I worked on "Serpico" as a 20 yr old Lighting Tech. Except for establishing shots, all shot in Los Angeles. Based at Paramount Studios.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

That's VERY cool! I really like that series, and for whatever reason, it doesn't get more credit. Thank you for posting!

@wendellblackett8317

Ай бұрын

@@robertsretrorewind5853 I thought it was going to be huge,

Wow, Sirota's Court was basically Night Court before Night Court. Interesting.

@fromthesidelines

Ай бұрын

The big difference was, the NBC of 1984 was willing to give "NIGHT COURT" time to find its audience. "SIROTA'S COURT" was one of *many* series NBC jettisoned in 1977 because of mediocre ratings.

I think what’s most fun about seeing these is the reminder that we only had three to four stations of ABC, CBS and NBC and the reasons I say four is PBS was around to. If you look up the ratings numbers for even the cancelled series compared to now there numbers were very healthy. I think that’s why so many of us remember these series because we only had so much to choose from.

@maryroberts2099

Ай бұрын

There was also those odd UHF stations you could get if you fiddled with the tuner.

@maryroberts2099

Ай бұрын

And no VCR, no streaming, no no

@alisong2328

Ай бұрын

In Chicago, we had WGN (channel 9), too.

I had a Captain and Tenille record album. I played it all the time. I loved this song on it. Something about a Butterscoth Castle with a " Big old dog in the front yard; And an old Gray cat on the Back Porch" But my favorite songs were Muscrat Love, The Wedding Song and a song with " Lonely Nights I cry myself to sleep tell me what am I gonna do?"

@MajorSeventh

22 күн бұрын

That was their _Song of Joy_ album. I had it on 8-track. 😆

I was 17 in 1977,but I don’t remember any of these sit-coms at all… My mom loved the Capt and Tenelle show. She liked Tony Orlando,Carol Burnett, Cher etc. Actually all of the variety shows that were on,she liked.

@frankdenardo8684

29 күн бұрын

My favorite is Carol Burnett. Great show she did, and Saturday night on CBS was the place to be. I saw a documentary about her, and they toured the studio at 7800 Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles and even aired those classic clips of sketches.

@toddw.6344

26 күн бұрын

@@frankdenardo8684 I watch her show on Prime. I believe every episode is out there.

@weltonvillegal6258

9 күн бұрын

I was 9, and I remember my mom eating those shows up. I loved them. Excepting Shields and Yarnell. That show creeped me out.

The TV show Delvecchio had Charles Haid and Michael Conrad, who would appear in the series Hill Street Blues.

@jazzbo13

Ай бұрын

And James B. Sinking was a recurring character.

@stillaboveground2470

Ай бұрын

The title sounds like it should be a Happy Days spinoff.

@cbalducc

Ай бұрын

@@jazzbo13 “Sikking”.

@recordman64

Ай бұрын

Steven Bochco was the mastermind behind both shows.

@frankdenardo8684

Ай бұрын

@stillaboveground2470 Al Molinaro was Al Delvecchio. He was the cook at Arnold's Drive In. He was Murray, the cop on The Odd Couple.

In the 1970s I was lucky enough to find a job being an on call extra on The Streets of San Francisco & mostly only worked on the weekends. My rent was $100 a month, food was cheap & I loved the show because I liked Karl Malden and working as an extra paid my bills for the month. I did not have ANY credit cards when the show started. I should have stayed away from the evil credit cards. I worked on the show for years.

@fromthesidelines

Ай бұрын

Interesting! 😃

@cbalducc

Ай бұрын

Did you leave home without your “American Express”?

@GeminiladyJackson-xq6hc

Ай бұрын

What was it like working on a TV show?

@johnrunion5357

Ай бұрын

great story. thanks for sharing.

@stephenwilliams9923

Ай бұрын

I had a friend that only did "extra" work. Never any speaking lines. He was very average looking, I guess that worked to his advantage as he was always working, being seen at a cafe table across the isle from the actors, or his big gig, for L.A. law setting in the courtroom watching the case. One week dressed in a suit, next week maybe in a cop uniform. He also had creative ways with his hair to appear different. Like he often said, he only made decent money, but setting around doing nothing, watching TV production was a sweet deal.

Judd Hirsch almost didn't do Taxi because of Delvecchio. After that show's failure, he swore off doing television shows. Luckily, his agent convinced him to change his mind.

