The Prime Time of Life: Friday, March 18, 1966 (the network TV lineup 57 years ago tonight)

FredFlix: The World We Knew

[@inkey2]

I can remember as a 12 year old anticipating the weekend after 5 days of Catholic school torture. Friday night had a good TV line-up and TV was my therapeutic escape. I would prepare for my TV weekend by walking to the supermarket (by todays standards a pretty small privately owned market) 3 blocks away. I would buy a big glass bottle of coke, potato chips and.....fix'ins for home made chip dip: container of sour cream and Liption onion soup mix. Little did I know the heaven I was living in at the time. Today I look back on it like a wonderful dream and kick myself for not relishing every moment of it.

[@gregorygall6643]

Right there with you, my thoughts exactly

[@bluesquirrel3919]

That 60s theme music for The Farmer's Daughter, wonderful. Loved that show, poor Inger Stevens RIP 😥

[@pywacket80]

As a 12-year-old girl in 1966, I had a tremendous crush on David McCallum. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was by far my favorite show. My role model at that time was Honey West. Thanks for these memories, Fred.

[@thewkovacs316]

you werent alone and this fact was noted in "madmen"

[@FredFlix]

Good role model, pywacket80.

[@freeguy77]

I wondereed why Robert Vaughn did not have more girl crushes on him, as he was so dashing, debonair, handsome, and the star of that memorable series. David McCallum is still alive (at 89; b. Sep. 19, 1933 in Glascow, Scotland), while Robert Vaughn (83, Nov. 22, 1932 - Nov. 11, 2016) is long gone. One of my few drama series I liked watching, as I was mostly into comedy. I did not watch "Perry Mason" (1957-66), but in this past year, I did finally watch all their episodes on Decades (network). P.M. is also on Family Entertainment (FeTV) network, and MeTV network. A very popular legal show, very highly rated, and I enjoyed watching it, 56 years (2022) after it ended!

[@sherryhannah9262]

pywacket80 do you watch NCIS?????..David McCallum is on there his character’s name is Ducky I hope you will reply to this

[@pywacket80]

@@sherryhannah9262 My hubby is into NCIS more than I am. But I occasionally watch it. David McCallum has certainly aged well.

[@cancel1913]

I have no idea why I started to cry on the Smothers Brothers intro, I'm an old big man now. Thank you Fred!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Cancel19.

[@JoanSmith-t7k]

We saw that Smothers Brothers show too, but it didn’t last long …

[@marthawelch4289]

Two of my favorite TV shows EVER - The Wild, Wild West and The Addams Family! I have to thank my perverted 8th grade teacher for mentioning "West" in class as I had been watching The Man from Uncle (on at the same time in my city). "Uncle" was good (McCallum as Ilya is the only Commie I ever liked) but I had to choose one over the other and the superbly decorated sets of "West" won out. Who am I kidding - Jim West was an extremely handsome jerk, Artie was a fantastic set of characters, the guest stars were terrific (e.g., Michael Dunn as Dr. Miguelito Loveless), and the plots were unique and interesting. The Addams Family was zany, well-written, well-acted, and chock full of lovable intelligent family members. My favorite was Cousin It played by Felix Silla, a gentleman who gave life to virtually all of the not-tall characters in every TV show. And a special mention RE: The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show. Sammy may be the most talented entertainer ever - singer, dancer, actor, master of just about every instrument. Thanks for sharing your treasures with us, Fred.

[@FredFlix]

Nice comment, Martha.

[@Barnabas45]

Growing up in that era it's really depressing to see what the world has become.

[@ChantelleBrown-fb7gy]

I'm a few years younger but I wholeheartedly agree!❤

[@marcellocolona4980]

Truer words never spoken!

[@inkey2]

It is a living hell now

[@michaelellams9105]

Wholeheartedly agree...

[@alangray9117]

I agree. 70s kid here. I watched so many of these shows new and in reruns.

[@amherst88]

Thanks as always Fred for the walk down memory lane -- my eight-year-old self so wanted to be Napoleon Solo (and Robert Vaughn still marks pretty high on charisma even after all these years) -- I think I was too young to really appreciate Honey West as a detective though I remember it well. Some of the brain cells that are activated during your posts have been dormant for most of my lifetime -- *thanks* *again* ❤

[@FredFlix]

Happy to revive those cells, amherst88.

