The Mothers-In-Law Part 1

[@antonewilson4310]

I always liked Ms. Arden's voice inflection.

[@GothGuy885]

gawd I loved this show as a kid in the 60's. funniest ep was when they converted the garage into an apartment and there was one plug outlet, that if anyone plugged anything in it , the garage door would open 🤣 Funny funny show!

[@michellepost5232]

I watched this show new, as a child. It was good, clean humor...no cussing or crass words. I always liked Eve Arden.

[@dharmaofdog7676]

What a great Blast From the Past - KZbin is the best !

[@johnerwin9024]

Thank you all there at KZbin :)

[@PC4USE1]

Eve Arden is the queen of the side look. When Kay stated singing,her expression said volumes. I remember this show as a kid,liked it then,still good 1960s fare.

[@MrMenefrego1]

Those were such great days!

[@frenchmarky]

These old shows show how great the good comedy actors were at stuff like 'reaction shots' to somebody else's punchline. Hardly anybody on TV now even knows what that phrase means!

[@debbieedwards711]

I loved this show as a child. Now I see how right I was. Love Eve Arden & Kaye Ballard! RIP Lovely ladies

[@MrMenefrego1]

Weren't they wonderful!

[@x60hz]

I luvvvvv Kaye. She had the Italian mother thing down to a tee!!

[@maxwilson4748]

Definitely

[@massapower]

Need more shows like this today ! 😁👍🏻👍🏻

[@Dragnslar2]

I remember watching this show when I was a kid. It was hilarious! We need more shows like this.

[@MrMenefrego1]

Sadly, good family shows and those good times are over; now we have chaos.

[@biloxicub1961]

TV today is garbage. Period. These shows were great!

[@MrMenefrego1]

Amen, my friend!

[@keythdanielsen5533]

This show was lame. A waste of Eve Arden’s talent.

[@annamariayannetta242]

Me tv should put them on tv, even tv land like Andy Griffith 1:17 😂❤😂❤😂❤

[@marisazavala2265]

This show was hilarious. I wish they'd bring it back

[@JENEAN32]

It’s on Tubi

[@bucklavallee2179]

Haven't seen this show since its original broadcasts in 1967 thru 1969. Always thought it was hilarious. It's good to know it still holds up. Kaye and Eve play so well off each other. It's not as dated as you would think. With it coming from Desilu like many quality programs of the time these were filmed at the Desilu Studios. This show was one of the first filmed before a live audience.

[@scitsalcoryp]

Not sure why I have a humongulous crush on Eve Arden . She is so awesome . I love Kaye Ballard too ! I fell in love with this silly show when Decades did a weekend binge

[@jlovebirch]

Haven' t seen this well-cast show since I was a kid. Look forward to MeTV reruns starting this week. When it comes to delivering withering sarcasm, No one does it better than Eve Arden.

[@alexisdiva9]

Wish they'd bring it back to ME-TV, or Antenna TV

[@lissima3216]

This show did not get the accolades it deserved. It's hilarious! I especially love the episode when the gals get locked in a Dept store and had only one dime to use for a phone call. Eve dials the wrong number. instead of getting her husband, she awakens Desi Arnaz in Barcelona. They convince him to call the States and relay their demise to the hubby. Arnaz converses with the accent he used on I love Lucy and it's truly histerical! Not sure if that's season 1 or 2. Lots of great comedic genius and timing.

[@MrMenefrego1]

Wonderful stuff, I miss those days!

[@angelamwatts]

I remember watching this show when I was a child. Thanks for posting.

[@MelissaJackson5504]

This may have been Eve’s show but Kaye stole the spot light! She was great! Last month when I started this show she walked in, I’m thinkin who’s this lady? By the end of that 1st episode I was a fan!!

[@dackdaddy]

kaye ballard is so funny

[@kiyasmom213]

I never heard of this show before seeing on the MeTV lineup but I'm so glad it's going to be showing regularly. It's going into my regular DVR rotation along with 'That Girl' and most of the programming on Antenna TV. Just makes me miss the classic Nick-at-Nite, though. :-( That's how I was exposed to so many great classic shows as a kid!

[@MrMenefrego1]

I saw them first air, good times!

[@babu357]

Rest in peace, Kay Ballard. :(

[@sabalouie2000]

WOW look at those couches... super funky!

[@b_uppy]

My mom and I loooved Kay Ballard's character.

[@summerholliday44]

God bless you kay Ballard you part of my childhood you were funny funny love you so much

[@bfr74vz80]

Wow! I haven't seen this show in so long, I wonder why none of the nostalgia TV channels air this.