@fromthesidelines

Ай бұрын

Yes, Judd could have returned to the lucrative business of appearing in commercials {they paid his bills during the early through mid-1970's}. I believe the producers of "TAXI" convinced him he was the right actor for the right part.

@Quartzquiz333

Ай бұрын

​@@fromthesidelinesHe told his agent to make them an offer they had to refuse. The producers didn't refuse the offer.

@fromthesidelines

Ай бұрын

....at the right salary. 😉

@user-tp6fo7im3d

Ай бұрын

@@fromthesidelines Yes the celery was ride.

The Delveccio ad was hilarious! Just always have someone trip the suspect as they are fleeing

I was in the Army in Korea during this time so I don't remember any of these shows. Looks like I didn't miss much.

Rich Man Poor Man Book II was fantastic. Absolutely riveting.

@fredgarv79

Ай бұрын

That 70's show did a whole bit about rich man poor man, how it was such a had to watch thing back then. The dumb blonde next door neighbor trying to explain it along the lines of where Red asks midge what is this show? and she says "oh it's really great! you see they have this rich man, and they have this poor man!" and the two wives are insisting on watching it when a game is on that red want's to watch, back when you HAD to choose one of the other, no VHS recordings no DVR''s you had to pick channel to watch and you had to be there at that certain time or you would just miss it. In that case, I think I like today better than the 70's and I lived through the 70's in junior high and high school.

I remember watching Holmes and Yoyo. It was so corny😂

@caronstout354

18 күн бұрын

Ten years later, it turned into a cop drama called "Haven", and 20 years later it changed to "Almost Human"...

“Nashville 99“ was made while I was a senior in college in Nashville, and one of my friends got cast in the part in one of the episodes. Unfortunately, for him, his name was Richard Burton, and they claimed they could not get in touch with him to choose a different name in the credits, therefore they cut all of his lines and he was only seen as a glorified extra. On a different note, a few years ago I was in the cast of a production of “12 Angry Men” with John Schuck, Yoyo in “Holmes and Yoyo.” That may have been a pretty silly show, but he is actually a fine actor and was terrific in the production I was in.

“Ball Four”….Good lord what fever nightmare am I looking at!

@user-qj6fk9px8l

Ай бұрын

jim bowden, great book------ cant' act for s^*^*

@julymiller7456

Ай бұрын

In doing baseball research, I think I recognized a REAL ballplayer. Jim Bouton. Am I right or am I having a similar fever dream?

@user-qj6fk9px8l

Ай бұрын

@@julymiller7456 Bouton (also saw spelling as Bowden) was a Great REAL player & big winning pitcher------ WROTE "BALL FOUR" book that was about BIG DRUGS, hook 'rs as an incentives, "MARFIA" & OTHER CRIME CONNECTIONS in baseball in the 70s - and supposedly "Marfia" used to threaten players to underperform (kind of like point shaving) for the Las Vegas betting line.

@TheREALSofaKing0306

Ай бұрын

​@@julymiller7456 Yes Bouton pitched in the Majors until his arm betrayed him. (He returned to baseball briefly in '78). Big Ben Davidson was also an athlete, former NFL player for the Raiders. And for extra credit, Wes Parker in that last show ("All That Glitters") - former Dodgers first baseman.

Holy cow, seeing these shows brings back bad memories from the 70's. No wonder why I worked in the office until 22:00 hrs. Didn't have a social life, but neither did anyone who sat at home to watch these.

@jaminova_1969

22 күн бұрын

Excellent point!

Thanks Mom and Dad for making my bedtime 8pm on school nights! Saved me from alot of terrible shows and a few good ones!

Anyone else notice the stark similarities between "Sirotas Court" and "Night Court"? Creepily similar. They even had a midg---....er, a "little person". 😂😂😂

I remember wondering what blackmail info Nancy Walker had to keep getting series?

@toddw.6344

26 күн бұрын

My dad used to say the same circa 1975 about some country singer named Willie Nelson getting airplay in Detroit.

@pooddescrewch8718

26 күн бұрын

@@toddw.6344 Willie had crossover appeal in Detroit . A lot of factory workers immigrated from Appalachia so there was a hillbilly contingency

@pooddescrewch8718

26 күн бұрын

@@toddw.6344 But I never saw that appeal with Nancy Walker yet she was in everything . Must have had a god of an agent

@toddw.6344

26 күн бұрын

​@@pooddescrewch8718My dad was one of those workers. But he believed Willie sucked that badly! Nancy, on the other hand, never appealed to anyone, so she might have pictures of ABC execs doing unflattering things. 😂

@heidisierra9833

15 күн бұрын

No kidding! She had to be sleeping with someone 😮😂

It's weird Michael Keaton wasn't listed in the credits for, 'Alls Fair.'