[@richardgrimes4440]

Thanks, Fred. You hit another one out of the park. I was 12 years old and remember every minute of this.😂❤😊👍👍

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Richard.

[@fromthesidelines]

8:43- "Brought to you by...... *THE ALBERTO-CULVER COMPANY!* 🎶 Alberto VO5 for hair says 'young' so beautifully! 🎶"

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Yeah, man..Honey West! And Camp Runamuck seems to be the song that my friend used to whistle all the time...

[@davek5027]

I’ve been in love with Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams since I was 5 in 1966! Thanks for another great selection, Fred!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Dave.

[@joegreen9987]

Thanks fred I remember all this beautiful music shows I love seeing all this old shows we had good shows back then unfortunately today we junk trash television shows I wish I could go back in time life was much better than today good music and good television shows ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@FredFlix]

Everything was better, Joe.

[@blockcl]

"The Wild, Wild West" has one of the great theme songs ( composed by Richard Markowitz) of TV history. YT has several full length orchestral versions available. My favorite is by the Western Piedmont Symphony, but all are excellent.

[@continentalgin]

Thanks, Fred! Hard to pick a favorite, but yeah, the nod would go to The Addams Family, in my book. The most important magazine in our house was TV Guide. We would pass it around the family asking each other, 'What do you want to watch?' We usually liked all the same stuff, so there weren't too many arguments. And by the way, the color shows would sure enough be in black & white at our house, until we got our first color TV sometime around late 1967 to early 1968. Our grandparents got color sets 1969 -70 ish.

[@sirdarklust]

Wow! Barbara Bouchet in that Man From U.N.C.L.E. episode.

[@freeguy77]

Aw, nuts! At 1:51, 'James West' did not punch-out the lady with the knife in that classic opening credit sequence, as he did in other episodes! That alternate opening credit was one of the most memorable in that era.

[@robertdipaola3447]

I was thinking the exact same thing, loved it when he socked it to her!!!

[@robertdipaola3447]

As kids that was our favorite scene, we didn't like mushy men!!!

[@freeguy77]

@@robertdipaola3447 Did you recall when after he punched her, she fell backwards, exposing her underwear? For a mid-teen then, it was a double fun with the punch and her falling backwards! If that was today's opening credit, she would be wearing no underwear!

[@robertdipaola3447]

@@freeguy77 yeah!!-- as kids when we saw that we couldn't stop laughing,-- her bloomers are showing!!!--- as members of the he-man's woman hater's club ,we thought Jim west was the best!!!

[@FIREBRAND38]

Great job, Fred! Six year old me remembers watching more than a few of those since I could stay up late on Friday. Had to catch up on some during summer reruns, though. The Hogan's Heroes episode that night was "The Prince from the Phone Company". Leonid Kinskey only appeared in the pilot since Kinskey (who played the bartender Sacha in the film _Casablanca_ ) didn't like the show's premise. It lasted for six seasons. After his night's episode of _The Flintstones_ there were only two more until the series ended with the 1 April 1966 episode. It was after that I became a regular viewer of _The Wild Wild West_ after _The Green Hornet_ came and went, of course. BTW, I'm pretty sure that there was no episode of _The Wild Wild West_ on this night. I haven't been able to determine what else was on so far.

[@FredFlix]

I used an old TV Guide from that date, John, and The Wild Wild West was listed.

[@FIREBRAND38]

@@FredFlix Interesting. I said that because 11 March 1966 was Ep 23, The Night of the Two-Legged Buffalo while 25 March was Ep 24, The Night of the Druid's Blood. What was the episode name in the title in the TV guide just out of curiosity?

[@jehobden]

@@FIREBRAND38 I looked this up in my own TV GUIDE, and this night CBS reran "The Night of the Glowing Corpse" (S1, E7), which it originally broadcast on Oct. 29, 1965. Sometimes even back then networks slipped reruns into their regular seasons.

[@FIREBRAND38]

@@jehobden Thanks for looking that up. And yeah, I remember TV from "back then" firsthand. Appreciate your reply.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Gomer Plye USMC, I watched it all the time .... I became a Marine in 1973. Semper Fi

[@FredFlix]

Thank you for your service, USMC Veteran.

[@elifoust7664]

Many of those Marines featured marching.Deployed to Vietnam.God bless em,Thank you for serving.

