The Patty Duke Show S1E01 The French Teacher

The Patty Duke Show Season 1 Episode 1
Patty falls for her substitute French teacher. (source: IMDb)

[@slowplant]

Back in my druggie days I would watch this show very late at night or morning? A ray of brightness in my darkest days. The Patty Duke Show will always have a special place in my heart...

[@robinae3841]

Used to stay up late and watch it too. On nick at nite

[@premonsa]

What year you guys did that? Back in the 60s?

[@PaulManzi-gy6kc]

i watched this in 1977 while my cousin cheryl sniffed PAM cooking spray in a baggie.....she was nothing but trouble to her mother.... they took the chems that made people high out of the spray.? Another huffing ingredient was Carbona spot remover...not the good ole daze.

[@bluestrife28]

This one really has a soft place in my heart. Thanks forever to Nick at Nite for showing me these beautiful gems and helping me keep them alive.

[@bigteep]

Patty was only 1 year older than me when these ran. I had a big crush on her. RIP dear Patty.

[@E.ternalBTNH99]

Only 36 and love this show. Patty is a dream.

[@sharoncato1661]

Who cares about your age you can watch anything you want so shut up

[@rogerfournier3284]

I loved this show, she was My baby sitter from TV. My favorite episode ever. I cried when Patty passed away. RIP PATTY!

[@thebrowithnoname1703]

I miss my childhood. I watched this on Nick at Night in the late eighties (I was 8 - 9 years old). My mom taught me about classic movies and tv shows. I developed a slight crush on Patty Duke, even though she was waaaay older then me at that point.

[@tobyflagg8058]

Everyone had a school crush on beautiful Patty on this classic tv show. Left us wayyyy to soon. Continue to RIP sweet Patty, thanks for what you left the world of film and tv.

[@BAFFLED-u4o]

She never lost those intense, beautiful, blue eyes.

[@samuelharang5742]

I’m 15 and love these good old shows. You kind of learn lessons from some of these shows.

[@peggyarnold4333]

Check out Leave it to Beaver. The dad often has good advice, but the mom often irritates me.

[@samuelharang5742]

@@peggyarnold4333 I’ve seen that. It’s a pretty good show. In fact my dad has “Beaver’s” autograph somewhere

[@lindaanders8796]

I used to think the same thing about the way they wrote June Cleaver’s character but if you check out, Still the Beaver which I recently found on KZbin you’ll see a different June. She’s widowed, stronger and more outspoken while helping “The Beav” raise his 2 boys. She became my favorite character. 💖

[@thegingergyrl455]

I adored this show as a youngster. I’m 49 this year and watched these as reruns. Thanks for this.❤

[@artdanks4846]

I'm 68 years old, and was lucky enough to watch these shows during their first run. It really was a great show.

[@bufnyfan1]

Sidney Sheldon was asked to design a show around Patty Duke and had her live with his family the summer before the show started--he noticed that Patty had two different personalities-quiet sometimes and excitable at other times--hence he came up with Patty and Cathy Lane--later Patty Duke was diagnosed with bipolar disorder likely first seen by Sidney Sheldon

[@bufnyfan1]

@ALLAN CHARLES psychotic "highs" and then devastating "lows"--sounds like different personalities to me

[@mariantreber8055]

Probably a victim of MK ultra!!!

[@jrubybowman]

This was one of my favorite shows growing up. I've always loved Patty Duke. Thanks for uploading.

[@shellyraymond4337]

I love this show so much! Such a nice family and teens that were respectful of their parents. I prefer to watch these classic shows and dream of a life where this is the norm. Thanks for bringing us this great show!

[@marthamilton7831]

I loved this back in early 60s I was probably too young to understand a lot of the dialogue. It's fun to watch it 50+ years later

[@kattalady8114]

I'm reading her autobiography right now. She was treated terribly by her managers.

[@h193013]

For the time I like the way they’re able to pull off the whole double thing.

