"This is Los Angeles..one of the least corrupt cities in the United States. " that has not aged well😂

@hermmmc

Ай бұрын

I don’t think it was true even then. The producers must’ve needed something from the City of Los Angeles…

@louislamonte334

Ай бұрын

That is the understatement of the year! Especially with the horrible current mayor!

@waynetompkins3006

Ай бұрын

There may have been a window in the 60s and 70s where it was *comparitively* less corrupt than other US cities.

@wdscandlyn

Ай бұрын

it's run by liberals

@wdscandlyn

Ай бұрын

it's run by liberals

“It went up against Barney Miller and the Waltons”, that could be the epitaph for several shows…

@docadams7099

29 күн бұрын

Few shows did well against The Waltons and Barney Miller.

@Scottlp2

28 күн бұрын

@@docadams7099”Semantics are my life Barney”. Great show.

@ItzMzJulez2U

22 күн бұрын

As I watch, I’m thinking ‘hmm, I don’t remember that, why didn’t I watch?’ (Especially the Vince Van Patten/Leif Garret one)😍….then it shows what was on the other channels and I’m like ‘Oh, that’s why!!’😁

@iracordem

21 күн бұрын

@@Scottlp2 ❤ long live max gail!

Three for the Road- Vince Van Patton jumping the net was no joke. He became a tennis pro, and beat a couple of top 10 players.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Happy that you mentioned that! He ranked as high as #26 in the world. That's pretty big. I have to imagine that he was a very good poker player in the private games pre-poker boom of 2003 as well.

@donaldpaluga

Ай бұрын

He won his fair share of MONSTER pots!-Mike Sexton

@der22672

Ай бұрын

He’s also been married to Eileen Davidson of The Young And The Restless for 21 years now. 😊😊

@user-gw9sk1zy4s

23 күн бұрын

The one time in his career that Alex Rocco (moe green) got to play a family-friendly character.

@user-gw9sk1zy4s

23 күн бұрын

Joe and Sons, I always wondered what happened to Capo-regime Celemenza.

I remember what a monumental occasion the Fall Preview TV Guide was...always quite hefty with details on the new cartoon lineup and what new movies would premier that year on broadcast tv...simple (but wonderful) times! Good journey...Peace!

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Matt!

Ellery Queen was a great show, I wish it was on KZread.a true mystery.

@billschipper1718

27 күн бұрын

I think it was cancelled because the lead actor commented suicide.

@progKansas

26 күн бұрын

​he died of liver disease in 1980.

@fromthesidelines

25 күн бұрын

NBC cancelled *every* new series that season because *the ratings just weren't there.* There was also several shake-ups in their executive suite that affected what was scheduled.........

The season with my all-time favorite TV show -- "Ellery Queen" starring Jim Hutton and David Wayne.

@PeterBrown-mz4nv

Ай бұрын

Mine too. I've watched every episode hundreds of times, and they're whodunnits!

@user-sq4jz9up6g

Ай бұрын

And the DVDs are hard to find

@davidchildress6432

27 күн бұрын

Amazon has them but expensive

I like how the commercial for Hellman's Mayonnaise was followed by the promo for "Grady," which starred Whitman . . . Mayo.

@fromthesidelines

24 күн бұрын

The problem was, Whitman Mayo was best as a supporting character- *NOT* a leading one. "Okay, let's surround Grady with a nice family in a nice neighborhood, and we'll attract a wider audience", was NBC's attitude. They didn't- and Grady soon found himself hanging around Fred Sanford again.

@waynechapman9823

22 күн бұрын

@@fromthesidelines A bit like the Lone Gunmen from "The X-Files" getting their own show. They were great as side characters, but they definitely didn't deserve a spinoff.

@fromthesidelines

21 күн бұрын

The obvious question was- once you give them their own series, what do you DO with them? 🤨

@Quartzquiz333

18 күн бұрын

​@fromthesidelines Oftentimes, a supporting character has quirks that become downright annoying when they become leads. There are reasons Tim Conway and Bill Daily were better remembered as sidekicks than as leads.

@fromthesidelines

17 күн бұрын

Tim's various series were cancelled so many times, he had a custom license plate that read "13WKS". 🙂

I see that Moe Greene survived his assassination attempt and went straight.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

👍

@tomloft2000

Ай бұрын

It's about time. Seems like all he played was hoods.He and Richard Castellano should have gotten together and done a TV version of The Godfather.

@radicalross7700

28 күн бұрын

Not only that, but you could swear that his new glass eye was the real deal.

LOVED ELLERY QUEEN !!!!!!!

