I was 10 in 1962.... the reason I don't remember these shows is because back then we kids watched what our parents watched, and we were busy with friends, scouts, homework, reading. Saturday and Sunday were our TV nights.
I'll be 69 years-young on January 17, 2017, and I've got to say, Thanks for the memories. I remember watching most of these programs, and my how things have changed!!! LOL!!!
Excellent compilation and many thanks for putting it together. I was born in 1962 and have no memory of these shows, but a few I remember reading about in TV encyclopedias. After seeing this I'm so mad at TV Land for not airing these. Even if they lasted only 13 shows each, there are enough series to provide many months, if not years, of programming. It's great to know these series still exist on film/video but sad they are sitting in a vault not being enjoyed by the public.
❤ thank you so much this was wonderful! Truly appreciated your hard work on finding these these very obscure TV shows I only remember one out of all of them and I am 66 years old! Thank you very much for uploading this.😊
I remember room for one more. It came from some movie with same basic plot. Then in the 80's 8 is Enough appeared. Truly the more things change the more they stay the same.
LOL at some of those announcer voice-overs of the titles and stars! Of all these, I like "My Sister Eileen" best for its Broadway-style fanfare and smart animation. Poster, thanks for using the "network strip" versions with ads intact, not the syndicated cuts.
Holy cow.. who knew there were so many TV shows from that era that I'd never even heard of before, and I grew up in that era!! The only show I have any recollection of is the last ("Wackiest Ship in the Army"). My goodness, where did you ever find these? Love it!
I was born in 1951 and I watched a lot of TV as a nipper, but I have never heard of any of these sit-coms from the 1960-65 era with the exception of two: Hank and Harrigan. The others must have been on and off the air before the fall leaves had all fallen down in the new TV season as I have no memory of them.
I looked some of these shows up, as I was small at the time , but watched TV and never saw these shows and most of these only lasted a season and were canceled
Almost all of them had to be off the air before I was born, and a few of these I've only read about. But hey, Ted Bessell before "That Girl," and Dick Sergeant before he replaced Dick York on "Bewitched" is fairly interesting.
Good eyes...my jaw dropped on those issues. I was surprised at the Pall Mall ads...I was reaching for a cigarette at that moment of viewing...a Pall Mall of course!
Aida Rashid: Boy, I'll say these sitcoms were obscure, little-known and short lived. I don't remember any of them ! Was the "Cara Williams Show" before or after "Pete and Gladys"? Which I remember well and really liked ! And John Forsythe sure can't say he was never given a show on TV...he had quite a few !
Aida not Ahmad: Oh, I didn't know that. I was very young when I used to watch "Pete and Gladys", but it was one of my favorites as a kid. I don't remember Cara's show at all. Thanks for telling me.
I was ten years old in 1965 and I just remember my parents black and white Westinghouse TV set, 21 inches it was. Then in 1966 they got a color set. Motorola. 25 inches! French Provincial! It seemed as if as if the repair man was at our house every week to set the color.
These must be the shows that weren't hits and are long forgotten. I can remember TV from 1964 onward though. It does make me wonder if my Grand kids to come see the intros to my era of shows like Batman, The Monkees or Bewitched, will they not recognize them as anything important just like I viewed these 28 intros.
Same at my house; my Granddaughter loves me; She was born a 21st Century girl... the last century hasn't even been caught up in her history books. If I live long enough til she gets to college... maybe I can help her with her term papers on the American Television Age?
Agree. My earliest memories are shows like Gilligan's Island, Flintstones, Leave It To Beaver and Flipper. Apparently, I was too young to appreciate these shows, because I'm drawing a blank on all of them.
I came along in the mid 50's and My parents bought what was then , a big Console TV in 1953, and I grew up watching TV and I never saw these shows, I do watch ME TV and a few others and on there I have seen "one big happy family" but I had never seen that before either. I looked up some of these shows and they didn't last more than one season, so yes, these were not hits. Funny note, my Dad bought us a new Color Console TV in 1967 and paid the same price for it as they did on their 1953 TV
Amazing. I remember "Mona McCluskey", "Many Happy Returns" and "The Wackiest Ship in the Army", but the others are all new to me. I would have loved to see "It's a Man's World" - what a cast! Had no idea Wayne and Schuster ever had a sitcom. What fun!
