The Prime Time of Life: Monday, July 5, 1965 (what was on the TV networks 57 years ago tonight)

FredFlix: The World We Knew

[@tomsayen9295]

I remember being on vacation with my parents in Atlantic City, NJ that night. Rooming house we stayed at had no television, just beds, sink and a tiny bathroom down the hall. We boys walked along the boardwalk and felt cold air coming out of a doorway at a boardwalk shop that housed a fortune teller. It must have been a slow night so the man invited us teenage boys in to cool off and watch "The Jerry Lewis Show" on his 21-inch color television. The huge wooden cabinet took up most of the little waiting room. He bragged that he put up a big antenna on top of a tower on the roof and brought in all seven New York channels.

[@delavalmilker]

Paul Sawtell's theme for "Voyage" is still one of the best even today.

[@brianarbenz7206]

I love that music. It is mesmerizing, if the show, honestly, is pretty lame.

[@Rangersly]

I was born 3 weeks later, but in my childhood, saw a few of these shows on syndication, and more recently on KZbin and some on dvds. Just hearing the themes and announcers voices brings me back to a magic time. Thank you Fred!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Ranger Sly. And as a silver age comics nut, I like your channel.

[@tigre7739]

Same here! 😎 I was born the next morning, it's very possible our TV set was on one of these programs at that time. I know that mom was a fan of The Lucy show, and I think Ben Casey as well. I have always enjoyed the Lucy show myself and used to watch the reruns with my mom sometimes . I still watch the Alfred Hitchcock hour rerun sometimes LOL, always been a fan of his work.

[@sheriheffner2098]

I just about bet you my dad and mom were watching Andy William's. And I wouldn't blame them. I loved Andy Williams too.

[@hiridavidfeign]

It's so random what shows made it and what shows didn't. It had to cost a fortune to produce a season of episodes for every series and have most of them canceled before the second season, never to be seen again. Fortunately we have FredFlix to give them some attention. Thanks.

[@donaldcrabtree6259]

Great job. I liked how you focused on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Was also a great fan of "The Farmer's Daughter ". Great cast .... on both shows!

[@starmnsixty1209]

Sorry to say I think everryone on VOYAGE/SEA is gone now; I believe David Hedison was the last of the cast

[@jeffearle8172]

Thanks for this trip down memory lane. I remember as a boy of six watching Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea with my family every week.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Jeff.

[@richelliott9320]

I was 13 days short of being 5 years old then. Great time to be a kid

[@shibolinemress8913]

I was just shy of 2 years and 4 months old and we were living in England at the time, but several of those were in syndication by the time we returned to the U.S. in 1967, and I remember some of them. Thanks so much for the memories!

[@しょういちろうみやけ]

「ルーシーショー」日本語吹替版、小１の夏休みに毎朝母と見ていたのを覚えてます。もう47年前の話ですが。また見たい！

[@markbeauseigneur5947]

Just love watching this stuff. So good 👍

[@FredFlix]

Glad to hear it, Mark.

[@hankgolfer1]

My favorite was Man From U.N.C.L.E. Loved the show, theme song was one of the best. Bought the album from music of show. Saw the movie of show To Trap a Spy in the theater. Great memories of many of these shows. Also I couldn't wait for the T.V Guide to come out each September back then of all the new programs coming out. Wonderful descriptions with full color photos of cast. Fred you are awesome. Thank you so very much.

[@birdsfan57]

Yes! Those TV Guide Super Editions that would preview both the shows (new and returning)and their casts each September was an eagerly-awaited ritual. And, the REALLY short-lived "Karen" was an absolute favorite of all her namesakes back then...

[@Rippypoo]

Great job. Triggered lots of great memories of moments watching TV as a kid. Much better than thinking about the horrors of the world as it is today. So, thank you.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, PGBD.

[@robertromero8692]

Never heard of Karen or Wendy and Me. I knew right away who the real Berry Gordy was. He was having an affair with Diana Ross. Florence Ballard's fate was a tragedy. Inger Stevens was so beautiful. Her life also ended tragically. Loved the opening narration of Ben Casey by Sam Jaffe. The VTTBOFS theme was one of my favorites. Great job, Fred!

[@starmnsixty1209]

Yrs, Florence and Inger we're tragic personalities.😥

[@bobhill5791]

Love it Fred......Thanks!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Bob.