@luisreyes1963

Ай бұрын

Much better than all those other insipid detective shows running rampant on TV those days. 🕵️‍♂️

I love the addition of the commercials! Well done!

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Thank you!

@donaldpaluga

Ай бұрын

I think Lloyd Bridges picked the wrong week to quit doing commercials😏

@user-sq4jz9up6g

Ай бұрын

Shatner selling margarine?.😂

The theme song to “The Dumplings” was sung by Steve Lawrence who just passed away. Such a voice!

@dr.roberts4508

Ай бұрын

Lolly bridges was jigsaw jack

@bsteven885

27 күн бұрын

I remember Steve Lawrence from his guest spots on The Carol Burnett Show. R.I.P.

@iracordem

21 күн бұрын

this was running in the background & my ears perked up when the theme came on

I remember watching "Ellery Queen" with my dad and we both liked it. Fun and interesting video. I love the ads featuring the main character of some of the shows, too. Great add-in!

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Much appreciated! Thank you for watching!

@texn14

Ай бұрын

My Mom got me Jim Hutton's autograph while he was doing dinner theater in Houston. Unfortunately I lost it.

@DerylEagle46

Ай бұрын

This was the best of the shows depicted here. Jim Hutton's son is Timothy Hutton who went on the play in Nero Wolfe and Leverage. In one of the episodes of Leverage he played Ellery Queen - I sure it was in honor of his father.

@johnrunion5357

Ай бұрын

ellery queen was a great show; given a chance it could have possibly developed into a hit.

@PeterBrown-mz4nv

Ай бұрын

This was my favorite show ever on television.

The only one that I remember is When Things Were Rotten.

@donaldpaluga

Ай бұрын

AKA Robin Hood:Men In Tights😏

@lorneyoung6298

Ай бұрын

I watched it for Misty Rowe😍

In pre-cable network days, it was rare for a series to survive if it only catered to a narrow demographic.

(1) According to a story I heard, ABC offered to renew "When Things Were Rotten" not only for the rest of the 1975-76 season, but also for a second season if the show switched to the less expensive 3-camera method of production, but Mel Brooks turned it down. Also, I recently saw an episode of "The Love Boat" in which Bernie Kopell (Alan-a-Dale) and Misty Rowe (Maid Marian) were love interests. (2) "Ellery Queen," in my opinion, was the best American detective series ever. I would put it up there with all the British detective series that have run on public TV. (3) I've watched some episodes of "City of Angels" and found it to be very interesting, especially in how it made episodes out of real-life cases from the 1930s. (4) When I watch your clips and see "The Rich Little Show" and the "Ken Berry Wow Show," I'm convinced that, in the 1970s, everybody who had an act was offered a variety show.

@cbalducc

Ай бұрын

I wonder how three cameras can be cheaper than one.

@metsiemetsie6262

Ай бұрын

@@cbalducc Just guessing, but, with a show that's shot with one camera, extra takes are probably needed to get different angles and reactions that wouldn't need to be done if 3 cameras were shooting the same scene at the same time.

@waynetompkins3006

Ай бұрын

Desi Arnez invented the three camera concept, which was first used on "I Love Lucy."

@ellenfleming9685

Ай бұрын

i loved ellery queen

@waynechapman9823

22 күн бұрын

"Pink Lady and Jeff" was probably the nadir for the Seventies variety show, but you also had shows for mimes Shields and Yarnell as well as one-hit wonders The Starland Vocal Band. If there was ever a time to take a bit of fame and turn it into a weekly variety show, the Seventies was definitely it!

I was 17 years old at the time, and I don't remember a single one of these shows. I guess I was watching all the other shows that they were up against and were higher up in the ratings.

@warrenwatkins9650

16 күн бұрын

I was 19 and don't remember them either. I was out with my friends getting in a little trouble.

I was 8 years old during the 1975-76 television season and I can remember our family watching "When Things Were Rotten," "The Dumplings," "On the Rocks," and "Ellery Queen." I watched "Barbary Coast" a few years ago and enjoyed it so much that I downloaded the entire series. I do not remember most of the shows at all. Thanks again for the wonderful memories!

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching Ted!

@luisreyes1963

Ай бұрын

Must be embarrassing for a macho Western to go up against 2 "feminist" sitcoms...and LOSE. 😅

@bobbesemer6967

17 күн бұрын

🎉😂❤

Also too bad that Lee Grant's show didn't catch on. She went unemployed for years because of the batsh*t crazy red scare blacklist. She was, and is, a national treasure and never a threat to anybody.

@MrDougman59

Ай бұрын

That show did have a bigger billing than most other ones shown here. Unlike many of the actors and actresses shown here, she is still alive (along with her husband) as of this writing.