@Quartzquiz333

Ай бұрын

He came in mid-season. Had the show got renewed he probably would have been added to the credits.

Beverly Archer kept plugging along. Thank God "Mama's Family" and "Major Dad" came along, giving her the comedy successes she deserved.

I hate to say it, being female, but All That Glitters seems the most sexist and feminist thing, and I've seen and lived through a LOT of male authority being sexist and macho. It was last and certainly least of all shows shown. Otherwise, another stellar showing of series I missed out on because I wasn't even born yet. Well done!

I would love to have an old 70s Toy Toyota !!

"Cos!" Why didn't it last? Well... Cos!

@garybryant9097

11 күн бұрын

“Is this Asprin?”

I remember using Body-on-tap shampoo!!!!

Delvecchio’s theme song lasted longer than the show. 🤷🏾‍♂️. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I've seen a few of these videos of shows cancelled in one season. One thing hit me, so many actors that made it to be a lead in a network TV show, get cancelled and I don't recall ever seeing them ever again, in anything! What it must feel like to be so close to 'stardom" the rich and famous, and soon be asking "would you like fries with that order"

@wendellblackett8317

Ай бұрын

I'm amazed at how many I remember as huge guest stars on shows but not able to hold their own show

Thanks for the memories! My favorite short-lived show of this time frame? The Press Your Luck predecessor, SECOND CHANCE. Certainly not perfect, but a technical marvel for 1977. Ran on ABC from March to July.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

“The CAPTAIN & TENNILLE !!!!”

@justmeandthethree

24 күн бұрын

Gina, a girl in my class, got Toni Tennille's hairdo. I liked Captain & Tennille, but Gina was an idiot. Unsurprisingly 40+ years later she still is. I kinda feel sorry for her, but she was always so damn insufferable. Imagine someone who is always ready to go into a rage state. Her brother was about as bad. It got old real fast. I think they got it from their mother and grandmother. I knew their grandad, and he was a great guy.

@johnkeating362

23 күн бұрын

did Gina ever marry?

@justmeandthethree

23 күн бұрын

@@johnkeating362 Married and divorced. Based on her Facebook posts I think she's kinda been miserable her whole life.

@fromthesidelines

23 күн бұрын

🙁

Why does Three Girls Three stick in my head to this very day? It was our intro to Debbie Allen and Mimi Kennedy. Those were the days. We had three major networks and September was the beginning of the new TV show seasons. It’s all we had when cooped up during the cold weather.

@TheREALSofaKing0306

Ай бұрын

Hey, don't forget girl #3 Ellen Foley - she did "Night Court" & sang with Meatloaf on "Paradise By The Dashboard Light".

@paulcarr5918

21 күн бұрын

@@TheREALSofaKing0306 I love Ellen Foley. I actually own all of her solo albums. I did not recognize her at all in the clip.

Wow! That Robert Stack theme music was really something. Don't quite know what to make of it.

Some shows deserve to last one season or less. On the other hand, every season, some shows are critically acclaimed and/or receive strong word-of-mouth but still get canceled by a network for many other reasons, not only for low Nielsen ratings. You've done a great job with these videos. It's entertaining and informative.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

I very much appreciate you saying that. And thank you, for watching!

I would say that a Brady Bunch variety show is the most '70s thing to have ever been '70ed.

@landreaulover

Ай бұрын

I would have watched if they had just picked up where the original series left off. I saw a little bit of one episode of the variety show (they didn't even live in the Brady house when it showed their home), and that was enough! Still a fan of the cast, but not in that situation!

This was a lot of fun to watch! Thanks for putting it together. The only show I watched as a kid out of all of these shows was The Captain & Tennille show. I don't remember any of the other shows.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

I appreciate that, and thank you for watching!

I must have been a TV junkie when I was 13, I remember just about all of them!

Thank you for posting all these shows. Your channel is good for the brain! I remember some of these shows, Not so much with the others. Must be a regional thing.

@robertsretrorewind5853

6 күн бұрын

I appreciate that! Thank you!

I watched Feather & Father because I loved Stephanie Powers & still do. Also Dellvechio & Art Carney as I read all the Rabbi books.