Wow! Thanks for sharing this! I was born in 1954 and I used to watch everything on tv but I hardly remember any of these shows. It's amazing the number of sitcoms that were produced in this short period. I am truly impressed.
Very interesting. Never heard of these shows, except maybe the Joey Bishop Show. Born in 1955. A handful of big actors, but most I never heard of. Guess these shows were bombs.
That's what 100% real orchestral instrumental music and analog recording technology sound like. I was born in 1960, I remember a few things from my very early years, but I only remember bits and pieces of these intros. I started remembering live action tv shows as a continual stream of memory source at around 7 years old or so. I do remember cartoon intros from my early years though, lol. Things like Mod Squad, I Spy, The Man from Uncle, Combat, Rat Patrol, The FBI, Mission: Impossible, The Fugitive, Ironsides, Cannon, The Immortal, Peyton Place, Longstreet, lol, dang there were lots of what I thought were good tv shows back then.
Thanks for a great trip down Memory Lane. I was 10 in 1960, so remember many of these shows. What strikes me is how upbeat and optimistic the music and graphics are. The mood of the nation was VERY different from today.
I find myself saying, "Who?", and "What?" when I watch these. I find the shows that didn't catch on fascinating, as long as I just have to watch the into.
Good Grief. You were not kidding when you said "obscure." I am fairly well versed in old television and I have only heard of the last two. I recognize all the faces, but have never even heard of theses shows. Thanks for he education.
I almost cried . My parents used to see these shows when I was 4 yrs old. Both enjoyed them very much. We were the only family in the block with a B&W TV set. I remember it was a Phillips. :)) Tks for the beautiful memories.
In the very last episode we find out that Mona and Mike would be expecting a little tike. Too bad the series didn't get picked up for another season to see how your Parallel Universe turned out "With Baby makes Three".
lol where the heck was I? i mean i was born in 1962, i grew up watching beaver and my three sons and stuff... and beaver was from late 50s.. and i LOVE classic tv and watch the internet archive etc. but somehow i managed to miss knowing about all but 3 or 4 of these shows! it's like i'm watching clips from another country hahaha how did i miss this!? great, great compilation! thanks!
Am I the only one to think that there is a fortune to be had in restoring and issuing these shows on DVD? I've read a lot of TV books and wondered how they looked like and what the productions were like. Most of these shows never saw the light of day again after their first run. I'm sure there's more than just a few of us who'd watch these shows for their historical value and connection to later more popular shows. 'It's A Man's World' with a pre-'That Girl' Ted Bessel? Especially now. Mad Men?
+James Conavender My friends and I would settle down in front of the TV every Friday for the same lineup: Hank, Honey West, The Addams Family, The Smothers Brothers and finish up with The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Thanks. I just wish the very beginning of Ichabod and Me didn't fritz out in the video because there was no problem with it when I put it together. Something went screwy with RUclips's processing of it at that point. Oh, well, that's the way it goes sometimes.
Interesting! Who knew? Not I. And I watched TV, sticoms cartoons and all, in this era. And the only two of these I even recall the NAME of are "Room for One More," and "Many Happy Returns." And absolutely NOTHING about any one of them beyond recognizing these two names. I am happy to say! What TV mind-rot! And while we're at it, give me another Pall Mall, would ya?
I remember only 2 of these shows!! Where on earth can we watch the episodes? I adore Cara Williams and had no idea she had her own show. When I win the lottery I want to promote a channel just to vintage tv and unusual shows like these!!!
....and not hacked to death like MeTv does to Perry Mason (and others). The credits will show the name of an actor whose scene was cut out to I can watch more commercials...AARGH!!!
