Vic Mizzy - Phyllis Diller Show [REMASTERED STEREO] The Pruitts Of Southampton TV Theme Songs 1966

[@MoondogMayne]

Thanks for the post. I love this Vic Mizzy gem. I just discovered Grady Sutton was in the cast. Loved him in The Bank Dick.

[@dagnabbit6187]

I was just barely past kindergarten. I loved the show but of course it only made posterity in those “Worse of All Time “ lists and books . Phyllis Diller was a mega comedian and a natural .

[@musicom67]

And I never saw it! Was never syndicated in NYC as far as I know.

[@David-yw2lv]

Phyllis Diller had two television shows that bombed.She did a variety show a few years later that only ran 13 weeks.

[@kerridillon3120]

I remember watching this show & the theme song made me laugh every time! Phyllis Diller was a killer!! 😂🎉❤

[@iflarnted]

Vic Mizzy, the master of light, bouncy, and catchy themes.

[@georgehewett6243]

Loved the show and the clever theme song goes through my head constantly.

[@franciscollette2368]

I REMEMBER THIS SHOW I WAS 11. I LOVED IT THEN IT WAS GONE. SO NICE TO HEAR THE THEME SONG. SUCH NICE HAPPY MEMORIES 😊 RESPECTFULLY, FRANK

[@MexicoDigDoctor]

I was about six or seven when this show came out. I loved it so much and thought it was so hysterical, and then proof, it disappeared. I hope I can find an episode on here so I can watch it and see why it didn’t make it on TV. Maybe it was only hilarious to somebody who was seven, lol. Thanks for posting this, I have been checking back for a long time and could not find any information about it, practically since the inception of the Internet.

[@patrickfrost1]

That Dyna-Stereo makes all the difference!

[@dapperman6215]

I also liked how back in the day, when they introduced some programs they would say, "In Color".

[@rick0e295]

How dcha do,my dear! What a lovely surprise to find this here! Great fun show! Too bad it didn't catch on. Believe exteriors were filmed at BILTMORE 🏰 💋

[@diamondtiara84]

I never even knew about this show!

[@lillianbradley3483]

I loved this!! I remember a scene when Phyllis was soaking her elbows in grapefruit and someone came in and she pretended to be eating them. I was a kid and that was hilarious. It's hilarious at any age.

[@toddduncan1703]

Your remastering of classic TV themes are fantastic!

[@rick0e295]

Came back to enjoy this once again. Looking at credits see Eleanor Audley 🎉 great character actress who I believe did voice overs for Disney as well as numerous TV appearances! Also believe Phyllis live used to refer to her clothing being designed by PAUL of Pasadena and ? Hair styling by Mr Phyllis!

[@dapperman6215]

Eleanor Audley played Oliver Wendell Douglas' mother on "Green Acres".

[@willardarmbruster8111]

Good cast and good guest stars couldn’t keep it from being a lemon.

[@davidyemm7910]

Had to change the name, evidently there were some actual Pruitts who objected.

[@musicom67]

Fun story, but think it was more the ratings sucked and they brought John "Gomez" Astin in to save the show, which he couldn't. Phyllis ain't no Morticia.

[@jbp60]

You are wrong. The show was failing and it was changed mid season with new cast members and a less fanciful name (and new theme music) in the hope of attracting a bigger audience but the efforts did not work.

[@MichaelSattler-f8d]

Phyllis Diller would do such as great job playing the part of Judge Aileen Cannon, the one whose slow walking the Trump's stolen documents case. I can just imagine Phyllis Diller giving her signature laugh while playing the part. With the new technologies, who knows?

[@majkus]

This is one of those shows (It's About Time comes to mind) that probably looked wonderful on paper. The premise has plenty of comedic possibility (see Schitt's Creek), Phyllis Diller was a popular and talented comic at the time, and the production company had been very successful with The Addams Family. What could go wrong?

[@musicom67]

More I researched this it went through name changes, cast changes (John Astin) end credit theme changes 😄 then poof...

[@robertorick6383]

@@musicom67 Many TV critics weren't too kind to the show either. They thought that the Pruitt's "IRS" storylines were preposterous. ABC TV had enough patience to let the show last nearly 30 episodes before pulling the plug in 1967.

[@sharksport01]

It was Gunsmoke, nobody could compete with it.

[@robertorick6383]

@@sharksport01 Neither could 'Gilligan's Island". It got cancelled in 1967 because CBS boss Bill Paley and his wife loved "Gunsmoke" and wished to keep it in it's time slot.

[@David-yw2lv]

It was a big disappointment.Phylliis Diller didn't like it either.

[@EagleRockers]

Loved this show when I was a kid. Can we see a clip of Gypsy Rose Lee in it?

[@eternal1blue]

The first song reminds me of the reluctant astronaut theme

[@thomasreghi7052]

The reason Phyllis Diller laughed like that: She was gone to a card game. The old man caught him eating in bed. He reminded the boy what his mother said. ????? You know, like this.

[@williamslater-o5b]

I saw an interview with her, and she said that was her real laugh.

[@hanschristianbrando5588]

Dyna-Stereo hasn't quite got human vocals yet; it just sounds like they're in a tunnel.

[@musicom67]

Yeah, you had to find one I didn't feel like iso'ing the vocals. It was about the music - but touche.

[@sashineb.2114]

Very nice, thanks for sharing this. Does anybody know which house was used for the opening shots?

[@musicom67]

Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina

[@sashineb.2114]

@@musicom67 Thank you so much! BTW, have you ever wondered where the house is that they used for the opening of Maude? I've found an article with the address if you're interested.

[@Michaeledwardvernon]

You forgot The Pruitts. That was the working tittle of the show and the theme was very different, Yet great.

[@jbp60]

The Pruitts IS the opening and closing themes heard here followed by closing music only when it was retitled The Phyllis Diller Show.

[@roberthaworth8991]

Anybody notice that Phyllis’s costumer was, “Omar of OMAHA”?! That must be a joke. Those must be Diller’s own outfits.

[@jaygatz4335]

I wonder what happened to costume designer Omar Of Omaha . . .

[@robertorick6383]

Too bad the only things missing are the Filmways "Globe" logos.

[@musicom67]

Yeah, don't ya know. They weren't attached to the clip. I like things complete too. Cheers.

[@thetreasurehouse1742]

Omar of Omaha. Has to be a joke.

[@musicom67]

I thought so too...I'd researched it. It was really fashion-designer Gloria Johnson's label - for real. Blame her for Phyllis' wild fashions.

[@Youngstown529]

Miss Dillers Wardrobe by Omar of Omaha (According to credits). Is that a joke?

[@musicom67]

Google it. She was a real designer!

[@geoffreyfox9801]

It was, and it wasn't. Oamr was a lady designer who did clothes for Phyllis!

[@mikekennedy4572]

Although I was just a kid, the annoying cackle at the start of the theme was a turnoff. I literally turned down the volume when the theme played but watched the show itself. It wasn't a very good show, but hey, we were kids and there was nothing else on TV we could watch at that time slot. It passed the time while my brother and I played with our toys in the den.

[@musicom67]

I'd never seen the show until KZbin... This was not syndicated in NYC ever that I recall as a kid of the 70s...

[@jbp60]

It was never syndicated in the US. It was last seen in 1967 on ABC.