[@nikkiesgro3638]

I love these old shows. Takes me back to a simpler time. If only we could go back.❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@CatherinePatriciaOConnell]

Anna and I are the same age. I loved this program. Seeing how a "rich" tv star acted. Once Anna's life story became known I was devastated for this poor girl. She was ABUSED in EVERY way. Anyone who knew and allowed this is to blame for what the direction of her life was. Unfortunately the same goes on today. 😱😭

[@maryomnes9445]

I just love this show it was so much fun watching Patty get into so much trouble.

[@jackgipson9110]

I watched it every Wednesday on ABC. I even pretended I had a cousin from England visiting for the neighbor kids. They didn't buy it. one of the great 60s sitcom.

[@MrMenefrego1]

It was absurd that with all this talent, the series only lasted 3 seasons. Patty Duke's talent alone should have convinced the executives to keep the series going another 6 or 7 seasons.

[@bluecollarlit]

In those days tv series generally went 5 years.

[@Palidor19]

One of the rare times when I when you want to listen to the theme song every time

[@whopiddledonyourposttoasti175]

And Mary Tyler Moore show theme song

[@peggyarnold4333]

There's something about it; it pops into my head frequently, even when I haven't watched it in many months!

[@lovelynn5502]

One of my favorite shows ever!!!! Thank you for posting!!!

[@ClassicTvShowsCTS]

ah you're more than welcome! I'm glad you like it! :)

[@karuspitts4050]

LoVeLyNN I agree love this show

[@cookiesncrime333]

@@ClassicTvShowsCTS Hey, this reply is 3 years late, but thanks to you posting this series, I've discovered my favourite actress and role model. So thank you!

[@robertsvorinich7959]

Patty Duke.1963 episode an innocent time for me aired 2 months before JFK assassination. Wish I could wake up to September 18, 1963.

[@56bluegold]

I have not seen this TV Show, in a long time. Thanks for posting it !

[@ClassicTvShowsCTS]

you're welcome!

[@ruthiethompson4167]

Love it I was 9 when the show started and I lived in Brooklyn I wanted to BE Patty :-)

[@cecirimi]

Favorite show never missed it growing up. Thanks for the upload. Patty Duke outstanding actor always.

[@baltimoreravens1515]

I was 1 when this show aired I'm 60 now had a crush on her forever my wife of 37 years looks so much like her u would mistake them for sisters RIP Patty miss you

[@kthorning4459]

Or cousins

[@mariahsmom9457]

So many things that would never happen these days. Loved that everyone learned the lesson and had fun with it. Great show!

[@davaotripsters]

Note: Theme song, "Cousins" performed by The Skip-Jacks (which including the Playboy model, Stella Stevens) which also performed The Flintstones theme song.

[@Ar7wen]

I always loved this show, still do. I watched it back in the day when it was originally on, I even had a paper doll set. I think Patty Duke was a great actress and overcame so much. RIP in heaven!

[@pdxrailtransit]

Love you Patty, RIP.

[@mcfrdmn]

Excellent episode of the Patty Duke Show !

[@maryannnewcomb5895]

This show was on Antenna TV until Jan-2-2018. Now got to watch it on here

[@Muzikgirl67]

Also on Antenna-TV, they cut some of the show to make room for commercial announcements...here..we get to enjoy it complete...uncut...and commercial free!!📺👍📺👍🏆

[@curtpiazza1688]

WOW!' Boys wear ties and jackets...girls wear dresses and skirts to school?! Those were good days! Great show! A real treat! ❤ 😊

[@alannalakayla9702]

Best show I've ever seen thanks for posting god bless you

[@normanduke8855]

I used to watch the show in high school. I still remember the theme song. Patty was really, really good. If you read her book, she says that William Shallert was like a father to her.

[@genericgeorge]

Great theme song so evocative of that time. Real tight harmonies

[@lorrettalewis1766]

awesome channel.. i love this show so funny.Thank you for the uploads.

[@oldjack-mi8gk]

“...the miracle worker...”

[@MareShoop]

Yes, very clever for the writers to slip that in !