Vertical Horizon Hey Genius! If these shows, WERE SUCH GREAT TV, how is that, none of them, I re-peat, NONE OF MADE IT PAST THE FIRST SEASON, and here's something ELSE fro you to chew on, just how the FLIP is that none of these "REALLY 'CLASSY', TV SHOWS, has ever managed to MAKE IT INTO 'SYNDICATION'? If the Television doesn't get the lead out of it's ASS, these so-called "REALLY GREAT TV SHOWS", are going the way of the old movies. The film those tv shows, were shot on is GOING TO SIT IN A STORAGE WAREHOUSE, AND ROT AWAY. IF SOMEONE DOESN'T SET FIRE TO THE WAREHOUSE, FOR THE INSURANCE.
Few of these shows made it over 'the pond' to Britain obvious exeptions were 'I Married Joan' with tall Joan Stevens and her competitor was 'The Lucy Show'/ 'I Love Lucy' with Lucille Ball who was partly wasted in comedy because she was a jolly good straight actor and no mean business lady. Of cause Jack Benny and Bob Hope, Burns & Allen and Amos & Andy and Phil Silvers (Bilko) but gradually the Brits took over UK TV comedy , however it's still good to see the odd Burns & Allan on satellite here
The show in television history Are The Mary Tyler Moore Show ( 1970-1977) CBS The Bob Newhart show (1972-1978) CBS The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968) CBS The Doris day show (1968-1971) The Brian Keith show The Tony Randall show (1976) abc
I'm 57, and so was between 5 & 10 when these shows ran. After not recognizing the first several, I checked your list, and see 'HANK'. I barely remember it, and have SEARCHED RUclips before, but with no success. I'll finish watching & see if my memory is any good. I seem to recall Dwayne Hickman in a panel truck in front of a school....a donut vendor or something...?
I guess I was more into watching Huckleberry Hound for much of this time. I only remember The Wackiest Ship in the Army, Mister Roberts, and possibly The John Forsythe Show.
I remember Room for One More but not most of them. Television was not a central part of our household when I was growing up, especially on school nights.
One Happy Family predated Bewitched by a few years and lasted only half-a-season, having aired in '61. Sargent also starred in Broadside, which debuted in 1964, at the same time as Bewitched, both on ABC.
I remember quite a few of these. I remember a different opening to the show "Hank" than the one shown. It had a jingle sung to the tune heard in the backround with the star running in the foreground.
wow......they found an intro clip to "Happy". I thought I was the only person on the planet that remember that show. Couldn't have lasted for even a year
The irony about "Happy" was the baby was the straight man, much as George Burns was to Gracie Allen in their own show. You heard the baby commenting, but Mom and Dad didn't have a clue because they didn't...
I must be younger than I think. I remember most the produducts advertised but NONE of these shows! I'm also surprised at how many Desilu productions there are.
I grew up in Culver City, 2 blocks from Desilu, and about the same distance from MGM studios, and the Hal Roach complex. When not using a sound stage, these shows were shot right on the streets of Culver City [day and night]. It was so common that we kids rarely stopped to watch production, and in fact complained a bit if it required us to take a short detour to get home from school. My mother's house has appeared in hundreds of films and TV episodes.
which ones were hits and which one flopped?? I saw some Desilu production shows there, and a show that was produced and directed by the same people who did "The munsters"
Ann B. Davis was in a few sitcoms in the '60s. She was also in the original "Bob Cummings Show", as "Schultzie", his office assistant. She was a busy lady. She also worked with Sid Melton, who played "Alf Munro" ("Ralph's" brother on "Green Acres").
Same as you, may have heard of "Wackiest Ship" too or else I'm confusing it with "Mr. Roberts." I was born '63 and "Mr. Roberts" was in syndication for a long time when I was a kid. I don't remember seeing any of these other shows in syndication, ever.
I was born in January 1964 and grew up on a lot of 1960s reruns - but I had never heard of ANY of these shows until I got to "Mr. Roberts" and "The Wackiest Ship in the Army" - both of which I have never actually seen. Harrigan and Son's theme song is, of course, the George M. Cohan classic, "Harrigan."