@georgesenda1952

Ай бұрын

@@tomcat630 I watched Hart to Hart and loved the way all 3 of them interacted together. RIP. Lionel Stander.

@radicalross7700

Ай бұрын

I was a high school freshman and I do remember Delvechio (Loved it. Sorry it got cancelled.), Feather & Father (1st time seeing Stephanie Powers), and many of the others, but I don't recall Lanigan's Rabbi at all.

1:10 If I hadn't actually seen this show as an 11-year-old in 1976, I would've thought "The Starland Vocal Band Show" was an SNL sketch poking fun at the 70s. (It would be like poking fun at the 90s with "The Lou Bega Hour"!)

@luisreyes1963

Ай бұрын

That crap made COS look like Evening At The Pops. 😂

@TheREALSofaKing0306

Ай бұрын

They got carried away with the variety show format - SVB, Bradys, COSELL??, Village People, Pink Lady & Jeff (???)... even freaking Shields & Yarnell... who... were... MIMES! No wonder the format died!

Ordinarily, I might have a few tidbits about some of these shows. But this was a real dud of a year for TV, and to be honest I was in high school and wasn't watching much TV. A few real stinkers here too. (Holmes & Yoyo? Mr. T and Tina? Sheesh!)

@waynetompkins3006

Ай бұрын

I assumed it was going to be a sitcom with the actual Mr. T.

@rynehall9990

18 күн бұрын

Year after year a 94-way tie for 94th place.

Chunky opening theme music for “Tales of the Unexpected” by David Shire at 19:16 - of “Taking of Pelham One Two Three” and “The Conversation” fame. “A Quinn Martin production”.

Nancy Walker sure was busy that year. Starring in two shows, Bounty commercials, and wasn't she also playing Ida Morgenstern on Rhoda during this time? Busy lady! I notice Pat Morita also has two shows here. Not sure if they overlapped with his time on Happy Days though.

@Quartzquiz333

Ай бұрын

So did Eddie Mekka. He was still on Laverne & Shirley!

@leamanc

Ай бұрын

@@tomcat630 Thank you. Even though I’m a big fan of The MTM Show, and have watched the entire series multiple times, I still have not seen all of Rhoda yet.

I was only six years old in 1976. I don't remember any of these shows, except for "Holmes & Yoyo".

Poor Gemini Man. If I wore that denim outfit I'd want to be invisible too.

Thanks for these. I didn't know that Susan Dey was on Loves Me Loves Me Not. I used to watch the McLean Stevenson Show.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

You're welcome! Thank you for watching!

@fromthesidelines

22 күн бұрын

You wouldn't know that from the way Rick Mitz described the series in his "Great TV Sitcom Book". He didn't watch it, and depended on Brooks & Marsh's "Complete Directory to Prime-Time, Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present" for information on it (in fact, he swiped a lot of information from their book, verbatim). He finally decided it wasn't worth writing about, and described it this way: *Okay, here are the details. Dick dated Jane. They weren't sure about their feelings for each other. Neither was the audience. CBS cancelled after one month. The end.* Har-har-har. Just because Rick was a sitcom writer himself {he co-created, co-produced and mostly wrote "HI HONEY, I'M HOME!" for Nickelodeon [and ABC] in the 1991-'92 season}, he thought he was being funny with most of the entries he wrote for the book. HE WASN'T.

@robertsretrorewind5853

22 күн бұрын

@@fromthesidelines Hey! You're exactly the person to ask. I was reading some of your posts on TV Obscurities recently. My question is, that I've noticed that the 1979-80 Nielsen ratings (any list that I could locate) only shows ~ 30 shows, as opposed to what should be +100 shows rated. Do you know precisely where to go, to locate the full list for that specific (1979-80) season? If you could tell me, I'd be very appreciative.

This is really well done and researched. It's amazing to think that we really only see the tip of the iceberg as far as TV shows go. A lot of time, work and talent goes into making these "flops'.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Thank you, and thank you (again) for watching!

I just looked up “ Black Jack “ the Great Dane from Blansky’s Beauties on a lark and he has an IMDB page lol

Have to admit. That theme song to The McLean Stevenson Show is quite catchy😊.

@denisceballos9745

Ай бұрын

Sung by the wonderful Paul Williams who did a bunch of film and TV work both acting and songwriting.

