Although I really did like Green Acres in the late 60's early 70's.
Posted on 10/16/2010 7:57:12 PM PDT by DemforBush
A neat little video of some less well-remembered shows of the 1960's.
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And for some reason that show reminded me of 77 Sunset Strip.
Loved “East Side, West Side”, with music by Kenyon Hopkins. It’s not on DVD, unfortunately.
“Route 66” was also one of my faves, with music by Nelson Riddle. It only took a few decades for that to get to DVDs!
An episode was filmed in Pittsburgh and my mom and I went to see it. We were standing at Liberty and Stanwix for one scene and if you could look FAST you could see us in the crowd. Didn't find that on DVD...sigh.
East Side/West Side aired in the 63-64 season. It was an early effort at tackling social issues of the day (and today, for that matter) but the subject matter was too dark and depressing to overcome the star power of George C. Scott and Cicely Tyson.
I remember the opening of Suspense Theater (very creepy opening, IMHO). Didn’t watch the rest of them - I was a kid not interested in such shows but remember the names 87th, Checkmate, Amos Burke (later Burkes Law, starring Gene Barry who in his Bat Masterson and War of the Worlds days was one of the handsomest actors ever).
That Youtube includes some British shows, notably the Baron, by Terry Nation, creator of the Daleks, so that explains why some would be unmemorable here in the US!
I'm a Dr Who fan and didn't know that!
Wow, that’s reaching back. Adventures In Paradise ran from 59-62. It was created by James Michener but once he sold the idea he pulled out of the project. The central character was Captain Adam Troy played by Gardner McKay.
“Anyone else remember Honey West?”
Oh yes. A perfect 38. Isn’t that how it began? I must have been 10 but I remember that. She was very pretty Ann Francis, and I remember her on Twilight Zone episodes. Remember the one where she played a department store mannequin come to life?
“I remember Checkmate, Burke’s Law, and T.H.E. Cat...Cat’s opening theme stuck with you”
Those are exactly the ones I remember, and I was a little kid when they were on t.v. I remember Sebastian Cabot in Checkmate, and I loved Burke’s Law for some reason, lol... good memories.
About a year ago I started an old time youtube tv theme thread too. This was one of the more interesting one I found. Apparently French Foreign Legion regiments were issued a 9 year old boy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgojmlV3fPc
The Baron was filmed in Great Britain but only aired in the States for 6 months in 1966. John Mannering (The Baron), an American antiques dealer would be called in by MI-6 when an espionage case demanded his particular expertise.
Buster Crabbe and Cuffy! Along with Rin Tin Tin it was one of the shows I NEVER missed.
Does anyone remember a show - I don’t remember thee nae and can’t find any mention of it - that starred Richard Basehart (I think) as the head of anout post on the moon? It only lasted one summer season IIRC and was replaced by “Whirlybirds” and another show that featured skydivers. Or was it a western (Whiplash)?
Although I really did like Green Acres in the late 60's early 70's.
I recall both “Checkmate” and “Suspense Theater”, whose themes were written by John Williams back in the days when he was calling himself Johnny Williams.
Some great music there! The 60’s by far had the best theme music. My personal favorite was the Perry Mason Theme, but that Dave Brubeck in Mr. Broadway was great.
I do remember T.H.E. Cat, but none of those others.
Does anyone remember the show Eighth Man? All us kids used to watch it religiously after school. Somehow, that’s the anime show you never hear about.
The only three I remember seeing as a kid were Checkmate , Suspense Theater and Amos Burke . I lived in CT .
Tiki . I’ve got most of the shows on DVD , and very decent quality . Have an extra set of episodes if you are interested . Hawaiian Eye was an other fave and I have all eps. of the first 3 seasons ( with Eisley , Conrad and Williams ) on DVD . 4th season all went to hell with the intro of Troy Donahue .
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