I was thinking of movie "Duel" as my brother and I were driving on Soledad Canyon Road, North of L.A. a couple of weeks ago, where many parts of that road were used in the filming of "Duel". It is still today, a very scenic drive, with not much traffic.
I was 15 in 71. Brings back very very happy memories. Just an outstanding job Fredflix. You keep it up and I'm going to be forced to go on a binge of all your stuff. Great idea and editing.
Thanks for the trip down my childhood once again Fred. Seeing adam -12 reminded me when ever we played hot wheels no matter what number was on the police car it was always 1-adam-12.
My goodness - I remember watching the "Duel" movie with my dad! I was almost 8 yrs old, but the movie fascinated me (and probably scared me a bit due to the psycho trucker)!
I believe I've visited this compendium before, but I must say again: The chronology, the sense of time and exact date, are wonderful. Thank you for posting. Time travel is possible...
@49jubilee - Also, don't forget American Graffiti came out in '73, with Ron Howard playing essentially a Richie Cunningham type character and Paul Le Mat as a quasi-Fonzie type, although that was set in 1962, not the 50's I believe. On another note, ever wonder why there was never a Dad in the Partridge Family?
Now 20 years ago means AOL days. The internet has homogenized culture and trends to a certain extent. I think the last decade that had any identity was the 90's.... Just sayin"
The night that Carol Burnett was on was the night my father watched Adam 12, He despised Carol, but I LOVE her. I never forget to watch Carol Burnett and Friends on MeTV. They say she is a very sweet woman and is always nice to fans.
@@LynxSouth I did the same in 1975 and she wrote me back. I think it was a personal response because she answered a specific question. I still love her
DUEL! Maybe one of the best movie ever made for tv (by Steven Sielberg!) It was kinda of the blueprint for JAWS. There was great tv in those days! Very fond memories of BONANZA (a show I enjoyed watching with my father), CADE'S COUNTY, THE PERSUADERS which I actually first saw in french (I live in Montreal) as AMICALEMENT VOTRE as shown here!, Juliet Mills's NANNY (much cuter and with a much less annoying voice than the 90's version!) , GUNSMOKE., WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY, DORIS DAY SHOW, MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW, IRONSIDE, HAWAII FIVE-O (a household favorite for many years!), MARCUS WELBY MD and MEDICAL CENTER (more to my my mom's tastes but still watched as we had only the one tv in the house), BEWITCHED (another family favorite), ADAM-12 and MANNIX, COLUMBO (another favorite of my father), THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW, THE ODD COUPLE.. Very nice tv night watching memories! Thank you for sharing!
Gunsmoke was what my family watched , maybe that's why I don't remember seeing Nanny And The Professor. I knew it originally came on Friday nights. Jenny Augutter was a good actress. I seen her in Logan's Run and I have also seen her in a movie called Walkabout, which was made that year. It was about two children, a boy about seven, and a girl about fifteen. Their father went insane and tried to kill them in the desert in Australia. The two children meet an Aboriginal boy and he teaches them survival skills. They used to show it on television sometimes, but they had eo edit out scenes where Jenny swims naked and another scene where all three children are swimming naked. I have a DVR of it from last year. It's a very good movie.
"Duel" is in my permanent collection. It's one can pull out on a rainy night at least once a year. Damn good for a "TV movie" of the time. Also, Carol Burnett was one of the first nationally known celebrities to perform at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, PA - And here Pittsburgh Paints is sponsoring her show. Ironically, the parent company of Pittsburgh Paints (PPG) has the naming rights to the arena that REPLACED the Civic Arena!
Maybe that's why I don't remember seeing My Three Sons either, when I was eight, my bedtime was either eight thirty or nine PM. I DVR Night Gallery on MeTV. I wondered when it came on, way too late for me to be up and watching. Friday Nights at my house was always tuned to ABC, I loved The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family. I used to want to see The Partridge Family so badly that I would be sitting in a restaurant with the checkered table cloths and the candles , I guess it was an Italian one and lo and behold, The Partridge Family would come out and start singing. But no luck ) : I had no idea they really didn't sing together. Just Shirley and David and another bunch of singers.
Wow, that's powerful, Terry! I hope you got through that and back on your feet. Largely the same thing happened to me, but later in life. I was 25. Emotionally I was still a kid, but at least I had a stable job and had lived out on my own for a while.