Major-league pitcher Jim Bouton wrote the book "Ball Four", and also starred in the sitcom. I can't think of too many writers who starred in their own works.

Sirota's Court, the show that kept Night Court from being a Barney Miller spinoff when ABC got cold feet.

There were lots of variety shows in the 70's. I loved to watch the Carol Burnett and Sonny and Cher shows. I also remember watching Flip Wilson, Glen Campbell and Donny & Marie. I don't remember The Captain and Tenille show.

@jfranklins

Ай бұрын

They were great shows. I'm watching The Glen Cambell Goodtime Hour on Shout Tv and it's just as good as I remembered.

I absolutely adored Harold Gould!.I really loved him as Mr Morgenstern on Rhoda and also Ida and Brenda. And Valerie too Plus Joe.

@dncarac

17 күн бұрын

And The Sting

Gemini Man was shown on television in The Netherlands in 1977. They aired it as a kind of sequel to the invisible man series with David McCallum. Spencer's Pilots and Holmes & YoYo were aired on television in Germany. Spencer's Pilots even got rerun a few years later.

That Hunter series looked interesting. I would like to have seen that one!😳

I was 9 during the TV season and I remember our family watching "The Feather & Father Gang," "Van Dyke and Company," I had to do extra chores Saturday afternoon so I could watch "Holmes & Yoyo" Saturday night since my parents hated the show and we only had one television, so I had to earn the privilege to watch "Holmes & Yoyo." I guess we did not watch too Short-Lived television shows during the 1976-77 season. Once again, many thanks for the wonderful memories!

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Much appreciated Ted, and thank you for watching!

@Rockhound6165

Ай бұрын

I loved Holmes & Yoyo. I would crack up when Yoyo would get stuck on a loop saying "Bunco squad". Because of that my fantasy football team has been named that however I spell it with a K, "Bunko Squad". Been so since 1987.

@wendellblackett8317

Ай бұрын

I thought Holmes and Yoyo was goiung to be a winner.

Great job on your presentation !

@robertsretrorewind5853

22 күн бұрын

Thank you very much, I really appreciate that!

TRIVIA: High School: me and this "friend" of mine had a HUGE argument one day after Rich Man Poor Man was on the air; My friend thought the villain was called FALCON EDDY ! I was all NO: it's Falconetti .

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

We have to put this "friend" on blast, retroactively. "Hey, 'Friend' of Lannie, you're wrong!"

@jfranklins

Ай бұрын

LOL when I watched this video I thought he was saying Falcon Eddy. I thought what a weird name :).

You had my attention when the thumbnail used for the Brady Bunch Variety Hour was a picture of the family on the cover of Dynamite magazine. Who remembers Dynamite magazine? Oh man, its one of my better memories of being in grade school. Dynamite was published once a month and could only be ordered through Scholastic which the teacher passed around once a month. The magazine wasn't very expensive and was packed with all kinds of groovy stories, games, posters, cards, and jokes. One issue showed how to make a pinhole camera out of cardboard and aluminum foil which actually worked! Being a kid in the early to mid 1970s was a lot of fun. With only one television in the home and only three channels you had to watch what the folks watched or find something else to do, like read. My wife is a 4th grade teacher, she has said that if Dynamite were published today, very few kids, if any, would order it. Kids today don't do much reading of printed material unless they have to. That's kind of sad

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Great post Randy! Yeah, that's true. I'm thinking of Highlights (magazine) once you mentioned Dynamite. Reading books/magazines, and the communal experience of TV (and radio before that) make everything more isolated and disconnected.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

@@bobdavis4848 Same here (no cellphone).

I want that cut supreme McLean Stephenson was driving.

Let's create an interesting new show with an interesting new concept and then put it up against the biggest established hits on television so that it has no chance of survival whatsoever.

Thanks for bringing back my junior year of high school memories…😊! It seems allot of the new medical dramas needed to be put on life support that year. I remember “Gemini Man” and “The Fantastic Journey “ fondly but remember them both having to do the “Network Juggle “ so never knew which time slot they landed. I remember some because my parents or sister would watch them. Good to see future stars in their 1st roles…some that they would rather forget…😊! Have a great day!

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Same to you! Thanks for watching!

Norman Lear said All's Fair was one of his favorites.

@robertsretrorewind5853

23 күн бұрын

Me too! I was actually wondering what he thought of it. Thank you for sharing!

I just recently watched The Fantastic Journey on KZread and some of the commercials, but many of the shows I didn’t know about. Many of the actors I do recognize from other movies and shows.

