21 NEW SHOWS OF FALL TV 1967

[@verticalhorizon4633]

Can't wait for the new fall schedule! 1967 should prove to be quite a year!

[@johnpendarvis7885]

Something sweetly nostalgic about the theme music to most of these old shows.

[@ibpn4284]

I was 8 years old in 67 and only remember 7 out of 21 shows. proves kids were outside playing more back then.

[@jamessandy5873]

These are shows at the very beginning of the season. Most of them were quickly canceled, so you (like most people) wouldn't remember them for that reason.

[@rredhawk]

I was only 5 but I do remember most of these shows because my older siblings watched them and I would watch them along with them.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

I was only 10 in the fall of '67. But Green Acres was still the place to be in '67!

[@imkluu]

I was only 6, and I remember 10 of them. Are you sure there were 26? It doesn't seem like they showed 26. Probably I remember them from repeats or because they lasted for more than a couple years, rather than watching when they were first on the air.

[@SlapthePissouttayew]

Outside riding freight trains from one city where we lived to where my grandparents farm was near where they stopped. Life was good.

[@keithbyrd-MysticRuby0117]

I have the Guns of Woll Sonnett on DVD ...it was a good show...I was 11 years old then...I loved Loredo with Neville Brand and Carey who played on the Granny Goose Potato Chip Commercials...All these TV previews bring back great childhood memories...

[@hebneh]

Every time I watch these old TV show openings I marvel at how many of these people starred in network TV shows, seen by millions of people, and who never really achieved a steady acting career or lasting fame.

[@jsat5609]

Television took an endless amount of talent, and there was always an oversupply of actors trying to break into the business.

[@deborahagodwin4509]

‘’CUSTER” now that has a nice ring to it......

[@jln55]

Great childhood memories. Thanks for posting.

[@edwardanthony7283]

Remember some of these. Great shows back then & an abundance of talent was out there.

[@tuckerlacey9909]

Damn. Can't wait Til 1967 to see all these new shows!!!!

[@moviesgalore9947]

Mannix and It Takes A Thief and Mission Impossible had the coolest opening credits those three were the best of that era.

[@joe-kz4bc]

50 years ago, wow. I was in 4th grade that fall. I remember most of these, not all, we only had one station. Did not see a lot of NBC until 1970 when a second station started. But there was always something on. Unlike now where there is 200 channels but nothing on them . That's why I am here. Thank you whoever uploads this stuff. Love reminiscing.

[@scottmiller6495]

Now this was great television just incredible shows from a time we will never ever see again Period !!!!!

[@patriciahayes7315]

These are great intros! Thanks for uploading them. :D

[@mehitablestorm8877]

Wow, thank you so much for posting this - I remember several of these shows well esp Mannix, Cimarron Strip, High Chaparral. Some of these I haven't seen since they came out that year. So much better than what we have on TV now.

[@eamonhorahan666]

mannix lasted 7 seasons... and for a reason. he had the first car telephone.... before cell phones... he always had the coolest convertibles out there. and he had the coolest secretary out there too. remember her? she was also the first black one. which at that time, was a first... I believe her name was peggy, and every bit as cool as mannix was. what a great show... and I never missed it. oh, the days!

[@joanjohnson1819]

Didn't Mike Connors develop cancer and was in full remission and set to do another series but he couldn't get insurance coverage so I don't think he starred in another television show

[@thejupiter2574]

Actress Gail Fisher , very pretty and refined, played his secretary.

[@JohnHolton]

Lucille Ball, who ran Desilu, is responsible for Mannix running more than one season. The first year, he worked for an investigation company that used computers a lot, and no one watched it. Lucy decided to get rid of the computers and have Mannix go off on his own, and the show ran another six years. And yes, Gail Fisher was gorgeous, and it would have been interesting if Peggy and Joe developed a more intimate relationship, but TV wasn't ready for that...

[@rodmoore1577]

@@JohnHolton well joe you are on the right track. Conners actually brought the idea up about exploring a more personal relationship between mannix and Peggy. You can imagine how that went. When Greg Morris was on mission impossible it was clearly stated by CBS executives that he and Barbara bain were to NEVER be in a room, any room, together alone.