[@darrellalston3464]

I was born in Feb. Of 1965 its interesting to see what on 📺

[@Raquel5750]

Dear Fred, thank you for bringing back the joy to our lives & the good memories of what was real and wonderful about our lives and our country! Yes!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Raquel.

[@chrisn7259]

"Real?" you do realize these were fictional TV shows that bore little resemblance to anyone's real life.

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

FABULOUS as USUAL, Fred!

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Nunetc.

[@woofgbruk5947]

The Man From U.N.C.L.E was a fave of my late older brother, and Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea was a fave of my eldest brother and thanks to them I got to love those shows too, along with Thunderbirds, Stingray, Fireball XL5, Joe90, UFO and Later The streets of San Francisco, The Untouchables etc. I have lately been watching some before my time TV shows on KZbin such as Cannonball, Highway Patrol and other similar shows and you gives me ideas on shows to look for that I may have missed!

[@GaryAa56]

You forgot Super Car. Fireball XL5 was great!

[@woofgbruk5947]

@@GaryAa56 Supercar was a bit more before my time, Though I have seen it also Torchy the Battery boy!

[@GaryAa56]

@@woofgbruk5947 I never saw Torchy The Battery Boy

[@woofgbruk5947]

@@GaryAa56 There are some episodes on KZbin

[@GaryAa56]

@@woofgbruk5947 I'll have to check it out,. Thanks!

[@cpnscarlet]

A friend of mine was playing Trivial Pursuit when he got the question "What five words started every episode of Ben Casey?" His answer was priceless - "Turn Your Head and Cough."

[@brianarbenz7206]

Or "Show your insurance card, please."

[@dougmorris9317]

Man, for a Monday night there sure was some killer tv!! Okay I was 5 then, all I can remember is Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and the Andy Williams Show and Lucy of course cuz she was family ♥️ Thanks Fred!! 🙂👍👍👍

[@FredFlix]

Sure thing, Doug.

[@BlackDoveNYC]

I don’t know what’s fascinating, the shows I haven’t heard of or the ones I have. I’ve never seen any of these shows but I love the feeling of being transported back in time by the shows intros and their accompanying sponsors/commercials.

[@Modguy61]

Thank You so much for these great videos, Fred! They bring back many childhood TV watching memories!!! 😊😊

[@luisreyes1963]

And to think my older brother was just born 3 months earlier on that date. Thanks for the memories, FredFlix. 📺

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Luis.

[@cynthia8343]

Big deal

[@inkey2]

I was 11 years old in 1965 and my family had moved into our new home one year earlier....no more renting little apartments. I would be starting school again in two months. I remember the excitement of the new shows for September and the dread of another year in a Catholic School. Through it all there was a youthful optimism that you slowly lose over the years. Like "this year will be better" than the last.

[@elc1960]

And Fred delivers another gem. Thank you! If I'm not mistaken, the Beach Boys version of the "Karen" theme was not released commercially until the album Television's Greatest Hits Volume 3: Black & White Classics, in the mid-1990s. It's not even on the Beach Boys' box set.

[@FredFlix]

Didn't know that, elc1960. I guess they didn't own the rights.

[@elc1960]

@@FredFlix Likely. It was written by Jack Marshall & Bob Mosher. The Surfaris' version was used in the closing credits. It's commercially available on several CDs, including one of MCA's Vintage Music series of oldies CDs.

[@bwb48]

I think it might be on one of the Beach Boys box sets.

[@elc1960]

@@bwb48 I know it's not on Thirty Years of The Beach Boys/Good Vibrations, because that's the one I have. Other than box sets relating to specific albums, I don't know of any other retrospective box sets of their stuff. The Surfaris' version is on the MCA compilation CD Vintage Music Volumes 17 & 18, but that's the closing credits theme.

[@jamesklatt]

Wonder what Karen would be like if it was released today.

[@tellemomma9780]

Thank you Fred! Always glad to see your videos! Life is tough at the moment and they always make me smile!

[@FredFlix]

I can only hope things will get better for you, Chantelle.

[@phononut]

Those Schick injector blades were neat. When I first started shaving, that's what Pop used. Thanks for bringing back some great memories Fred.👍🇺🇸

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, phononut.

[@billscherer207]

To “Frank Sinatra, it was a very good year. And to “Bob Hope, thanks for the memories. I love seeing all these retro TV bits thanks Fred

[@FredFlix]

Quite welcome, Bill.

