if behind the scenes her life was a living hell at that time.
Just what I was thinking.
I remember watching this episode as a kid; Christmas episodes always broke my heart because we never celebrated one Christmas or any other holiday or birthday in my childhood home. But while I was watching, I felt happy for the characters in the show; it was my way of escaping the grim atmosphere of our home.
Sad😢 Do you finally get to celebrate now, i hope? Early "Merry Chr🎄stmas" from me
and "H😀ppy birthd🎂y" when it's your bday!
So sorry for the pain you experienced in your childhood. The Lord Jesus can bring healing and wholeness in the midst of brokenness. Call upon the Lord. John 3:16
Oh I'm so sorry things at home were like that. I hope you enjoy every holiday now. These episodes all warm my heart. I love seeing the big retro bulbs on the tree. I'm glad others find them sentimental too 🎄🎄🎄
Did your family belong to that religion that doesn't celebrate holidays or birthdays? Can never remember what it is. I worked with a woman who was in that religion and I didn't know it. I said "Merry Christmas" to her and she just smiled and quietly told me that her religion didn't celebrate Christmas. I thought that was strange, but found out later that there is a religion like that.
i havent had a good christmas since I was 9, never had a birthday party either.......dont feel too bad. Happy Thankshiving.
For me, this is the most memorable of all the episodes.
When I was growing up in '60s. Patty Duke was my first love on TV. My favorite Patty Duke movie was "Billie".
I love that movie!
🎄 good evening to you❄️ I love Patty in Billie and Lord Nelson
@@patriciamvisnofsky4750 I don't think I've seen Lord Nelson. I'll check it out
I was a tiny kid when this show aired. I wanted to be a pretty teenager just like her when I became a teenager! RIP Patty Duke! Your show was one of the first shows that made an impression on my early life! 😂❤
She sure was a shorty😂!
I remember those big C4 Christmas bulbs. That got really hot. Plus, when one went out, they all went out!
They also had specialty bulbs in different shapes.
Patty Duke shares a birthday with my mom 12/14. Great show, I love Christmas
❤❤saw this show I was 7 in 1991 until I was 9 in 1993
@@mikesilva3868 How many times are you going to say that. And who cares anyway?
Great episode 😊
I’m so glad we can still get The Patty Duke show on yutube. I just caught up on all the episodes and now I can enjoy this episode again. I love this opening credit to the show because it shows their cute dog in a confused state hiding from Patty and Kathy❣ Priceless..we miss you Anna (Patty) ❤🙏💐🌈🌟💫
I grew up watching Patty Duke. Is was such a natural talent. Valley of the Dolls was awesome. And now her son is a great actor too
A sweet episode. And the next one will bring me to even more tears. Love Patty Duke and William Schallert. They make an amazing team. If only the two were around for much, much longer.
Frannie V. Agreed😈
Both of them played twins on the show.
@@tonyarceneaux286 Thank you Captain Obvious. We never would have known.
I remember in the mid seventies WS costarring in The Hardy Boys on ABC. I liked the show, until the producers started tinkering with the format and added Nancy Drew into the episodes. Things worked much better just keeping the two shows separate.
William Schallert was excellent no matter who he played opposite, and this show was a true testament to Patty Duke's talent.
Anna (Patty) was a great actress and a wonderful lady. Still love and miss her.❤❤❤❤❤❤
Aired Christmas Day 1963 (Wednesday that year). That must've been a dark Christmas so soon after JFK and all.
I was thinking the same thing, one month after his assassination.😕
Thanksgiving was just days after. Confusing as a kid - all the adults were just numb
@@pattyamato8758 Omg, I bet it was. 😔😔
It was
This comment is so insightful, 😢 I was in the third grade, The Beatles didn't come Christmas days
Great holiday episode! ⛄👍🎄
Breaking the fourth wall really was not so uncommon then. The Patty Duke show did it more then once. The Dobie Gillis show did it. The Gidget show did it. This was a way to focus on the teenagers to get them to tune in next week and just help the ratings. I miss this old style of TV programming. But then I am an old piece of granite.
Best example was the Burns and Allen show!
My first teen show! Up til then it was the flying doctor and Bonanza! Really enjoyed it!
Made me cry. So sweet!!!
Made me cry, too. Sweet memories at this time of the year. I loved Anna Duke-Pearce so dearly. She was a wonderful friend.
God……I loved this show. ❤
this television series was at the end of the early 60's and the start of the mid 1960's along with The Beatles.
So?
@@garypesci746 So so so !
This episode originally aired on Christmas day 1963, with the second part airing on New Years day 1964. That would never happen in today's television world.
Why wouldn't that happen in today's tv world? I'm gathering you're older, and everything was better 'back in the day'.