Love to go back and relive those days.

@sheldonhchambliss1385

Ай бұрын

So would i

@brianarbenz1329

28 күн бұрын

I don't know about that -- I was 17 and couldn't get a date to the prom, flunked my first driver's test, and lost a left contact lens, then lost the replacement.

20:48 - 20:54 So, this was George Peppard’s role after Banacek was cancelled and before his ultimate success as John “Hannibal” Smith on The A-Team some 7 1/2 years later.

@Blaqjaqshellaq

Ай бұрын

He turned down the John Forsyth role on DYNASTY.

Who would have thunk it, James T. Kirk selling margarine. 😆😆

@richardrice8076

Ай бұрын

It's true....I promise.

@radicalross7700

Ай бұрын

​@@richardrice8076Shatner is alive and well at 93. Does this mean Promise Margarine lived up to it's name 😂?

@richardrice8076

Ай бұрын

@@radicalross7700 is it even still around? Gonna have to check next time I'm at the store.

@brianarbenz1329

28 күн бұрын

Damn it, Jim -- you're a starship captain, not a margarine salesman!

@richardrice8076

28 күн бұрын

@@brianarbenz1329 😀😀😀😀😀👍

Preceding the "Grady" spot with a Hellmann's commercial? Brilliant!!! 🤣🤣🤣

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Nice! Glad you caught that! 😁👍

@docadams7099

Ай бұрын

Whitman Mayo played Grady. Grady was a spinoff of Sanford & Son.

@johnrunion5357

Ай бұрын

i always thought grady was the funniest part of sanford and son. whitman mayo's line delivery was truly unique. however, grady may have been better served if he had remained a second banana. his solo series just was not the right vehicle for the character. the theme song is lame. sanford and son had a great theme. it was perfect for the show; it was funky and sounded like something breaking or breaking down. grady's theme should have reflected the character better.

@donaldpaluga

Ай бұрын

No.....THE BEST!😏

@loveprotectionsociety777

28 күн бұрын

​@@johnrunion5357love it john! I've always felt the theme song to Sanford and Son sounded perfectly "cantankerous"

"When Things Were Rotten" was one of those shows that made me ANGRY when it was cancelled! That's how it was back then: shows with promise were cancelled prematurely, moved to a weird timeslot or the star quit, was fired or passed away! Still, television was a lot more exciting and fun! Heck, we even had The Battle Of The Network Stars! The last competition I saw had an actress named Jane Badler, who played the evil Diana in "V: The Final Battle"! They tried all sorts of shows back then!

@donaldpaluga

Ай бұрын

Problem was unlike Carey Elwes Gautier didn't speak with a perfect English accent

@pulsarstargrave256

Ай бұрын

@@donaldpaluga But Errol Flynn did?

@fromthesidelines

25 күн бұрын

Mel Brooks later revisited the legend of Robin Hood with his 1993 movie, "Robin Hood- Men In Tights".

@iracordem

21 күн бұрын

yes. another really good one that simply disappeared was ‘the associates’ with martin short & wilfred hyde-white….

@fromthesidelines

21 күн бұрын

It collapsed with the entire 1979 two hour ABC Sunday night "comedy block" {including "OUT OF THE BLUE", "A NEW KIND OF FAMILY" and "MORK & MINDY" [which moved back to Thursdays in January 1980]).

Man I adore Jerry Stiller and Anne Maera. Two American treasures

@mlongpre100

Ай бұрын

and now they are buried treasures

@testodude

Ай бұрын

Me, too, but whoever cast Anne Meara as the title character in a legal drama surely lost their job.

@donaldpaluga

Ай бұрын

I don't recall Jack being in NYC

It's funny how good some of this stuff looks through the lens of nostalgia. Because at the time all people talked about was how there was nothing to watch and all the new shows were crap.

@brianarbenz1329

28 күн бұрын

Exactly. Nostalgia is a distortion.

Jimmy Baio would be in Soap after Joe And Sons was canceled.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

It's weird to think that Jimmy's career got rolling before Scott Baio's.

Actress-director Lee Grant was outspoken about the failure of "Fay".

@fromthesidelines

25 күн бұрын

She called NBC executive Marvin Antonowsky "the mad programmer" on "THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JOHNNY CARSON" after she was told "FAY" had been cancelled.

@brianarbenz7206

20 күн бұрын

Lee courageously tried to take on the shortsighted network ratings system, which kills creativity based on tiny instantaneous changes. We should wish she had succeeded.

I see what you did there: Hellmann's Mayonaise commercial with a show starring Witman *Mayo*.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

👌👍

@testodude

Ай бұрын

Should have preceded it with a commercial for Whitman's chocolates.