WOW I’m sitting here with a huge smile on my face, because that really brought back some wonderful memories of my childhood. Although I totally forgot about some of them, I really enjoyed watching this. Thanks for sharing ❤️❤️
Starting with the '71-72 season, "The Mod Squad" became "Mod Squad" and "Arnie"'s main title sequence was changed to Sue Ann Langdon throwing Herschel Bernardi his lunchbox and it changed to a briefcase. Also, "The C,B.S. Sunday/Thursday/Friday Movie"'s main title music was rearranged that season (along with the opening sequence).
This is crazy, the best compilation uet!yet!! I loved ALL these shows!! Except.. I truly don't recall any of the shows starring the huge movie stars - Fonda, Stewart, MacLaine. Weird. And I remember all the theme songs. Thanks for cheering me up tonight!!
I don't know why, but during the opening credits of the Odd Couple, I always thought that Jack Klugman stepped in dog poop. After all these years I finally realized it was fresh cement. You learn something new every day.
Once again Fred you made my day, I've always loved the music and the voice over for the movie of the week, you even had Longstreet and Owen Marshall i use to love those shows, please keep up the excellent work Fred and once again thanks for all your hard work. 👍💯❤ # 1 fan 😊😊😊😊😊😊
It's nice to be appreciated, Janice, so thank you. Yeah, this one was a bit difficult. It had so many parts to it. I think it took about 12 hours with only taking meal breaks. But the result is worth it if it brings back pleasant memories, as you indicate it has.
The Glen Campbell Goodtime hour and bewitched were sponsored by Chevrolet back in those days on a rotational basis and the program Alias Smith and Jones the narrator was Roger Davis after Pete Duel died Roger Davis took over the role . Incidentally Roger Davis was the spokesman for the 1980 Chevy Citation TV commercials when they debuted in 1979.
George Kennedy made a great cop. He later went on to play Bumper Morgan which was one of my dad's favorites (dad was a small town cop) and used to like the Smith Family but alas it was a short lived show.
Our name is Smith and I believe the sister on the show was named Cindy and that's my sister's name. I think that was 1971 and during that period some old, famous movie stars like Fonda (Smith Family) and Jimmy Stewart were brought into series TV but none of it worked. In fact, almost all the new shows for the 1971 season lasted just one year or less.
did anyone else just figure, that the Partridge family lived next door to the Brady's? right up until that creepy "next door neighbor" "Rickey" moved in next to the Partridge's, thereby helping to ruin, one of my better childhood memories!
Hi fred, Thanks for the memories! I was 14/15 in '71 and living in Westfield, NJ back then. The Good Old Days. Of the TV shows shown my favorites were Owen Marshall and Medical Center and to that end still read law and medical books on Sat or Sun, read them with ease as well. I don't remember the picture & sound quality being so terrible, though.
The days when families settled down for the evening and gathered around the tv to watch their favorite show. Now, so many channels, so many streaming services, Half the time I just turn it off because I can’t pick from all the options. My teenage granddaughter doesn’t even know what a TV program is. Young people only stream or do something on social media. I liked it better before.
That little boy on The Jimmy Stewart Show played a very good role on Ghost Story/ Circle Of Fear. He was in a wheelchair and had an evil doppelganger and this evil double caused his teacher to die. Along with the good child's cat. Decades played these shows one weekend last year.
I lived for Friday night ABC shows -- That Girl, The Partridge Family, Nanny and the Professor and my pubescent sex-ed course Love American Style. On Saturdays, it was CBS for a look at my adult future world -- Mary Tyler Moore, and All in the Family.
The TV Guide was the Bible for viewers and the basis for planning your life every night. Hours and hours of watching these shows on long winter nights.
Oh wow this compilation of shows from.Adam 12 to Marcus Welby MD to what the 3 networks Movie of the Week courtship of Eddie's Father Room 222 that show with Karen Valentine MANIXX a show i watched alot along with Room 222 was another great show. Thanks for staring all these memories of what entertainment was like back then!
So strange to see what was going on in America during the week of my 11th birthday. We were lucky to get a few shown over here in the U.K. but at least two years afterwards sometimes not for five years or more!
I remember Herschel Bernardi in Arnie. A decent show, but a very decent actor in more ways than one. Recall he was blacklisted during the 1950s Red Scare and had trouble securing work. Thank goodness he came back. I saw him play Tevye in Fiddler, in 1984 a role he played many times and he was amazing
I remember we always had an argument in my house on Saturday nights at 8 since we only had one TV and my sister always wanted to watch "GETTING TOGETHER" (because of Bobby Sherman LOL) while everyone else wanted to watch "ALL IN THE FAMILY"
Remember most of these. I got to see The Jimmy Stewart Show and Nanny and the Professor with others on a channel I can't get now. Gary Collins's The Sixth Sense is syndicated along with Night Gallery for those interested.