[@contraryMV]

Kudos Kaye... You made me laugh. Applause Applause. R.I.P.

[@warrennotes3575]

Great writing and actors who can do comedy. Aways a killer combination.

[@scitsalcoryp]

The show is freaking hilarious !

[@johnerwin9024]

Have to catch this show, Ballard's very good. Just 2 seasons, wonder what happened?

[@inkyguy]

The era in which green, brown and orange were believed to be complimentary colors.

[@JamesK7911]

To be honest I’d dig it. The contrast in other colors made it look good

[@unclebbmunson1084]

We had orange carpeting. Green couch and an orange lamp. In the '60's. Gold was very popular. My mom painted one wall in the living room gold. A big gold mirror over the gold couch. She even painted the wrought iron railing gold.

[@The1baddman]

Rest in Peace Ms Kaye Ballard.

[@rebeccabrown6221]

I just found this show on tubi about 3 days ago and I fell in love 🥰 with Kaye Ballard then I found a song by her OMG her voice was so sweet...rip eve arden

[@anthonycannatajr9482]

Good ole Kaye, always looking for trouble.

[@adamantman3200]

I love when Kay picks a fight with Roger (which happened in pretty much every episode). She was an Italian spitfire! In an interview with Eve Arden years ago, she stated (without actually naming him) that 'the first actor to play Roger' was extremely difficult to get along with - so they fired him.

[@bkynbiker19]

He held out for more money for season 2, and wouldn't budge, so he was 'released', according to imdb. He was far better than Richard Deacon, I think. He might not have deserved more than the others ,but maybe they all should have gotten more for the 2nd season

[@akrenwinkle]

@@bkynbiker19 You're right, it was about money. It was customary to give all the cast a raise for the second season of a show that was picked up. Proctor & Gamble was cheap and refused. The three other cast members even conspired to chip in to give Roger his raise, but he refused on principle. Richard Deacon was under contract to Desi Arnaz already (he had done an unsold pilot with Carol Channing) and Desi used him. Deacon was a superb comic actor playing fussbudgets but totally unsuitable to play Roger.

[@bkynbiker19]

@@akrenwinkle P and G sux. They made Rely tampons. Women died (as I recall..)

[@jay1hi547]

@@akrenwinkle Exactly! Richard wasn't right for the part at all plus he had no chemistry with Kaye but Roger was perfect for the role and had plenty of chemistry with Kaye.

[@jay1hi547]

@@bkynbiker19 It's a shame they didn't get the raise they all deserved and I agree with you Roger was perfect for the role and Richard was missed casted. It wasn't the same once season 2 started without Roger. After everybody (except Roger) took a pay cut they cancelled the show right before the third season.

[@harpervalleypeeteeay9708]

The hilariously funny, wonderfully Italian CATERINA BALOTTA ....1925-2019

[@johnerwin9024]

Interesting birth name-

[@scitsalcoryp]

This is how people acted ...haha back in the dark ages ! Love the old sets.... everything...total time capsule .. only thing missing is the weird theme

[@yaywhewclips242]

Too bad this didn't last. Sure it was silly but I just LOVE Kay and Roger (he was marvelous as MUDD on Star Trek)

[@theresecallahan8548]

I'll bet the movie they saw was "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf."

[@70sleftover]

This had to be one of the better episodes. As a kid I watched this program in its first reruns, I think. Daytime, mornings, probably in summer when school was out. Never forgot that theme music. Loved Kaye Ballard! Years later I must've been talking about this memory when a friend said, yeah, he knew that theme music, but the opening of the show was all he ever got to see - his mom would immediately change the channel. I recall even as a kid this show was all about the generation gap, yet their children looked even by the early '70s pretty darned staid, and the parents were more interested in the wild new world, definitely more California wild and exaggerated than my world back home.

[@MrMenefrego1]

It seems like all the shows back then were about the generation gap and the new 'Mod' world.

[@sharonanderson7855]

I just love the mothers-in-law.i was going to get the series sets on DVDs but now that I have my tablet I won't have too.

[@frenchmarky]

Darn, I already bought the DVD set a week ago because it was cheap enough. I'd ask how you are watching all the episodes and extras on the internet, but I already spent the 35 bucks so doesn't matter! XD

[@scotnick59]

Herb Rudley could be Dabney Coleman's dad

[@bkynbiker]

Why why WHY did this only last 2 seasons? I loved it when I was 9 - and watching again, I was right! There must be a back story to its short run

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

R.I.P. Ms. Ballard.

