The Sounds of Friday Night TV: April 1967

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

I Loved "The Green Hornet" & "The Time Tunnel", Dad loved "The Wild Wild West" 1967, love to be 14 years old again. Plus Mom and Dad were still living.

[@Jaque1961]

USMC Vet, I was 7 in 1968. Those were the days . My parents and brother were alive, too. He was in the Vietnam War. Passed away in 2013 from diabetes and heart attacks. Thank you for your service.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@@Jaque1961 sorry about your parents, I know pain. Also sorry about your brother, Im sure you all were proud of your brother serving in Vietnam. Thank you, it was an honor to serve our great Nation.

[@Jaque1961]

@@usmc-veteran73-77 You are very welcome. Thank you so much. He was a great brother.

[@jameswood231]

The best part of watching TV, Mom and Dad were both alive. I was 4 in 1967.

[@Jaque1961]

@@jameswood231 ☺

[@davidmoorecatdaddy6994]

The Time Tunnel was ahead of it's time.

[@FredFlix]

Good one, David.

[@georgehenderson7783]

Don't need the apostrophe. ( grammar police here 😅 ) Yep, loved Time Tunnel, at that time I really believed it would be possible some day. But after thinking about it I realized it's ( need the apostrophe here 😅 ) not possible. Say I went back in time and prevented my parents from ever meeting or having me. But then I would never have been able to go back in time to do this, right? 😅

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

That’s a good one.

[@gregggoss2210]

I DVR this every week on METV. Along with Land of the Giants, Combat, The Fugitive, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, 12 O'clock High.

[@Scott_Finch]

I reckon this series was the inspiration for Quantum Leap.

[@tommontague5721]

Man From U.N.C.L.E. was my favorite, Running through the neighborhood with cap guns playing Agents from U.N.C.L.E....Good one Fred, Thanks

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Tom.

[@jdel5656]

Mine , as well. I wanted to be Illya Kuryaken for some time . With the British Invasion , he kind of fit my idols , like the Small Faces , Stones , Faces ... the accent , hair. Many , many years later , I'm a musician and an imaginary 🕵️‍♀️ secret agent.

[@zoppie]

I'll never understand why they didn't call it The MEN from U.N.C.L.E?

[@zoppie]

@@alanoldham1700 Not solely. Just like The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. was not solely about April Dancer.

[@__hjg__2123]

My MeTV runs Buck Rogers in the 25th Century; Kolchak: The Night Stalker; Lost in Space; Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea; Land of the Giants; The Time Tunnel; The Invaders late Saturday night/Sunday morning - it's the best! I tape and watch all week!!

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

I agree 100%..... YES...Saturday Nights on ME-TV.

[@adambrickell6425]

Tv land was good too! I don't know what happened to it.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@@adambrickell6425 I agree TV Land has definitely changed. I haven't watch TV Land in several years.

[@michaeltuz608]

The Wild, Wild West was my favorite show back then, making Friday night the most eagerly anticipated of the week for me. Still a great show all these years later.

[@pauldusa]

I was 12 in 1967, One of my favorite shows, Outer Limits will always be my favorite

[@FredFlix]

I was the same age with the same favorite show.

[@mattr8251]

Have u seen the 1990s -2000s new outer limits? So we'll written and acted . Totally brilliant..

[@edwardclark9057]

We were so lucky to be alive during the 60s and 70s,so exciting yet so simple

[@Scott_Finch]

TV from the 60s is still the best!

[@artamussumatra6286]

Absolutely. That’s also true of movies, and especially music too - by far the best decade for entertainment ever!

[@stendec-dd3he]

Wow, just the start of the theme songs instantly transport your memories back to that time. Good or bad, it was definitely a small escape for a child to lose itself for a half hour to an hour. While we couldn't watch every one of them, there are certainly favourites that we still hold dear to us. Fred, you have become the keeper of many of the memories of the better times of our lives. Thank you, Fred.