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@Eli Foust thank you Sir. I always tell people the same thing, it was an honor to serve our great Nation and beloved Marine Corps.

[@elifoust7664]

MP CORP. 1974

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

@Eli Foust 1974 MP Corps thanks for your service. I served from 1973 to 1977.

[@thetraveler2561]

Honey West....remember that one especially....wonder why.

[@mikerocks56]

My buddy Jimmy and I acted out our own Man From UNCLE adventures in the park by my house. He was Napoleon and I was Ilya. We were 9. My little brother tagged along. There were no other agents on the show so we just called him “Bob”.

[@carlr0gers417]

3yrs old in 66' seen most of these in re-runs not long after , big family one television one car simpler times give it back. 😁😄😌😔

[@steveholder1956]

As a 10 year old , I loved Wild , Wild West , Adam's Family an Hogan's Hero's !!

[@RandyR]

Thanks for the memories. Was 13 and living in Fort Worth TX. Remember most of them. Smother Bros would not be allowed today. To many uptight people

[@freeguy77]

"Camp Runamuck" (1965-66) had 2 appearances of 9-year-old Maureen McCormick ("Marcia Brady"), in the 1st (Sep. 1965), and then 16th episodes (early-1966), as character "Maureen Sullivan." Almost 4 years later, she brokeout at 13 as "Marcia." Now, 66.

[@charles1964]

She was Adorable, but I didn't realize she was that old

[@RusstheTroubadour]

Dave Madden had a recurring role as a camp counselor. He later was a regular on LAUGH IN( 1968-69) . Then on THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY ( 1970-74).

[@freeguy77]

@@RusstheTroubadour I didn't mention him because of the other series that I did talk about, but I knew what you said about his varied career. A very good comic actor.

[@birdsfan57]

@@charles1964 Sadly, we ALL are now "that old"...where did the all the years go?!

[@laurabeane8862]

"My name is Illya Kurayakin, And I do what I'm told" Oh, I Bet you do, Doll Baby😆😘

[@tomservo56954]

McCallum was likely told to record an album...but this very week, he had a Top 20 hit on the taste maker Top 40 station in Boston with "Communication" (don't worry--it was spoken word with music, not sung)

[@laurabeane8862]

@@tomservo56954 The NCIS references: "What did 'Ducky' look like when He was young?" "Like Illya Kurayakin"😆😝👍

[@schallrd1]

Friday nights were always special. Almost as good as Saturday night.

[@dougbrowne9890]

What a great night of television. If TV were still like this, I would never have cancelled cable, which I did November 2011. Thanks for another trip to that far off place we used to call home.

[@GaryAa56]

I turned 10 on the March 5, television was great back then!

[@buya3671]

You are a giant to us all Fred. Thanks for your great videos!

[@FredFlix]

Much appreciated, Buya.

[@Laceykat66]

So many shows I never saw because I watched Wild Wild West.

[@richardvful1]

Thanks Fred for the Blast from the past, I really love wayching these vids, takes me on a trip down memory lane for sure :)

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Richard.

[@robertscott2210]

Lots of good memories in this one Fred. My five and a half-ish year old self remembers most of them, although probably from later seasons. Now, was Honey West related to Jim West in The Wild, Wild West? Or did they do the wild thing in the west or...........ahem, yes well, anyway, nice video. 👍 👍

[@FredFlix]

No relation there, Robert. I guess it was just the year of the West.

[@suzvalentino1901]

I was 11 and fell madly in love with David McCallum, I even got the Man from Uncle game for Christmas.

[@matthewbaduria]

The Farmer's Daughter is a great show very underrated 60 '60s sitcom, I like One Nanny And The Professor, and Chico And The Man, they were all great shows, and all of them were.

[@gregmiller9710]

great!...takes me back man....

[@zoppie]

Before ABC had acquired the rights to air _The Avengers,_ they liked Honor Blackman so much that she was the actress they originally had in mind to play Honey West. But she was making movies by this time. Honey West started as a series of novels. Then it was an episode of _Burke's Law,_ which served as the backdoor pilot. It was spun off as a one-season wonder. Reruns can be seen on the Honey West Roku channel, but they have recently started charging for the privilege. By the time _The Avengers_ started airing on ABC, Blackman had been long replaced by Diana Rigg.