The Howard Cosell spot with Lee Majors is very coincidental since O. J. Simpson died yesterday.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Yes. I published this on the 9th, and he died on the 10th. Just to add, that was the only clip (that I found) with Howard Cosell promoting his show, and that was the only bit within that brief interview that was of any interest. I edited that part down last Friday. I thought it was interesting, based on how people's perception of him had changed (from '76 to '94 up until recently), and I'm assuming that it's changed again (for a number of people).

@docadams7099

29 күн бұрын

I remember well how Howard Cosell pronounced his name: HOW-UHD CO-SELL.

The Invisible Man was a good show. I also remember Swiss Family Robinson; I remember my favorite episode was when they found that the ship captain's dog had also made it to the island and made a new life for himself with a she-wolf and their puppies.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Hey Jacqueline, are you talking about the Canadian version "The Swiss Family Robinson" (1974) [S1.E6 "Bruno"] that used to play on CTV? I seem to remember that episode myself. I used to watch it on Sunday mornings.

@luisreyes1963

Ай бұрын

A pity that The Invisible Man was put out of its misery by CBS' "Socialist TV" line up.

@waynechapman9823

22 күн бұрын

Yeah, "The Invisible Man" was a show I did watch back then while it was still on the air. I don't know if I'd enjoy it as much now, but it certainly had some appeal for me as a 13-year-old boy.

I'm coming up on my 60th in August and I just love the feelings that these clips bring back. Having said that, I still would have sat through the whole thing just to hear that theme song from BIG EDDIE! (That's the man!)😍🤣

Nice job adding the commercials, I loved The Swiss Family Robinson especially when things were rotten and Grady

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Thank you Jack!

12:35 After this failure, Jack Warden starred in another bad series some three years later. That series was "The Bad News Bears".

"The Invisible Man" saved the producers a lot of money in makeup expenses.

I loved Ellery Queen as a kid

Some of these short lived shows wound up getting a second life on TV Land and that. I remember watching shows like Born Free and Swiss Family Robinson in the 80s. I believed that Invisible Man also ran in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel as well. Ellery Queen also got second life in reruns. Grady as part of Sanford and Son was also shown in reruns. I can't believe they were ranked that low. They got popular when in reruns on the cable networks helped gain a following. Some of them were not bad shows, but they were put up against top rated shows.

Poor Dick Gautier. He's been in almost every one of these I have watched and never caught a break.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

It's funny, I (somehow) didn't care for Dick Gauthier the first time he really came on my radar (in an episode of "Mrs. Columbo" of all places). Then watching so much stuff from this period, he pops up quite frequently. Then I caught him on game shows - specifically "Password Plus" or "Super Password" - and I have a completely different appreciation for the guy. I actually admire him. Great with contestants. Maybe the best I've seen with the general public. And then I find out he did the voice of Serpentor (G.I. Joe), and so on and so forth, I think he's awesome.

@waynetompkins3006

Ай бұрын

Hymie the robot was his signature character. I guess getting typecast as a robot is detrimental to a career.

@docadams7099

29 күн бұрын

Dick Gautier was hilarious in Get Smart as Hymie the humanoid robot. As wonderful as he was in that part, I think he was typecast, which is unfortunate.

@waynetompkins3006

28 күн бұрын

@docadams7099 I find it ironic that we're talking about Get Smart and your name is only one letter off from Don Adams.

@brianarbenz1329

28 күн бұрын

@@waynetompkins3006 And your name is only a few letters from Wayne Rogers, which isn't all that ironic since we're not talking about City of Angels.

I love these clips! Thank you for doing this. It would not hurt to see the original promos of the popular shows, too! I would watch that as well.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Awesome! Thank you Bob. I appreciate your feedback, and I'll keep it in mind about doing a future series including the more popular shows; maybe mixed in with the less popular ones. I certainly love those too, especially "Columbo", "The Streets of San Francisco", "Three's Company", "Family", "Lou Grant", etc. One of my goals with this series is to draw in some fans of the lesser known shows, who might also appreciate the lesser known stars, and certainly the character actors, from that period. I'm basically sending out a signal, because they'd have a very hard time finding my channel otherwise. Again, thank you for the feedback, and thank you for watching!

I read on Wikipedia that Carroll O’Connor created and produced “Bronk”. I think the character’s name (Bronkov) was a nod to Jack Palance’s Ukrainian heritage.