[@ridgerover8347]

Twas 10 years old. thank you for the flashback! So good memories!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, RR.

[@lucano57]

Nice work Fred.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, lucano57.

[@DWhytePA]

The year we got our first NEW TV (all the rest were 2nd hand.) Fond memories of me at ten. Thanks, Fred.

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, DWhytePA.

[@Litauen-yg9ut]

Awesome as always. I think I've almost caught up to your older bits that I can find...

[@matthewbaduria]

The Farmer's Daughter is a great show truly a 1960's television classic.Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea,The Man From Uncle and a couple of huge hits in 1964.

[@jamesslick4790]

The "Marlboro" pack is basically unchanged in 60 years!

[@sheriheffner2098]

And I LOVED I've Got A Secret on Buzzr. They took all of their old black and white shows off the channel for some reason. And I know my father would not be watching The Lucy Show, he hated Lucy. I can remember when we went to the Drive in Movie on either Friday or Saturday Nights and after the first movie was over the second movie started. It was Yours Mine And Ours, starring Henry Fonda and ; Lucille Ball. My dad said something like " We're leaving, I'm not gonna watch Lucy". I started crying because I wanted to see this movie because of all those children. I think I was around five at the time.

[@brianarbenz7206]

That's a shame. I can't imagine anybody disliking Lucy that much.

[@starmnsixty1209]

Love your channel, Fred. Getting closer to where its more difficult to recall these, but do many regardless. For those who receive MeTV, Voyage /Sea is on late nights Saturday's. They've also ran THE MAN FROM UNCLE before, but not in several years now, sadly. Another👍 📺

[@tomklock568]

Another great one, Fred! A lot of memories but also see I don't remember at all. Thanks!

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Tom.

[@Gobear1]

I was almost 4 years old, and I don't remember any of these shows except for Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and The Man from UNCLE from a few years later when they were in color.

[@thewatcher5271]

Hey Fred, Way To Go! I Was Only Seven But Some Memories Never Fade & You Sure Do Your Part To Make Sure They Don't, Thanks Man!

[@FredFlix]

Happy to help, Watcher.

[@FIREBRAND38]

Wow, nice to see what 4 (going on 5) year old me was watching all those summers ago. Definitely a _Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea_ Night. Also remember watching _No Time for Sergeants._

[@sheriheffner2098]

And I bet they watched The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. I love watching that on MeTV.

[@Crustymarine]

The Seaview breaches the surface like no other, except Moby Dick of course.

[@elc1960]

Watch your language! This is a family site! Oh wait, MOBY Dick...sorry...thought someone was bragging...

[@edwarner3826]

where has the time gone?

[@NickvonZ]

Seems to be going to Heck in a handbasket. At least we have THESE memories!

[@jehobden]

Just about 1 1/2 weeks before I was born. :) MeTV is rerunning VOYAGE as part of its "Sci-Fi Saturday NIght". I can tell at the end after the announcer repeats the show's title that he's about to mention the show's sponsor that week. KAREN was the lone survivor of 90 BRISTOL COURT, which NBC premiered 9 months earlier to the day. NBC cancelled the other 2 shows, HARRIS AGAINST THE WORLD and TOM DICK & MARY, replacing them w/ HULLABALOO in January, then replacing KAREN that fall with a 1/2 hour version of HULLABALOO. Debbie Watson had a contract with Universal which led her to star in ABC's TAMMY in the fall, then she took over the role of Marilyn from Pat Priest in the Munster movie "Munster Go Home". I've read that she was going to take over the role permanently if CBS had renewed THE MUNSTERS. I'm guessing that on TTTT #1 is Berry Gordy, Jr. I'm not sure though. I've seen WENDY AND ME on CBN, back when it reran lots of classic sitcoms that hadn't been rerun much. From what I read, George Burns didn't allow his wife Gracie to watch the show before its premiere, and she died that previous fall never having seen it. I'm guessing that ANDY WILLIAMS ad is from the Paducah/Evansville Edition of TV Guide, where channel 6 was (and still is) in Paducah, KY (also covering Harrisburg, IL & Cape Girardeau, MO) and channel 14 was (and still is) in Evansville, IN. THE LUCY SHOW had a different opening in Season 3 from that syndicated kaleidoscope opening, which CBS slapped on all its daytime reruns, with a B&W version for the Season 1 reruns. Desilu starting filming the show in color in Season 2, but CBS refused to air it in color until Season 4. Bill Paley didn't want RCA (NBC's owner) to sell any color sets until he gave up the fight (and falling ratings for B&W shows in homes with color sets) and went mostly to color fall 1965. Lifebuoy is a product of Unilever (then Lever Bros.), which was a long time sponsor of her shows through HERE'S LUCY. This was the last of Alfred Hitchcock's 10 consecutive seasons on tv, bouncing between 1/2 hour & hour formats and CBS & NBC.