I believe production began on the original 1973 Six Million Dollar Man TV movie while Lee Majors was still appearing on Owen Marshall Councilor At Law in late 1972.
We watched Getting Together mainly because All In The Family was pre-empted by the local station and AITF was tape-delayed to 6:30 (CT) Mondays. We watched The Persuaders over Mission:Impossible too. 1971 was after Martin Landau and Barbara Bain quit.
Alot I dont remember as they were later in the night and I was in elementary school and I had to go to bed at 7:30 pm. I do remember Nanny and the Professor my favorite show and my mom watching all the other shows. Laugh in I remember too and the Mod Squad also Flip Wilson too that was funny!
I can tell you were looking at a W WA State TV Guide, as all the stations in the ads were Seattle-based. NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR was left all alone in its time slot this year, w/ an open half-hour for the ABC affilates before MNF. NANNY was rarely carried at its scheduled time that season in ET or CT, as the affiliates figured it was easier to program the full hour from 8-9 PM ET before MNF and dump NANNY in early evening on the weekend, if they carried the show at all. It's pretty certain that this dumping happened w/ all ABC affiliates in time zones farther west, as MNF started at 7 PM MT and 6 PM PT, and affiliates didn't want to carry the show after MNF. NANNY died a lonely death that season, ending when MNF did at the end of December. I vaguely remember seeing the HERE'S LUCY opening Monday nights at 9 PM ET, as I remember the sponsor mention of Lever Bros. This was Doris Day's 1st season w/o her 2 boys, as she was now expected to emulate MTM's free single life. 10-11 PM ET was a terrible time for CBS to dump MY THREE SONS & ARNIE, and both shows were moved to earlier time slots on other nights after a few months before their cancellations at the end of the season. ABC decided to keep MOD SQUAD at 7:30 PM ET Tuesday, instead giving back the half hour between NANNY & MNF on Monday nights. This move angered the other networks, their affiliates, and producers of syndicated programming, as this Tuesday night exception ruined the chance of running syndicated "strip" programming, which were same or similar programs mostly to be aired in that 7:30 PM ET slot. ABC, and as a result the other networks, freed 7:30 PM ET to the affiliates from the 1972-73 season onward. Tuesday nights CBS & NBC programmed until 10:30 PM ET, not 10 PM ET, as their programs that started at 9:30 PM ET were a full hour long on both networks. ABC moved BEWITCHED to 8 PM Saturday nights, up against ALL IN THE FAMILY, in January, after cancelling GETTING TOGETHER. I've read though that ABC still wanted to renew BEWITCHED after killing it on Saturday nights, but the actors & producers were tired of the show by then, which is apparent to almost anyone who has seen a Season 8 episode. ABC did carry THE PAUL LYNDE SHOW and TEMPERATURES RISING from Ashmont Productions (Bill Asher & Elizabeth Montgomery's production company) for 1972-73 and folded them together by moving Paul Lynde to TEMPERATURES RISING for 1973-74. THE SMITH FAMILY producer Don Fedderson got Henry Fonda for his show by giving him the same deal that Fred MacMurray had for MY THREE SONS and Brian Keith had for FAMILY AFFAIR, filming the shows around their leads so the leads would only have to work about 13 weeks/year. Pete Duel killed himself on the last day of 1971, causing ALIAS SMITH AND JONES to replace him w/ announcer Roger Davis for the remaining episodes of the season, after which the show was cancelled.
Big fan of Mannix and his many different cars. Depended on which car maker was a sponsor. Loved the Barracuda years. The first year he worked for a detective agency. God awful, much better when he became a private eye.
It's odd that I remember MISSING the movie Duel, but lots of guys at school talking about it the next day, saying how good it was, I didn't get to see it till several years later. While I liked a few TV shows back then, most that were on I found mind numbingly boring, such as Ironside,Cannon,or any of the doctor or lawyer shows I suppose that was good as I spent most of my time outside doing stuff. Thanks for putting this together and posting.
Sure. I was at a party the night Duel was on. I was 17. My friend Jerry and I walked into a room with a TV on and caught the last 5 minutes. Like you said, back then you had to wait a long time, perhaps years, to see it again.
Yes that would have been a Saturday night, so a party was in order at 17, I turned 17 my senior year of High School and threw a keg party at the lake, only told a few people and about a 100 showed up,,very different times then,while that party spot was well known to the local cops,they never bothered us, as long as we stayed out of town.lol.