[@rodmoore1577]

@@JohnHolton sorry John I have no idea why I referred to you as joe. I humbly apologize

[@pattibrooks1907]

I was 11 back in 1967 loved the shows back then family more of them !!

[@lindaeasley5606]

The standout premiere show for 1967 was the Carol Burnett Show

[@Musicradio77Network]

4:47 was "The Carol Burnett Show", but the only bumper missing is the "CBS Presents This Program in Color" variant where it dissolved into a character. This show ran for impressive 11 years until the show ended in 1978, and later reran in syndication as "Carol Burnett & Friends" which was a half hour version of her show featuring nothing but sketches minus the musical guests.

[@TJ52359]

MeTV has it at 11/10c now in most markets

[@gnosticmom2805]

Ol' Stuart Whitman looked like he was about ready to lean clear off the back end of that horse.

[@mehitablestorm8877]

Thank you! I'm glad it's not just me - I loved that show and Stuart was one of my crushes but I always thought he looked weird on that horse.

[@patriciahayes7315]

Gnostic Mom - Stuart looked like he was hanging onto the reins to keep himself from doing just that. My late mom, who loved Westerns and did a fair amount of riding in her day, would have pointed that out, and the fact that Stuart was holding his arms too high.

[@rodmoore1577]

@@patriciahayes7315 whitman had done several westerns before the show. So it's not like he had never rode a horse before.

[@patriciahayes2664]

@@rodmoore1577 That may be the case, but Stuart Whitman didn't look good here, so I think he could have used some more riding lessons before taking on another Western. 🤔

[@rodmoore1577]

@@patriciahayes2664 Do you honestly think I give a rats ass what you think? Absolutely not!

[@trajan75]

I thought the best of them was Cimmaron Strip. I think it was cut because its budget was too big, but it was a good show. As a New York City boy I loved westerns.

[@nickl.eakins3250]

Cimarron Strip was a good show. I believe it was on CBS NBC ran a lot of 90 shows but they aired a couple years later. They'd rotate Mccloud with McMillan and Wife and Columbo. Guns of Will Sonnet was ABC. Laramie, The Virginian Bonanza and The High Chaparral were NBC. I don't know as if it was a western in the strictest sense but Daniel Boone was NBC. Of course, Gunsmoke was CBS.

[@nickl.eakins3250]

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[@luisreyes1963]

Episodes of Cimarron Strip can be seen on Starz Encore WESTERNS.

[@rodmoore1577]

Yes it was very expensive. But the quality was obvious. Whitman wanted to shoot it more like a movie than a typical tv western.

[@davegreene8588]

Cimmarron Strip got too brief a time on tv! One of the greatest Western themes EVER!

[@TJ52359]

H&I has it as part of their Sunday 'Western Block'

[@josearturogarza5114]

Was 6 years old in 1967. Watched Gentle Ben with sisters. Later on Loved watching *High Chaparral* on reruns. _Buck and Manolito_ were my favorites. *Cameron Mitchell and Henry Darrow.* Wish we could watch these shows on KZbin,but they get pulled off!

[@TJ52359]

H&I Sunday Afternoons High Chaparral is in rotation

[@rodmoore1577]

The only thing I remember about gentle ben was bart starr was on an episode.

[@jmason2838]

... original ' Ironside ' theme ... ☺️🎧 What an orchestration 🎵🎺🎻🥁🎼🎶🏆by the Legendary Mr. Quincy Jones 👍👍❤️ ...🌻🕊️🤞🖖✌️🙂☕☕☕☕

[@k.n.o.3558]

Fun to see what was on before I was born. I actually remember a couple of these shows that survived as shown or as reruns into my early years. I remember loving Ironside. Thanks for posting this!

[@hebneh]

In the fall of 1968 I went to school with Jill Townsend's brother - she was star of "Cimarron Strip" - and it was awkward that I'd never heard of the show, much less seen it.

[@merloon]

I've always held the opinion that the opening credits for Mannix had a great influence on the opening for Cowboy Bebop. Seeing it again just reinforces that feeling.