Fun to watch all the retro ambience and those graphics too. But can't recall any of the programs, maybe Elaine Stritch was too risky for us Canadians canadian content.... was the Culprit
These were one season shows, however The Joey Bishop Show was a minor hit that ran for 3 seasons. McKeever and the Colonel did play in syndicated re-runs for a few years. I suspect more people saw them than the so-called hits today. Shows today don't have as high as ratings that even mediocre shows had then. Would love to see these in their entirety and how cheap would it be for Nick at Nite to create a channel around these without having to replay them every night. Just run an episode a week maybe in a couple different time slots. These must be in the public domain by now.
There seems to be enough material to launch a 'Nick at Nite 2'? Maybe the classic sponsor who ran the original shows would pick up the cheap tab? I think this nostalgia network could be funded cheaper than a 1970 used car commercial for late night local networks price scales?
Well, this was interesting to say the least. I had no idea there were so many TV shows back then that I absolutely do not remember now. I think I might remember the Joey Bishop show, but I'm not sure if I actually remember it, or if I "remember" it because they've been showing it on RTV within the past year. I do remember the title "The Wackiest Ship In the Army", but that's all a remember about that show. On all the rest, I draw a total blank.
I was 10 in 1962.... the reason I don't remember these shows is because back then we kids watched what our parents watched, and we were busy with friends, scouts, homework, reading. Saturday and Sunday were our TV nights.
Ain't that the truth.I'm A few years older,but it still applies.
I was thinking the same. We had one tv and my Dad decided what we watched ....
and building aurora monster models?
I'll be 69 years-young on January 17, 2017, and I've got to say, Thanks for the memories. I remember watching most of these programs, and my how things have changed!!! LOL!!!
Excellent compilation and many thanks for putting it together. I was born in 1962 and have no memory of these shows, but a few I remember reading about in TV encyclopedias. After seeing this I'm so mad at TV Land for not airing these. Even if they lasted only 13 shows each, there are enough series to provide many months, if not years, of programming. It's great to know these series still exist on film/video but sad they are sitting in a vault not being enjoyed by the public.
❤ thank you so much this was wonderful! Truly appreciated your hard work on finding these these very obscure TV shows I only remember one out of all of them and I am 66 years old! Thank you very much for uploading this.😊
These old 1960-65 sitcom intros are GREAT!!! Thank you for posting those!!! 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄
I didn't realize there were so many shows I never heard about.
Those of you who would like to see gems like this on a classic television station, raise your hand.
Only 8 votes in 10 years!
YES
Fantastic compilation. Thanks for all y our efforts in uploading.!
I was a child of the late 60s and 70s. This is such a treat. Thank you.
I remember room for one more.
It came from some movie with same basic plot. Then in the 80's 8 is Enough appeared. Truly the more things change the more they stay the same.
With so many choices why do they only show "Lucy Ball" every day?
I lived through that era, and there are only a couple I recall.
LOL at some of those announcer voice-overs of the titles and stars! Of all these, I like "My Sister Eileen" best for its Broadway-style fanfare and smart animation. Poster, thanks for using the "network strip" versions with ads intact, not the syndicated cuts.
Interesting to see how many of these shows had animated openings back then. Something you don't see today.
I'm Mr. Trivia, but most were before me or what I could remember. Lot's of stars that went on to other bigger things! Thanks for posting!!
sure wish I could go back in time when television programs were so different no drama everything was cheerful thanks for taking me there
I feel like Im in the movie .."Pleasantville"
This was a great compilation. Thank you for sharing with us.
This just happens to be the best compilation of rare TV titles i have ever seen! Keep up the good work in preserving lost TV heritage.
Holy cow.. who knew there were so many TV shows from that era that I'd never even heard of before, and I grew up in that era!! The only show I have any recollection of is the last ("Wackiest Ship in the Army"). My goodness, where did you ever find these? Love it!
Oh...and I guess the theme song from "Room for One More" rings a bell -- must be deep in my memory cells somewhere -- but I don't remember the show.
I was born in 1951 and I watched a lot of TV as a nipper, but I have never heard of any of these sit-coms from the 1960-65 era with the exception of two: Hank and Harrigan. The others must have been on and off the air before the fall leaves had all fallen down in the new TV season as I have no memory of them.
Thanks for posting these intros...wish there were complete episodes. "HANK" was one of my favorite shows back then.
