Willie Mays and Donna Reed were actually good friends in real life. She helped him find a house in San Francisco.

@deependz3231

4 күн бұрын

Guess he didn't have an agent to do that?

Having Willie Mays on the show was pretty radical back then.

@scotnick59

2 жыл бұрын

He's still with us @ 90

@angelacritters

2 жыл бұрын

@@scotnick59 awesome

@odiecalodie

2 жыл бұрын

Donna Reed was a unsung Civil Rights Proponent.

@jamestyler7697

2 жыл бұрын

ESPECIALLY at 4:48 -- considering that this was two years before Petula Clark caused an uproar just by holding Harry Belafonte's arm - and Lena Horne's career had been derailed several years earlier just for being seen shaking Gary Cooper's hand on the Perry Como Show - it was very bold for them to be seen casually shaking hands with Mays as equals

@tobyflagg8058

3 ай бұрын

It was still nevertheless important to do so.

Willie Mays is my cousin in real life. He's my great grandmother Janie Ruth Mays' cousin.

@suestephan3255

4 ай бұрын

A super human & athlete

@oldgordo61

15 күн бұрын

How cool is that? I remember him playing at the tail end of his career. But what a career he had and given his stats offense and defense imo Willie Mays was the greatest all round baseball player ever. Sadly he just passed away. RIP Mr. Mays.

Thank you so much for posting these old shows love watching them ❤❤❤

RIP Willie Mays in June 2024. This episode was amazing!!

I was a huge fan of Willie Mays as young lad and I still am

RIP Willie Mays 😢😢 This episode is a classic.

I loved this great show 😊

4:37 Willie trots in to talk to Donna & Jeff in his home jersey.. and the close up shown wearing his road jersey..lol

@KDC256

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, someone indeed goofed on that one!

@steven.events

2 жыл бұрын

Good eye, Doug. 🎯

@deependz3231

4 күн бұрын

Is that even his road jersey, or just some jersey the prop department came up with to avoid paying a fee to the Giant organization?

Say Donna ya wanna go out to Candlestick to watch Willie Mays and the Giants play the Dodgers???

This was a great episode. RIP WILLIE MAYS. You were such a powerful ball player. You will always be in my heart ❤. You will always be in my prayers. God has his angel 😇 back. You are in heaven playing baseball ⚾ with Willie McCovey and Orlando Cepeda.

Am I missing something? How does the Stone family know Willie Mays? And how does Jeff find a date so quick only being in SF for one day? What a smooth operator!

I like the original opening theme - in syndication, they used the season 8 closing theme as the opening, too.

This whole episode is very radical for the times. Willie Mays shaking hands with two White women (Petula Clarke caused a big controversey when she put her hand on Harry Belafonte's arm on a TV special); Willie Mays pulling up a chair and sitting at the table; the Stone family talking with him as if he is an old family friend, not just a celebrity. These were deliberate choices on someone's part. In fact, Willie Mays was on the show 3 times. In 1950s-1960s...very radical.

Willie Mays was the most beloved athlete in America in the 1960s.

@Wixom2200

5 ай бұрын

Correct.

@harveycan5820

9 күн бұрын

Certainly was among them.

😃😃😃😃😃😃

Would you post more episodes from The Donna Reed Show?

One thing about this show, everything was done on the cheap. Grainy stock footage of Willie Mays at the ballpark to the point of pretending he's running up to greet Donna and Jeff.

5:56 "... everything has something to do with Texas." 🤔

"the Say Hey Kid”

I would really like to watch season 6 episode 16, First Addition, if you have it to post?

Where are you from.

@paulcaron400

2 жыл бұрын

Where are you from the Bronx

@victorlutes2465

17 күн бұрын

MINNEAPOLIS , st Pontiac on the River go Chiefs Centerfield Bulldogs. 😮

You are in direct copyright violation, these episodes are not meant to be available on KZread.

@troylee5273

Жыл бұрын

And? If so why does that bother you.. Most ppl would never see this enjoyable segment otherwise

@1636bvick

Жыл бұрын

What a meanie you are! Over 13,000 people got to enjoy this episode that, like me, do not get DECADES. Believe you me, I'd give a week's pay to buy the DVDs of seasons 6, 7 & 8, but they won't issue them for some reason!

@KDC256

17 күн бұрын

​@@1636bvick It never fails... someone usually tips off the television producers when these types of videos are shown on KZread.

@harveycan5820

9 күн бұрын

Are you the executor of Donna Reed's estate? Or an accountant at the studio? Are these maybe in public domain? Do you even know? These are wonderful gems that would be lost in time and space if not for KZread. These were made to be enjoyed and appreciated. There's no harm done to anyone - - Except you apparently You are an officious interloper. Maybe take a laxative and let some of the pressure off. Or just enjoy the show 😊

@harveycan5820

9 күн бұрын

Also, if a poster takes out a certain amount of a work then then it does not violate the copyright. Maybe poster did that. Why are you so aggressive about it? Relax...enjoy!