Thanks so much, Fred! I've been a little out of the loop recently but eager to get caught up. I had a crush on Julia Mills - that's the only thing I remember about Nanny and the Professor. I think the Charger game would have been a big deal that night in my neighborhood - I'm sure of it, though I don' t know if it sold out or not. I think that game was somewhere else on TH-cam, but haven't finished the game yet. Great memories . . . one question: I didn't remember the Jimmy Stewart Show. Was that a short lived thing? Thanks again!
This was the year where a lot of big movie stars late in their careers were trying out TV. Jimmy Stewart, Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda, Shirley Maclaine (even though she was much younger...hello Hollywood double standard), Anthony Quinn...
Duel was and is still a great movie. Makes me scared watching it,after all these years. Superb acting.
I was thinking of movie "Duel" as my brother and I were driving on Soledad Canyon Road, North of L.A. a couple of weeks ago, where many parts of that road were used in the filming of "Duel". It is still today, a very scenic drive, with not much traffic.
Good old days for sure...makes me feel so lonely thinking about people who have passed on.
Thank you Fred so many memories of watching shows with my dad, mom and sisters. RIP.
I was 15 in 71. Brings back very very happy memories. Just an outstanding job Fredflix. You keep it up and I'm going to be forced to go on a binge of all your stuff. Great idea and editing.
Thanks for the trip down my childhood once again Fred. Seeing adam -12 reminded me when ever we played hot wheels no matter what number was on the police car it was always 1-adam-12.
Adam-12 and Hawaii 50 were among my favorites as a kid. I'm still a "sucker" for cop shows!
My goodness - I remember watching the "Duel" movie with my dad! I was almost 8 yrs old, but the movie fascinated me (and probably scared me a bit due to the psycho trucker)!
I believe I've visited this compendium before, but I must say again: The chronology, the sense of time and exact date, are wonderful. Thank you for posting. Time travel is possible...
I appreciate that, Adam.
Room 222:
One of the best,and most innovative tv shows [ for its time] - ever❗️
I remember fondly. That ABC Friday night line up. Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Room 222, Odd Couple and Love American Style.
My brother and I called it "The Friday night mass."
Yes! I loved the Friday line up. :)
Yes, which demonstrated the massive cultural changes that took place in that short time span.
@49jubilee - Also, don't forget American Graffiti came out in '73, with Ron Howard playing essentially a Richie Cunningham type character and Paul Le Mat as a quasi-Fonzie type, although that was set in 1962, not the 50's I believe.
On another note, ever wonder why there was never a Dad in the Partridge Family?
Now 20 years ago means AOL days. The internet has homogenized culture and trends to a certain extent. I think the last decade that had any identity was the 90's.... Just sayin"
What a treasure trove of memories that brought back-Interesting to note that the movie "Duel" was directed by a then unknown Steven Spielberg.
I remember a good number of these 📺 programs, I'm a child of the 70s. 😊
I'm amazed at how many of these I watched and remember.
Really miss those days. Fortunately, many of these old shows are now on dvd.
I'm amazed at how many of these shows I remember
Lol it's been a long time
Thanks Fred 😃👍
Always great memories ❤
The night that Carol Burnett was on was the night my father watched Adam 12, He despised Carol, but I LOVE her. I never forget to watch Carol Burnett and Friends on MeTV. They say she is a very sweet woman and is always nice to fans.
Fortunately, my whole family liked Carol Burnett. I wrote her a dumb letter once as a kid (1972, IIRC), and she wrote a very nice one back.
@@LynxSouth I did the same in 1975 and she wrote me back. I think it was a personal response because she answered a specific question. I still love her
You are correct. I am sure your father had good taste in many areas, but I think he missed an opportunity with Carol.
Wow! You’ve done it again! Thank you ! Hadn’t thought of Night Gallery in years !
You're welcome, stevvie69.
FredFlix , 😉
Loved Medical Center. Had picture of Chad Everett on my wall that I tore out of my Tiger Beat magazine.
He lived in Northridge, California and my dad introduced me to him in the early 90's. He would regularly come into my dad's store!
They showed Duel on Svengoolie last year. I liked it.
Again Fred. Thank you for this walk through memories! You are very much appreciated. ❤
I am watching this Saturday 17 November 2019 exactly 48 years later!
Duel. One of my favorite movies. My brother actually had a 16mm print of that. Great stuff.
...and produced by Steven Spielberg to no less!
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I love how these videos are done. Dennis Weaver, who starred in Duel, is my cousin.
Sweet. Do you keep in touch?
FredFlix No, I never got to meet him and he died a few years ago unfortunately.