I looked some of these shows up, as I was small at the time , but watched TV and never saw these shows and most of these only lasted a season and were canceled
Thank you for uploading this video. I remember watching several of those network TV sitcoms when I was just starting school.
Almost all of them had to be off the air before I was born, and a few of these I've only read about. But hey, Ted Bessell before "That Girl," and Dick Sergeant before he replaced Dick York on "Bewitched" is fairly interesting.
Good eyes...my jaw dropped on those issues. I was surprised at the Pall Mall ads...I was reaching for a cigarette at that moment of viewing...a Pall Mall of course!
wow there was sooo much music in intros back then
Aida Rashid: Boy, I'll say these sitcoms were obscure, little-known and short lived. I don't remember any of them ! Was the "Cara Williams Show" before or after "Pete and Gladys"? Which I remember well and really liked ! And John Forsythe sure can't say he was never given a show on TV...he had quite a few !
Cara appeared in her own series two seasons AFTER "PETE AND GLADYS" was cancelled.
Aida not Ahmad: Oh, I didn't know that. I was very young when I used to watch "Pete and Gladys", but it was one of my favorites as a kid. I don't remember Cara's show at all. Thanks for telling me.
I was ten years old in 1965 and I just remember my parents black and white Westinghouse TV set, 21 inches it was. Then in 1966 they got a color set. Motorola. 25 inches! French Provincial! It seemed as if as if the repair man was at our house every week to set the color.
We got our first color tv in the fall of 1964. A 23" Packard Bell.
The very first color tv program we saw that night....
Magilla Gorilla....natch!
These must be the shows that weren't hits and are long forgotten. I can remember TV from 1964 onward though. It does make me wonder if my Grand kids to come see the intros to my era of shows like Batman, The Monkees or Bewitched, will they not recognize them as anything important just like I viewed these 28 intros.
Same at my house; my Granddaughter loves me; She was born a 21st Century girl... the last century hasn't even been caught up in her history books.
If I live long enough til she gets to college... maybe I can help her with her term papers on the American Television Age?
Agree. My earliest memories are shows like Gilligan's Island, Flintstones, Leave It To Beaver and Flipper. Apparently, I was too young to appreciate these shows, because I'm drawing a blank on all of them.
I came along in the mid 50's and My parents bought what was then , a big Console TV in 1953, and I grew up watching TV and I never saw these shows, I do watch ME TV and a few others and on there I have seen "one big happy family" but I had never seen that before either. I looked up some of these shows and they didn't last more than one season, so yes, these were not hits.
Funny note, my Dad bought us a new Color Console TV in 1967 and paid the same price for it as they did on their 1953 TV
But acceptable replacements for cell phone usage.
Oh, the good old days. Three channels of crap instead of today's 500 channels of crap.
Amazing. I remember "Mona McCluskey", "Many Happy Returns" and "The Wackiest Ship in the Army", but the others are all new to me. I would have loved to see "It's a Man's World" - what a cast! Had no idea Wayne and Schuster ever had a sitcom. What fun!
Wow! Thanks for sharing this! I was born in 1954 and I used to watch everything on tv but I hardly remember any of these shows. It's amazing the number of sitcoms that were produced in this short period. I am truly impressed.
Very interesting. Never heard of these shows, except maybe the Joey Bishop Show. Born in 1955. A handful of big actors, but most I never heard of. Guess these shows were bombs.
Thanks for the upload ~ I am unfamiliar with most of these!
That's what 100% real orchestral instrumental music and analog recording technology sound like. I was born in 1960, I remember a few things from my very early years, but I only remember bits and pieces of these intros. I started remembering live action tv shows as a continual stream of memory source at around 7 years old or so. I do remember cartoon intros from my early years though, lol. Things like Mod Squad, I Spy, The Man from Uncle, Combat, Rat Patrol, The FBI, Mission: Impossible, The Fugitive, Ironsides, Cannon, The Immortal, Peyton Place, Longstreet, lol, dang there were lots of what I thought were good tv shows back then.
Wow, I was so young when most of those were on, could only remember a few. Thanks for sharing. It was good to see what I missed.
