Now, as much as I love The Prisoner, I can't believe I'm the first one to mention this series in this thread (I was in love with Mrs. Peel)...
Remembering it isn’t a problem…for me, anyway. The bouncing ball, that I would years later learn was appropriately named “Rover,” used to give me nightmares as a child! Unfortunately, it was also one of my dad’s favorite shows, circa 1968, so it was on every week in our house.
A few months back a 60s show I hadn't seen or even thought about for ages bounced into my noggin. It was called 'It's About Time' and was about two American astronauts who are somehow transported back to caveman days. I remembered watching it as a kid and finding it very funny. So I looked for it on You Tube and , behold, there it was. Watched an episode. God, was it ever stupid.
Forgettable dreck for sure, but even after all these years that stupid theme song is one nasty earworm. "IT'S ABOUT TIME, IT'S ABOUT SPACE..."
I believe it replaced My Living Doll on the CBS Sunday night schedule. So...It's about time; it's about space; it's about missing Newmar's face..."
Yeah, her...face! edit: Seriously though, the beautiful Ms. Newmar was the complete package....and still quite lovely in her golden years.
Wasn’t it produced by the same people who did “Gilligan’s Island?” Now, I liked “Gilligan’s Island” as a kid…I like to tell people that I’m old enough that I actually watched “Gilligan’s Island” on prime time TV. They did make some funny episodes - “The Producer” which features a musical version of “Hamlet” is very funny
IMO, Julie Newmar was responsible for resurrecting Catwoman from the comics graveyard. A lot of people don’t know this but DC Comics stopped using Catwoman as a character in 1954. This was during a time when there were Congressional hearings about the negative influence of comic books, and DC Comics no longer wanted to portray Batman being attracted to a femme fatale villain. So, they replaced her with Batwoman. When the 1966 TV show appeared, Catwoman had not appeared in a DC Comics in 12 years. But, her TV popularity led to the character being resurrected in the November 1966 in “Lois Lane” comics #70…a “key” comic book now worth hundreds of dollars.
My very first exposure to The Bard! I think I was in first grade when I first saw this episode and I've spent a lifetime since with the Carmen Habanera-set "I ask to be or not to be...," and "Do not forget! Stay out of debt!" a la Torreador Song passages seared in my memory. I imagine there's an entire generation or two of Americans who can't hear the opera without breaking into the Gilligan's Island lyrics.
Currently I would say it's definitely The Addams Family (thank you PlutoTV lol ) But there are other shows that could also qualify depending on my mood: Star Trek Bewitched The Monkees Scooby-Doo Where Are You? etc., etc.
A lot of great stuff, but the subversive surrealism of Green Acres still cranks my tractor (pun intended). As for others, the Emma Peel-era Avengers and The Addams Family are among those I still enjoy.
Would you believe? Get Smart The Monkees The Prisoner The Avengers Saw all of these for the first time in the 80's, except for the Prisoner, had to hunt that one down in the 90's.