@supermanprime6758

Ай бұрын

I LOVED Fantastic Journey as a kid. I once asked the Rick and Morty composer if their theme song is “Based on one season 70s sci-fi shows” He said “kinda.”

Delvecchio may be considered a prequel of sorts for Hill Street Blues. The connection includes writer/producer Steven Bochco, along with actors Charles Haid, Michael Conrad and James B Sikking.

@fromthesidelines

Ай бұрын

Bochco was associated with Universal Television at the time. After the "RICHIE BROCKELMAN" debacle, he signed with MTM Enterprises......where he wrote and produced "HILL STREET BLUES".

@donaldpaluga

Ай бұрын

​@@fromthesidelinesBrockleman would go on to be commissioner of the PGA😏

I remember Delvecchio even though it was on late and I was only 10 years-old.

I was 13 during this TV season. I can remember my mother watching "Delvecchio," which I'm sure I must have watched at least a couple of times. I very clearly remember "The Brady Bunch Hour." I had been watching the original show for years, so was eager to check out this new version. On the first airing, I was convinced that the variety show was the worst TV program ever aired. I spent most of my life not having seen anything this bad until pretty recently when I finally got around to watching "The Star Wars Holiday Special." I now stand corrected. Also, in the shampoo commercial, when she says "brewed with one-third real beer - but don't drink it!" - That sounds really familiar to me.

A few of those I actually watched.

I don't remember 3 Girls 3, but back during its time, it was a television show I most certainly would have watched had it survived. And probably not for its story lines. Back in '76-'77, I was a typical teenage boy, growing up in suburban Chicago, complete with the classic Farrah Fawcett and Cheryl Ladd posters adorning my bedroom's wall. At 16, I was mesmerized with the beauty, style, and maturity of "older" women that were "out of my league". It's said that we always want what we cannot have, and the trio of Allen, Foley, and Kennedy would have been exactly the type of girls of my dreams during that most awkward time of my life. 3 Girls 3 would have been a "must-watch" television show for me back then.

@ernestcruz6316

Ай бұрын

It's a good thing 3 Girls 3 flopped. If not, Ellen Foley might not have been available to sing on Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell album.

@donaldpaluga

Ай бұрын

​@@ernestcruz6316and experienced Paradise By The Dashboard Light

Michael COnrad and Charles Haid were both on Delvecchio? Wow...then they both showed up on Hill Street Blues 5 years later.

I liked Captain and Tennile

Delvecchio was a good police show unlike today's trash!

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Yes! Personally, I'd place Delvecchio in the top 3rd of crime drama/cop shows from the '70s, and I think that by and large, that decade had a lot of very good ones. Watching the episodes, I'm surprised that it only lasted a season.

@lydwinaofschiedam2685

Ай бұрын

I remember it being entertaining as well. But I’d watch Judd Hirsch in just about anything.

@melodiefrances3898

27 күн бұрын

I actually thought it was a successful show lol ...

@beverlyledbetter4906

11 күн бұрын

It certainly had one of the best TV themes!👍

I did not get my say in what station the TV was tuned into in the 70s . I was the youngest by ten years ! So I like seeing what choices I didn’t get lol

OMG Holmes and Yoyo!!!! Lol Blanskies Beauties, i also loved She's with Me"

The Brady Bunch Variety Hour. The worst of the worst!

28:49 I actually had that MAC: Mobil Action Command toy when I was a kid. Fun toy for the 1st week. Then, there wasn't anything you could do with it except the same thing every time. Fly the helicopter around, rescue other MAC characters. Eventually I destroyed it a year later with my toy bazooka gun.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Wow, I'm jealous! Sort of... I remember having an insert that came with my Matchbox die-cast carrying case, showing that entire line of toys that they had. I was blown away that Matchbox didn't just make die-cast cars. I never knew anyone that had any of that, and I've sort of romanticized the idea about how great that line was (similar to the Fisher-Price Adventure People line but everyone seemed to have that at the time). After reading that you were bored with after a week, puts some perspective on it once and for all. It does look like a hollow shell the more I look at it. Anyway, thank you for mentioning that!

I don't think anyone's face could match their name better than John Shuck

Thanks for this, I'm loving these installments. I remember maybe one third of these shows...was still a "kid" at the time (about 13). My favorite of these was "Blansky's Beauties" and was sad to see it leave the airwaves back then.