Thanks for a great trip down Memory Lane. I was 10 in 1960, so remember many of these shows.
What strikes me is how upbeat and optimistic the music and graphics are. The mood of the nation was VERY different from today.
I find myself saying, "Who?", and "What?" when I watch these. I find the shows that didn't catch on fascinating, as long as I just have to watch the into.
Good Grief. You were not kidding when you said "obscure."
I am fairly well versed in old television and I have only heard of the last two.
I recognize all the faces, but have never even heard of theses shows.
Thanks for he education.
I almost cried . My parents used to see these shows when I was 4 yrs old. Both enjoyed them very much. We were the only family in the block with a B&W TV set. I remember it was a Phillips. :)) Tks for the beautiful memories.
Yes! They all went green in no time! I remember! No wonder our Grandmother would say, "Stick with the G-D Black & White, ya mopes!" LOL
Thank you for posting these gems. Yes, I remember almost all of them, but don't figure out my age, LOLOLOLOLOL.
Juliet Prowse...had a sitcom? With DENNY MILLER?? In what parallel universe was that pairing supposed to make sense?!
In the very last episode we find out that Mona and Mike would be expecting a little tike.
Too bad the series didn't get picked up for another season to see how your Parallel Universe turned out "With Baby makes Three".
Wow. I never heard of any of theses TV shows. thanks for letting us know they existed.
lol where the heck was I? i mean i was born in 1962, i grew up watching beaver and my three sons and stuff... and beaver was from late 50s.. and i LOVE classic tv and watch the internet archive etc. but somehow i managed to miss knowing about all but 3 or 4 of these shows! it's like i'm watching clips from another country hahaha how did i miss this!? great, great compilation! thanks!
I was born in the mid '50's and only remember The Wackiest Ship and The Joey Bishop Show.
Never forget history it last forever rather we see it or not. Somethings are just hidden behind other stories told through times.
I was born in 52 and I recall a couple of these, but most were short runs. I don't see any of the long standing popular shows here.
So many names I've never heard of. I wonder if they flamed out with these unsuccessful shows?
We lived outside Chicago during these days and with WGN we had lots of choices.
Am I the only one to think that there is a fortune to be had in restoring and issuing these shows on DVD? I've read a lot of TV books and wondered how they looked like and what the productions were like. Most of these shows never saw the light of day again after their first run. I'm sure there's more than just a few of us who'd watch these shows for their historical value and connection to later more popular shows. 'It's A Man's World' with a pre-'That Girl' Ted Bessel? Especially now. Mad Men?
Why yes, yes you are!
I don't remember any of these shows.
I keep thinking I'm going to see the show right after the intro!!!! now I have to look them up!!!
I remember just about all of these.
God, I'm old.
Me too!
Most of the shows may have been meh, but the music... the music is absolutely stunning! I wish people still orchestrated TV/Movie music like this
I never heard of most of these, but I remember liking Apples Way and Salvage 1 very much and being upset when they were cancelled.
I don't remember any of these shows when i was a kid during that time. I guess it's because Father made us go to sleep at 8:00 pm sharp.
I have to add one of the last I DO remember. That's Hank! What a great show!!! Should have lasted longer. God Bless Dick Kallman. Perfect.
+James Conavender My friends and I would settle down in front of the TV every Friday for the same lineup: Hank, Honey West, The Addams Family, The Smothers Brothers and finish up with The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Thanks. I just wish the very beginning of Ichabod and Me didn't fritz out in the video because there was no problem with it when I put it together. Something went screwy with RUclips's processing of it at that point. Oh, well, that's the way it goes sometimes.
Interesting! Who knew? Not I. And I watched TV, sticoms cartoons and all, in this era. And the only two of these I even recall the NAME of are "Room for One More," and "Many Happy Returns." And absolutely NOTHING about any one of them beyond recognizing these two names. I am happy to say! What TV mind-rot! And while we're at it, give me another Pall Mall, would ya?
I remember only 2 of these shows!! Where on earth can we watch the episodes? I adore Cara Williams and had no idea she had her own show. When I win the lottery I want to promote a channel just to vintage tv and unusual shows like these!!!