[@Obladgolated]

Written by Lalo Schifrin, I've always thought the theme to _Mannix_ was one of the most musically imaginative theme songs of that era. Along with the theme to _Room_ _222,_ of course, by Jerry Goldsmith.

[@eljeffe1815]

The "Police Squad" movies got that N.Y.P.D. intro with the flasher.

[@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods]

I'd have loved to have been the guy in Hollywood who ran the western wear store.

[@hansrunne9420]

The good old days, when I was a child.😊

[@demetriusdillard2863]

Even with the Vietnam War escalating halfway across the globe in southeast Asis, westerns were still a viable--and quite popular--genre in Hollywood during the late sixties, both on television and in film; in fact, the programmers and executives in charge of the then "Big Three" television networks were greenlighting them well into the seventies...of the six westerns that debuted on ABC, CBS, and NBC in the autumn of '67, only "The Guns Of Will Sonnett" and "The High Chaparral" were renewed for a second season (CBS aired repeats of the ninety-minute "Cimarron Strip" during the summer of '71, three years after its cancellation). The big winners this season were "The Carol Burnett Show," "Mannix," "Ironside," "N.Y.P.D.," "Judd For The Defense," "Gentle Ben," "The Flying Nun," and "The Mothers-In-Law." Although "He & She" was a well-written program for its time, viewers didn't quite understand its sophisticated level of humor, despite its massive critical acclaim, CBS prematurely pulled the plug on the "Dick Van Dyke Show"-inspired urban sitcom the following spring (CBS aired repeats of "He & She" during the summer of 1970). An interesting footnote is that despite its one-season run, "He & She" was a precursor to the urban sitcoms of the 1970s, such as "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "The Bob Newhart Show." An interesting note of trivia is that a very young Goldie Hawn had a recurring role on the short-lived "Good Morning World" just months prior to her star-making turn on "Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In," which premiered on NBC the following January as a midseason replacement ("Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In" replaced the long-running espionage/action/adventure drama "The Man From U.N.C.L.E."). All in all, I enjoyed watching this retrospective down memory lane. Thanks for sharing, RWdt09!

[@GermanShepherd1983]

I can't believe all the westerns that were still be started in 67

[@jamesshort8385]

I dont remember Cimmaron Strip, but man, what a great theme song!

[@cheesecakepie1]

thank you for this preview of 1967, one of the greatest tv seasons ever made. a great show that sadly did not make it was nypd. maybe too early to appreciate the true realism and grit of this great show. however, as the other poster said, you really did save the best for last. funny that mannix before the changes after the 1st. season, did not do well in the ratings. after its last and 8 th. season, it was still in the top 10. rip mike. thank you so much for all the happiness you brought us.

[@randyacuna3248]

N y p d , done in a documentary style not seen before. Great scripts and the 3 stars were perfect. Ahead of its time. Sadly the public miss out one a great show.

[@jamesrogers47]

I was five in 1967 and I liked Cinnamon Strip and High Chaparral. My favorite show in the fall of 1967 was The Invaders.

[@johnpendarvis7885]

Seems like Custer was doomed to an unhappy ending.

[@dillysgirl4ever]

I remember all of those shows from my childhood except for Hondo and Custer. My dad loved Judd, and my grandma really enjoyed High Chapparral. I watched Gentle Ben and Cowboy in Africa. Thanks for posting!

[@mehitablestorm8877]

If I remember right I think 1967 was the year The Invaders with "architect" David VIncent (Roy Thinnes) debuted. It was about an alien invasion and lasted 2 seasons and was such a great show. The greatest opening theme ever.

[@TJ52359]

IIRC it's part f teh MeTV Saturday night line up

[@luisreyes1963]

Credit for it goes to Dominic Frontiere.

[@allenjones3130]

​@@luisreyes1963 Probably the most famous piece of music Mr. Frontiere wrote is the appropriately eerie theme from "The Outer Limits".

[@stingray4real]

Richard Benjamin of He & She co starred in with Josh's Dad James Brolin .and Yul Brynner in the cult sci-fi movie 'Westworld'.