Duel, oh man that was one of the best suspense movies ever made! Every time i saw that yr of Peterbuilt semi after that I cringed. lol
I've always thought he was very underrated. He was great in Centennial.
Thanks for these great memories! I had just turned 6 and lived in front of TV 👍
Me too
I turned 11 that week. I never missed Karen Valentine on Room 222, but I didn't know why yet lol.
I love that you feature the actual programs that appeared that week (not just the usual generic approach). Even the TV Guide Close-Ups were cool! :D
Room 222. I was still a few years from high school and honestly believed that high school was where grown-ups went.
DUEL! Maybe one of the best movie ever made for tv (by Steven Sielberg!) It was kinda of the blueprint for JAWS. There was great tv in those days! Very fond memories of BONANZA (a show I enjoyed watching with my father), CADE'S COUNTY, THE PERSUADERS which I actually first saw in french (I live in Montreal) as AMICALEMENT VOTRE as shown here!, Juliet Mills's NANNY (much cuter and with a much less annoying voice than the 90's version!) , GUNSMOKE., WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY, DORIS DAY SHOW, MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW, IRONSIDE, HAWAII FIVE-O (a household favorite for many years!), MARCUS WELBY MD and MEDICAL CENTER (more to my my mom's tastes but still watched as we had only the one tv in the house), BEWITCHED (another family favorite), ADAM-12 and MANNIX, COLUMBO (another favorite of my father), THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW, THE ODD COUPLE.. Very nice tv night watching memories! Thank you for sharing!
R I P Doris Day. and thank you for memories
She was a dear!
I was a senior in high school in 71, amazing how many of these shows I forgot. Really like these vids.
I'm just one year younger than you, Norm.
All in the Family , Brady Bunch , Partrige Family, MNF, Mary Tyler Moore , Carol Burnett .....ahhhh what great memories !!
Remember seeing "Duel" that night with my mom and sister. Probably my fave Spielberg flick.
FRED OUTSTANDING AGAIN .BRINGING Back SO MANY MEMORYS
Thanks, Gerard.
so glad I found you. So many fond memories that I had forgotten!
Glad you found me, Vivian.
Gunsmoke was what my family watched , maybe that's why I don't remember seeing Nanny And The Professor. I knew it originally came on Friday nights. Jenny Augutter was a good actress. I seen her in Logan's Run and I have also seen her in a movie called Walkabout, which was made that year. It was about two children, a boy about seven, and a girl about fifteen. Their father went insane and tried to kill them in the desert in Australia. The two children meet an Aboriginal boy and he teaches them survival skills. They used to show it on television sometimes, but they had eo edit out scenes where Jenny swims naked and another scene where all three children are swimming naked. I have a DVR of it from last year. It's a very good movie.
"Duel" is in my permanent collection. It's one can pull out on a rainy night at least once a year. Damn good for a "TV movie" of the time. Also, Carol Burnett was one of the first nationally known celebrities to perform at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, PA - And here Pittsburgh Paints is sponsoring her show. Ironically, the parent company of Pittsburgh Paints (PPG) has the naming rights to the arena that REPLACED the Civic Arena!
I may not remember too much TV back in '71, but at least I got to see Duel 8 years later on video.
Thanks, FredFlix. 📼
Maybe that's why I don't remember seeing My Three Sons either, when I was eight, my bedtime was either eight thirty or nine PM. I DVR Night Gallery on MeTV. I wondered when it came on, way too late for me to be up and watching. Friday Nights at my house was always tuned to ABC, I loved The Brady Bunch and The Partridge Family. I used to want to see The Partridge Family so badly that I would be sitting in a restaurant with the checkered table cloths and the candles , I guess it was an Italian one and lo and behold, The Partridge Family would come out and start singing. But no luck ) : I had no idea they really didn't sing together. Just Shirley and David and another bunch of singers.
Fred's time machine sure is fun to ride. Some of these shows are new to me. Then again I didn't control the TV. My parents did!
Back when movies on weekends were an event.
George Kennedy would more successfully reprise his 'Sarge' role in the 1970's as 'The Blue Knight'.
A flashback to a time 6 weeks before my Mom died and i was suddenly an 18 yr old on my own with no family.
Wow, that's powerful, Terry! I hope you got through that and back on your feet. Largely the same thing happened to me, but later in life. I was 25. Emotionally I was still a kid, but at least I had a stable job and had lived out on my own for a while.
Oh wow! Sorry that happened to you! I lost my mom in 1982 when I was 17. It's a cruel rude awakening.