@@gerard1657 It was better, “back in the day”!
Great cute oldies
Thank you for this video. Enjoyed it.😊
Merry Christmas 2024! 🎄🎅🎁🎁
Got to put a blue Star of David on top of the tree. It is a good thing to have.
Why? They weren't Jewish.
All I can think of the stress Patty Duke was under apparently during this time filming this...but she was really talented.
😊
And even better in the next season...🎇
remember seeing this when i was 7 in 1991 they aired this episode and the conclusion of this episode on nick at nite at the time
At 12:43 William Schallert (Martin) mentions a girl named Harriet Olson. In the 1979 Little House on the Prairie episode "The Preacher Takes a Wife" his character was ex-fiancée to Mrs. Harriet Olson.
David Harris Yes, I'm a Little House fan, so I picked up on his mentioning Harriet Olson, too! 😊😊😊
??? You DO know Harriet Olsen was one of the main characters. right?
Might have been the same writer for both shows and he liked that name.
My hair never flipped as well as Patty's did 🤨
My older sister used to 25:28 call it the Patty Duke Flip❤ actually it just was a cheap rug definitely secondhand goods, the b-52's did it better😂
Merry Christmas From Patty Duke
At 12:01 Patty calls her father "Dad-o" instead of "Pop-o." I'm not positive, but that might be the only time I've ever heard her do so.
She did it in a previous episose. I just started watching them all in order.
Love this so much
Yes! Its sad to know now how things were for her...yet she was ALWAYS such a good actress!
I never knew they were on Dobie Gillis..Martin and Natalie that is. And I even watched it
Clean, good fun. Not like today's crap What a disgrace show biz has become.
Bucky Brown agreed😋
They chose to do that in Hollywood.
Does life imitate art? Or does art imitate life? Early shows like this are actually criticized by some as being too perfect and unrealistic but I don't agree. I think they set a good example instead. I remember as a child my mom wearing dresses and high heels everyday, even around the house. My siblings and I were always dressed nice and people had manners back then.
wow, you know you're getting old when Patty's mother starts looking hot to you.
Alpha-Omega LOL!!! That's funny!
@@Wubba2Write funny but true. It's similar to watching Gilligan's Island over the years.. first it was the wholesome Mary Anne,,,,, then as I matured it was the sophisticated Ginger..... and now? OMG Lovie???
Alpha-Omega As a kid, I thought Gilligan was so cute, then as a grown-up I find the Professor very handsome! LOL!!! 😊
@@alpha-omega2362 lovie was the best choice anyway...so sweet...
She been started looking hot, lol
I forgot that the parents on this show were both teachers on the ""Dobie Gillis Show""
the last cowboy song 48 agreed😉
Oh yeah! That's right. I forgot all about Patty's TV parents being on "Dobie Gillis". 😊👍
Bob Denver was on that show.
@@tonyarceneaux286Maynard G Krebs
Harriet Olson! Ha ha, Little House on the Prairie.
The more one watches the more lovely Kathy becomes, and the more annoying Patty becomes, lol. What a great actress she was.
Nah. Kathy is annoying and her accent sucks.
Making her do a foreign accent was a mistake, as it is with most actors. It almost never makes the actor look good. But she really does come across as two different girls.
Yes, Patti is selfish and arrogant on ALOT of these episode (ESPECIALLY to Ross)
@@ravenel2 I think the accent was used as an obvious way for the viewers to easily tell them apart.
Dang. Patty breaking the fourth wall.
They do that sometimes it's a way to make the people watching the show feel involved.
That was done alot on Green Acres, I really enjoyed the old TV shows, and still watch episodes occasionally, nothing left but memories anymore.
Funniest line in the show: "I hope it's not another one".
1:41: "Prima Veritas" - under the banner headline of the "local paper," meaning: "The First Truth," which also reflects the birth of Christ. Christmas episode... writers / prop people had a bit of fun with it.
Jeff Smith
Total Drama
That is a really good observation. Cool! I need to go back and look for it. Thanks for pointing that out.
Anyone notice that Patty's mother always wears outfits that have a noticeable design right over each of her breasts. What the heck? 5:51
AND didn't Cathy's father have an accent from one of the first few episodes? Oops. Still I loved this show since I was a kid in the 60's!
I just realized they broke the 4th wall in this episode!
Great episode, but someone messed up when Patty and Cathy are sitting on the stairs!
How so?
John Mc Giver so funny.
And the $100,000 Emerald is still holding down a sheet of paper in the Living room.
Anna Marie Duke Very gifted and robbed of her childhood in so many ways.
I think that Sean Astin will agree with you and me. Let us not forget Desi Arnaz, Jr 🎉
Please dear who robbed you of your childhood? So stupid statements from idiots who don't know a thing about her ⚰️🪓
Too bad this was the only Christmas episode of the show.