[@FredFlix]

And I was glad of it. I saw the writers of Honey West on an old Groucho "You Bet Your Life" episode about 2 years or so before the show started. One of them talked about the new character.

[@fromthesidelines]

7:34- "'THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER'! Brought to you by....... *CLAIROL!* Creators of the exciting NATURAL look in beauty! And tonight, by MISS CLAIROL! Hair color SO natural- 'Only her hairdresser knows for sure'!"

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

Denver Pyle was in EVERYTHING back in the day!

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

Camp Runamuck at the "SAME POND" in all shows, especially The Andy Griffith Show. LOL

[@kevinfitzmaurice4072]

6:54-Lovely, elegant, low key opening for "The Farmer's Daughter."

[@hrearden6993]

I was born in Aug of 1966. A couple of those shows I have not seen or heard of. i.e. Camp Runamuck and Hank.

[@seaofmadness2622]

The Flintstones rock!!!

[@ChantelleBrown-fb7gy]

Thanks Fred! When I was a little girl I adored pebbles Flintstone! When I was teen I dressed as her for Halloween! Very different outcome! Lol!

[@FredFlix]

So, what happened, Chantelle?

[@ChantelleBrown-fb7gy]

@@FredFlix lol! Boobs happened!

[@rcdoodles6214]

Wonderful video! Thank you so much for your great work - your videos bring back sweet memories of my childhood. I was 11 in 1966 and LOVED Man from Uncle, with a big crush on Robert Vaughn. Precious times remembered…watching with my dad. Thank you.

[@FredFlix]

Too bad we seldom knew how precious it was at the time, RC.

[@angelagoodwin5758]

Happy to see Honey West included. First time a seeing a strong and independent female character at the time.

[@birdsfan57]

I adored her and her show! And I agree about her being wonderful example for little girls at that time. I even owned a Honey West doll.

[@angelagoodwin5758]

@@birdsfan57 I was 7 when this aired and me and a neighborhood friend formed our own little Honey West fan club. We were the only members. Exclusive indeed!😄

[@birdsfan57]

@@angelagoodwin5758 I was 9/10 and can appreciate your fan-girls' idolization of both the character and the show. She was pretty cool to us kids, before there was a "Girl from U.N.C.L.E." and Emma Peele in "The Avengers"...

[@valhowe1950]

Thanks Fred, you keep us old folks going ( and laughing to).

[@FredFlix]

I'm with ya, Val.

[@waltergiles86]

Well, Thanks for that, a time tunnel into my Friday 60 years ago😮! Just when I got over it😶

[@FredFlix]

We'll never get over it, Walter.

[@salemslotandmore8278]

Thank you for the video.

[@jlovebirch]

Funny to see the shows I loved and many I never knew existed. Can't believe Man from UNCLE was on at 10pm (past my bedtime), the time slot that killed Star Trek. So glad next year it was on at 8:30, after Wild Wild West, my absolute favorite. TV in the 60s was loaded with great shows -- and vintage films.

[@Ij-jan]

A great video. Thank you.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, l j.

[@brendajeanproffitt6919]

AWESOME ❤❤❤❤ Fred..Sammy amazing artist Thank you.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, friend Brenda.

[@brendajeanproffitt6919]

@@FredFlix I hope your all doing good and your St. Patrick day was good

[@paulromans3917]

Ah, 8 years old, and it's Friday night. School's done, and the weekend stretches before us. A quick trip to the bank with Mom, load up at the grocery store, and home to watch the best TV of the week in our PJ's. Wild Wild West was as good as it could get. What, homework? On a Friday?!?

[@kevinburnes3216]

I was born a year and 8 days after this aired!

[@markcornish2519]

Sammy Davis Jr made even the my mother the card theme sound cool

[@emilysantoyo918]

Love watching these TV line ups from the 60s on here Fred!

[@FredFlix]

Glad you do, Emily.

[@alittlepastmidnight]

Great lineup Fred! My father use to Love watching the Flintstones. i did too. if fact I still watch them on me TV. Tammy, wow I had forgotten about that show. hank? I have never heard of. Adams family! now there was one cool, crazy show. that and the Munsters:) Hogans Heros. again my father loved this. I liked it too. Shults so Funny! Honey west. I don't remember. she was Gorgeous though. Mister Roberts was Great. watched it after seeing the movie. The man from UNCLE had me from the start!!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks for your comment, ALPM.