[@RusstheTroubadour]

I know THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW and PERRY MASON ( except one episode) which would conclude their runs the following season were aired in b/w . The game shows would also continue to air in b/w until the fall of 1966. HOGANS HEROES pilot/ first episode was shot in b/w but the remainder of the series was shot in color. Also premiering in color that fall was GREEN ACRES. THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW, PETTICOAT JUNCTION , THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES and THE LUCY SHOW all switched to color. Other shows and new series ( not all ) airing in b/w included. WILD, WILD WEST, THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW , THE MUNSTERS, RAWHIDE ( concluding it's run in early January of 66), THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS SHOW( not their later variety series), THE TRIALS OF O'BRIEN ( Starring Peter Falk). and GUNSMOKE.

[@AgentPepsi1]

Hi Fred, I hope you had a great 4th of July weekend!! 😊 Thank you for another nostalgic look into a time 19 years before my birth. I have always been fascinated with the 1960s (especially late 60s)... even married a man from 1968.

[@FredFlix]

Well, I certainly envy that man, Tasha!

[@kenwalz7231]

Another GREAT ONE that brought back memories! Thanks for posting them!

[@tomservo56954]

Just outside of San Francisco, a young man was celebrating his 15th birthday...turning the dial, he may have seen the Supremes or heard the Beach Boys--likely never expecting to become a music maker. But prep school student and star baseball player Hugh Anthony Cregg III would proceed to do just that, known by the nickname his girlfriend's father gave him...Huey Lewis.

[@allenjones3130]

"Karen"'s theme was performed by the Beach Boys. The "Ben Casey" theme is magnificent.

[@birdsfan57]

The opening of Ben Casey is iconic and memorable even almost 60 years later...

[@mariocastro4927]

ótimo material realmente trás uma nostalgia até para quem não viveu os anos 60

[@NickvonZ]

The good ol' days! Like when there were TWO genders, for example! As Dr. Casey pointed out. Berry Gordy, Jr.! Producer of my all time favorite movie, lo these many years.... The Last Dragon!

[@brianarbenz7206]

But there was more than one race, a fact left off almost all TV shows then. That is one way those were bad ol' days.

[@sheriheffner2098]

Gina Gillespie was a younger sister of Darlene Gillespie. She was a very busy young lady, she was young Blanche Hudson in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. She was in several television shows including Wagon Train and Thriller. All of the Gillespies were talented.

[@BELCAN57]

If that first Ben Casey intro was made today it would probably have been15 minutes long, allowing for all 57 genders. Great compilation from my youth !

[@FredFlix]

Good point, Steve.

[@gregggoss2210]

I was going to say the same thing. The poor guy writing out the symbols would have gotten writer's cramp. Another great one Fred.

[@cam-edy1294]

i suport lgbt, but even still, they're only two genders

[@brianarbenz7206]

And then "birth, death, brain dead, flat lined, cryogenically frozen, cloned."

[@LRogersPhoto]

One month after I was born, thanks Fred. Have a feeling not too many people had color tv's at this time so that Andy Williams show.............

[@Lisa-di1wi]

I was only 7 seven years old, and between second and third grade that summer. However, that September, was the debut of my all-time favorite shoe, Green Acres.

[@raynardabraham7831]

From a time when almost everything on prime time TV was worth watching. Yes they had the clunkers, but most of the rest was neat.

[@stevenj2380]

Much appreciated. Just turned 10, then. Mostly good memories. So much promise in the world. So much wish we could have held on to... solvable U.S. problems without 'throwing out the baby with the bathwater'!

[@davehire1433]

My favorite episode of “Karen” was the one where she wanted to speak with the manager.

[@brianarbenz7206]

If they made a new version of that show, that'd happen in each episode.

[@heygetoffmylawn1572]

Thank you, Fred Flix, I needed that about now.

