The Patty Duke Show. Synopsis: Patty and Cathy are cousins who look alot alike, but have almost nothing in common. Cathy is from 'the continent', graceful and well-bred, and is living with her cousin's family while her father is overseas. Patty is an All-American, boy-crazy teenage girl. But as the lyric so aptly explains, "They laugh alike..they talk alike..." Only 17 when she played the double-role of identical cousins Patty and Cathy Lane, Patty Duke was the youngest performer in TV history to have a prime-time series named after herself. The Patty Duke Show first aired on September 1963 and last aired on August 1966 and was distributed through the ABC network. Click on the image for some info on Patty Duke with some photos from the show!
When CBS-TV offered to bring her radio show "My Favorite Husband" to television, Lucille Ball insisted that her real-life husband, Desi-Arnaz (a Cuban band-leader who had never acted), play her husband on the show. The networks and advertisers were against the idea, so Lucy and Desi put together an act themselves and took it on the road. It was successful and CBS agreed to okay air-time, but they wouldn't underwrite the show's production costs. Fortunately the Armaz's believed in their show so strongly they started their own company, Desi-Lu Productions, to film "I Love Lucy."
Dennis the Menace was show about a very young boy named Dennis Mitchell who always tried to be helpful but who, with the help of his dog Ruff, usually managed to wreak havoc and comic disaster. The victim of most of Dennis' mischief was his grouchy next-door neighbor, Mr. Wilson. Click on the image for more details about the cast of the show!
The Beverly Hillbillies was a situation comedy produced by CBS from September 26, 1962 - September 7, 1971. This very popular show made a total of 274 episodes. Click on the image for a historical overview of this hilarious 1960's sitcom.
After his success with "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Peticoat Junction", Paul Henning sold the idea for "Green Acres" efore he even sold the script. This off-beat comedy about a successful Manhattan lawyer who gathered up his somewhat scattered-brain wife and left it all behind for a delapidated farm-house became an instant hit. The show first aired in September 1965 and last aired on September 7, 1971. Click on the image for a link to a popular Green Acres web site!
The Dick Van Dyke Show first aired in October 1961 and last aired in September 1966 and was the first show to usher in situation comedy. To learn more about the program, click on the image.
Leave It to Beaver was a comedy situation series about the Cleaver family. And who could ever forget young 7-year-old Theodore Cleaver (Beaver) who was always getting himself into trouble, much to the bewilderment and chastisement of his older brother, Wally. The program ran from October 4, 1957 to September 12, 1963. Click on the image and to link back to some fond memories from that show.
McHale's Navy aired on October 1962 and last aired in August 1966 and was produced by the ABC television network. In this military comedy Ernest Borgnine played Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale, skipper of the PT-73 and commander of a squadron of good-natured ne'er-do-wells who were always causing trouble for their busy-body superior Captain Binghamtom, played by Joe Flynn. In a vain attempt to whip them into shape, 'Old Leadbottom' Binghamton assigned Ensign Chuck Parker (Tim Conway), a bumbling yes-man, to the unruly group. Click on the image for excellent report on the show.
Who can ever forget Get Smart -- that ever-popular secret agent comedy hit sitcom featured Don Adams (as Maxwell Smart) and Barbara Feldon (as Agent 86). The show was created by Buck Henry and Mel Brooks and ran from 1965-1970. Click on the image for a delightful look back on this popular show.
The Addams Family was a "creep show" comedy by ABC television. First aired on September 1964 and last aired in September 1966. Click on the image for a very excellent web site all about the Addams Family!
The Munsters...another comedy "creep show" but this time it was made by CBS. The show first aired on September 24, 1964 and last aired on September 1, 1966. Click on the image for an overview of this very funny comedy!
Petticoat Junction: A rural comedy sitcom that rand from 1963 to 1970. Learn all about the Shady Rest Hotel; the farming valley of Hooterville; the famous Cannonball train; Kate Bradley and her daughters Billy Jo, Bobby Jo and Betty Jo and oh, yes, there's even Uncle Joe Carson, too, by clicking on the image.
A bunch of stranded castaways trying to get off an island but whose attempts are always foiled by Gilligan. The program aired in September 1964 and lasted until September 1967 and was created by Sherwood Schwartz.
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