[@FredFlix]

That's very encouraging, stendec.

[@schallrd1]

Fred, Friday nights were always special knowing the weekend was starting and no school next day. Not necessarily sleeping in on Saturdays but watching Saturday morning cartoons.

[@FredFlix]

I slept until Fantastic Four and Sider-Man came on.

[@kathiec1333]

@@FredFlix That was the best Spider-Man theme song.

[@marathonfortruth4768]

I liked the Avengers the best. It was so sixties stylish. I didn’t necessarily understand the dialog or plot at age 9 but I couldn’t get enough of Diana Rigg and the sophisticated English accents.

[@FawleyJude]

100% agree, it was a great show and a great theme song.

[@elifoust7664]

Al Hirt opening tremendous

[@joemac8474]

The Wild Wild West was my favorite!

[@GROOVYJOJO]

Watch daily m-f 1:00pm EST

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

My Dad loved The Wild Wild West, we never missed it.

[@OfficerLarryNMSE]

We watched it every week...

[@wildforthecats661]

I watch an episode daily to this day.

[@ruthresetar5940]

Absolutely worth watching The Green Hornet for the one scene every episode when Bruce Lee kicked bad guy butt.

[@bernardskarzynski9914]

Back in the days when everyone knew the show's by the music

[@dougmorris9317]

I'm so glad I saw this collection on a Friday night, thanks Fred! My poor old man, he would've loved these western shows but between my older brother clamoring for The Man From Uncle and me & Time Tunnel..! Wasn't Star Trek on Friday nights too? Maybe in it's last season... 😋

[@pgh1all1]

"68" was the last season for Star Trek,unfortunately. Still my favorite Sci-fi,even with the fake rocks and scenery,lol.

[@dougmorris9317]

@@pgh1all1 me too!! In fact, the older I get the more Leonard Nimoy amazes me--the man was a huge talent

[@FredFlix]

It's last two seasons, Douglas, starting Sept. '67.

[@alanhumphrey4198]

Always stayed up to 11 P to watch Man from Uncle...mom used to come to the living room and tell my brother and me to "come to bed"...

[@Jojomo564]

These are the shows from my childhood. I especially loved The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Green Hornet. I had the whole set of Green Hornet trading cards, which also meant lots of that lousy gum! LOL

[@arthurwatt4144]

Fred felix the best nostalgic channel out there. Thanks for the memories.

[@AiMR]

You know, all these shows exist. With a little preparation, I see no reason why we couldn't live stream a lineup like this 54 years to the minute they were originally broadcast.

[@FredFlix]

It would be great to find the old commercials.

[@moviesgalore9947]

All the rerun stations are doing great in the ratings, Antenna TV and Me TV and Decades TV they all started in 2009 when digital broadcasting became mandatory so all these new channels were able to broadcast over the airwaves and they needed shows to air so they all started buying the rights to air old shows and they are more fun to watch than any of the new shows they are great.

[@arciem1959]

@@moviesgalore9947 Streaming services also carry some classic TV too.

[@jeffreyorzech556]

@@moviesgalore9947 j

[@carystormtrooper8914]

Boy did that CBS Friday night movie intro bring back memories thanks Fred

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Cary.

[@b3j8]

This version of the Avengers theme was my favorite. Another great British show w/a decent theme was The Saint starring Roger Moore. But the show my Dad and I always looked forward to on Friday was Hogan's Heroes. As always, thanks Fred for bringing back some great memories!

[@FredFlix]

Happy to do it, b3j8.

[@James-gl6pb]

I remember all. You brought back so many memories. Living again my teen years. Thanks

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, James.

[@juandedioscepaconforme4926]

Saludos desde ECUADOR TARZAN EL TUNEL DEL TIEMPO , Y OTRAS SERIES MAS

[@Sloth_and_Badger]

Hogan's Heroes defitively not here in Germany in the 60s an 70's 😂

[@tellemomma9780]

Thank u Fred! So happy to come home and find a video waiting! You make my day!