WOW I’m sitting here with a huge smile on my face, because that really brought back some wonderful memories of my childhood. Although I totally forgot about some of them, I really enjoyed watching this. Thanks for sharing ❤️❤️
You're welcome, vgrandy95.
Starting with the '71-72 season, "The Mod Squad" became "Mod Squad" and "Arnie"'s main title sequence was changed to Sue Ann Langdon throwing Herschel Bernardi his lunchbox and it changed to a briefcase. Also, "The C,B.S. Sunday/Thursday/Friday Movie"'s main title music was rearranged that season (along with the opening sequence).
This is crazy, the best compilation uet!yet!! I loved ALL these shows!! Except.. I truly don't recall any of the shows starring the huge movie stars - Fonda, Stewart, MacLaine. Weird. And I remember all the theme songs. Thanks for cheering me up tonight!!
Duel was the scariest movie I've ever seen. The Ride along Gang eased my anxiety of trucks and truckers!
The Snow Goose was a real tearjerker.
My God ‼️
The Bearcats ‼️
I was 10 years old.
Loved the show ‼️
(Don’t think it ran very long though)
WOW 😮❗️
Jeff King I was 6. I watched all six episodes.
Brings back so many good memories!!! Thank hou!
I don't know why, but during the opening credits of the Odd Couple, I always thought that Jack Klugman stepped in dog poop. After all these years I finally realized it was fresh cement. You learn something new every day.
You knocked it out of the park again, Fred.(BTW, I get a kick out of your disclaimer "Not a station, really, just a guy." :-) )
Thanks, smittykins. (I'm a Smitty as well.)
Once again Fred you made my day, I've always loved the music and the voice over for the movie of the week, you even had Longstreet and Owen Marshall i use to love those shows, please keep up the excellent work Fred and once again thanks for all your hard work. 👍💯❤ # 1 fan 😊😊😊😊😊😊
It's nice to be appreciated, Janice, so thank you. Yeah, this one was a bit difficult. It had so many parts to it. I think it took about 12 hours with only taking meal breaks. But the result is worth it if it brings back pleasant memories, as you indicate it has.
“Duel” just aired on ME-TV last Saturday night.
I LOVE Night Gallery.
And its impossible to find full episodes at least for me.I'm in Europe.....
I find you fascinating
Thanks for so many wonderful memories
👍😃
The Glen Campbell Goodtime hour and bewitched were sponsored by Chevrolet back in those days on a rotational basis and the program Alias Smith and Jones the narrator was Roger Davis after Pete Duel died Roger Davis took over the role . Incidentally Roger Davis was the spokesman for the 1980 Chevy Citation TV commercials when they debuted in 1979.
George Kennedy made a great cop. He later went on to play Bumper Morgan which was one of my dad's favorites (dad was a small town cop) and used to like the Smith Family but alas it was a short lived show.
Our name is Smith and I believe the sister on the show was named Cindy and that's my sister's name. I think that was 1971 and during that period some old, famous movie stars like Fonda (Smith Family) and Jimmy Stewart were brought into series TV but none of it worked. In fact, almost all the new shows for the 1971 season lasted just one year or less.
I watched The Smith Family. Not sure why. I was 6.
did anyone else just figure, that the Partridge family lived next door to the Brady's? right up until that creepy "next door neighbor" "Rickey" moved in next to the Partridge's, thereby helping to ruin, one of my better childhood memories!
I was 11 years old what's such a beautiful time in my life
Hi fred, Thanks for the memories! I was 14/15 in '71 and living in Westfield, NJ back then. The Good Old Days. Of the TV shows shown my favorites were Owen Marshall and Medical Center and to that end still read law and medical books on Sat or Sun, read them with ease as well. I don't remember the picture & sound quality being so terrible, though.
Time, overuse and format changes have hurt the quality of the clips, Bruce.
The days when families settled down for the evening and gathered around the tv to watch their favorite show. Now, so many channels, so many streaming services, Half the time I just turn it off because I can’t pick from all the options. My teenage granddaughter doesn’t even know what a TV program is. Young people only stream or do something on social media. I liked it better before.
Love this stuff! I'm hooked.
Everyone I knew was watching ABC at 8pm. Luv that Bobby Sherman!💝💝 And 16, Fave, + Tiger Beat Mags. Thanx for the blast from my past!
That little boy on The Jimmy Stewart Show played a very good role on Ghost Story/ Circle Of Fear. He was in a wheelchair and had an evil doppelganger and this evil double caused his teacher to die. Along with the good child's cat. Decades played these shows one weekend last year.