Edit : sorry, series aired in spring of 1975. There was another family drama this year, "Sunshine," that lasted 13 episodes. Used "Sunshine on My Shoulders" for its opening song. About a little girl nicknamed Sunshine and her widowed father.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Good call! With Cliff DeYoung... I couldn't find a video clip for it, and I wasn't happy with the pics. Nevertheless, it's one of a couple of shows (thus far) that I was sitting, looking at my screen, trying to think of a way to present it, and I moved on; and forgot to come back to it. There was a second reason I faded it, but I can't recall what that reason was. There's also a copyright issue using the song; if I'm remembering correctly. This should have been in the 1974-75 video. This show ran from March 1975 to May 1975 (13 episodes).

@ItzMzJulez2U

22 күн бұрын

YASSS! ❤️☀️ I was a huge John Denver fan, so I never missed the show!

On the Rocks had one of my favorite actors, Mel Stewart Henry Jefferson from All in the Family. A great serious and comedic actor

I was a freshman in college and didn’t watch a bit of TV except for the new Saturday Night Live. Looks like I didn’t miss much.

@walterhoenig6569

Ай бұрын

It’s still a vast wasteland

@donaldpaluga

Ай бұрын

Not to be confused with that OTHER Saturday Night Live

About the only things Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell is remembered for are introducing American audiences to Scottish pop group The Bay City Rollers and introducing TV audiences to Bill Murray, who appeared in comedy sketches on the show.

22:48 RIP Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara

Officer Pete Malloy on Swiss Family Robinson.

The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie just never could find a 4th show to stick, could they? We'd watch "McMillan & Wife", really liked "McCloud" and _loved_ "Columbo", but groaned in agony whenever we realized the show that week was "Hec Ramsey." No matter what other show they tried, they just never took off. That 4th slot just seemed to be a revolving door of swings-and-misses.

@chuckjones5788

Ай бұрын

I did like the Snoope Sisters with Helen Hayes and Mildred Natwick. McMillan & Wife was my favorite of the bunch.

@Quartzquiz333

Ай бұрын

They finally found a fourth successful show in 1976 with Quincy, M.E....which they immediately spun off into its own series.

@user-zl6fg7qt9w

Ай бұрын

Banacek was actually successful and never cancelled as some think. It was renewed for a third season but George Peppard was getting divorced from Elizabeth Ashley and she was awarded 40% of his salary. He said the hell with that and quit the show. Didn’t work until the divorce was final

@radicalross7700

Ай бұрын

​@@Quartzquiz333Good thing for Quincy it was spun off. It lasted until 1983, years after the Sunday Mystery Movie ended.

@brianarbenz1329

28 күн бұрын

The hec you say!

Most of these shows deserved to be cancelled but Ellery Queen didnt.What was NBC thinking?.😮

@ellenfleming9685

Ай бұрын

i agree

@jayyates1676

22 күн бұрын

It was the only one in this video that we never missed!

Grady featured former Playboy Playmate Rosanne Katon, as well as Haywood Nelson, who played Dwayne on What's Happening!

Three for the road with a rare lead role for character actor Alex Rocco looked like it had potential, Wayne Rogers City of angels was a quality show that couldn't get the ratings. So many obscurities have never heard of Joe and sons ,The Dumplings, i do recall Jigsaw john with Jack warden an excellent actor who never really had a successful series even Crazy like a fox only lasted 2 seasons. Thanks again for an excellent presentation Rob.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Thank you Paul. I couldn't agree more about Jack Warden being an "excellent actor". His work in "The Verdict" and in "September" (to a lesser degree) makes me think he's one of the greatest supporting actors out there, that doesn't get talked about enough. It's weird seeing him show up in "The Bad News Bears" TV show.

@waynetompkins3006

Ай бұрын

What can you do with a man and two teenagers driving around in an RV? Apparently, the script writers couldn't figure it out either.

@fromthesidelines

24 күн бұрын

CBS wanted a "family show" on early Sunday evenings in the fall of 1975. At 7pm(et), they could only schedule family or children's series, or news/public affairs programming. When "THREE FOR THE ROAD" failed to attract viewers, they decided to move "60 MINUTES" into that time slot in December 1975.........and the ratings went up. That's why it's *STILL* scheduled at that hour, almost 50 years later.

man i loved captain and tenille!

More! More! I hope do you the 60's too!

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

You bet! Thanks for watching!

I want to say that I am glad KZread suggested your channel to me, I’m enjoying the series. 🙂

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

I appreciate reading that Todd! Thank you!

@ItzMzJulez2U

22 күн бұрын

Same! Just now happened to me, and I’m hooked! Thx YT.

@robertsretrorewind5853

22 күн бұрын

@@ItzMzJulez2U Thank you Jules!

@ItzMzJulez2U

22 күн бұрын

@@robertsretrorewind5853 🤗

"Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell". Meanwhile that other show was called "NBC's Saturday Night"...