[@WasteTime4Passwords]

Wow, this is the most footage I've seen of this since I watched re-runs of this in the 70s. I remembered this wrong. I thought the situations were unrealistically silly, but this is exactly how a man walks into a trap in a conversation about other women. Shutting up is the only way.

[@56bluegold]

Very Good !

[@YesYou123333]

It's amazing how much Ballard acts like Lucille Ball. Notice how when she asks her husband about Elizabeth Taylor how she extends her facial expression at the end of her question. Lucille Ball did that all the time on I Love Lucy.

[@scottcarter1113]

Nice trip back down memory lane---this show had a cast camaraderie and freshness that still holds up, better than most sixties sitcoms.....despite the clothes and furniture that are in colors not found in nature-----

[@photomitch]

Scott Carter NBC Color of course, so the art direction was over done for Color TV

[@70sleftover]

@@jaceydade9748 Late 1960s. This set was ready for the '70s (dark wood, heavy ornamentation) but the show ran only two seasons, from '67-'69. Many of us were getting their first color TVs around this time, so I guess as Mitch Walker notes above, NBC was heavy on the colors.

[@ginnylorenz5265]

Brings back memories of my orange flowered loveseat and my brown refrigerator and matching stove and oven. I was a newly-wed back in the sixties.

[@AlbieGray]

This was a funny episode! Love this. :)

[@matman8540]

The only other time I heard "Laugh Clown, Laugh", was when Bugs Bunny did it.

[@justoutofframemoviereviews656]

RIP Kaye Ballard

[@scitsalcoryp]

Thank You

[@UNOwen1]

Question; I loved this show, but I just found out there was a pilot with Ms Arden but instead of Ms Ballard (who's one of the funniest women, RIP), it had Ms Ann Sothern, no slouch, there (gorgeous when she was young. Still had those amazing eyes). The reason Ms Sothern was not cast was it was felt her style and Ms Arden's were too similar (a laid-back, droll style). THAT I'd LOVE to see. Anyone?

[@johnerwin9024]

Ann Southern a looker before putting on the weight-

[@johnerwin9024]

Sothern, 2 shows, 'Private Secretary' & 'Ann Sothern Show' in the 50's-

[@Hulalulu]

Not true. All shows were with Kaye. It was written for them.

[@bkynbiker19]

@@Hulalulu According to imdb, it was 'envisioned' to pair Arden and Sothern. It's not listed on Ann's credits (as a pilot episode..) so there's something to what the original post says, but as to whether or not she was ever actually cast, it's unclear

[@deanfaw7019]

Lol I saw all the episodes yesterday & I like it - it's almost like Laverne & Shirley but there married though Lol 😊😄

[@tomservo56954]

I have a friend who knows these things...he said the fabric on the Hubbard's couch was high-end expensive at the time.

[@unclebbmunson1084]

Believe me I know. It looks like velvet or velour very classy. Kays couch looks like Korvettes.

[@rgray5783]

That does it ! I'll never forgive you for this !! hahaaa she is so cute

[@stacynels4]

Well I wasn't a child but I sure did like watching this show..

[@kimberlyk912]

I never saw or heard of this show!!! I loved it!!!

[@johnerwin9024]

Show, just 2 seasons, didn't play well in the ratings for some reason, ipso-facto, the show got dropped-

[@stacynels4]

Tell all of us Kimberly you just watched this clip of it How can you say you "never" saw or heard of this show How can you (good sense) love it???

[@frenchmarky]

MeTV (one of those new 'nostalgia' broadcast networks) showed a bunch of episodes a few months ago. My favorite one is the 'meatballs' one. : ) I think this show was funnier and fresher than The Lucy Show, especially after Vance left for good. The theme song is great too!

[@YesYou123333]

"Wouldn't hurt her to skip a meal". ROFL

[@LSOK38]

Anybody remember in the show when Kaye Ballard would refer to her old job as a singer with Ozzie Snick's orchestra. Ozzie Snick's was played by real life band leader & TV star Ozzie Nelson !!!

[@PJBearstein]

Harcourt Fenton Mudd, what have you been up to? Have you been thinking of Elizabeth Taylor again?

[@waynejohanson1083]

Classic

[@55Quirll]

Excellent, just what I was thinking.

[@LSOK38]

Star Trek Laughs!🖖‼️‼️‼️

[@tompurnell4545]

Classic 60s

[@jasonnstegall]

Whoa! A Hall Pass reference! In the late 60's, no less!