Has anyone tried to watch Addams family along with Patty Duke show as special double pack for making yourself feel brand new?..especially on both Christmas eps !!!!
I watch Christmas episodes from vintage shows every year, it's fun and brings back alot of memories for me.
Airdate Dec, 25th, 1963. 21:10 "Something edible from Turkey". This is the only time Turkey is mentioned instead of Kurdistan; which needs a whole history-geography course to explain. . Too bad at the end Ross and Natalie's identical cousins didn't show up too. 24:00 Now that it's midnight he's going to find a cowboy.
Interesting. Patty breaks the fourth wall at the end of the episode. Maybe for the only time in this series.
You will enjoy this 2-part episode.
4th wall ?
I always wondered about Patty. I mean, a hotdog 🌭 made her lose control.
It's not a complicated concept; simple foods were good enough for her.
Sometimes a hot dog is just a hot dog
Well hotdogs aren't exactly healthy.
@@MrMenefrego1 I remember when they interviewed her a couple of years before she died Patty said she never liked that line of the theme song “a hot dog making her lose control”. She thought it was a dumb phrase. She was also suffering bipolar disorder filming the show so this dual character acting helped her cope with her illness.
Cathy Americanized her accent quite a bit by the end of the series.
Uncle should call her pretending to b Dad. A quick phone call.
No, it was important to her that she see him in person.
How come the dad doesn’t have an accent
Because he grew up in the US where as his daughter, Kathy, grew up in England.🥸🧐
My boss fired someone on Christmas for fun😠☹️
To be continued in "Auld Lang Syne" {January 1, 1964}.
R I P Patty Duke
Anybody know how tall Patty (Neely O' Hara) Duke was ?
John Derosa 5 foot even
She was tiny. She lived in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and I saw her at a Chamber luncheon.
To get a good result watch the next episode after this.
my mom grew up with this show, JESUS SAVES, EXCEPT YE REPENT YE SHALL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH LUKE 13-3
Use to watch this show on nick at nite I was 7 in 1991 until I was 9 in 1993🎅🤶
❤
ABC had a good lineup at the time. Poor Martin got stung in some cases. Baldy was not so kind.
Identical Cousins?? ... time for a family meeting .. the brutal unpleasant truth.
What are you suggesting? That they’re twins and one was adopted by one of the dads?
@@h193013 That's the only way it could happen in real life. "Identical cousins" are as rare as identical siblings born from separate pregnancies (like a year or more apart). Which is to say: Never going to happen. But it sure makes for a cute show!
I don't know WHY 3 people liked your comment since it makes absolutely NO sense!
I'm Wishing For 100 Gifts From Santa Claus
How come the daughter has an accent but the papa doesn't ?
Everyone has an accent. hehe! Seriously though the father is American but Cathy was born and raised overseas.
Uh, Cathy is the one with the accent, as she's the cousin from Europe.
Patty is the daughter, who doesn't have any more of an accent than the father.
You're listening skills and lack of culture lacks
Maybe the mother had the accent.
@@gerard1657 "lack of culture lacks" (????).
@@gerard1657 I'm sure @johnderosa2276 meant Cathy. Her father was Uncle Kenneth. She had an accent and he didn't. You're the one lacking any brain skills.
So sad that Anna Patty Duke was manic-depressive and not treated properly. SMH...
Wasn't Patty Duke manic-depressive?
I believe she was.
Yes...now called, bi-polar.
Mike Wrasman, Why ask if you have no intention of checking for an answer?
Comment on this show: So thats where they get parent trap from, its off this show.
Ne1 2bot really 😳
The original "Parent Trap" movie (with Haley Mills) was released in 1961. Two years before the premiere of "The Patty Duke Show".
I never thought of it, but yea I guess that makes sense
Patty and William died within a couple of months of each other.
1234
12:34 look it's
Antagonist
Take care of it
Yeah yeah yeah!*
What should you do? Serial find it
Where is Cathy's mama ?
Did you watch the episode,or episodes? She died, hence, why she lives with her relations
Guess the budget didnt allow for another actor to be Cathy's father.
Or maybe the lead actor wanted to do it?
They are twin brothers.
You DO know they were twins?
and he's been on there before
Why would they have another actor when it makes more sense for the same actor to play twins? What are you brain-dead stupid?
Too much music
Get a life David!
Is that the best you can do? Maybe you ought to practice what you preach.
Jeff Jacobs
Jeff Jacobs
This show was about as funny as cancer. Seriously. Just dead dialogue.
It's certainly funnier than using serious illness for hyperbole 🙄
Then DON'T watch it!! Most of us LOVED this show!!