[@mehitablestorm8877]

I was probably about 11 then but I LOVED He & She, it was a great show especially with Jack Cassidy as the neighbor.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

He and She followed my beloved Green Acres that year.

[@richardranke7878]

I remember The Mothers-In-Law,Good Morning World,He and She,The Flying Nun,The Second Hundred Years(Intreguing premise),Accidental Family,Judd for the Defense(one of my Grandma's favorite shows),Ironside(another one of Grandma's favorites)and many of the other shows-but I only saw the ones I named.

[@moviesgalore9947]

We never watched any westerns my dad never liked them except for Wild Wild West that's the only one we watched because it was James Bond in the Old West.

[@larrygertner6828]

He & She deserved a longer run.

[@bobm7250]

Same with "Good Morning World".

[@luisreyes1963]

​@@bobm7250 Good Morning, World was a weak sitcom from the creators of That Girl.

[@bobm7250]

@@luisreyes1963 It was sad that it didn't last long.

[@imkluu]

I remember most of these. I didn't realize they had all started in 1967.

[@mikeysuzefour]

Loved The Flying Nun and Sally Field!

[@Lisa-di1wi]

He and She came on Wednesday nights at 9:30 right after my beloved Green Acres.

[@julymiller2308]

Series I'd love to have seen when originally aired: Carol Burnett, He & She, Flying Nun, Second Hundred Years, Gentle Ben, Judd for the Defense, Ironside, NYPD, Mannix

[@luisreyes1963]

The Second Hundred Years? Seriously? 😕

[@13thwho]

Luis Reyes It was about a prospector in Alaska at the start of the 20th century who was frozen in a glacier, and thawed out over 60 years later (shades of Captain America and Adam Adamant!).

[@jmason2838]

Yes indeed - My Mom and I Loved 'The Second Hundred Years' 🤵💢💨- with handsome , talented actor Monte Markham 💪... 😀👍👍... A real shame it didn't last ... .. a good show .❤️. ...

[@julymiller2308]

@@13thwho I check into the series before I watch the theme songs. I see someone else did their homework. The premise sounds like I'd enjoy it.

[@julymiller2308]

@@luisreyes1963 If 13thwho hadn't already done so... I would have recommended checking out the premise. So, thanks 13thwho!

[@mash336]

I love Mannix I have all of the seasons on DVD!

[@williamhenderson8371]

Never understood how Hondo’s dog didn’t die of thirst and exhaustion. Can you imagine having to keep up with a horse all day long !?!

[@luisreyes1963]

Can you imagine someone nutty enough to revive The Second Hundred Years as a series? 😆

[@dharma63]

He and She. Paula Prentiss and Richard Benjamin have been married since 1961.

[@jphforex2151]

Custer's show was abruptly canceled by the Indians....

[@patriciahayes7315]

XD

[@jaddis4]

I remember some of these. I was 10 years old that fall and if it was on during a school night, I was probably in bed during prime time, so I could only watch the Friday and Saturday shows.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

Jeff: I was 10 years old that fall too.

[@jaded1000]

I remember all these shows, seems TV back then had a higher ratio of wheat to chaff than today

[@sd31263]

Saved the best for last, I see. Mike Connors is...Mannix.

[@ysmigraarzygler8387]

Mannix had one of the ten best theme songs of all time, although I prefer the theme song with the lush piano solo in the middle. I'm not sure which seasons they used that one.

[@Juliaflo]

I will always remember Mike Connors from 'Tightrope'. (Don't figure out my age. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL).

[@Coastincolt]

sd31263 The last great classic PI show! (And, no- Magnum doesn't count, although Matt Houston was pretty good!)

[@FIREBRAND38]

That was nice attention to etail on using the 1st season opening for Mannix back when he worked for a company called Intertec.

[@DavidBDavis-lz7bt]

@@FIREBRAND38 The Intertech episodes started rerunning on MeTV a few years ago🌞.

[@jamesshort8385]

Sajid Khan of Maya had about 6 months as a teen idol. Even recorded an album.

[@eazystreet5507]

1967 GROOVY MAN.

[@dicarlo57]

I was in the sixth grade. Brings back creepy & disturbing memories.

