I recognized something very familiar about the face of the character Nicky, at first I wondered if it could possibly be a grown up Freddie Bartholomew doing a great American accent, but then found out it's Peter Miles in the role of Nicky Strickland, whom I can never forget from his unforgettable performance in the unforgettable film 'The Red Pony' ! And Nicki's sister Pat, who shares his eyes (something about them), is played by Gigi Perreau, whose face was also familiar, turns out she was in 'Never a Dull Moment', another classic fixed in my memory. As a super-fan of Betty Hutton, I'm really enjoying this TV stuff !
The series was seen on CBS' Thursday night schedule at 8pm(et) in the 1959-'60 season. However, "THE DONNA REED SHOW" on ABC, attracted more viewers, and Betty went off the air after one season.
How could you not have heard of Betty Hutton?!!! She was a big movie star in the 1940s and 1950's...she did musicals, drama, comedy. She later made the gossip columns with all of her scandal ..professional and personal.
I would have liked to have seen the episodes in order instead of a "random sampling" but it doesn't look like much happened between #2 and #6. BTW, my family ate A LOT of POST cereals because there were always some car connected giveaways involved, yet I don't remember this Raisin Bran full-sized car raffle. We ate boxes of Rice Krinkles (a frosted competitor to Rice Krispies) so I could collect the different toy cars in the box...usually a tiny Ford Thunderbird.
29:15- General Foods, the makers of Post cereals at the time, also sponsored "THE ANN SOTHERN SHOW" [on Mondays at 9:30pm(et)], and reminded viewers of that fact in their "sponsor's tag".
Yes, I agree. She would have been better in a variety show. As it is Betty herself had to put up half a million dollars just to put this show in production.
Shut up! Betty Hutton had a series? This just made my day! 🌹
I recognized something very familiar about the face of the character Nicky, at first I wondered if it could possibly be a grown up Freddie Bartholomew doing a great American accent, but then found out it's Peter Miles in the role of Nicky Strickland, whom I can never forget from his unforgettable performance in the unforgettable film 'The Red Pony' ! And Nicki's sister Pat, who shares his eyes (something about them), is played by Gigi Perreau, whose face was also familiar, turns out she was in 'Never a Dull Moment', another classic fixed in my memory. As a super-fan of Betty Hutton, I'm really enjoying this TV stuff !
Oh boy just found this Betty Hutton series but I’m already on No. 6 how do I get to No 1
Thanks!
The series was seen on CBS' Thursday night schedule at 8pm(et) in the 1959-'60 season. However, "THE DONNA REED SHOW" on ABC, attracted more viewers, and Betty went off the air after one season.
I had never heard of this show or Betty Hutton, and I'm a '50s-60s TV junkie.
Brian Arbenz She wasa popular singer & actress from the 1940s, you idiot! 😠
How could you not have heard of Betty Hutton?!!! She was a big movie star in the 1940s and 1950's...she did musicals, drama, comedy. She later made the gossip columns with all of her scandal ..professional and personal.
Why do you need to be so Rude? Just tell the man what you know; is it so hard to be NICE? I DON'T get it...
Same! I'm delighted 😏
This is the episode when Desilu Productions, Inc. works with Hutton Productions, Inc. for the first time, and I realized the sponsor Post, the cereal company, comes on for the first time with the opening commercial. And so does the sponsor Tang. But Tang didn't show at end credits, because normally Post Cereals made the sponsor for "The Betty Hutton Show" first before the first commercial break.
At 28:20, the Post Cereal logo at the bottom-left corner of the screen appears, fading in, when the writers' titles of Marvin Marx, Robert van Scoyk, and Terry Ryan at the end credits, to show the sponsor for this short film.
At 28:43, the copyright notes at the bottom-right approximate corner has changed differently. I noticed that the word "Copyright" was replaced by the symbol "©" for more copyright protection. (I really noticed that the A.T.F.P. and the I.A.T.S.E. logos at the bottom are still there, but the Westrex Recording System logo was replaced by the N.A.B. Seal of Good Practice logo. And the words 'BEAI, INC.' after the words "© MCMLIX by" was replaced by the words "Hutton Productions", because BEAI, INC. broke up with working with Hutton Productions, Inc., and Desilu Productions was finally the replacement of BEAI, INC., and BEAI, INC. has already quit the job of working on the production films of this series.
At 28:52, finally, it shows the Desilu Productions logo as the series' distributor (but one of the two), where the text "Filmed by Desilu" at the top of the screen shows up, because from November 1, 1959 on forward, the series was no longer filmed at the Samuel Goldwyn Studios; it was filmed at the Desilu Studios in Hollywood, distributed on-air for the CBS Television Network.
At 28:54, the Hutton Productions logo showed up again, but that time, without a byline at the right below it, and the Post Cereal logo was in the end credits the whole time, like other end credits. That reminds me, I got the Hutton Productions logo formed out transparently and in high-quality, and I saved it to my Google Drive the other day about a year ago. And I still have it, no kidding.
At 28:59, the title logo showed up again, for the closing sponsor commercial of Post, the cereal company. But I have the variant versions of that Post logo, painted in red, its original color!
At 29:15, the short promo for "The Ann Sothern Show" has been reminded by the male voice-over announcer to tell us to be sure to see it every Monday night, over most of the same stations, such as the CBS Television Network, but I didn't exist in 1959, I started existing in 2002 as a newborn.
At 29:21, the Hutton Production logo with the same end credits background shows up as a cut-in-screen-instantly transition, to see it one more time for a short period of seconds, but that time, without the sponsor logo, it was at the center of the screen, instead of the top like in the end credits. But I will be planning to make the end credits background without words, soon, and especially the one in color (but it all just depends on what some of my deviants on DeviantArt says about it).
And at 29:23, the cut-in-screen-instantly transited logo of the 1950's CBS Television Network logo has appeared. Three seconds later, Hutton Gluttons - The Betty Hutton Website stops the video and didn't continue on to the tail of the film-print reel. I wonder why...
But I'm glad there is no cue mark in the end credits, almost the end of it, because the sponsor is right there, making the film in high-definition, well, almost actually, because of some old film stains randomly appearing...
In conclusion to this comment, I loved the series so far, but I wonder what the episodes that Hutton Gluttons - The Betty Hutton Website didn't share to us look like.
And that's all there is to say....
"You", as they say, " said a mouthful!"
I would have liked to have seen the episodes in order instead of a "random sampling" but it doesn't look like much happened between #2 and #6.
BTW, my family ate A LOT of POST cereals because there were always some car connected giveaways involved, yet I don't remember this Raisin Bran full-sized car raffle. We ate boxes of Rice Krinkles (a frosted competitor to Rice Krispies) so I could collect the different toy cars in the box...usually a tiny Ford Thunderbird.
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29:15- General Foods, the makers of Post cereals at the time, also sponsored "THE ANN SOTHERN SHOW" [on Mondays at 9:30pm(et)], and reminded viewers of that fact in their "sponsor's tag".
She should've starred in a variety show. I guess they cost more to produce, tho.
Yes, I agree. She would have been better in a variety show. As it is Betty herself had to put up half a million dollars just to put this show in production.
Yes, my immediate impression is that this moves at the pace of a Carol Burnett or SNL skit.
Conway ended badly. Died drunk and broke in Venice beach flophouse
I've never heard such terrible writing, other than the tv version of The Great Gildersleeve. Egad.
Pfffft hmmmmph Poindexter