[@RusstheTroubadour]

Thanks Fred as always. Debbie Watson (KAREN) would return to television the following season in TAMMY for ABC & Universal Television. Richard Denning ( KAREN) would come out of semi - retirement in 1968 to take on the recurring role of Governor Jameson on the original HAWAII FIVE O. SUMMER PLAYHOUSE replaced THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW that summer . It consisted of unsold television pilots and ran during the summer season from 1964 67. THE DANNY THOMAS SHOW which ended production the previous season was used as a summer time slot filler replacing MANY HAPPY RETURNS that starred John McGiver and Elinore Donahue. Reruns of THE FARMERS DAUGHTER replaced THE BING CROSBY SHOW. NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS and WENDY & ME Starring Connie Stevens and George Burns each lasted one season. THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR / ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS was cancelled after 10 seasons. that spring. The series in both forms aired on NBC & CBS .

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Russ.

[@markcornish2519]

Debbie Watson was also Marilyn Munster in the movie in 1966

[@emilysantoyo918]

Love the groovy song to the Karen intro!

[@dianafrost936]

I remember that Ben Casey opening and even had a bracelet with those symbols on it. I was little so I don't remember a lot about the show except the opening.

[@allysonkitchens5840]

Wow. July 5, 1965 was my 2nd birthday.

[@sheriheffner2098]

We used to have Buzzer on our cable network and they used to show To Tell The Truth. I remember seeing this episode on Buzzer.

[@garytafolla2845]

Those were the best of times. 😀

[@GaryAa56]

I was 9 years old vacationing with my family Upstate New York. I remember these programs but, didn't watch as much t.v. in The Catskills.

[@markcornish2519]

Around that time I was almost 7, we were spending time at my grandparents house in little falls New York near the catskills

[@rolfsinkgraven]

That was a very nice video full off Tell-a-vision tnx

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, Rolf.

[@5argetech56]

Hi Older brother Fred... The Man from UNCLE was a favorite in my house!! My two older sisters fell in love with David McCallums Character .. "Illya Kuryakin." They would be bouncing off the walls every time he was in a scene!! 😆😆

[@FredFlix]

Good to hear from you, 5arge.

[@markcornish2519]

David McCallum probably the only one from shows that time in 1965 that is still on a prime time show now

[@JohnShinn1960]

Thanks Fred! 🤠

[@FredFlix]

You're welcome, John.

[@saml760]

July 5,1965, that was 2 days after my 5th birthday.

[@STho205]

I remembered seeing Karen as a kid, when I first saw the titles for Happy Days a decade later. Didn't remember anything else about it...think my big sister watched it twice....she however liked Man from UNCLE and That Girl....more modern I did like everything I saw with William Windom. ".......Don't you think I know THAT!...."

[@sheriheffner2098]

I was not even two years old. But my parents probably watched these shows.

[@brianarbenz7206]

I was 7. I always watched To Tell The Truth, saw quite a bit of I've Got a Secret, fairly often watched Andy Williams and Danny Thomas (though I remember it as Make Room For Daddy), a little Man from UNCLE, and endless Lucy.

[@merce10554]

I could go on forever over every little detail on this video but I'll leave it at this: back then you *had* to choose between Ben Casey and Dr. Kildare and I went for the dark and handsome MD. ☺️ I won't make spoilers with "To tell the truth". 😉🤭 Great, Fred. Now I'll have a Bufferin. ☺️💜🤟

[@FredFlix]

But why couldn't you have them both, Mercedes? They came on different night. Then again, you picked the right one. I don't think Kildare (in real life) liked girls.

[@merce10554]

@@FredFlixNo, he didn't. Truth is I don't care. I'm very open-minded on the subject. Have been since my late teens. 🤷🏽‍♀️ And I watched both shows. The choosing was a thing among us girls. You could only stan one of them. ☺️💜🤟

[@garywright7826]

Aww yeah.... back when its was cool to be named "Karen"!😂😂

[@syxepop]

Fred, I have to ask, does this Cathleen Nesbitt (8:01 on "The Farmer's Daughter" ) is somehow related (Grandma?) to Flight Attendant / YT Creator KAT NESBITT? (that last name is uncommon enough not to notice and both have variants of the same first name)

[@FredFlix]

You might have to Google that one, syxepop.