I just subscribed to your TH-cam Channel and it is great. Thanks for putting together all this stuff!
I remember as a kid watching Disney on my grandparents first color tv. There were two colors, pink and green
Incredible shows .Awesome job...Thank you so much for your videos I do enjoy them ..
I lived for Friday night ABC shows -- That Girl, The Partridge Family, Nanny and the Professor and my pubescent sex-ed course Love American Style. On Saturdays, it was CBS for a look at my adult future world -- Mary Tyler Moore, and All in the Family.
Home from the Army, with my German Cold War Bride. I began my life,over again.
Wow. What Memories. Thx for posting this!
The TV Guide was the Bible for viewers and the basis for planning your life every night. Hours and hours of watching these shows on long winter nights.
On November 13th, Felix Unger was asked to remove himself from his place of residence.
Oh wow this compilation of shows from.Adam 12 to Marcus Welby MD to what the 3 networks Movie of the Week courtship of Eddie's Father Room 222 that show with Karen Valentine MANIXX a show i watched alot along with Room 222 was another great show. Thanks for staring all these memories of what entertainment was like back then!
You're welcome, Daniel.
So strange to see what was going on in America during the week of my 11th birthday. We were lucky to get a few shown over here in the U.K. but at least two years afterwards sometimes not for five years or more!
Television the way it was in 1971
I remember Herschel Bernardi in Arnie. A decent show, but a very decent actor in more ways than one. Recall he was blacklisted during the 1950s Red Scare and had trouble securing work. Thank goodness he came back. I saw him play Tevye in Fiddler, in 1984 a role he played many times and he was amazing
Looks like my folks never turned the channel on Friday nights in 1971. Remember all of those ABC shows very well.
I miss watching TV with my parents in our rec room.
A great blast from the past. Some of the men were so handsome.
I remember we always had an argument in my house on Saturday nights at 8 since we only had one TV and my sister always wanted to watch "GETTING TOGETHER" (because of Bobby Sherman LOL) while everyone else wanted to watch "ALL IN THE FAMILY"
At least you only had to wt her out one season (I think).
no, you're right "GETTING TOGETHER" only lasted 1 season
I wanted to watch "The Partners" whenever dad wasn't home. Otherwise it was Archie and Company.
I can remember one episode of Funny Face. Sandy was crying then she burst out laughing at a can of coffee. Bedtime for me back then was 8:30
Bobby Sherman's " Gettin' Together" was a cute, light little show that didn't last very long...
Both Bonanza and the Glen Campbell Good time Hour was sponsored by Chevrolet and at times the NBC Sunday Mystery Movie was also
Remember most of these. I got to see The Jimmy Stewart Show and Nanny and the Professor with others on a channel I can't get now. Gary Collins's The Sixth Sense is syndicated along with Night Gallery for those interested.
I believe production began on the original 1973 Six Million Dollar Man TV movie while Lee Majors was still appearing on Owen Marshall Councilor At Law in late 1972.
All In The Family:)
We watched Getting Together mainly because All In The Family was pre-empted by the local station and AITF was tape-delayed to 6:30 (CT) Mondays. We watched The Persuaders over Mission:Impossible too. 1971 was after Martin Landau and Barbara Bain quit.
Alot I dont remember as they were later in the night and I was in elementary school and I had to go to bed at 7:30 pm. I do remember Nanny and the Professor my favorite show and my mom watching all the other shows. Laugh in I remember too and the Mod Squad also Flip Wilson too that was funny!
Wednesday night was Lalo Schifrin night. Medical Center and Mannix.
I can tell you were looking at a W WA State TV Guide, as all the stations in the ads were Seattle-based.
NANNY AND THE PROFESSOR was left all alone in its time slot this year, w/ an open half-hour for the ABC affilates before MNF. NANNY was rarely carried at its scheduled time that season in ET or CT, as the affiliates figured it was easier to program the full hour from 8-9 PM ET before MNF and dump NANNY in early evening on the weekend, if they carried the show at all. It's pretty certain that this dumping happened w/ all ABC affiliates in time zones farther west, as MNF started at 7 PM MT and 6 PM PT, and affiliates didn't want to carry the show after MNF. NANNY died a lonely death that season, ending when MNF did at the end of December.
I vaguely remember seeing the HERE'S LUCY opening Monday nights at 9 PM ET, as I remember the sponsor mention of Lever Bros.
This was Doris Day's 1st season w/o her 2 boys, as she was now expected to emulate MTM's free single life.
