Harry O was a private investigator drama series that aired on ABC from 1973 to 1976 starring David Janssen (Richard Diamond Private Detective, The Fugitive, O'Hara US Treasury).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_O
Friday, November 18, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies was one of the top sitcoms of the 60's. Not only a Wednesday night staple for years, but a popular show in syndication even while it was still active. 274 episodes were produced during its 9 seasons. The Beverly Hillbillies was the first of several rural-themed, and fish-out-of-water themed, shows aired on CBS in the 60's. These type of shows became a big part of the CBS lineup until mid-1971 when CBS programming head Fred Silverman instituted his rural-purge and pulled the plug on all of them. The timing was probably right as the show made its debut in 1962 and by 1971 America had changed drastically while the show still had a very late 50's / early 60's feel to it (not that that is necessarily a bad thing). It's a nice sunny and warm morning here in Florida so I think I'll take my coffee and go sit out by the cement pond.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beverly_Hillbillies
Monday, November 7, 2011
Richard Diamond (aka Call Mr. D)
Richard Diamond - Private Detective was a film noir detective drama starring David Janssen (The Fugitive, O'Hara U.S. Treasury, Harry O). It enjoyed a three year run between the summer of 1957 and summer of 1960. In syndication it was titled Call Mr. D. It originated on CBS and ended up on NBC and is said to have been an inspiration for Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Diamond,_Private_Detective
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Thriller
Thriller was an anthology series of thrilling tales of horror and suspense hosted by Boris Karloff that ran for 67 episodes on NBC in 1960-1962.
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show is one of the better known sitcoms from the 1960's. It ran for 5 years (1961-1966) and produced 158 episodes and also enjoyed a long second life for many years in syndication.
Developed by Carl Reiner, a pilot was made in 1960 with Reiner in the starring role. That all changed by the time the show went into production and Reiner remained behind the scenes and appeared occasionally as Van Dyke's boss. The show starred not only Van Dyke as Rob Petrie, but made a household name out of Mary Tyler Moore as his wife Laura. The show was a balance of Rob & Laura's home life and Rob's work life as a comedy writer for 'The Alan Brady Show'. The Dick Van Dyke Show was usually aired back-to-back on CBS with another huge 60's sitcom, The Beverly Hillbillies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dick_Van_Dyke_Show
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
My Three Sons
My Three Sons was a sitcom that had a very long life of 12 seasons and 380 episodes of which 373 are found here. I know there are sellers out there who sell "complete" sets, but you know what? You know why they say they're complete? Because the person they bought them from said theirs was complete and the person that person bought it from said theirs was complete and NONE of them ever took the time to actually see what episodes were on the discs because their only interest is in going to sleazy Wallymart and buying the cheapest discs they can find and running off copies as cheap and fast as possible and flogging them.
Anyways, the show began in September 1960 and ended in April 1972, so the beginning and end of the show were like in two different worlds.
My Three Sons starred Fred MacMurray who had been a popular film actor since the late 40's. It also featured, for the first 5 seasons, William Frawley who was known to everyone as Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Three_Sons
My Three Sons starred Fred MacMurray who had been a popular film actor since the late 40's. It also featured, for the first 5 seasons, William Frawley who was known to everyone as Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy.
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