[@fromthesidelines]

6:53- "THE LUCY SHOW" wasm't on in the summer of '65 (she usually took a "vacation"). Repeats of "GLYNIS" (1963) were featured instead.

[@tomservo56954]

And even if they did, they wouldn't have the kaleidoscope open...especially with Gale Gordon having second billing--they would be rerunning episodes with Vivian Vance.

[@fromthesidelines]

Yes! *This* was the opening for season three (in those episodes featuring Viv): kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIa2pYB5eL5ll7s

[@sixtoes2313]

Happy belated 4th Fred.

[@FredFlix]

Thanks, Six Toes. Ditto.

[@W2mNm]

I prefer the way programs were introduced years ago. Everything was like a special 'event' and you rushed to the tv to watch. Now they even overlap end credits with commercials or the next show. I want the announcer back! And the 'brought to you by....' lol.

[@dace938]

You help me though troubled times Fred. Thank you. Hours of fun and a means to escape this leftist nonsense.

[@MidKid61]

For kicks and giggles , here were the Major League Baseball scores for Monday, July 5, 1965 AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington Senators 2 vs California Angels 5 (first game) Washington Senators 4 vs California Angels 3 (second game) at Dodger Stadium (Chavez Ravine), Los Angeles, CA Chicago White Sox 3 vs Cleveland Indians 1 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, OH New York Yankees 7 vs Detroit Tigers 2 (first game) New York Yankees 4 vs Detroit Tigers 5 (second game) at Tiger Stadium, Detroit, MI Baltimore Orioles 7 vs Kansas City Athletics 4 at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City, MO Boston Red Sox 2 vs Minnesota Twins 6 (first game) Boston Red Sox 0 vs Minnesota Twins 2 (second game) at Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, MN NATIONAL LEAGUE Los Angeles Dodgers 4 vs Cincinnati Reds 7 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati, OH Houston Astros 5 vs Milwaukee Braves 4 at County Stadium, Milwaukee, WI Chicago Cubs 2 vs New York Mets 3 (first game) Chicago Cubs 0 vs New York Mets 3 (second game) at Shea Stadium, Flushing Meadows, NY Pittsburgh Pirates 1 vs Philadelphia Phillies 3 (first game) Pittsburgh Pirates 2 vs Philadelphia Phillies 6 (second game) at Connie Mack Stadium, Philadelphia, PA San Francisco Giants 2 vs St. Louis Cardinals 3 (12 innings) at Busch Stadium, St. Louis, MO

[@brianarbenz7206]

4:02 Bud Collier instantly checked the prop Anacin box to be sure he was holding it right side up. On live national TV, the sponsor would have boiled if their product were upside down. He then muffs the line, saying "To relieve pain, so relax tension, calm nerves." He needed to relax his own tension at that moment.

[@onefatstratcat]

I was 5.. I was way too busy playing with my Lincoln Logs to watch tv :)

[@MidKid61]

Yes tobacco ad were prominent. In fact Liggett & Myers (Lark cigarettes) sponsored "The Farmer's Daughter" and Consolidated Cigar Corp. (El Producto) sponsored "Wendy And Me".

[@lilajagears8317]

First time that I have heard about the show Karen.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

It's a fun show. I wish I knew what the other two parts of the 90 minute, 3 in 1 sitcom "90 Bristol Court" were like. UCLA Film Library may have one complete 90 Bristol Court. As you may know from the comments KAREN was given the opportunity to finish out the season on its own. If they are still there, You Tube may have a few posted with the original Coke ads. These Coke ads are also posted separately on You Tube ("Things Go Better With Coke"). They're as fun as Karen is. And as noted, Coke also sponsored the "next door" ABC show, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, with the same basic ads.

[@lilajagears8317]