[@kendallrivers1119]

Thanks for the uploads. I love these classic black and white sitcoms! I hope that one day you'll be able to get other great ones like The Donna Reed Show and Dennis The Menace.

[@jamesraymundo9810]

What a CRAZY pair! 😄😂😄😂

[@teresatickner7537]

Thank You for sharing this classic ❤

[@powerbadpowerbad]

Yes,a true classic,no cursing,no nudity,just good stuff.

[@teresatickner7537]

@@powerbadpowerbad patty was awesome, miss her too much

[@dead-endjobproductions5259]

Amy I the only one who thinks that was the shortest class ever?

[@Larissa-db1hv]

i love you Patty Duke!😍😍

[@freddiefisher9177]

Miracle Love

[@freddiefisher9177]

Miracle Love n

[@ravingrays248]

They showed this on nickelodeon in the 80s & very early 90s how did I miss this funny show I saw all the old reruns like lassie & dennis the menace on the channel & I stumbled on the old nickelodeon commercial for this thank you youtube.

[@niilimaamiliin]

thank you so much for sharing!

[@maidenmarian1]

These were very well written. These actually had some substance.

[@conniecharley7086]

loved patty duke in the TV show as an older women being close to a little boy they sent off to school she was precious in this . rerun like little patty duke great actress.

[@croscarmellose438]

She was so pretty and personable

[@paxwallacejazz]

Wow a reasonable humorous conversation between two adult men about their loopy teen student.

[@leehaelters6182]

I was impressed by that particular bit of dialogue between sophisticated and well intentioned men, also. As well, the little digs at French male stereotype was a laugh.

[@PaulManzi-gy6kc]

we'll be late for prison.......lol...right from the beginning

[@ricardorojas5045]

The French-language teacher is Jean Pierre Aumont. I remember seeing him in Mahagony(1975) with Diana Ross. He was on " What's My Line" in 1955 as the mystery guest. P.S. It was televised in B&W. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqHQh56Oq7ObhrM

[@leehaelters6182]

Thanks! The name does ring a bell, but only barely, sorry to say. I expected to find that the actor was a relative, perhaps a son of Paul Henreid, of Casablanca fame as Victor Lazlo. I could not get the resemblance out of my.mind!

[@Hannahxox44]

Thanks for posting!!

[@paulmiller5228]

I fell in love with Patty when I was a kid. I also have bipolar disorder.

[@kevinbrislawn5918]

I just found out she was bipolar..so was my mother..patty duke was great

[@oldjack-mi8gk]

Same. My first crush -- at age 5.

[@rogerfournier3284]

Same here

[@MareShoop]

Which one?

[@clearwatervalleythrift]

In Patty Duke‘s bio call me Anna she went and stayed with Sydney Sheldon for a short period time while he worked out a pilot for Patty Duke he noticed her personality would change due to her bipolar and this is where the idea of this TV show came into place

[@bubzilla6137]

@ALLAN CHARLES It's true, bipolar and split personality are two different mental health disorders, but that doesn't mean Cat Lom is wrong. The guy really did get the idea from seeing her in and out of episodes, likely manic episodes. He didn't know what it was or understand it, but her drastic changes in behaviors, attitude, personality, etc are what inspired the twin cousin thing... Just to be clear, no one said he diagnosed her, only that her mental health issues inspired him. To address your wording: this is not a theory. This is factual.

[@keatonmask1918]

I know you uploaded ages ago, but wanted to thank you anyway!

[@cookiesncrime333]

Watching this again. Just realized that Martin referred to Andre as the ‘miracle worker’ at 16:48. Funny to hear that after I learned that Patty Duke actually was in The Miracle Worker.

[@burleybater]

She won a special Oscar for playing young Helen Keller. Then she came back as an adult and played the Miracle Worker herself. And did a pretty decent job. But the original movie with Patty and Ann Bancroft was almost too perfect. Powerful. A true gem.

[@michaelwilliams5442]

Patty was so cute

[@TheLordisMyShepherd_]

@ALLAN CHARLES only in certain lighting

[@MiataStu]

" ...... a hot dog makes her lose control .... " ..... even as 12 year old boys that line would crack us up !

