FReeper Canteen ~ Most Excellent Adventures in TV Land ~ 17 February 2005

February 16, 2005 | Beachn4fun/Canteen Crew

[beachn4fun]

TIME TRAVEL

ARE YOU READY? The Canteen is about to embark on another journey back in time.

If you're brave enough, climb aboard, no ticket required……we're about to take off.

Come on, hop in, watch your step ...... Let me set my control.

Buckle up. Now don't be afraid....I know how to fly this thing.......Hang on. Here we goooooooooo.......

WHOOOOOOSHHHHHHHH

Landing with a small thump, thump, thump. Now, wasn’t that better.

Let’s turn on the television and see what is on.

Do any of you remember these shows?

Beverly Hillbillies

9/26/1962 - 9/7/1971 - CBS

Black & White/Color – 30 minutes

274 episodes (106 B&W, 168 C)

Beverly Hillbillies Cast

Buddy Ebsen as Jed Clampett

Irene Ryan as Granny Daisy May Moses

Donna Douglas as Elly May Clampett

Max Baer Jr. as Jethro Bodine/Jethrene Bodine

Raymond Bailey as Milburn Drysdale

Nancy Kulp as Miss Jane Hathaway, Drysdale's Secretary

Harriet E. MacGibbon as Mrs. Margaret Drysdale (1962-1969)

Bea Benaderet as Cousin Pearl Bodine (1962-1963)

Beverly Hillbillies Theme Song

"The Ballad of Jed Clampett" by Lester Flatt and Earl Scuggs

Beverly Hillbillies Tidbits

"Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed

A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,

Then one day he was shootin at some food,

And up through the ground came a bubblin crude.

Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea."

Poor but wise Jed Clampett (Buddy Ebsen) got rich quick. He originally got $25 million but by the last season the Clampett fortune had swelled to $95 million. So he moved his family from Sibley in the Ozarks to Beverly Hills. To 518 Crestview Drive, to be precise, a 32 room, 14 bath mansion.

This didn't sit well with society maven, Mrs. Drydale (Harriet E. MacGibbon) who lived next door as the Clampett's were as crude as their oil.

The Beverly Hillbillies became an instant hit and ranked #1 in the ratings for the 1962-1963 and 1963-1964 seasons.

Max Baer Jr. is the son of the heavyweight boxing champ, Max Baer.

Passings

Bea Benaderet died in 1968 of left lung carcinoma, Irene Ryan died in 1973 of a stroke, Raymond Bailey in 1980 of a heart attack, Harriet E. MacGibbon in 1987 of pulmonary & cardiac failure, and Nancy Culp in 1991 of cancer.

Brady Bunch

9/26/1969 - 8/30/1974 - ABC

Color – 30 minutes

117 episodes

Brady Bunch Cast

Robert Reed as Mike Brady

Florence Henderson as Carol Brady

Barry Williams as Greg Brady

Maureen McCormick as Marcia Brady

Christopher Knight as Peter Brady

Eve Plumb as Jan Brady

Mike Lookinland as Bobby Brady

Susan Olsen as Cindy Brady

Ann B. Davis as Alice Nelson

Allan Melvin as Sam Franklin

Robbie Rist as Cousin Oliver (1974)

Brady Bunch Theme Song

"The Brady Bunch" by Frank DeVol and Sherwood Schwartz

Sung by the Peppermint Trolley Company 1st season, then the Brady Kids

Here's the story of a lovely lady

Who was bringing up three very lovely girls.

All of them had hair of gold, like their mother

The youngest one in curls.

Here's the story, of a man named Brady,

Who was busy with three boys of his own,

They were four men, living all together,

Yet they were all alone.

Till the one day when the lady met this fellow

And they knew it was much more than a hunch,

That this group would somehow form a family.

That's the way we all became the Brady Bunch.

The Brady Bunch, That's the way we all became the Brady Bunch. The Brady Bunch.

Brady Bunch Tidbits

Let's dispense with the bad news first. Yes, Robert Reed was gay and yes, he resisted kissing Florence Henderson. He made very unkind remarks about the Brady Bunch, saying it embarrassed him. He frequently walked off the set after arguments with producer Sherwood Schwartz.

None of which changes the fact they we all loved the Brady Bunch. We either wanted to be adopted into the family, or at least get to go play at the oh, so familiar, four bedroom, two bathroom house in Los Angeles.

Nor can any post mortem revelations alter the fact that the Brady Bunch spawned as many spinoffs as Star Trek. Not to mention the movies.

The story is well known. Most of us can sing the theme song from memory and that pretty much says it all. Mike Brady (Robert Reed) was an architect widower with 3 boys and Carol Brady (Florence Henderson) was in the same situation but with 3 girls. True love grew, and "that's the way we became the Brady Bunch."

Address: 4222 Clinton Avenue

Dog's name: Tiger

Schools:

Clinton Elementary

Filmore Jr. High

Westdale Sr. High (Bears)

Marcia belonged to: Sunflower Girls scout troop

Greg belonged to: Frontier Scouts

Peter belonged to: Treehouse Club

At the start, the kids ranged from 7 to 14. But they quickly blossomed. Greg (Barry Williams) was a teen idol and who can forget, Marcia, Marcia Marcia. There are grown men who still harbor a crush on Maureen McCormick.