[@towerkzar]

Mannix was the best of 67, still a favorite after all these years.

[@karltork6040]

Thank heavens Lucille Ball saved Mannix!!!

[@jonimichalski9193]

Beautiful ❤️

[@vividwatch47]

"He & She" - probably the only sitcom to win an Emmy AFTER it was cancelled!!!

[@Lisa-di1wi]

Paula Prentiss was also nominated for the Emmy as Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series. Unfortunately, she lost to Lucille Ball for The Lucy Show.

[@patriciahayes7315]

There was another comedy show - "My World and Welcome to It" (1969-1970, NBC) - that won an Emmy after it was cancelled.

[@allenjones3130]

"He & She" costar Jack Cassidy tragically died in an apartment fire in 1976 at age 49, shortly after his divorce from Shirley Jones.

[@1701echopapa]

Custer - the show that "The Time Tunnel" was canceled to make room for. I'll hate it forever.

[@TimelordR]

This true? The nerve that ABC cancelled Irwin Allen's sci-fi adventure for a formulaic western. Almost as bad as when ABC cancelled The Outer Limits for a forsaken musical variety show, The King Family.

[@fromthesidelines]

"CUSTER" wasn't seen on Friday nights......."OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD", MGM's answer to "WALT DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR", replaced "THE TIME TUNNEL" on ABC's Friday night schedule in the fall of '67. However, if you're referring to the fact that "CUSTER" replaced "THE TIME TUNNEL" on 20th Century-Fox Television's production schedule that fall, yes, that IS a shame.

[@MrTrashcan1]

That means Sunday at 8PM. I LOVED The Time Tunnel. I was fascinated by time travel and I couldn't get enough of that show. And it opened my eyes to history, too. Even before it was replaced, It was frequently pre-empted for local basketball--and for that I hate basketball forever.

[@johnheinrich1718]

I enjoyed the Time Tunnel, it was on only 2 seasons. I’ve bought the dvds and still watch them. I remember when Sargent Jiggs went back in time to help Tony, and mowed down a much of gladiators with his machine gun.

[@thejupiter2574]

I loved the Time Tunnel show very much but tired of seeing the same old studio stock footage over n over again and I was pissed that just like Lost in Space, the characters never got home. I was so pissed.

[@voodoo49]

Walter Brennan .. "That mule, Old Rivers,and me."

[@cheesecakepie1]

this was the best year ever for new tv shows. its a shame that nypd never became a hit. it was a great series. it was the real and original nypd with the assistance of the nypd. one good thing that did come out of this year was that the best crime drama show by far ever made had its debut. thats of course mannix. do you know even though it was cancelled after 8 years years, it was still a top 10 show in its last year. its now on heros and icons network at 3pm et. tell h and i it should be on prime time evenings. it deserves it. thank you mike connors for the best show ever. mike even did his own stunts.

[@gregggoss2210]

cheesecakepie1, that's when men were still men and not the bunch of pussies and delicate flowers in Hollyweird today.

[@MegaMagicdog]

The show also airs on Me-TV at 2AM PST M-F.

[@loriloristuff]

I remember 15 out of 21! Must've been a good year to have a father who was so addicted to TV that he ate, shaved and occasionally bathed in front of one (our mother and/ or we children brought him water in a basin, soap, razor, etc., then we were ordered to leave the room). My faves: Guns of Will Sonnet and High Chaparral! Least favorite: the Mothers-In-Law.

[@gregggoss2210]

This was another great upload. I remember a lot of these shows, some great, some not so great. I don't remember Maya or the African Cowboy. NYPD was a favorite of mine. Saw " Good Morning World " recently on one of the retro channels and it was pretty lame. Still, better than the crap on today's TV.

[@ferociousgumby]

Walter Brennan was the best.

[@johnheinrich1718]

He was a Real McCoy

[@royhowell3954]

That mule, Old rivers and me

[@christophergraves6725]

Yes! I love the line Walter's character delivers when he and his grandson meet a gunslinger who claims he is the fastest gun in the West. "You can't be the fastest. The best you could be is the fourth fastest...my son Jim is the third fastest, the boy here is the second fastest and I am faster than both of 'em. No brag, just fact!"