[@AmorousAnarchyst]

Patty Duke was Sean Astin's mom ❤️ I like how she's mesmerised by her sub French teacher 🗼🇨🇵⚜️🪗

[@megankumamoto3645]

and Mackenzie Astin's mom too

[@leehaelters6182]

I think that you might be wrong about that. A Sub-Dom theme is way too racy for that broadcasting era.

[@josearturogarza5114]

*YABBA DABBA DOO!! Cousins,Meet The Cousins* oops, LOL _The SkipJacks sang theme song,plus the Flintstones theme song_

[@akbarlebowitz8151]

I blame the hot dogs for Patty's bad grades. They always made her lose control. #PattyDukeShowThemeSong

[@sandybeach123]

This was a well-written show. Early on in the series everyone found his/her respective character's niche and the show really took off.

[@sasharichardson9127]

Yeah, I saw this just last year or year before but only this episode. It was really funny. Patty dresses well and the theme is good too. I just remembered it today and also how she said if the network wasn't so cheap then the show could've gone on in colour. She's a good actress who dresses well. This episode was great. Ah, French is the best isn't it?..........

[@leehaelters6182]

A perpetual rivalry between the French, Spanish, and Italians as to whose language is the most beautiful. I'm not getting into the middle of THAT!

[@昌美-s3m]

確か60年位前に見た 小学生だったころの私はパティの番組が大好きだった 懐かしい動画ありがとう

[@drewpall2598]

Jean Pierre Aumont was excellent as Andre Malone the French teacher in this episode of the Patty Duke Show. Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons 5 January 1911 - 30 January 2001

[@leehaelters6182]

I had been looking for a credit, as I swear he could be the twin of Paul Henreid!

[@L.Spencer]

@@leehaelters6182 In some camera angles he reminds me of Kramer, from Seinfeld.

[@leehaelters6182]

@@L.Spencer Hah! When my cousin's daughter was a young teenager, she once announced to the table that I was Kramer! She got a quick scold from her mom, but I just told her "In my dreams, sweetie!". All the best!

[@vio3366]

I love her outfits!

[@leehaelters6182]

Since remembering the show jingle recently, I have been hoping to find any glimpses in the show of outdoor scenes made on location in Brooklyn Heights!

[@silentninja-fu2nn]

I'm so blessed to live in a time where 65 is just passing

[@fredmila]

I can see why I fancied her as a kid. She was so cute and that smile! Probably older than a teenager then as she was rather short.

[@cookiesncrime333]

She was still pretty short as she grew up though. I find that really cute.

[@MareShoop]

She was barely 5’

[@Bossbenelli]

I was eight years old when this show aired, as a child, I always had thought the two girls were different people. I did not realize they were both Patty Duke.

[@prez58]

I see so much of Patty in Sean Astin (her son). He definitely got his mother's smile.

[@sandralutz6991]

Love these shows, the best🤗🤗🤗

[@DondeArandas]

such a dreamboat.RIP

[@NaraBeaumont]

17:10 and 17:22 Bill Schellert’s amazing comic timing

[@JonMeierding-je2iy]

I always love patty❤

[@thelmathompson7269]

love it lost in space was next in ine then my three sons

[@formula1dude531]

Thelma Thompson Good Gracious your Beautiful WOW ...I had to press on your picture and get a closer look Gracious

[@formula1dude531]

Thelma Thompson oh I forgot to talk about the show... I loved the show back in the day ... I watched cartoons after that but watched Lost in Space an My 3 Sons also The Nanny ...loves that song also

[@thelmathompson7269]

@@formula1dude531 Well Thank you I am just me I have been told I am beutifu for my age thanks Belky Belk love Kathy n Patty .My sister look just like patty an dacted like Kathy prom and primper

[@jcnyc9087]

Love the show, but its idea of Brooklyn Heights looks more like Maplewood, NJ.

[@meadeskelton3350]

French teacher looks 60 years old.

[@debcollettesam6472]

Was thinking the same thing, lol.