....and not hacked to death like MeTv does to Perry Mason (and others).
The credits will show the name of an actor whose scene was cut out to I can watch more commercials...AARGH!!!
The shit that passed for entertainment then, Who am I kidding? The shit that passes for entertainment now.
Vertical Horizon Hey Genius! If these shows, WERE SUCH GREAT TV, how is that, none of them, I re-peat, NONE OF MADE IT PAST THE FIRST SEASON, and here's something ELSE fro you to chew on, just how the FLIP is that none of these "REALLY 'CLASSY', TV SHOWS, has ever managed to MAKE IT INTO 'SYNDICATION'?
If the Television doesn't get the lead out of it's ASS, these so-called "REALLY GREAT TV SHOWS", are going the way of the old movies. The film those tv shows, were shot on is GOING TO SIT IN A STORAGE WAREHOUSE, AND ROT AWAY. IF SOMEONE DOESN'T SET FIRE TO THE WAREHOUSE, FOR THE INSURANCE.
Wow, I grew up in the 50’s and early 60’s and I don’t remember any of these!
Few of these shows made it over 'the pond' to Britain obvious exeptions were 'I Married Joan' with tall Joan Stevens and her competitor was 'The Lucy Show'/ 'I Love Lucy' with Lucille Ball who was partly wasted in comedy because she was a jolly good straight actor and no mean business lady. Of cause Jack Benny and Bob Hope, Burns & Allen and Amos & Andy and Phil Silvers (Bilko) but gradually the Brits took over UK TV comedy , however it's still good to see the odd Burns & Allan on satellite here
The show in television history
Are
The Mary Tyler Moore Show ( 1970-1977) CBS
The Bob Newhart show (1972-1978) CBS
The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968) CBS
The Doris day show (1968-1971)
The Brian Keith show
The Tony Randall show (1976) abc
I remember 5 of these pretty well from watching them as a kid.
happy was a summer series in 1961 and a precursor to the 1990s film look who's talking
I love these classic intros over modern day stuff.
I'm 57, and so was between 5 & 10 when these shows ran. After not recognizing the first several, I checked your list, and see 'HANK'. I barely remember it, and have SEARCHED RUclips before, but with no success. I'll finish watching & see if my memory is any good. I seem to recall Dwayne Hickman in a panel truck in front of a school....a donut vendor or something...?
I guess I was more into watching Huckleberry Hound for much of this time. I only remember The Wackiest Ship in the Army, Mister Roberts, and possibly The John Forsythe Show.
I remember HANK. It was one of my favorites, even though I was maybe 7 at the time.
Sad what happened to the actor who played Hank.
He was murdered.
Not great TV, but the animated titles, (Angel, My sister Eileen, Father of the Bride & Many happy returns) are wonderful.
I remember Room for One More but not most of them. Television was not a central part of our household when I was growing up, especially on school nights.
One Happy Family predated Bewitched by a few years and lasted only half-a-season, having aired in '61. Sargent also starred in Broadside, which debuted in 1964, at the same time as Bewitched, both on ABC.
Heard that Cara Williams was an uncontrollable monster to work with...
She made Verna (Hilda Crocker from December Bride) Felton's life a living Hell on the series.
Harry (Pete) Mirgan felt so bad for Verna.
Wow! I've heard of so few of these, and the only one I think I've saw was the last one - Wackiest Ship in the Army.
I remember quite a few of these. I remember a different opening to the show "Hank" than the one shown. It had a jingle sung to the tune heard in the backround with the star running in the foreground.
wow......they found an intro clip to "Happy". I thought I was the only person on the planet that remember that show. Couldn't have lasted for even a year
No. I'm the other guy on the planet who actually watched "Happy".
Kinda knew who Ronny Burns was at the time of the show.
@@spiff8862 George Burns produced it.
The irony about "Happy" was the baby was the straight man, much as George Burns was to Gracie Allen in their own show. You heard the baby commenting, but Mom and Dad didn't have a clue because they didn't...
I only watched it because my older sister insisted on watching it
I hsven't seen these these shows in years. But I never heard of the other ones.