[@geodog6854]

I love jazzy so many of the themes were!

[@RusstheTroubadour]

The IRONSIDE theme was composed and performed by QUINCY JONES. In season one MANNIX worked for an agency . From season two forward he worked for himself.

[@amykulp1683]

too expensive to have all that back ground. He was better of with Gail Fisher anyway.

[@TJ52359]

IIRC the original 'hook' of Mannix was that he was "an old School PI in a Modern (for 1967) World" with the (again, then Modern) Computers helping him find answers, but after the first season, and most of the S01 Stories seeing him Ignore his Boss, and the Computer based answers, they just made him a 'Normal PI' with a hot secretary - I would not be shocked if some later season plots were directly lifted from Pulp Novels (Hammett, Chandler, Spillane) with only character names and pop culture references adjusted...

[@calvada1]

Gosh, we seen a lot of horses that season.

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

Westerns were still popular then. I'm glad I was too young to have watched any of them...

[@ruraladventurer1884]

It's hardly a mystery why the TV Western began to burn itself out around this time

[@rodmoore1577]

Ok Cimmaron Strip The High Chapperal and Mannix! 3 of the greatest TV theme songs of all time! Nobody rode a horse as cool as Stuart Whitman!

[@ellott1828]

I remember my dad watching the cimmeron strip as a kid

[@KCOliver1960]

TERESA ELLIOTT I remember my dad watching Cimmeron Strip too. Especially since it pissed me off that I had to miss The Flying Nun because of it (This was during the days of only one tv in the house, folks. People didn't have televisions in every room back then).

[@julymiller9296]

Hits: The Carol Burnett Show, The Flying Nun, Ironside, Mannix Ok. According to a lower comment I missed about three shows. Including High Chaparrel and a few 2 season shows.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

Ah yes! Memories of bring 10 years old again!

[@speedracer1945]

Will Sonnet " No brag but Facts " ,, Now Cimarron Strip , Whitman took advice from Jim Arness and produce it as well but it was a favorite too Garrisons Gorillas took over Combats spot. This was a nice walk in the past .

[@moosesmart]

Probably the most unusual episode of “Cimarron Strip” was also one of the scariest ( “The Beast That Walks Like A Man” was a close second ) . Entitled “Knife In The Darkness” it first aired Jan. 25, 1968. A brutal series of mutilation murders, of saloon girls, may be the work of “Jack The Ripper”. The story was written by science fiction author Harlan Ellison. The ending is particularly horrific, ... and somewhat satisfying. A clear case of poetic justice. Stuart Whitman ( U.S. Marshal Jim “Doc” Crown ) R.I.P. March 16, 2020 ...

[@Obladgolated]

Thanks for that. I had heard that Harlan Ellison wrote non-science-fiction material for television, but I didn't like "Cimarron Strip" as a kid. Mr. Ellison had a hell of an imagination, one of the wildest of a wild time.

[@rodmoore1577]

@@Obladgolated well that's because it wasn't a kid show. Shows I found funny when I was 10 I find hard to watch now. Shows I didn't watch when I was 10 I now watch. It's called maturity.

[@karltork6040]

Got to meet Mr. Whitman in Westmont, Illinois back in the early 90's in a tobacco shop. Was very nice, and modest.

[@greenmonsterprod]

Is it just me or does the opening of "Judd for the Defense" look something like the opening of "Insight"? Haven't seen the latter in quite some time, so I might be mistaken.

[@johnnystaccata]

It would be nice if you could list all 21 titles in the description. I used to watch Guns of Will Sonnett, and The Second Hundred Years often. I remember a lot of the others. I remember the Flying Nun, but never watched it. N.Y.P.D. was a great show, but I was a bit young for it at the time.

[@Antonio-l8p2s]

Mannix and Ironside were the cream of the crop. They lasted long enough to where I remember seeing both of these shows.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

I was only 10 when these shows were on, and I do remember some of them; especially He and She (which came on right after Green Acres on Wednesday nights) and The Mothers-in-Law on Sunday nights.