@brianarbenz1329

28 күн бұрын

Lorne Michaels was planning to call his show Saturday Night Live, but when the NBC legal department found that Howard beat him to the name, they made him drop the "Live." It was just called "Saturday Night" for season 1 -- That's why the famous opening chant is, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night." But since Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell didn't make it to a full season, NBC restored the planned name of SNL, but kept the iconic intro.

@TheJhn924

28 күн бұрын

@@brianarbenz1329 I think much of the public referred to the NBC show as Saturday Night Live from the start anyway... so it was an easy transition.

@fromthesidelines

25 күн бұрын

NBC finally allowed Lorne to use the "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" title in January 1977.

Vincent Van Patten AND Leif Garrett in one TV show?? My little prepubescent heart would have exploded! I never saw Three For the Road!! I don't know what we were watching instead...

Interestingly enough, Rick Hurst has played characters on both sides of the law on TV. After portraying an inmate named Cleaver in 'On The Rocks' in 1975-76, he would go on to portray Deputy Cletus Hogg in 'The Dukes of Hazzard' from 1980-83. All of these short-lived TV shows were well before my time, as I wasn't even born until 1986, so I had never heard of the vast majority of them, but some of the actors and actresses are familiar to me for other shows and movies they did during their careers.

@tonycanabal1659

Ай бұрын

Was Rick Hurst the son of character actor Paul Hurst whose character was shot in the face by Scarlett in GWTW?

@kevinbaker4241

Ай бұрын

@@tonycanabal1659 No, he was not. Paul Hurst was married, but he did not have any children. (That's what I found on his Wikipedia profile.)

@tonycanabal1659

Ай бұрын

@@kevinbaker4241 Thanks for the info. I was curious. Paul was also great as the frustrated bus driver in a Our Gang short that he got a special credit.

@waynechapman9823

22 күн бұрын

I was 13 in 1975 and I don't recall the majority of these shows. There's a handful mentioned by others here that I either watched or had heard of.

Invisible Man was a well-made show. I wish it was streaming somewhere.

WOW, so many commercials that tied into TV series premieres -- I was a little kid in 1975, so I never realized it. Here's the scariest part, I actually REMEMBER all of them -- especially the Hanes Invisible Man commercial! 😂

That ABC announcer's voice brings back instant, pleasant memories

@Quartzquiz333

Ай бұрын

Ernie Anderson made Saturday nights in the late 70s/early 80s feel at home with his pronunciation of "The Looooove Boat" and "Fontacy Island".

@steelers6titles

Ай бұрын

@@Quartzquiz333 Ghoulardi.

I ws in grad school at the time and at best only caught an episode of a couple of these programs. Nice to see what i missed out on.

I remember watching Swiss Family Robinson, Three for the Road and Barbary Coast. I also remember Matt Helm but didn't watch. I was in college then. Thanks for posting.❤

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Thanks. I had no idea footage of Mobile One existed out there. Good looking.

@robertsretrorewind5853

14 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching!

"The Montefuscos" --- ugh!😂

@luisreyes1963

Ай бұрын

To think a lame sitcom loaded with Italian-American tropes would get beaten by a dirt-poor Appalachian family. 😂

@fromthesidelines

24 күн бұрын

The working title was "SUNDAY DINNER". But someone at NBC wanted a title that would attract viewers.

@waynechapman9823

22 күн бұрын

@@fromthesidelines And they failed miserably.

@waynechapman9823

22 күн бұрын

I was dating a woman a few years ago who hated it when I watched "All in the Family" reruns cause she couldn't stand all the yelling. Just watching that little bit of "The Montefuscos" has me convinced that she would choose the classic sitcom over the failed one due to all that arguing going on.

A show from this season I’ve yet to see on KZread, but I remember watching when I was very young, is The Kelly Monteith Show on CBS. It might have been a summer replacement in ‘76. At any rate, this is great stuff. Keep ‘em coming! Thanks!

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

I'm glad that you cited that specific show. It was a summer replacement in 1976, and according to IMDB, it only had only episode, which also doesn't make sense, because in "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows", it says that it ran from June 16th until July 7th of 1976. In which case, there had to be at least a few episodes that had aired. I decided to skip over it. Some one else could point out as to why I didn't include "The Jacksons" (same night on CBS in the summer), but on IMDB it's listed as lasting 2 seasons. On the other hand, it only lasted 12 episodes, 4 as a summer replacement - I'm assuming that it was renewed - then cancelled after 8 episodes into the 1976-77 season. "The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows", Wikipedia, and IMDB, often have conflicting information, that I have to make sense of. If/when it comes to summer (especially late summer) replacements, that don't have good footage to use, I might just pass over them. Thank you for the encouragement! And thank you for watching!