[@pipegarmich]

Love this show , can u upload anymore w full scenes

[@armyjeep]

RIP Kaye

[@beachormond]

Richard Deacon was a stitch

[@donnamatlock7002]

I remember that show

[@fromthesidelines]

And originally telecast on October 22, 1967.

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

Kaye Ballard 1925-2019.

[@rgray5783]

I love that lady

[@johnerwin9024]

Wow, didn't know Ballard had just passed, not in too many things, but wonderful performer :)

[@johnetheridge5833]

it's back on the decades digital tv channel right now until 7:00am monday

[@MAA8772]

My favorate CLASSIC tv show!! Does anyone have the episode with gust star Jimmy Durante?

[@lanfordripley7780]

Its Harry Mudd !

[@scitsalcoryp]

Only thing missing is the insane opening theme...

[@paktype]

Veteran comedy talent.

[@scitsalcoryp]

' There's nothing too little that can't be blown out of proportion '

[@dustinvondracek3107]

Love you the in mother law

[@jessiahbliege5752]

this show is awesome I watch we watch

[@joryaries63]

Hartcourt Fenton Mudd

[@scitsalcoryp]

Oh dang you for bringing up old Star Trek crap hahhaa

[@waynejohanson1083]

That is him

[@AlbieGray]

The title of the episode was "Who's Afraid of Elizabeth Taylor?"

[@jessiahbliege5752]

I love mothers in law

[@matman8540]

Rule #1 of marriage: If your wife asks you about Elizabeth Taylor, tell her that she should have been Cleopatra.

[@photomitch]

Roger C. Carmel was funnier than Richard Deacon

[@sandybeach123]

Roger C. Carmel allowed Kaye to poke, punch, whack and slap him as part of the comedy. Richard joined the crew and quickly put an end to that stuff.

[@manueltubens5609]

Yes he was funnier than Richard Deacon. Richards humour was dry.

[@lloydkline7245]

Richard Deacon of leave it to beaver and dick van dyke skow lumpe

[@bttrflygal]

Does anyone know what happened that Roger C Carmel didn't continue on 2nd season? I watched on prime and was ao confused for awhile when cast changed

[@jaredjlinden]

butterflygal D The cast was contractually entitled to raises for season 2. But the show was marginally rated and was a borderline renewal, so Desi Arnaz asked the cast to continue for season 2 at their original salaries. Carmel wouldn’t agree, so he left the show.

[@scitsalcoryp]

Beast !

[@juanmonge8]

Kaye was like a female Larry Storch.

[@unclebbmunson1084]

Funny he probably wanted Richard & her Liz😂

[@fromthesidelines]

Desi Arnaz produced (and directed) this {it WAS filmed at Desilu}; Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis created and wrote the majority of the series.

[@LucysPop]

Roger C. Carmel a/k/a Star Treks Harry Mudd.

[@barneyronnie]

He loved cocaine, poppers, and rent boys; he had a blast until blowing out his heart at 54!!

[@DesiluTrek]

Harry Mudd!!!

[@2degucitas]

Haven't seen this since 1970.

[@JohnBailo]

I think this is what the "Middle Class" used to be like.

[@70sleftover]

Recall the husbands had professional careers.

[@rgray5783]

We're all we've got hahahaaa

[@annamariayannetta242]

😂❤😂❤😂❤😂❤ 1:21

[@fromthesidelines]

It's not surprising, since Bob Carroll Jr. and Madelyn Davis, Lucy's writers, also wrote this, too.

[@ericpleasant7225]

I remember this from my childhood and I failed to realize just how much Arnaz emulated I LOVE LUCY in its style and they gave Kay Ballard two gay husbands-sweet!

[@CaptainSpalding72]

This was produced by Desi.

[@crcsoon]

lol...Two Gay Husbands....haaaaahaaaaa

[@MrMenefrego1]

It seems like most of the shows back then were about the generation gap and the new 'Mod' world.

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

in the 1990's a station here was shoing this regularly...

[@mitchellpak1666]

Eve Arden was much more accomplished than any of the actors on this show.

[@ETericET]

@n0tyham So the bright colours the hippys wore and all that stuff was to sell TVs? Really .....

[@poppaD75]

Saw this on TV party for sale.

[@cluelesss7369]

Anyone else nostalgic?

[@waldcast]

Produced by Desi Arnaz

[@scitsalcoryp]

That's because you're a 2 timer ! ahahahaah

[@Juliaflo]

2012-Centennial of the birth of Eve Arden (nee Eunice Quedens).