What failed series from the 50s, 60s and 70s would you like to see again?

Discussion in 'Visual Arts' started by James Slattery, Nov 17, 2021.

  1. Jazzmonkie

    Jazzmonkie Forum Resident

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    Was that coupled with The Music Scene? That's the only 45 minute show I remember watching.
     
  2. DISKOJOE

    DISKOJOE Boredom That You Can Afford!

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    Yes it was. The idea was to create a 90 minute block of programming to appeal w/a young audience, which failed miserably. There were two DVDs of The Music Scene, which are now OOP.
     
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  3. Ignatius

    Ignatius Forum Resident

    She's also the one who got accidentally groped by Basil in "Fawlty Towers" He was just looking for the light switch...
     
  4. Manapua

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    Honey West with Anne Francis

    Wendy & Me - Connie Stevens and George Burns

    The Farmer's Daughter - Inger Stevens and William Windom
     
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  5. barryalan

    barryalan Cat in Space

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    The Double Life of Henry Phyfe
    was a sitcom that lasted 17 episodes in 1966; starring Red Buttons as a bumbling secret agent (would you believe that premise sounds somewhat familiar?)
    I never saw an episode but wouldn't mind seeing a few out of curiosity's sake. I just remember the promo ads, mainly for the catchy theme, which as it turns out was composed by Vic Mizzy.
     
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  6. Manapua

    Manapua Forum Resident

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    The Ugliest Girl In Town

    Love On A Rooftop

    Occasional Wife

    Please Don't Eat The Daisies
     
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  7. Solitaire1

    Solitaire1 Carpenters Fan

    Salvage 1 - a 1979 sci-fi series that starred Andy Griffith. The pilot movie was great, but unfortunately the Network put the subsequent series in a early Sunday time slot. Due to that, the series was always getting preempted for football and couldn't build much of a following.

    The premise (a junk man takes on unusual challenges, such as going to the moon to salvage the equipment left behind, and to tow an iceburg [as a source of fresh water] to California) could work in the right hands.
     
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  8. evillouie

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    The Planet of the Apes TV series from 1974. Loved it back then, and even 47 years later it still bugs me that it lasted only half a season.
     
  9. Solitaire1

    Solitaire1 Carpenters Fan

    There was also the animated Planet of the Apes series. Unlike the other parts of the Planet of the Apes Franchise, this one comes closer to the original book because the apes have modern technology (cars, planes, and so on) that for budgetary reasons wasn't used in the movies/TV series.
     
  10. James Slattery

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    Came out on DVD years ago and also aired on ME-TV recently. Not hard to find.
     
  11. blivet

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    Gosh, you really manged to evoke a certain point in my childhood just by naming a few sitcoms!
     
  12. groundharp

    groundharp Maybe your friends think I'm just a stranger

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    I saw a few eps of Honey West during the insomniac hours of the morning on television a few years ago, so it's still "around" (as opposed to "lost to time"). I don't remember what channel/network I saw it on, but it was broadcast television, not cable. It could potentially pop up again.
     
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  13. James Slattery

    James Slattery Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    I wouldn't say that. It stunk then too.
     
  14. James Slattery

    James Slattery Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Plus it came out on DVD years ago.
     
  15. Vahan

    Vahan Forum Resident

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    Was this the intro to the unaired version of "The Gray Lady"? CTVA says it was reportedly the Pilot.

     
  16. James Slattery

    James Slattery Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    Not sure. I have the unaired pilot somewhere but it wasn't included on the DVD set.
     
  17. RickH

    RickH Connoisseur of deep album cuts

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    Currently watching on Crackle TV
     
  18. SmallDarkCloud

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    William Castle's short-lived supernatural anthology series, Circle of Fear/Ghost Story. I think, episode by episode, it was consistently better than Night Gallery. The series has been released on DVD by an Australian company, but it isn't cheap, especially for a show that only last 23 episodes. You can see the entire series on YouTube, though.
     
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  19. Vahan

    Vahan Forum Resident

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    From Wikipedia: On May 1, 2012, Sony released Ghost Story (a.k.a. Circle of Fear) - The Complete Series on DVD through its manufacture on demand (MOD) program.

    So for any PAL Speed-Up haters, there is another option.
     
  20. SmallDarkCloud

    SmallDarkCloud Forum Resident

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    Yep, but, as far as I can tell, the Sony MOD set is out of print. Amazon used to carry it, but no longer does.
     
  21. Uncle Miles

    Uncle Miles Wafting in and out of Forum

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    Logan's Run


    This doesn't count because it's 1990s, but:
    Prey (with Debra Messing)
     
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  22. Mark Wilson

    Mark Wilson Forum Resident

    Primus. (Think that’s spelled right.) Kind of a 70s take on Sea Hunt.

    Mark
     
  23. Hoover Factory

    Hoover Factory Old Dude Who Knows Things

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    City of Angels…great, short lived 1970s detective show starring Wayne Rogers. Obviously inspired by Chinatown, it deserved a better fate.
     
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  24. unclefred

    unclefred Coastie with the Moastie

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  25. SmallDarkCloud

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