[@FredFlix]

Glad to hear it, Chantelle.

[@luisreyes1963]

The Time Tunnel, The Avengers, The Man From UNCLE, The Green Hornet, The Wild Wild West, all of them über cool shows. Pity I was just a toddler when they first ran. 👶 Thanks, FredFlix!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Luis.

[@1701echopapa]

I lived for The Time Tunnel!

[@raynardabraham7831]

My older sisters & brother used to love The Wild Wild West & The Man From U.N.C.L.E., but at the same time didn't NBC have Friday Night at the Movies airing in 1967?

[@FredFlix]

NBC had Saturday Night at the Movies at that time, and I think Monday.

[@elifoust7664]

10 years old ,the wonders of tele.

[@tomklock568]

Those were the days...8 years old though I was. Loved the Avengers snd WWW!

[@feralcatbrothers]

It truly was the best night in the best year for television - the problem was, so many great shows were on at the same time on different channels; pity we had no VCR's back then.

[@maureencora1]

I Love 1960s TV and Good Summer and Great Christmas I was 10 yrs old.

[@dadoctah]

A few years later, our Friday night lineup was solid ABC from one end to the other: Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Odd Couple, Room 222 and Love American Style. The following year, they brought in the British show UFO at the late end of that to fill out the schedule.

[@pgh1all1]

I liked that show ufo but it never really caught on in the US.

[@ThomasTalbotMD]

Yeah. UFO had the hot chicks in the aluminum mini skirts. Tough psychological scripts. auto-bar in the office. great show!

[@michealtom5453]

Good times mate ,,Tarzan ,,Australia

[@JeffFrmJoisey]

10 again!! I remember most of these. Thanks Fred!!!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Jeff.

[@onefatstratcat]

I was just barely past my 7th birthday :) Groovy baby.. Smashing!!

[@FredFlix]

Oh, behave, onefatstratcat!

[@artamussumatra6286]

@@FredFlix This is my happening, and it freaks me out! 🤪

[@alanhumphrey4198]

Okay, Austin Powers!!!

[@astrofist]

I would have been glued to the TV! Great video!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, VCA.

[@LynxSouth]

This is another one of the 1960-something videos where I learn more about what went on during my early life. :) I was 7 here, and had an 8-pm bedtime. I know some of these shows only by reputation. I loved the theme music to The Wild, Wild West, but found it really violent even when I was in high school watching reruns. I kept trying, though, because the gadgets were so cool.

[@garywright313]

Great memories Fred ! The Cat was my mom's favorite shows back then ! She loved his theme song too !

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Gary. Back when TV themes were at least considered to be a factor in a show's success. It's now a lost art.

[@ThomasTalbotMD]

Never heard of "The Cat" Leaned a few things

[@Sassybng]

i’m 19, but my dad is 66 and it’s fun watching some of these shows with him :] i think i’ll send him this video

[@FredFlix]

I hope you do, Rock. I'm 66 and have a son who just turned 20.

[@nanajanamike]

A month before my 12th birthday.Must sees were WWW , Hogan, Time Tunnel & of course,The Avengers!

[@702ringo1]

Great memories of that time when I was just a little boy. Thank you for posting this. 📺

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Stw.

[@rodneyvoshell9296]

Great video. Yes back then you had to be home to watch television as if you missed it you’d have to wait for a repeat. No internet or vcrs .

[@FredFlix]

It made the shows more precious.

[@paddyotable]

I wouldn't have wanted to be the guy who played trumpet on the Green Hornet theme song.

[@elifoust7664]

AL HURT

[@FawleyJude]

@@elifoust7664 He might have hurt after playing that fast, but it was Al Hirt.

[@paddyotable]

@@elifoust7664 LOL

[@elifoust7664]

@@FawleyJude he got stung get it

[@luvs2cover]

This was so cool Fred 💯💯💯

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Janice.