[@MrTrashcan1]

Right about the Mothers-in-Law, but He & She followed Good Morning World which I'm pretty sure was Tuesday.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

Mr. Trashcan: He and She came on right after Green Acres on Wednesday nights at 9:30. Good Morning World moved into Petticoat Junction's former Tuesday night time slot of 9:30. Petticoat Junction moved to Saturday nights that fall.

[@gemjourney5210]

Eve Arden and Kay Ballard... were just as funny as Lucy and Ethel if not more!

[@SC-yx6wr]

NYPD, so that's where the Police Squad intro came from. Really - , a Flying Nun? Pet Bear? Cowboy in Africa? And it's:" Guerrilla" , not "Gorilla".

[@ysmigraarzygler8387]

13:42 The camera mounted on top of the moving police car showing the flashing red light as it goes down the street for the opening of N.Y.P.D. - this is where they came up with the opening for the Police Squad TV series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIiyo6ednqxqe6s It was used quite a bit more in the opening credits of the first Naked Gun movie: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZ-Qfp9_iKmmhNU

[@Lisa-di1wi]

But unfortunately, Green Acres was MY SHOW back then!

[@thejupiter2574]

Green Acres was a wonderful, funny family show. One of my favorites. The innocence and eccentrics of the characters :) R I P Eva Gabor

[@johnashley327]

I was one back then, but I somehow remember The Flying Nun and Gentle Ben.

[@MegaMagicdog]

Both shows were in syndication well into the 70s so that's likely how you saw them. I know that's how I did.

[@TJ52359]

@@MegaMagicdog Gentle Ben was on Sunday Mornings in my area until the early 80s -- really confuse me because Grizzly Adams also had a 'tame' Bear named Ben; and I was like 5.... ** Doubly confusing as Mad Jack from Grizzly Adams was also Uncle Jesse on Dukes of Hazzard (and I think Dukes kinda/sorta replaced Gentle Ben

[@ianblakesley3349]

Only a very few of these shows made it onto UK television. I recall Cimmaron Strip, the High Chapparal, He and She (my favourite, also starring Kenneth Mars), Gentle Ben (Iwith a pre-McCloud Dennis Weaver), the superb Ironside (how could it fail when starring Raymond Burr?), N.Y.P.D. and Mannix. We sold you The Avengers and one or two others.

[@MegaMagicdog]

Ironside didn't fail! It ran 6 seasons. My Dad loved those British shows. He loved "The Avengers" (The Diana Rigg years only!), "The Prisoner", and Britcoms like "Are You Being Served" and ribald comedies like "The Benny Hill Show".

[@Obladgolated]

Thank you so much for _The_ _Avengers._ It played on Saturday afternoons where I lived, and I looked forward to it every week. To this day, when I hear the musical intro to the "I-T-C Productions" logo, I get a delightful childhood thrill of expectation. It mixed adventure, espionage, and humor in a way no American show did. Today we learn the sad news of Dame Diana Rigg's passing. She was always beautiful, dignified, and fun.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

6:30 -- "He & She" was the best.

[@fred5399]

The intro to Cimarron Stuart Whitman could not ride. My father and I both wanted that horse. Any horse that could run like that with a non rider on his back and not throw that guy was an animal I wanted.

[@MegaMagicdog]

As an equestrienne myself, I couldn't agree more! Whitman looked like he would fly off any second!

[@fred5399]

John Wayne , Ben Johnson, Robert Farnsworth, Joel Mcrea Gene autry these guys could ride. Yes Whitman looked like he was going to fall off any moment but the horse looked great. @@MegaMagicdog

[@imeanithonest5704]

Jeez. The Flying Nun. I was so mixed up. I had a crush on a nun??

[@TheCatgirl6]

6:33 So lovely, He & She.

[@thejupiter2574]

Paula Prentess was so very pretty.

[@ronatopaz2793]

One comment about The Flying Nun... as absurd a premise as it was, I was once swept off my feet and flown up the steps to my building during 90 mph trade winds. And I weigh much more than Sally Field did at the time!! 😆

[@amykulp1683]

my friend's little sister was picked of the ground with an umbrella. 30 mph gusts bouncing off buildings.