So for fun, want to now how old the Brady kids are today? Here are their birth years: Barry Williams (1954), Maureen McCormick (1956), Christopher Knight (1957), Eve Plumb (1958), Mike Lookinland (1960) and Susan Olsen (1961).

Passings

Only Robert Reed who died in 1992 of intestinal cancer is gone.

That's the end of the ride for today. Please watch your step on exiting the time machine. Now that I've shown you a few, how about you share something from your memory. Or, if one of these were your favorite show then, share a memory of the best episode for you.

Final note: All information found freely on the Internet…..especially here

Footnote: Management is not responsible for the accuarcy of historical events. Pay no attention to the man and “his voices” trying to sell burkas. Pay no attention to the guy running naked in the Canteen. Removal of tagline is punishable by forcing one to buy a burka from Burkaman.

[Soaring Feather]

LOL


YUPPER sitting here FReeping like a fool! ;)

[Lady Jag]

A Johnson Swing? You hot ticket! I have not idea what I'm talking about.

[fatima]

Time for a bath tomkow6.

[TASMANIANRED]

Raptor alert.

[TASMANIANRED]

Been practicing a lot of patience? LOL.

[Lady Jag]

I've never missed an opportunity to be a Smart Ash.

Ironic, I do, too, but call it "Smart Asset" because it is an asset, plus there was an Ash here who was banned. And them, sometimes I'm not smart, so it's better for me to say "asset". There's a point in there somewhere if you're willing to go back in.

[fatima]

What is a Raptor alert?

[TASMANIANRED]

Where do pets come from?


A newly discovered chapter in the Book of Genesis has provided the answer to "Where do pets come from?"

Adam and Eve said, "Lord, when we were in the garden, you walked with us every day. Now we do not see you any more. We are lonesome here, and it is difficult for us to remember how much you love us."

And God said, I will create a companion for you that will be with you and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so that you will love me even when you cannot see me. Regardless of how selfish or childish or unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept you as you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourselves."

And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam and Eve.

And it was a good animal.

And God was pleased.

And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and Eve and he wagged his tail.

And Adam said, "Lord, I have already named all the animals in the Kingdom and I cannot think of a name for this new animal."

And God said, " I have created this new animal to be a reflection of my love for you, his name will be a reflection of my own name, and you will call him
DOG."


And Dog lived with Adam and Eve and was a companion to them and loved them

And they were comforted.

And God was pleased.

And Dog was content and wagged his tail.


After a while, it came to pass that an angel came to the Lord and said, "Lord, Adam and Eve have become filled with pride. They strut and preen like peacocks and they believe they are worthy of adoration. Dog has indeed taught them that they are loved, but perhaps too well."

And God said, I will create for them a companion who will be with them and who will see them as they are. The companion will remind them of their limitations, so they will know that they are not always worthy of adoration."

And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam and Eve.



And Cat would not obey them. And when Adam and Eve gazed into Cat's eyes, they were reminded that they were not the supreme beings.

And Adam and Eve learned humility.

And they were greatly improved.


And God was pleased.

And Dog was happy.


And Cat didn't give a #hit one way or the other.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Boy can I relate to the ball in the house and the glue bit. Long ago this happened at my house with a lamp and siblings. *sigh* Do NOT play with a ball in the house. LOL!

[fatima]

Ah he's easy now.I give him anything he wants and he does the same for me.

[TASMANIANRED]

I think it is a regional colloquialism..

Best to let it drop.

[TASMANIANRED]

My Mr. thinks I'm being an asset even when I don't think I am.

I really think it is unfair.

[TASMANIANRED]

Now that is a interesting Mama Duck.

If you look at Connie's bird in the tree....Predator eating prey...

[AZamericonnie]

I believe it is a Harris Hawk. I know someone who volunteers at a native bird & animal rescue. He released two hawks here years ago. This is the little one. That mesquite tree is his favorite place to eat his prey.

I can't remember what the other was called be he is MUCH larger! They are absolutely fascinating to watch.

[fatima]

The wind seems to have died down here.

[HiJinx]

Best to let it drop.

TFPA!!!

[HiJinx]

It's probably a Red-Tailed Hawk.

Those are the two most common hawks here in the state.

[Lady Jag]

Does this help at all? I'm heading out for groceries.

[TASMANIANRED]

My ball in the house story.

I was a newly wed, stopped by my Mom's house after work.

She used to watch my 2 year old nephew. He was playing with a tennis ball.

He threw it and hit me square in the eye.

I was wearing hard contacts. The pain was exquisite.

When my hand went to my eye, I noticed something definitely wrong.

My mascara stuck to the tennis ball and it snatched every one of them out.

I didn't know if my eye ball or my eye lid hurt worse.

Went to ER. Cornea was cut.

I asked the MD if my eye lashes would grow back.

He said " I don't know, I've never seen an injury like this before".

I went to Walgreen's cosmetics, peeled my patch off and begged for help.

The very nice lady that was working there. Selected me a pair of falsies and cut them down to match my other eye.

After my mandatory time patched, every day I got up and peered in the mirror looking for red eyelash stubble before pasting on my falsie.

Took about 6 weeks and I finally saw a tiny bristle of eye lashes peeking out.

[Lady Jag]

I would.