[@thomasbryant6512]

The steampunk genre was defined by The Wild Wild West. I loved the episodes with Michael Dunn as Dr. Loveless.

[@freeguy77]

At 3:04 John Astin is the last survivor of "The Addams Family" after the sudden death of 'Wednesday Addams', Lisa Loring (b. Feb. 16, 1958), at only 64 this past Jan. 28, by a stroke. She was only 6 when it began in 1964. Astin was her friend and acting mentor, now 92, will be 93 on Mar. 30 (2023). Both this and fellow "horror" comedy series "The Munsters" overlapped exactly in their two seasons, 1964-66. I preferred watching the quirkier 'Addams Family' to the other. What a fantastic year (1965-66) that was for tv sitcoms-dramas in their variety and how funny or exciting they were with only 3 major networks: CBS, NBC, and ABC. "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (last season), "Get Smart" (1st season), "Flipper", "The Jackie Gleason Show", "The Wild, Wild West", "The Smothers Brothers Show", and the daring "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." (1964-68, 4 seasons), with the made-up acronym which stands for "United Network Command for Law and Enforcement."

[@FredFlix]

THRUSH stood for something as well; I don't remember the whole thing, but the last two letters stood for the Subjugation of Humanity.

[@laurabeane8862]

Oh, My Goodness. He was Judge Harry's Father in "Night Court" as well

[@tomklock568]

Great job Fred, not obscure this time! Too bad I was too young then to appreciate the finer things of life (Anne Francis, Inger Stevens,etc)

[@FredFlix]

I was just getting the right age for those kinds of things, Tom.

[@rhondarees9488]

Thank you!!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Rhonda.

[@shibolinemress8913]

It's so hilarious that Sammy Davis Jr. is singing the theme from that awfully kooky flop "My Mother The Car"! 😂

[@budgarner3522]

At my house everything was B&W until I had my own place out of college. A lot of towns we lived in did not have an ABC station, so I missed out of a few. And where did you find Sammy Davis Jr. singing My Mother the Car? Another masterpiece, Fred.

[@michaelellams9105]

We here in Australia got colour in 1975 so it was to see all programs in colour.

[@robertromero8692]

Love it, Fred. It's cultural comfort food. I binged watched all of WWW. The first two seasons were the best. The third season pretty much abandoned the fantastic plots, and tried to be a more conventional western. It suffered as a result. The fourth season suffered from the absence of Ross Martin, who was recovering from a heart attack. The worst episode of the entire series had Alan Hale Jr. subbing for Martin. At the end of the episode, West asks him what he will do now, and he says he'll vacation on an island, at which point the Gilligan's Island theme is played. Someone came up with a phrase explaining what THRUSH stood for--The Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity. To those who claim guys like me don't like strong women, I give Honey West as Exhibit B (Mrs. Peel is Exhibit A). I loved her.

[@FredFlix]

I remember seeing that Alan Hale episode now that you mention it, RR. What a great tie-in!

[@wildforthecats661]

For some reason, CBS actually didn’t show The Wild Wild West on March 18, 1966.

[@FredFlix]

@@wildforthecats661 It was listed in the TV Guide I used for that date.

[@wildforthecats661]

@@FredFlix Which episode did the guide show?

[@FredFlix]

@@wildforthecats661 I'd have to go through my 100-plus TV Guides to find out.

[@glennanderson9034]

I like what comes on tonight in this year. Much more than the garbage on tonight in 2023.

[@hiridavidfeign]

WOW. I didn't know there was another Smothers Brothers opening. Great work as always. Thanks!

[@barryputterman2412]

It was a whole different Smothers Brothers Show. A sitcom rather than a variety show.

[@freeguy77]

I loved watching that quirky show! So many of them in that category in 1965-66! Probably the peak (lowest and hated by many) was undoubtedly "My Mother, The Car" (that same one-season length) starring Jerry Van Dyke, Dick's younger brother. He turned down "Gilligan" in that series offer, so he had bad luck in every series offered, while taking My Mother. Until he got to be "Coach" with the gorgeous Shelley Fabares as his wife.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, HDF.

[@tomservo56954]

@barryputterman2412 The brothers wanted to do a music with comedy program, but the sponsor insisted on a sitcom.

[@birdsfan57]

@@freeguy77 But, the theme song made it memorable.

