December Bride

[@sereneamani1713]

I remember the name of this show and I remember Spring Byington. However, I don't remember any episodes. It came on when I was aged 5-8. I just noticed that Harry Morgan played on Dragnet and Mash. Memories!

[@howardkerr8174]

December Bride also had a spin-off series: Pete and Gladys with Harry/Henry Morgan and Cara Williams. It was a bit of a screwball comedy series in the vein of I Love Lucy with Ms Williams taking the spotlight and Mr Morgan almost a prop. I had heard of December Bride but never saw any video until now.

[@nickmad887]

thanks

[@twang73]

Harry Morgan has been there, for many of us, our whole lives. My earliest memory of him was "December Bride". RIP Mr. Morgan, and thank you.

[@poitrenaud]

What a lovely little lady, Spring Byington, and Verna Felton was just wonderful- That is when America was really a great nation.

[@RasslebearNOLA]

i just commented to a friend how much i loved this show and several others of the same period... Our Miss Brooks, Ann Southern, Donna Reed, Lucy, of course, and then growing up and discovering that the stars had big movie careers before tv!

[@poitrenaud]

It's a great show!

[@TheAndroia]

Wow! Wish they put comedies like this back on tv. Clean humor. A bit sentimental, but a good story.

[@fromthesidelines]

This episode originally aired on January 17, 1955, during the first season. The opening and closing titles are from the syndicated edition of the series, as the originals had General Foods sponsor I.D.'s and logos {Maxwell House} included in them.

[@Auntydoe]

I loved this show when I was a child. It had a great cast, and was produced before our country became youth obsessed. I always felt that Spring Byington had a sweet way about her. The one liners are still funny . That Henry Morgan was hilarious !

[@moontheloon5]

I used to watch this show years ago as a kid on ch.48 in Philly. Between 10-11mon.-fri. they ran two classic sitcoms-called it something like comedy showcase. Some of the other shows were love that Bob...our miss brooks...the donna reed show..bachelor father...make room for daddy...and you bet your life...with groucho marx. Competing channel 29 ran green acres at 10:30! What a great time for Tv. Does anyone else from Philly remember this?

[@wholzman2]

Dean Miller owned a radio station in Newport , Ky in his later years. WNOP 740 AM. They played jazz music and it was a most entertaining group of guys.

[@jett0000007]

+william holzman Dean Miller owned WMVR in Sidney, Ohio. which is where he also is buried.

[@ramblergarage]

wonderful old show from when tv ment something.

[@inkey2]

I absolutely agree with you.........back in the days of UHF and especially early days of cable there was some really great B&W reruns

[@pocketknife421]

Love this show! I vaguely remember seeing re-runs in the early 60's. RIP Mr. Morgan.

[@ferociousgumby]

"Ye-e-e-e-ess, it's Pete 'n Gladys!"

[@mmm413]

@TCall2004 Any other sources? Or just one.

[@theophano]

Didn't one of them have a crush on Ivor Novello or was it Rudy Vallee?

[@TheAlrady]

Thanks for this clip. I wish there were more I wa slooking for Harry Morgan. THS episode is wonderful. The fighting is so realistic. LOL and the memories of some good actors.

[@Setebos]

And you'll notice how, back in those days, the stations didn't have to rely on "blocks" of the same show.

[@alltymthynker]

R.I.P. HARRY MORGAN YOUR TALENT WILL BE MISSED.

[@shortybunn]

TVLand is missing a great opportunity to increase it's audience considerably by airing some of these 50's shows...baby boomers remember them and miss them! I'm sure these shows would get a large audience of boomers! Come on Marketing get busy!

[@mmm413]

@poitrenaud I agree with you about Byinton and Felton. But that's as far as I go.

[@Setebos]

TV Land is one peculiar animal. I got more variety on television back in the days of UHF channels.

[@giano56]

Rest in peace, Mr Harry Morgan!

[@JoJoGunn1956]

The theme was "I Love Lucy" with a few eraser marks.