@waynetompkins3006

Ай бұрын

Kelly Monteith was a funny guy. I saw his stand up act a couple of times on TV. Great material.

@fromthesidelines

20 күн бұрын

Kelly was on for four weeks (I know, becuase he was on Wednesdays, and I saw his show that summer). In 1980, he returned as host of a CBS late-night show that was a cross between "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" {taped} and "REAL PEOPLE": "NO HOLDS BARRED" {from producer Alan Landsburg, who also produced "THAT'S INCREDIBLE!" for ABC}. The network cancelled it after four telecasts.

Jigsaw Jack’s intro was 🔥🔥🔥

More big-screen stars going after TV money--Tony Curtis, Jack Palance, et. al.

I really liked Ellery Queen as a kid. Of course I was watching whatever AFN was broadcasting.

I seen the opening title for Joe Forrester here on KZread. He was better off sniffing glue in an air traffic control tower 😂

The Swiss Family Robinson was Irwin Allen bringing Lost in Space back to earth

@brianarbenz1329

28 күн бұрын

He was originally going to call Lost in Space the Space Family Robinson. Hence the family's name.

Wow! This is all very interesting. Thanks for posting. Wouldn’t it be great to have a channel where we can watch episodes of these short lived series.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

That would be great! I'd definitely watch a channel that would do something like that. Thank you for watching!

Tony Curtis was smooth !

And we didn't have to fiddle with the Horizontal Hold one time! Good ol' Sony Trinitron

In 1975, a friend and I stumbled on the filming of some scene for the pilot of Jigsaw John. I tried to see if it was on KZread but it’s not.

On the Rocks was an American remake of Porridge, a highly successful show in the UK

@luisreyes1963

Ай бұрын

Beacon Hill was CBS' ersatz Upstairs, Downstairs. Might have also inspired Downton Abbey, as well.

It should be noted that this season was the beginning of NBC's infamous decent into the Nielsen Ratings Basement. Not a single new show that premiered in the fall survived for too long. NBC would soon become an industry laughingstock, and it wouldn't be until the 1984-85 season that they finally got their act together.

@cbalducc

Ай бұрын

Fred Silverman tried to reverse NBC’s fortunes in the late 1970s, but things just worse. He did, however, greenlight “Hill Street Blues”.

@Quartzquiz333

Ай бұрын

​@cbalducc They could see the light at the end of the tunnel as things were starting to improve around 1981-82, but Silverman would be gone by then, replaced by the Boy Wonder, Brandon Tartikoff. After a not bad 1982-83 season and a horrific 1983-84 season, NBC would finally start to take off again.

@fromthesidelines

20 күн бұрын

Tartikoff was Silverman's protege at the network. He was as gung-ho at promoting shows as Fred did.

Thank you, again! The episodes that I have watched '72-'76, have covered my high school years, so I have truly enjoyed being wrapped in the warm fuzzy blanket of nostalgia. One show that I do not remember you covering was "Apple's Way," a short lived family show from either '73 or'74. It was treacley sweet and I had a love - hate opinion of it, would not miss an episode, but mocked it the whole time, but then, I was a teenager,"go figure." Has all trace of this show vanished?

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Good question Jerald. I will be including that in a future video/series, for shows that lasted only a couple of years. Believe you me, I wanted to include it already, but it technically lasted 2 seasons; even though it's only 28 hour long episodes. You can get "Apple's Way" on DVD, though I'm assuming that the episodes are probably scraped off of MeTV, TV Land, etc. One site is selling it with 14 episodes (LovingTheClassics), and another site is selling it with 9 episodes (70s-TV where I bought a few things from in the past). I'm a big Kristy McNichol fan, and wouldn't miss a chance to include her. I like Vince Van Patten too (World Poker Tour).

@jeraldbaxter3532

Ай бұрын

@@robertsretrorewind5853 "Apple's Way" lasted 2 seasons?!?! Either my memory is worse than I thought (always a possibility),or some other show, on the opposite channel took over my attention.

@jackmessick2869

Ай бұрын

​@@jeraldbaxter3532 It was up against Wonderful World of Disney on Sunday nights at 730 pm. 60 Minutes strangely aired from 6pm-7pm on Sundays, then a half hour of local news, I guess.

Ellet’s Queen was the only show that I watched an episode of.