[@freeguy77]

How many of you can't resist snapping your fingers along with "The Addams Family" when their theme comes on (at 3:04)? Impossible not to do, and another memorable tv theme that we rarely hear in tv shows after cable tv hit in the early-'80s! The Addams Family was my choice to watch, over "The Munsters" when both ran in the same two seasons, 1964-66. The ending music for "The Addams Family" (10:05) was just as wacky as the opening credits!

[@elc1960]

Sammy Davis Jr. singing the theme to My Mother, the Car??? Mighty weird choice of a variety show opening number, but whatever...Thanks for the early "birthday present" of a new FredFlix video. I'll watch it again tomorrow on my real birthday. Thanks again Fred!

[@FredFlix]

Happy birthday, elc1960. I was puzzled as well by Sammy's choice.

[@elc1960]

@@FredFlix Thanks my friend.

[@fromthesidelines]

6:52- "Brought to you by..........INSTANT MAXWELL HOUSE! 'Good To the Last Drop'! POST CEREALS! The cereals that make breakfast 'A Little Bit Better'! GAINES-BURGERS! ''The Canned Dog Food Without the Can'! Three fine products of *GENERAL FOODS!"*

[@Classicrocker6119]

Hey Fred! Just throwing it out there wondering if the studio audience for “The Jimmy Dean Show” received complimentary “Sausage” samples to bring home?😀

[@FredFlix]

And did Jimmy autograph them?

[@schallrd1]

Only the women got Jimmy's sausage.

[@FawleyJude]

I was nuts about Man from UNCLE but I didn't remember that it came on so late and that my folks let me stay up to watch it. But it would actually have been 9:00 Central Time where we lived, and it wasn't a school night, so I guess it made sense. Not long after that I went nuts for The Avengers, which didn't come on till 11:30 on Friday (we'd moved to Eastern time and ABC wouldn't show it during prime time because of all the ---gasp--violence). But the folks let me stay up for that, too, even though they'd already gone to bed. Fridays were great.

[@FredFlix]

They certainly were, Jude.

[@carolhansen4657]

My faves Honey West! Mister Rogers ... Roger Smith, so great. Wild Wild West ... Ross Martin as Artemus Gordon. I was 12 in 1966 but I think my taste was discriminating. David MacCallum as Illya Kuryakin was amazing.

[@davidbaise5137]

Amazing how the song for the show (eg. Smothers Bros. Or Gillian’s Island or Brady Bunch would have to explain the whole premise in less than a minute!

[@Wyliedawg]

...and at least half of them still better than what they force-feed viewers today!

[@jehobden]

Another great video, Fred! 1:00 CAMP RUNAMUCK had poor clearance on NBC affiliates. It wasn't carried by either of the NBC affililates where I grew up (not that i would've watched it or remembered it if I had), and I wouldn't be surprised if your affiliate in Charleston preempted it too. Do you remember watching it, Fred? I know it was carried for brief periods on Nickelodeon & Comedy Central. 1:28 You correctly posted the B&W opening for WILD WILD WEST here. 2:18 I understand that Debbie Watson was under contract to Universal at this time. She went from KAREN (originally part of 90 BRISTOL COURT) during the previous season on NBC, and then here to TAMMY on ABC. By spring 1966 she took over the role of Marilyn in the movie "Munster, Go Home!" and was going to take over the part from Pat Priest on THE MUNSTERS series for a third season if the show was renewed. 2:39 HANK had similar affiliate clearance problems to CAMP RUNAMUCK. Its pilot was filmed & aired in B&W, so what you have here is probably from the pilot. 3:03 I think that people who pay attention to such things are surprised that, with Lisa Loring's recent passing, John Astin, 93 later this month, is the last survivor of THE ADDAMS FAMILY cast now. Great job posting the correct Season 2 opening here (Jackie Coogan wasn't credited until the end in Season 1.) 3:55 Wow! Sammy had a tribute to another flop NBC show from the same season! ;) This could've been done on HULLABALOO this same season, which had a medley of current tv show theme songs at least once. I'm amazed you found any footage from his show in any condition, especially from the same night. Sammy's show replaced CONVOY, which along with I DREAM OF JEANNIE kept NBC from being 100% in color for this season in primetime. 4:47 Leonid Kinskey decided not to stay with HOGAN'S HEROES past the pilot as the Russian POW in Stalag 13. Lt. Carter from the pilot was demoted to Sgt. (and Larry Hovis was promoted to series regular) to fill his void. 6:55 THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER had a nice bossa nova theme for its third & final season. Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil were still credited for their original theme song in the closing credits though. Davy Jones made a good appearance this season as a young man helping the older son start a rock band (That was a common sitcom plot around this time.), and I understand that THE MONKEES' final auditions were filmed on this series' sets. 7:58 THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS SHOW was 1 of just 3 sitcoms still in B&W on CBS this season. THE MUNSTERS and THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW were the others. Nick at Nite carried all 3 of them, at least for a short time. 10:06 THE ADDAMS FAMILY closing credits are from Season 2's "Morticia's Dilemma", original air date Dec. 17, 1965. Ron DeFore, son of Don DeFore, in his book "Growing Up in Disneyland" has some good stories about his close friendship with Anthony Caruso's son, Tonio.