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Thank you David! I really like Caren Kaye off of Blansky's Beauties. Someone uploaded a bunch of the episodes not too long ago.

@daviddemarco8327

Ай бұрын

@@robertsretrorewind5853 I liked Caren Kaye as well, and remember her popping up as a guest star in a number of series back then. But thanks for letting me know there's some "Blansky's Beauties" to be found here at KZread, I'll go look them up. I think Cyndi Grecco (who sang the theme for "Laverne & Shirley") also sang the "Blansky's Beauties" theme song as well.

I remember watching Delvecchio with my parents. Judd Hirsch and Charles Haid had a good rapport. And All’s Fair was pretty funny. I watched the Keane Brothers Show - every single minute. They were extremely talented and charming. Even though I’m no longer an 11 year old girl, I still believe that. ❤️

Remember about half of these --- and of those only watched a couple including an episode or two of Gemini Man, premier of Three Girls, Three (meh, but those actresses did okay for themselves --- the only one I remembered was Mimi Kennedy for whatever reason). I was a big fan of The Fantastic Journey -- and especially the young lady in the cast. She was absent from the final episodes and was sorely missed. The kid from Escape to Witch Mountain, though, annoyed me. My mom watched Serpico. I didn't realize it was such a short run!

The only show from this list I watched was "Spencer's Pilots". Loved it. Of course I was only 9 and I loved airplanes. For me,they were the stars. Was crushed when it was canceled. Didn't know it came in dead last in the Nielsen ratings!

@fromthesidelines

22 күн бұрын

Being scheduled opposite 'SANFORD & SON" and "CHICO & THE MAN"- and "DONNY & MARIE"- didn't help.

I think Charlie's Angels should have been nicknamed "The Grim Reaper" for all the shows it bumped off during the 1976-77 season!

@fromthesidelines

Ай бұрын

And, of course, the other networks tried to copy it in certain formats. At CBS, Chariman of the Board Bill Paley asked two of his top programming executives- Robert Wussler and John Schneider, who were eventually reassigned to other positions within the network- what they thought of "CHARLIE'S ANGELS". After both of them brushed it off, Paley insisted, "It's exactly the kind of show CBS should have. We don't have any pretty girls on the network." One such result was "THE AMERICAN GIRLS" {see "1978-'79 Short -Lived TV Shows"}.

@RobJazzful

Ай бұрын

*Angels

@LannieLord

Ай бұрын

There was an even MORE deadly Grim Reaper than that one: The Happy Days / Laverne & Shirley Grim Reaper of the 76-77 season! In FACT all of ABC was a Grim Reaper 1976-1980 (when NBC had its "Toilet Bowl" years . The SuperTrain era ! Man did NBC get revenge by 1984 -85 !)

@LannieLord

Ай бұрын

ABC was doing so well- I REALLY thought Blansky's Beauties was going to be the Number 4 or 5 show in 1977 .

@FelipeSimmons-zq4qn

Ай бұрын

Charlie's Angels was clearly a huge hit amongst Male viewers but not without controversy for it drew the ire of concerned parents and Newsweek magazine did a cover story regarding the content of shows not just Charlie's Angels also Three's Company and Soap that led to the emergence of groups ie "The Moral Majority" and "The Coalition for better Television" led by Rev Jerry Falwell and Donald Wildmon respectively.

That Kurt Russell ever had a failure in anything seems weird.

@TheREALSofaKing0306

Ай бұрын

I saw Kurt in another failure in one of Robert's other "Short-lived shows" videos. Go to the '74-'75 season shows & watch for Luke Skywalker!

@rynehall9990

18 күн бұрын

What do you expect? He's a living planet!

Bernadette Peters is my favorite Broadway actress of all-time...and she was a TERRIBLE fit for a television sitcom! Granted, it didn't help All's Fair went against Monday Night Football and NBC's Monday Night Movie.

@Rockhound6165

Ай бұрын

I'd say she did pretty well in a comedy called The Jerk.

@Quartzquiz333

Ай бұрын

​​@@Rockhound6165That was a movie, much different from a week-to-week network sitcom. Her other two starring movie roles with then boyfriend Steve Martin (Pennies from Heaven and Heartbeeps) as well as her appearance in the movie Annie were not as successful, and she mercifully went back to Broadway, where she was sorely missed.

@stevestarr9769

Ай бұрын

I have no memory of her doing crap TV.

Man, sooo many memories. Thanks for this!