[@fromthesidelines]

Same composer {Eliot Daniel}, and conductor {Wilbur Hatch}.

[@jimbo97]

Lily and Hilda were the geriatric version of Lucy and Ethel. :-)

[@brothergaryii]

Harry Morgan saved the show! In fact, it was his first of 3 roles he would play in his long career.

[@Juliaflo]

In loving memory of Harry Morgan: 1915-2011.

[@JJJBRICE]

Parke Levy based December Bride on the positive relationship he had with his mother in law . There is no DB without Spring ( her first name fits ) Byington. She played straight for Verna Felton to supply the laughs . The anthesis of ILL with Ball and Vance. Rafferty and Miller were her straight men . Morgan supplied his sardonic remarks This DB cast were really an ensemble cast. Not to many TV casts appeared in every episode , not even ILL could say that . Handsome Dean Miller was really Parke Levy .

[@Juliaflo]

@tomkes100 This show generated the wonderful spin-off 'Pete And Gladys'.

[@jimbo97]

Like many spin-offs, "Pete & Gladys" lasted only one year. It was good, but never equaled "December Bride".

[@TheAndroia]

I was seven or eight when I watched this show. It was my favorite show next to Captain Kangaroo. I have vague memories of other funny shows. Our Miss Brooks was one. But there was another that I 'think' might have been a show about the Archies. The only thing I remember was teenagers in trouble with an older man (the daddy?), and HOLY COW being emblazoned on the screen. Anyone else remember such a show and the name? I think it was on CBS.

[@MooreBusiness2Do]

or also the show HAZEL

[@plutoplatters]

No..TV land shows the andy griffith show 7 times in a row...or so whhhhhhhhhy dont they show more ? hmmmm

[@luvthoseclips]

TV Land used to be wonderful at first, but now what I really despise about that channel is, not only did they eliminate their retromercials, but ALL SHOWS now, they completely eliminate the ending themes. That's part of the charm of the show, unfortunately today there's TOO MANY channels that are starting that now.

[@fromthesidelines]

They did present just ONE episode, in 1999. And that was all....

[@Jessicaejag]

at 0:58 isnt the woman Virginia the woman who playes the mother of those nasty children in I love Lucy the amateur hour episode?

[@Jessicaejag]

The woman Virginia at 0:58 looks exactly as our modern actress Noelle Beck!

[@EyesofLauraMars]

Verna Felton was adorable & Dean Miller very sexy. It's a shame this series is so obscure. It'd be nice to see MORE of December Bride, & COMPLETE episodes if anyone happens to have them. You can cast a vote at TV Shows On DVD's website to express an interest in seeing this classic get the DVD release it so richly deserves.

[@3506987]

the classsics were the best, i grew up in the 60,s, was born 1958.

[@corvus1374]

Frances Rafferty (Ruth) was a very attractive woman. She was a pinup girl during World War II. Her father was Max Rafferty, a very conservative California politician. He campaigned for George Wallace when he ran for President.

[@swineminus]

"what's an extra bong or two...we'll love it!" my sediments exactly.......

[@jesusslushies2192]

i think the word was "gong" lol

[@shortybunn]

It is sad that we have gone from wonderful innocent comedies that were really funny to such vulgar offerings as Two and A Half Men and Episodes..

[@EyesofLauraMars]

I've just uploaded some December Bride on my channel. Have been breaking the episodes down into chapters, so some uploads may be slow. Check them out.

[@jimbritttn]

TV land stopped playing the classics and now plays trash

[@knotryder]

awful show? i loved this show, way back when.

[@Gloriapower]

I was very young when we watched this show. Wasn't there a talking bassett hound on the show?

[@jimbo97]

You're thinking about "The People's Choice" with Jackie Cooper.

[@IngefromGraz]

jimbo97, you are absolutely correct…that’s the show with Jackie Cooper!

[@Gloriapower]

@WSenator1 Thank you.