@@AdmiralNelson1000 Thanks for the info.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Lila--- And thank you for your reply.. .I'm glad you noticed KAREN because as noted it's a fun, sweet natured show. I looked into it because I was curious about all the other shows that shared the night with Voyage, one of my very favorite Retro series. This season was Voyage's first and many of us Brine Opera fans enjoy that first season the most, as it was so rare until recently, being black and white. It's fortunate we have Karen available on the collector circuit, though it's likely that these are the post-Bristol Court shows (that is, from Jan.65 on). Original layout for 90 BRISTOL COURT featured 3 sets of characters based in an LA apartment court. And note the initials by the way. First show was "all family," KAREN. Second show was moving towards "adult" but not exclusively: Jack Klugman in HARRIS AGAINST THE WORLD. "Everyman" vs. the hassles of life. Critics liked this one best. Third installment was ...drumroll...the "most adult" and therefore scheduled last: TOM, DICK AND MARY. Medical intern and his wife, if I have this correctly, take in another intern as a boarder. 90 BRISTOL COURT was an interesting idea but CBSs half hours on Monday were a tough act to beat and NBC started its new Monday season on Oct.5, in which ABC already had a 3 week head start on the youth audience with its slate of new shows. (Ben Casey at 10 was the only veteran). DEBBIE WATSON was the "NBC ingenue" of the season, and it's likely that the network was aiming for a response to ABC s hit PATTY DUKE. As you'll note upon catching KAREN episodes (there still should be some posted on line; otherwise they are available on the collectors circuit), KAREN is a much more sedate show than PATTY DUKE but it still managed to charm the Teen Demographic and place the show and Miss Watson in the high end of the TVQ Poll ("Q" scores were recognition polls, not ratings) among the Teen audience (along with Voyage and No Time for Sergeants, also new Monday shows; and of course another freshman, Man From UNCLE which switched to Monday in January to replace the departed 90 Bristol dropouts). Miss Watson wound up getting attention from the Teen and Young Adult magazines like SEVENTEEN and COED among others. So it was not surprising that she got another shot at prime time the following year, 65 66, on ABCs TAMMY, a Friday sitcom based on the rural hijinks of "young people in love" originally offered in the movies ---Debbie Reynolds? I need to check. TAMMY only ran a season but as that year closed Miss Watson got the Marilyn Munster role in the theatrical film MUNSTERS GO HOME (TVs Marilyn wasn't too happy with that). I did not know this, but a "poster" here has mentioned that IF The Munsters had gotten a third season renewal, Miss Watson was likely the New Marilyn. (Don't know about Tammy, will have to look this up, but both 90 Bristol and Karen, and the Munsters, came out of the MCA/Universal factory.) Debbie Watson would largely depart from high visibility after all this, but was featured in one last display of note: a 1967-68 TV special that highlighted the "Newcomers (young actresses) of the Moment " or something like this --- most of the actresses being showcased had actually been on display since the early 60s like Debbie but all were delightful and remain fun for Retro fans to spot here and there. KAREN remains a fun artifact from the momentary "end" of preVietNam "fun and high spirits California youth hijinks" as shown on TV and in movies of the early 60s. PARADE magazine in summer 66 noted that many such shows had been retired that semester but didn't go into the reasons why. ABC, ostensibly the "TV Youth Leader," did offer a momentary comeback of sorts in the summer of 1967 with the Beach Antics of MALIBU U, a totally fun relic set entirely on the beach as a short run summer show. If you haven't seen it I recommend going to You Tube and watching guest Leonard Nimoy sing The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins. Well, that was a wordy "thank you" but I hope you'll enjoy these Blasts From the Past as much as I do. It's what leads me to Fred's place. PS. A show that just missed Fred's list was another you might like if you like KAREN. It was The BING CROSBY SHOW, originally on ABC at 930. Here Bing is a family man with devoted wife (Beverly Garland, later Fred MacMurrays TV wife on My 3 Sons) and two amusing teen daughters, one a lively "four eyes", the other a budding "socialite". Another fun show in its own way, I'm a little surprised that it didn't make it. Bing also sings the "corny" but fun theme song. Copies I collected once from chroniclers like Fred featured original commercials (Lincoln-Mercury, etc). It's possible you may be able to find brief scenes and the opening theme on line, I hope. As noted on Fred's list, this show was retired in early summer 65 and replaced by Farmers Daughter, transferred from Fridays.

[@johnkaczinski468]

Fred… another great job! 👍🏻 I didn’t recognize the shows “Karen” and “Wendy & Me”. Were they Summer Replacement shows?

[@FredFlix]

I don't think so, John.