[@FawleyJude]

Yep, "just" 54 years ago.

[@BELCAN57]

I was 10

[@cjg8604]

Who could forget the theme to Hogan's Heroes. Loved Diana Rigg. It wasn't The Cat, it was T.H.E. Cat as in a cat burglar

[@klwcatlover]

Brought back some good memories!

[@johnkaczinski468]

“The Cat” is the only one that I have no recollection of.

[@tuckgraph]

We would make a Chef Boy-ar-dee Pizza, followed by some Jiffy Pop Popcorn! Wild, Wild West was my favorite of the bunch. This was right before Star Trek hit the scene and blew everybody's mind!

[@scottburton9701]

Great montage of vintage theme songs!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Scott.

[@bigbow62]

Hogan's Hero's..... a classic ! 70's reruns ✌😎

[@davidwise3426]

Some of these were my favorites, the only two I don't remember were Rango and Laredo.

[@alanhumphrey4198]

Laredo stayed around awhile, Rango with Tim Conway not so much...

[@utubecustomer0099805]

Oh man, you should have played The Man From UNCLE theme longer!

[@LRogersPhoto]

People really watched this great lineup in black and white, hard to believe!

[@paultakeotravels6325]

About a third of these programs can be seen on some kind of retro channels like METV, Heroes & Icons, etc.

[@Ij-jan]

I didn’t realize hogans heroes was that long ago

[@merce10554]

Yes, the world we knew. 😊

[@sapphire13579]

I watched all of the above except Rango and The Cat. I don't recall ever hearing about either of them.

[@alanhumphrey4198]

Rango with Tim Conway was only around for about a cup of coffee....

[@sapphire13579]

@@alanhumphrey4198 Now that you mention it, I do remember it. No wonder I forgot about it, I never drank coffee.

[@injunmick8498]

Thanks for the memory's. ;0)

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Mick.

[@Michael-Philip]

I was born March 1967

[@maryexstroughtonaire4244]

William Smith 😍😍😍

[@MisterPersuasion]

11pm! I wasn't allowed to stay up that late in the 1960's. I had to be in bed by 8:30pm. :(

[@FredFlix]

Even on Friday night?

[@MisterPersuasion]

@@FredFlix I could probably stay up until 9pm on Fridays. It wasn't until I got my paper route, just two months before my 13th birthday, that I no longer had a bed time. Of course my parents failed to inform me that I didn't have a bed time anymore, so it was several months after my 13th birthday before I realized that I could stay up as late as I wanted as long as I got up for school the next morning.

[@FredFlix]

@@MisterPersuasion I got that option at around 14. I more or less told THEM, though.

[@MisterPersuasion]

@@FredFlix Right, but you're a little older than me, so your Friday night line-up would have been different. I was only 7 in 1967. However, I do have what I think would have made the best sci-fi TV show ever had it been made. Maybe you could do some kind of mashup? I think they should have combined the Time Tunnel with the $6 Million Man! Think of it. Steve Austin bouncing around from era to era using his bionics to save history. Just to make it more interesting Dr. Rudy Wells was trapped with him in time repairing is bionics which would break from time to time so he couldn't save the world until after Rudy somehow managed to repair his circuits back in history--what a show it could have been! Col. Steve Austin vs. Sampson--who would win?

[@FredFlix]

@@MisterPersuasion I like your idea!

[@rolfsinkgraven]

Well it looked like this sometimes, with different add ons in btween lol

[@stargirlzx]

I only remember THE MAN FROM UNCLE being on tues. Nites

[@edyann]

I was DEFINITELY born in the wrong generation.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

1967, was a great time to be a kid. I was 12 yrs old.... I remember all of these TV shows. I'd go back and never return

[@edyann]

@@usmc-veteran73-77 Ugh.. seriously. I was born in 77 but would've loved to be born in the 40s or 50s. I feel even worst for these and the next generations. They literally have NOTHING.