[@FredFlix]

Thank you for more great info, Jon. And, no, I don't remember ever seeing Camp Runamuck.

[@joeylocognato2198]

Mr. Fred: my grandparents remember most, not run amuck, but most. They went into Vietnam 4 months after this date( July 1966!). Wr as always appreciate your efforts. From all of us, thank you, and God bless you 🙏🏼

[@FredFlix]

I'm just happy your grandparents survived Vietnam, Joey. You might have explained it before, but BOTH went to Vietnam? Not your grandmother, I trust!

[@joeylocognato2198]

@FredFlix Grandfathers sir. Thank you for the kind words. I will send this to them.

[@FredFlix]

@@joeylocognato2198 I thought it was possible your grandmother went over as a nurse.

[@senatorjimdracula1603]

I was only a month old at the time, but have seen a few in syndication over the years. I didn't know Sammy Davis Jr ever had a show, and a few were completely unknown to me. "Tammy"? "Hank"?

[@larryshaver3568]

I cried when ABC cancelled the flintstones then my parents assured me that they would be on channel 9[wgn] in the fall

[@JoanSmith-t7k]

Tammy, was a TV series? I only remember seeing part of the movie “Tammy and the Doctor” at Torrance Drive-In … 😮

[@dongray9852]

I was 10 years old. We could get the NBC affiliate best, ABC almost as well and CBS only under limited atmospheric conditions... No cable in those days.

[@tomservo56954]

HANK was sponsored by the Bell System, and after NBC canceled it, Ma Bell paid for a finale that wrapped up the show's premise of a young man supporting his younger sister after the death of their parents, while attending college in numerous "unofficial" ways.

[@ernestpaul2484]

I am 64. i seem to remember in the opening cartoon panel of the Wild Wild West show that when the woman raises the dagger Jim West clocks and knock on her derriere. Something changed since then?

[@FredFlix]

No. The first BW season had West NOT punching her. But he did punch her in the three other color seasons. I guess they got away with it because it was animated.

[@ernestpaul2484]

@@FredFlix And she was attempting to kill him, "lol", as the younger folk say. Thanks, always appreciate your videos.

[@Mark.G475]

1966 seems like the year TV went to color.

[@thewkovacs316]

omg....sammy singing the theme from my mother the car....that is hilarious...cuz it was the only good thing about the show i thought that camp show was a summer replacement i think the smothers bros sitcom also only lasted one season and it makes it strange that i remember it some of these shows didnt last very long

[@davidrosler5413]

Fred, what is for me particularly amazing about your amazing compilations us the shows I DIDN'T watch and about which I have no memory AT ALL, while the ones I did whisk me back in time! The other thing is firm memories, I Think, of different time slots. I perhaps wrongly recall the man from uncle being on at 8 or 9 (nyc time) and the wild wild west on Fridays or Saturdays? I was all in on The Flintstones The Addams Family Hogan's Heros (which my extremely Americanized German immigrant father, at 10 years old loved and called Hogan's Hero Sandwiches)... "I know NOTH-ING!" was a joke in my family for years. Gomer Pyle And my mother let me stay up long enough for Jimmy Dean that always had the muppet Rolf The Dog and then whoosh to bed. I even had a Rolf puppet that I probably have not thought of for 50 years. If any one else watched that same lineup, let's all talk - tv and movies are my business! It would appear my family was tuned into the hits. Those others seem to have vanished. What the hell was "Hank"? Honey West I have heard if and appears to be ABC's attempt to capitalize on the success of The Avengers that ABC cancelled after the Tara King character proved unpopular when "Mrs Peel" actress Diana Rigg left the show on good terms to go back to her love, the London stage. Honey West has all the earmarks if a knock off if the Avengers including the B&W photo credits, karate poses only the woman here is the lead. I saw an episode on youtube and she unhappily came off as a slut instead of a charming kind if sexy like Diana Rigg. Fred, I have only been able to find one bad copy of He and She which I loved as a kid. You don't have any magic up you sleeve for that, do you?