[@johnkaczinski468]

@@FredFlix Okay. Thanks!👍🏻

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

John K. Glad you asked that. KAREN is the lone survivor of a fall show, the 90 minute 90 BRISTOL COURT (note the initials)-- 3 sitcoms where the characters are based in the same apartment court. That COURT by the way might still be sitting in the trees at Universal Studios unless it's long gone. The experiment didn't work and two of the shows vacated the apartments after New Years. Their replacement at 8pm was MAN FROM UNCLE, a new show which NBC had originally scheduled for Tuesday at 830 but which had some tough sledding against Red Skelton and ABCs McHales Navy that previous fall. Karen was the lone COURT entry allowed to finish the season out. You Tube episodes may have Coke ads sung by a popular folk group, not sure which one(s). Coke also sponsored ABC s Voyage/Sea the same night so you got plenty of "Things Go Better With Coke" songs this evening (and note Coca Cola Ads in larger sized magazines in fall 64 promoting both shows (Voyage, Bristol Court), tiny "script" (sp.) running across the top of the ad. I want to do up a beach towel like that some day). WENDY was one of 3 ABC sitcoms coming in after Voyage who were charged with "knocking off" CBS s comedy lead that fall (64). SERGEANTS, WENDY and ME and THE BING CROSBY SHOW. ABC was programming to a younger audience here than CBS and optimists had high hopes for all this. Alas, CBS recovered momentum fast enough and WENDY and BING didn't maintain Traction. As noted, Farmers Daughter was shifted from Friday to Monday here replacing BING for the summer. The one-two tandem of Voyage and SERGEANTS more than commanded the opening half of the night (though the CBS game shows, favored by older audiences, were credited with the time period "win") until UNCLE came in at 8pm. Both Voyage and SERGEANTS had been set to continue on for next season in these same slots but at the very last minute SERGEANTS, far ahead of UNCLE in the Neilsen polls, was canceled just the same. Anticipating the possibility that UNCLE might remain on Monday and continue its rise, ABC shifted Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea to its best known slot, Sunday at 7, where the network had really always wanted it all along.

[@thebes118]

The first year of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. was really good. Then it tried to follow the silliness of Batman.

[@davidcawrowl3865]

The one I will watch now is "Alfred Hitchcock Hour".

[@alanweissaltz6405]

How did anicin calm nerves do it have Valium as part of its ingredient? If it did I wish it would return

[@jamesslick4790]

"...the soap that packs a .38" Gun maintenance tip: Do NOT clean your revolver in the shower. (Causes rust). 😜

[@dflf]

The real Barry Gordy jr. Was #1

[@thomasbrown3356]

Thanks for clearing that up.

[@scdoty777]

In the 60s you could usually assume that most great shows which made the switch from black and white to color would undergo a corresponding decline in script quality and story lines. Man from Uncle and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea were prime examples

[@bethdibartolomeo2042]

RIP David McCullum.

[@theomimesis]

Oh the horror . . . "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" and "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." conflict with each other.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Horror is right! Perhaps the best seasons, too, of these marvelous and (then) novelty shows. I don't know HOW I would have coped with the matter back then.

[@AdmiralNelson1000]

Continued after (my) glitch. I asked relatives I knew who loved both UNCLE and Voyage and I recall the answer from one was that a portable set was brought into the family room in order to run the "other" show.

[@targetmobile2770]

I was 15.

[@jeffscheiner1553]

Number 1 on To Tell the Truth.

[@stargirlzx]

I seem to remember Voyage to the bottom of the sea being on sunday nites and the man from uncle being on tues nites. Maybe that was later on

[@jamesklatt]

7:30 to tell the truth cbs 8:00 the man from uncle nbc 9;00 the Lucy show cbs 9:30 the Danny Thomas show cbs 10:00 Alfred Hitchcock nbc

[@elvispresleycentral4626]

My mother was two months old then! Can you please do the summer of 1982 next?

[@cam-edy1294]

He doesn't do the 80s, sorry Mr. Central

[@elvispresleycentral4626]

@@cam-edy1294 I'm a woman. Do you know why he doesn't? I'm curious to know what people were watching 40 years ago.

[@cam-edy1294]

Oh,sorry. I think he doesn't do 80s because it isn't nostalgic to him

[@FredFlix]

cam-edy gave good answers, EPC. But now the early '80s are becoming more nostalgic (40 years ago!) so some '80s vids may be coming.

[@elvispresleycentral4626]

@@FredFlix Awesome. I would love to see a video of popular shows from the early 80s one day. I like your channel. 😘

[@tomservo56954]

Mr. Kaufman was indestructible?

[@daniellaubach8412]

I remember Voyage to the bottom of the sea. The master of disaster Irwin Allen!