Guess Monday Night Football ruled 9-11pm time slots during the season

Of all your postings so-far, this is my favorite. I'm still surprised to discover the failed TV show "On the Rocks", a situation comedy about a cast of funny and zany characters working and doing time in a prison. Wow, how did that series never take off.(sarcasm alert)

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

I greatly appreciate hearing that! I'm a tad surprised that "On the Rocks" made it to 24 episodes, and did (sort of) okay in the ratings. If we played a guessing game as to how long a show like that would last, I'd say 4, with it being a late summer replacement (on trial). Having said that, for curiosity's sake, I'd still watch 3 episodes just to see.

@thomasmiller5057

23 күн бұрын

On The Rocks was one of the only 2 shows that were short lived I can remember (though I’m not done watching this video) Thank you for including it but I haven’t gotten to it yet here. The other show I remember so far is When Things Were Rotten. I haven’t gotten to that yet either. Some of these I remember in name only. The comments make me want to watch Ellery Queen. I didn’t when I was 13 because I never liked mysteries.

If I remember Misty Rowe on Things were Rotten was a Playboy playmate.

@visaman

Ай бұрын

A Hee Haw Honey.

@ItzMzJulez2U

22 күн бұрын

@@visamanBeat me to it!😁 I had no idea she’d done anything before Hee Haw.

Love the intro to the Jack Palance show.

@anthonybrooks5040

Ай бұрын

The intro music reminds me of the first season of "Kojak". Still good, though.

@SMtWalkerS

Ай бұрын

Me too!

@neilm2794

Ай бұрын

That cat didn't seem to like him too much ...

@aleks1939

Ай бұрын

@@neilm2794 LOL...yeah, she didn't want to be held.

Really enjoy your content, and the extra commercials are great. William Shatner selling margarine was halerious. Can see why so many tanked when you see the competition.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Thank you kindly! More to come Steve!

Wayne Rogers left MASH for that show?!

I was born in 71, this just gave me flashbacks! 😂

Actually “The Family Holvak” was on NBC.

There's a fine art to putting together a memorable opening credits sequence, and a surprising number of shows got it wrong. I'm watching that one for "Grady" thinking it was gonna build up to something and it just fell flat at the end. That thing is gonna introduce your show for as long as it's on the air (with tweaks depending on cast changes and whatnot), so you better get it right from the get-go.

I almost forgot about Viva Valdez! I had a big crush on Lisa Mordente!

I know it was the American version of a much more famous British show, but On The Rocks was really very underrated.

@luisreyes1963

Ай бұрын

It was called Porridge.

Sheree North of “Big Eddie” was groomed as a Marilyn Monroe clone early in her career. Sheldon Leonard was also a producer of several hit series, among them “The Andy Griffith Show”.

@cbalducc

Ай бұрын

@@robertsretrorewind5853 Who’s Steve?

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

@@cbalducc Sorry, I had responded to another poster. I'll delete that post. I have no idea how that happened!

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

BTW, I REALLY like Sheree North. There's an episode of "The Streets of San Francisco" where she plays Tom Bosley's ex-wife, and all I kept thinking was how is that possible?

that joe n sons theme was quite catchy!

Strange how so many of the theme songs for the family based sitcoms sound exactly alike/

I loved Ellery Queen with Jim Hutton that was a great show and I hate to say it but the only person that could have played Matt Helm would have been Dean Martin

Bronk was worth watching for Palance alone.

betcha that ‘jigsaw john’ intro took a good bit of work back in ‘75…

mom loved rich little so we never saw ‘city of angels’ , now its on my list.

Not much over the decades has been able to grab a sizeable enough audience away from 60 Minutes. I stopped watching when too many celebrity interviews were featured but Johnny Carson was a memorable one though.

@fromthesidelines

20 күн бұрын

And the time they profiled "THE MUPPET SHOW" in 1979, no doubt: the CBS owned and operated stations had a stake in the series {with Jim Henson and Lord Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment, who syndicated it all over the world}.......and Morley Safer just *happened* to be backstage when Raquel Welch was Kermit's guest star [for sex appeal, pure and simple].

OMG, someone else who remembers When Things Were Rotten! It was my favorite show in 6th grade and I was devastated when it got canceled. :( That Wayne Rogers show sounds interesting. I always liked him.

I was really hoping to hear the "Mad programmer" soundbite from when Johnny Carson had Lee Grant on his show the day "Fay" was canceled.

My family watched The Invisible Man. When Things Were Rotten was pulled by Mel Brooks because the network wanted to cheapen the production. It reappeared many years later as a movie. Robin Hood Men in Thights.

Joe and Son's, I always wondered what happened to Capo-Regime Clemenza.

"Bert D'Angelo / Superstar"? Hilarious! I wouldn't think Paul Sorvino could intimidate anyone, let along a bunch of toughened criminals.