[@merce10554]

So many favs... Jim West, yeah, but I found Artemus so interesting. Honey West, and of course Illya, with the turtlenecks. Was TV that good or is it the way we remember it? 🤷🏽‍♀️💜🤟

[@FredFlix]

It was formula TV, Mercedes, but WHAT a formula!

[@merce10554]

@@FredFlix The stars were aligned. 💜🤟

[@davidwhitney1171]

Hogan's Heros trivia: the actor who played Colonel Klink was actually Jewish. The short actor who played the French POW was also Jewish (I think), but in any event had actually been in one of the Nazi Concentration/Death camps, having just barely survived by the end of the War...

[@shibolinemress8913]

Regarding the thumbnail, I always wondered why they didn't include Ilya in the logo and make it "The Men From U.N.C.L.E." I had the biggest kiddie crush on Ilya! 😊❤

[@RusstheTroubadour]

Thanks Fred. THE SAMMY DAVIS JR SHOW was broadcast live in color. It was the 6th and final season for THE FLINTSTONES. THE ADDAMS FAMILY was done after 2. . THE JIMMY DEAN SHOW was finishing it's 3 and final season. HOGAN'S HEROES was a breakout hit finishing 9th preceding GOMER PYLE USMC ( finishing @#2).

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Russ.

[@waltergiles86]

Oh , Honey West!

[@rayceeya8659]

I can't help but picture my parents watching these shows as teenagers.

[@laurabeane8862]

Lol. Like when I watch "Dragnet". That's my Grand-Dad being a Thoroughly Dangerous Man😆😆

[@Crustymarine]

Pioneers of Television YT has an interview with Robert Conrad. He provides some insight of his masterpiece The Wild Wild West.

[@FredFlix]

I just saw that last week and enjoyed it.

[@jeffking4176]

Some of these shows must not have lasted very long. Some, I’m just not familiar with at all. Some I know did not. Some I still watch now. Great compilation. 📻🙂👍

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Jeff.

[@davestreit3396]

Today I learned that there could have been a Russian POW character in Hogan's Heroes.

[@peterpaul231]

There's at least 2 versions of the opening of Wild Wild West. In this version, he simply walks away from the back stabbing woman. In another version, he slugs her.

[@shnibby69]

Didn’t know the Hogan’s Heroes pilot had a Russian POW!

[@farnumbp]

In one version of The Wild Wild West intro he punches the woman who tries to stab him

[@laurabeane8862]

Yea, He clocked her a good one, too

[@barryputterman2412]

This was the first season version, in black and white. The version you mention is what most people remember, after the show went to color.

[@laurabeane8862]

@@barryputterman2412 I'm hoping they won't AIRBRUSH out that Opening Title. On MeTV they've already "blurred" Richie Cunningham's posters because the Stock Car Races had Confederate Flags

[@sheriheffner2098]

I was still two years old so I know my bedtime was probably at 7 PM.

[@moviesgalore9947]

Me TV always airs the Hogan's Heroes pilot episode at the start of each new run of the series it's fun to see and Leonid Kinskey played a Russian prisoner who was written out of the show after the pilot it had Carter escaping from another stalag and he's the new prisoner at Camp 13 which was what they called it for the first 5 or 6 episodes they were worried about a lawsuit from the Stalag 17 movie producers so they had Klink always saying "no one ever escapes from Camp 13"

[@gli7utubeo]

Robert Clary on the show (died 11/16/2022) was actually an inmate in 2 real Nazi concentration camps in Poland and Germany as a child. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clary

[@trainrover]

I had no idea entertainment had been that far behind then

[@doggedout]

Hey... Jim West did not punch out knife girl... Or did I just dream that?

[@FredFlix]

In seasons 2-4.