10-11 PM ET was a terrible time for CBS to dump MY THREE SONS & ARNIE, and both shows were moved to earlier time slots on other nights after a few months before their cancellations at the end of the season.
ABC decided to keep MOD SQUAD at 7:30 PM ET Tuesday, instead giving back the half hour between NANNY & MNF on Monday nights. This move angered the other networks, their affiliates, and producers of syndicated programming, as this Tuesday night exception ruined the chance of running syndicated "strip" programming, which were same or similar programs mostly to be aired in that 7:30 PM ET slot. ABC, and as a result the other networks, freed 7:30 PM ET to the affiliates from the 1972-73 season onward.
Tuesday nights CBS & NBC programmed until 10:30 PM ET, not 10 PM ET, as their programs that started at 9:30 PM ET were a full hour long on both networks.
ABC moved BEWITCHED to 8 PM Saturday nights, up against ALL IN THE FAMILY, in January, after cancelling GETTING TOGETHER. I've read though that ABC still wanted to renew BEWITCHED after killing it on Saturday nights, but the actors & producers were tired of the show by then, which is apparent to almost anyone who has seen a Season 8 episode. ABC did carry THE PAUL LYNDE SHOW and TEMPERATURES RISING from Ashmont Productions (Bill Asher & Elizabeth Montgomery's production company) for 1972-73 and folded them together by moving Paul Lynde to TEMPERATURES RISING for 1973-74.
THE SMITH FAMILY producer Don Fedderson got Henry Fonda for his show by giving him the same deal that Fred MacMurray had for MY THREE SONS and Brian Keith had for FAMILY AFFAIR, filming the shows around their leads so the leads would only have to work about 13 weeks/year.
Pete Duel killed himself on the last day of 1971, causing ALIAS SMITH AND JONES to replace him w/ announcer Roger Davis for the remaining episodes of the season, after which the show was cancelled.
as a little kid, I was obsessed by English nannies, thanks a lot, Mary Poppins!
I love Juliet Mills. So pretty, and that accent!
I always liked Mannix. Show was great and I always looked forward to seeing Mannix twirl the young girl in the tennis skirt in the intro.
I have been watching episodes here lately on YT....good show....
Big fan of Mannix and his many different cars. Depended on which car maker was a sponsor. Loved the Barracuda years.
The first year he worked for a detective agency.
God awful, much better when he became a private eye.
@@tommiesmith3191 They don't make cars like that anymore. No style to cars of today not like those muscle cars of the 60's
It's odd that I remember MISSING the movie Duel, but lots of guys at school talking about it the next day, saying how good it was, I didn't get to see it till several years later. While I liked a few TV shows back then, most that were on I found mind numbingly boring, such as Ironside,Cannon,or any of the doctor or lawyer shows I suppose that was good as I spent most of my time outside doing stuff. Thanks for putting this together and posting.
Sure. I was at a party the night Duel was on. I was 17. My friend Jerry and I walked into a room with a TV on and caught the last 5 minutes. Like you said, back then you had to wait a long time, perhaps years, to see it again.
Yes that would have been a Saturday night, so a party was in order at 17, I turned 17 my senior year of High School and threw a keg party at the lake, only told a few people and about a 100 showed up,,very different times then,while that party spot was well known to the local cops,they never bothered us, as long as we stayed out of town.lol.
Thanks so much, Fred! I've been a little out of the loop recently but eager to get caught up. I had a crush on Julia Mills - that's the only thing I remember about Nanny and the Professor. I think the Charger game would have been a big deal that night in my neighborhood - I'm sure of it, though I don' t know if it sold out or not. I think that game was somewhere else on TH-cam, but haven't finished the game yet. Great memories . . . one question: I didn't remember the Jimmy Stewart Show. Was that a short lived thing? Thanks again!
My mother loved Chad Everett and Medical Center.
I was 11, mission impossible was cool. Mary Tyler Moore was funny, thanks for memories.
You're welcome, John.
I was born 3 days before this on the 10th of November
Nichols was really something....and Love American Style!
I loved that ABC Sunday night movie theme.
I remember most of this though I was only about 6yo at the time this aired (I was born in 1966).
This was the year where a lot of big movie stars late in their careers were trying out TV. Jimmy Stewart, Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda, Shirley Maclaine (even though she was much younger...hello Hollywood double standard), Anthony Quinn...
ABC ruled Fridays for sure: Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Room 222, Odd Couple, Love American Style.
It was GLORIOUS!!!
I've been waiting for my friday night goodies, yay!
Curtis, this one had so many pieces it took all day and half the night.
FredFlix That's okay big bro, it's worth the wait! 😋