[@hopecobb25]

I think he is handsome.

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

@@hopecobb25 he's not a bad looking older guy. Just that he seems very mature for Patty.

[@vio3366]

@@MeadeSkeltonMusic exactly! He's good looking but too old for Patty indeed

[@MareShoop]

When she saw him for the first time I thought what’s the big deal. Very average and old 🤭

[@SenorZorrozzz]

It wasn’t long before they realize that they didn’t need the Cathy character. The show is basically about Patty the teenager and her family. The last episodes Patty was able to wear make up and look better and she looked really good. And the Ross character, her brother, he was terrific. He could’ve ended up with his own show! What ruined this program was lost in space. This program is on ABC and had a big audience until lost in space game on CBS and that was the end of the Patty Duke audience. They all went over to lost in space. I was one of those people.

[@MistressMary...22-u9j]

wow...at one time TV was actually really fun. now its a moth eaten drag!! BYEEE

[@lovelyday392]

Haha... underrated comment

[@Larissa-db1hv]

Patty Lane is beautiful

[@EugeneAxe]

Yes, she was very hot.

[@judedesilva8366]

Originally broadcast from @ABCNetwork on September 18, 1963

[@KristaBrewer-rq7mo]

How long was it between this episode and the pilot? How come Patti looks so DIFFERENT? In the pilot, she had short curly hair, and she was YOUNGER And Ross, even though it's a different Ross looks YOUNGER here than he did on the pilot!

[@JeffTheNebraskaDJ]

CLASSIC!! the dj

[@cesartovar8098]

the black girl in the class i think its carol douglas who sung doctors orders in the early 70s

[@hopecobb25]

Leave him alone Patty, he ain't going to jail.

[@randyking3057]

Oh mon Dieu gracieux Patty's cute!

[@mxxhxx991]

I remember watching syndicated Patty Duke Show's, on WPIX, 45- 48 years ago. Those prints kept the voice over, 'the Patty Duke Show has been brought to you by....', with the background music at the end of the opening credits and as the story ends. These prints are a hatchet job, even as it goes into the opening theme song, that's lopped off, too. They don't know what they are doing.

[@TMPreRaff]

Then upload YOUR superior print.

[@mxxhxx991]

Yes, I'll have to dig out those u-matic tapes.

[@jrubybowman]

Mxx Hxx - it's ok. The real deal is always better. People do the best they can you know. I'm sure if the poster had better video they'd have posted that. The quality is great on these as is the sound. There's a lot about these shows that are really good and if you miss an opening voice or something, oh well. Just enjoy the shows and thank the poster. We should be grateful there are any episodes available. If you cannot say something nice you shouldn't say anything at all. Hugs. :)

[@cookiesncrime333]

One of the greatest mysteries I've yet to solve: what was Patty Duke's hair colour throughout the show?

[@bobbylaguardia6680]

You are right. But I always loved this show

[@aum3.146]

Identical cousins😂

[@marthaparra6640]

Me encantaba yo era muy niña cuando la pasaban por la t.v. Colombiana.

[@sarayisel8770]

Oye y cómo la puedo encontrar en español?

[@miss_midge_]

BYE-EEE.

[@jimdoyle1119]

This show ran when I was 5-8 years old. If I was, say 12, I would have had a hmm...different opinion of Patty ;) She's so cute!

[@leehaelters6182]

The theme of letting an infatuated girl down easily by exaggerating infirmity was repeated by Fred MacMurray in an episode of My Three Sons, I well remember. Just cannot recall the episode, naturally; my age and all.

[@TheresOnlyOneAMM]

Ucking byeeeeeee lol!!!!!!

[@hell0hkitty]

a hotdog makes her lose control.

[@sarahdixon9254]

cool

[@melodyofpsalm9468]

What year is this?

[@bluecollarlit]

1963

[@justice-jb5ld]

The French teacher wasn’t good looking at all, plus he look like 50 years old, couldn’t the producers found a good looking guy?

[@peggyarnold4333]

Good call. He was 52.