Holiday Lodge! Wa-hooo! A famed and fable summer replacement show for The Jack Benny Program.
Remember those wonderful 'summer replacement' programs?
I must be younger than I think. I remember most the produducts advertised but NONE of these shows!
I'm also surprised at how many Desilu productions there are.
I grew up in Culver City, 2 blocks from Desilu, and about the same distance from MGM studios, and the Hal Roach complex. When not using a sound stage, these shows were shot right on the streets of Culver City [day and night]. It was so common that we kids rarely stopped to watch production, and in fact complained a bit if it required us to take a short detour to get home from school. My mother's house has appeared in hundreds of films and TV episodes.
I really liked Mona McClusky - thanks!
I watched Mona McClusky just in hopes that Juliet Prowse would wear that black leotard with black back seamed tights!!! YUM!!!!!
@@felixmadison5736 'Mona McCluskey' a one season affair, would have loved to be able to take a look at it(Juliet Prowse)-
which ones were hits and which one flopped?? I saw some Desilu production shows there, and a show that was produced and directed by the same people who did "The munsters"
Ann B. Davis was in a few sitcoms in the '60s. She was also in the original "Bob Cummings Show", as "Schultzie", his office assistant. She was a busy lady. She also worked with Sid Melton, who played "Alf Munro" ("Ralph's" brother on "Green Acres").
I LOVE THE SUBJECT MATTER!!
Same as you, may have heard of "Wackiest Ship" too or else I'm confusing it with "Mr. Roberts."
I was born '63 and "Mr. Roberts" was in syndication for a long time when I was a kid. I don't remember seeing any of these other shows in syndication, ever.
I was born in January 1964 and grew up on a lot of 1960s reruns - but I had never heard of ANY of these shows until I got to "Mr. Roberts" and "The Wackiest Ship in the Army" - both of which I have never actually seen.
Harrigan and Son's theme song is, of course, the George M. Cohan classic, "Harrigan."
I remembered less than ten of those shows.
Other than 4 and 2 TV shows I do not remember any of these people and I was watching TV back then; it is not surprising that they failed
Fun to watch all the retro ambience and those graphics too. But can't recall any of the programs, maybe Elaine Stritch was too risky for us Canadians
canadian content.... was the Culprit
These were one season shows, however The Joey Bishop Show was a minor hit that ran for 3 seasons. McKeever and the Colonel did play in syndicated re-runs for a few years. I suspect more people saw them than the so-called hits today. Shows today don't have as high as ratings that even mediocre shows had then. Would love to see these in their entirety and how cheap would it be for Nick at Nite to create a channel around these without having to replay them every night. Just run an episode a week maybe in a couple different time slots. These must be in the public domain by now.
There seems to be enough material to launch a 'Nick at Nite 2'?
Maybe the classic sponsor who ran the original shows would pick up the cheap tab? I think this nostalgia network could be funded cheaper than a 1970 used car commercial for late night local networks price scales?
Cheerio Meredith ! I remember Joey Bishop!
Bingo, my thought exactly, best part of the show, I wager.
oh to be young again. what obscure footage-yeah joey bishop had the 1st sunken livingroom i ever saw.
omg dude nice job dont remember most of these because in 1960 i was 5 yrs old
Well, this was interesting to say the least. I had no idea there were so many TV shows back then that I absolutely do not remember now.
I think I might remember the Joey Bishop show, but I'm not sure if I actually remember it, or if I "remember" it because they've been showing it on RTV within the past year.
I do remember the title "The Wackiest Ship In the Army", but that's all a remember about that show.
On all the rest, I draw a total blank.
I'm embarrassed to admit that I remember EVERY ONE of these!😏
That;s OK, it makes me feel younger,hearing that.
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I remember Guestward Ho, Bringing up Buddy, Fair Exchange, Harrigan and Son, Angel in New Zealand during the 1960s.
"One Happy Family" directed by Al Lewis. As in Al Lewis a.k.a. Grampa Munster ?
i thought the same thing, but according to imdb it's a different al lewis. this one wrote for "our miss brooks" and several other shows.
Lucy was impressed with how much Osborne knew about movies, in the days when that was quite unusual.