[@stoneyfoot]

How did I miss "Cowboy In Africa"?

[@michaelmakes4883]

It was TV version of the film"Africa-Texas Style" that started Hugh O'Brien,when it moved to the small screen Chuck Connors got the call.Tom Nardini was in both...this sort of made up for Connors previously starring in the Flipper film but Brian Kelly getting the TV show..All Ivan Tors productions of course..

[@stoneyfoot]

@@michaelmakes4883 Thanks for the history lesson...I was a fan of the Ivan Tors productions, including Flipper on TV.

[@michaelmakes4883]

Yes,Ivan Tors was an amazing character..he had so many things going on simultaneously,movies,TV series, books and comics,toys and merchandising,plus special effects and consulting for outside projects,there has never been anyone else quite like him..he came from Hungary and built an empire...

[@gentillyguy1]

How many westerns did the networks think world needed in 1967?

[@RwDt09]

That season was the network's last blast with westerns, adding 6 new ones to join 7 returning ones. The genre would go into decline after that.

[@jsat5609]

The 1950's were much worse.

[@TJ52359]

only one of these saw 1970... so clearly it didn't need s many as the networks assumed they did

[@TJ52359]

@@jsat5609 the 50's gave us Cheyenne... 67 gave us 'Cowboy in Africa'

[@jsat5609]

I'm not saying there weren't any great westerns, there were. But you can count them on your fingers and have a few fingers left over. When you look at how many were memorable vs the total number period, you'll find that a lot of them were rather less than memorable. One reason TV liked westerns is that westerns were essentially made on the model of 1930's and 1940's B westerns that Hollywood had already been cranking out for years. Studios were very familiar with how to make cheap westerns quickly, and it was quite easy for them to shift gears to the shorter format of TV, because a B western of the previous decades typically ran less than 75 minutes anyway. So TV had a ready made genre waiting in the wings. Westers were cheap to produce, quick, and a large pool of skilled workers who knew how to make them already existed. It was a marriage made in Cowboy Heaven at least for the first 2 decades of TV.

[@daminmancejin]

i remember the flying nun but the other show i wann watch em i love this old stuff

[@lp-xl9ld]

Is it my imagination, or was Wayne Maunder in like every other Western during that era? I know some actors get typecast but this is a bit much. But there apparently were some pretty good shows back then (I was 5 at the time, didn't see any of these on their original runs, the 1st season at least)

[@doglips1958]

MANNIX WAS GREAT!!!!!!

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

10:50 Whaddya know, there was another Ron(ald) Howard on 1960's TV!

[@stingray4real]

Ronald Howard is the son of Leslie Howard who played Ashley Wilkes in Gone With The Wind.

[@jonimichalski9193]

Miss those days

[@michaellong3836]

Custer, the series that ABC cancelled Time Tunnel for, to make room on the schedule for. Brilliant move, ABC.

[@luisreyes1963]

Not a smart move, was it? 😑

[@demetriusdillard2863]

"Custer" replaced "Batman" on Wednesday nights--though "Batman" still aired on Thursdays--after ABC decided to eliminated "Batman's" twice-weekly airings that autumn due to both massive budget cuts and rapidly declining ratings; despite the addition of Yvonne Craig as Batgirl and the arrival of Eartha Kitt as Catwoman, ABC abruptly canceled "Batman" the following spring.

[@sun622]

Even the worst shows back then beat what they show now.

[@luisreyes1963]

Better an entire season of Gentle Ben than a single episode of The Big Bang Theory. 😅

[@WAQWBrentwood]

Cimarron Strip is when I took the seats out of a Cadillac Cimarron and put 'em in my Chevy Cavalier!

[@luisreyes1963]

Good show, dumb joke. Reruns of Cimarron Strip are now on Starz Westerns.

[@rodmoore1577]

@@luisreyes1963 thank you!😂😂😂😂

[@kblackav8or]

Didn't mannix start in 66?

[@karltork6040]

The "Pilot" aired in '66.