[@Michael-Philip]

@@edyann They'll be living in computers soon.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@@edyann Baby Boomers, (born 1945 to 1965) we had some great TV shows. Im considered a "Middle" Baby Boomer" I was born in 1955. A great time to be a kid.

[@edyann]

@@Michael-Philip HORRIFIC. And I know that I'm a hypocrite because I'm here on yt and fb.. but I was raised playing hopscotch and watching Ghostwriter on PBS. And reading Judy Blume's childrens' books. The kids of today have nothing. They even want to ban Dr. Suess now, I've read! I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

[@FawleyJude]

Anyone know the name of the announcer who did the Green Hornet and Batman?

[@FredFlix]

William Dozier, the exec. producer of both.

[@jfaulkner5881]

♥️

[@larryeisenberg1895]

uh, many of these shows weren't on Friday night in my area.....

[@FredFlix]

Did you have all three networks? If so, they were all on Friday in April of 1967. Not only do I remember that era well, but I looked it up to be sure.

[@Peter7966]

Fred... too bad your show wasn't on back in '67. I would have watched. It would have been cool to get a future perspective on the past, with a nostalgic twist. That would have really Time Tunneled my developing 13-year-old brain.

[@FredFlix]

I have two videos you should search for, Peter: What If FredFlix Existed in 1966 and 1976.

[@markcohen5782]

Phyliss Dillar either had dirt on TV executives and or I missed everything about her. She had a few shows highlighting her " persona" and they all were putrid and unwatchable from the get get go.

[@deniswilson8152]

She was an African American which she held over their heads and because she was so successful they couldn't touch her

[@TIPTON340]

CBS was clearly the winner of the night. But ABC had the best Sci-Fi/Adventure shows around.

[@FredFlix]

They took chances.

[@zoppie]

Given that The Green Hornet came from the same people who brought us Batman, it comes as no surprise that the theme melody seems to repeat the title over and over.

[@1984potionlover]

You seriously don't know what the theme for the green hornet actually is? it's a grade or two above the batman theme of that day...

[@zoppie]

@@1984potionlover I was commenting on how the lyrics to the Batman theme was "Batman...Batman...Batman." And how you could sing along with the Green Hornet theme by repeating "The Greeeeen Hornet, the green Green Hornet..."

[@Impostertot]

T.H.E. Cat was the coolest!

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Cool 😀

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Michael.

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Welcome😃

[@wildforthecats661]

West is the best!

[@elifoust7664]

Tim Conway comedy great

[@alanhumphrey4198]

It was just something he did after McHale's Navy...which was one of my all time favorite shows!!

[@billbright1755]

Bonanza tipi wagon wheel episode.

[@arthurwatt4144]

I'm sorry spell check. Fred flix. Lol

[@FredFlix]

You had me wondering, Arthur.

[@thrashpondopons2776]

It's rare someone mentions a TV show I've never even heard of! (well played, Frodrick!) But not familiar with 'Rango'. (A one-season-wonder?) All the rest I'd LOVE to watch on Nostalgia Television... If they'd actually show vintage TV & not 'Everyone Endures Raymond' or 'Old Worn-out Christine'! While we are on the subject... is there some reason they still aren't airing Sat AM programs on sat AM!?!

[@zoppie]

All of Tim Conway's TV shows lasted only 13 weeks (In fact, he had a vanity plate that had "13 WKS" on it. He never found longevity in TV until joining The Carol Burnett Show.

[@jehobden]

It seems that many of these shows, having 30-episode seasons, were hitting their season finales this week, including THAT GIRL and F-TROOP (its series finale) on Thursday, April 6. I thought Phyllis Diller's new show title & theme song were disappointments compared to THE PRUITTS OF SOUTHAMPTION w/ its great Vic Mizzy theme song, but it did have a few nice slapstick moments, like Phyllis taking a face-first fall into a bubble bath.

[@alanhumphrey4198]

Loved both That Girl and F-Troop.