@robertsretrorewind5853

Ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

I was 17 in 1977' but dont really remember them, i must of been at the park partying!!!

As soon as I saw the Excedrin commercial, the next show would be my second favorite Variety show that year "3 Girls 3". My favorite was "The Jacksons" because of little Janet.

Supposedly,The Captain & Tennille weren't happy with the direction their variety show was headed & opted not to do another season.

@fromthesidelines

22 күн бұрын

They agreed to appear in occasional specials for the next two seasons. They had more control over the songs they performed, and Daryl didn't have to face the cameras as much.

Thursdays wasn't much of a TV watching night in the 70's

The Brady Bunch and Starland Vocal Band receiving variety shows this season was proof that the format was starting to wane.

@CarolinaPine

Ай бұрын

Eve Plum had enough sense to stay as far away from "The Brady Bunch Hour" as possible, thus proving that Jan was the smartest Brady.

@jeffw1267

Ай бұрын

The Brady Bunch Variety Hour didn't do too bad, considering that it was up against Little House on the Prairie. Little House ground up a lot of opposing shows, because few people had VCRs to record with.

@fromthesidelines

Ай бұрын

After competing against "60 MINUTES" and "THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY", the last episodes were scheduled against "LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE".

@muzluv33

Ай бұрын

@@CarolinaPine You may be right. She retired from TV a long time ago and is now a painter in California with her own studio. She was my favorite of the Brady Girls - had sympathy for her struggle to stop being overshadowed as the middle child.

@fromthesidelines

Ай бұрын

And the fact that she *knew* the variety show wasn't such a great idea.

Wow. $2895 for a car. That's the tax now.

Boy that Norman Lear could sure pick 'em

@Quartzquiz333

Ай бұрын

I was going to say, Norman Lear had a pretty rocky season that year. Three busts!

@annabelkitten07

Ай бұрын

Happens!

@Rockhound6165

Ай бұрын

Considering he had several homeruns with All in the Family, Maud, The Jefferson's, & Good Times I'd say he had a pretty good batting average. Not every show works. Hell, how many flops did Bill Cosby have before The Cosby Show?

@alg11297

Ай бұрын

@@Rockhound6165 his shows were all PC knockoff of one another. AND most of them were originally on Brit tv. So much for originality

@donaldpaluga

Ай бұрын

​@@Quartzquiz333as many as were on Charlie's Angels! (Rimshot)

I couldn't see Judd Hirsch as a dramatic actor, but he was of course a brilliant comedic actor. He had a mobile face that was made for comedy.

@Quartzquiz333

Ай бұрын

He was actually a brilliant dramatic actor on the stage. He was wonderful in I'm Not Rappaport on Broadway.

@66KIMBLE

Ай бұрын

Ordinary People (1980)

@johnshelton6434

Ай бұрын

Judd Hirsch was a multi-talented actor. He could do comedy and drama.

@radicalross7700

Ай бұрын

​@@johnshelton6434Agreed

I remember some of those

"The Nancy Walker Show" is pretty much "Granny Takes A Trip."

@visaman

Ай бұрын

I used to watch the theme and then turn the channel 😅

@toddw.6344

26 күн бұрын

I can't believe Nancy got canceled going up against Charlie's Angels.

I was overseas from early 1977 until the middle of 1978. Most of these shows I never heard of.

2 Nancy Walker shows . Gibbsville was a quality show that had quality writing and performances. Sirota's court looked an early inspiration for night court. Serpico never had a chance turning it into a conventional cop show.

@muzluv33

Ай бұрын

David Birney was miscast in Serpico. Who could top Al Pacino in that role?

@waynetompkins3006

Ай бұрын

David Birney? As Serpico? With all the NYC-raised Italian American actors working in television in those days?

Right before the lights went out in Nyc for the blackout of 1977, the last show I watched was "The Kalikaks". It was awful. I wouldn't be surprised if it was NBC's version of "Carter Country".

Judd Hirsch in an action show? Who were they kidding?

I always loved code r

I don’t know most of these shows as I was busy in the US Army thru the 70’s. I don’t know the majority of these actors. It’s like the 70’s never happened for me. It’s a strange feeling really, watching these promos and having no idea what they are or who was in them.

19:05 - The late Carl Weathers looks like he stepped right off the set of Rocky as Apollo Creed in the suit to film this scene.

TV. Horse crap then, horse crap now. Some things never change.