jwk1979 said:
He had to leave the daytime version of the show on NBC, but continued doing the syndicated version. His replacement was former NFL kicker Rolf Benirschke, who was really not that bad, but the show got cancelled anyway.
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Stars of other media who didn't quite make it on television
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He had to leave the daytime version of the show on NBC, but continued doing the syndicated version. His replacement was former NFL kicker Rolf Benirschke, who was really not that bad, but the show got cancelled anyway.
bpatrick said:
I managed to see a few episodes of "Pistols And Petticoats" on VHS a while back. I think if Miss Sheridan had not gotten ill, the show might have made it 2-3 seasons. Think of "Get Smart" set in the old west..Really not a bad show at all..I can only imagine how hard it was for the rest of the cast to carry on without Miss Sheridan..
Corky mentioned David Brenner's sitcom "Snip."
Actually, NBC pulled the show from the lineup before it even aired.
It did make TV Guide's Fall Preview in '76.
Follow this link for more info [hope this is ok]
http://www.tvparty.com/recsnip.html
Actually, NBC pulled the show from the lineup before it even aired.
It did make TV Guide's Fall Preview in '76.
Follow this link for more info [hope this is ok]
http://www.tvparty.com/recsnip.html
Corky mentioned David Brenner's sitcom "Snip."
Actually, NBC pulled the show from the lineup before it even aired.
It did make TV Guide's Fall Preview in '76.
Now I remember!!! His character was supposed to be a hairdresser.
Actually, NBC pulled the show from the lineup before it even aired.
It did make TV Guide's Fall Preview in '76.
Now I remember!!! His character was supposed to be a hairdresser.
Neil Rattigan said:
..."SNIP!" had six episodes produced before NBC pulled the thing off the schedule, and Brenner claims it ran in Australia, where it became a hit! The Aussie network tried in vain to get the producers to make more episodes...
bpatrick said:
Jerry Lewis also had a week-long syndicated late-night talk show pilot in 1981(?), but it never became a series. Of course, he's doing great in the telethon business.
Corky Marlowe said:
Yet he's having lots of fun quizzing grown-ups in front of fifth graders every week. (Hint, hint.)
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My favorite star of all time Glen Ford had a series on NBC in the 1970's Cade County and Rock Hudson also stared on Mcmillian and wife.
Glenn Ford had another flop: "The Family Holvak,"
a Waltons-like show about an itinerant preacher and
his family in the 1930s South; it lasted one season on
NBC (1975-76). At the time I was going to the University
of Georgia, and Atlanta's then-NBC affiliate, WSB, pre-empted
it and ran Lawrence Welk instead (Sundays at 8).
Paula Poundstone's ABC variety show lasted exactly two
weeks in 1993. She later went on to antagonize viewers
and fellow panelists alike on John O'Hurley's version of
"To Tell The Truth."
And I don't think "Pistols 'n' Petticoats" would have lasted
much longer even if Ann Sheridan had lived. The show was
originally scheduled Saturdays at 8:30 on CBS against "Get
Smart" and Lawrence Welk. At midseason, it did a sort of
flip-flop with "Mission: Impossible," which had been airing at 9.
"Mission" was moved to 8:30, and "Pistols 'n' Petticoats" to 9:30,
where it now faced NBC's movie and "The Hollywood Palace."
In the 1967-68 season CBS completely revamped its Saturday
schedule with the exception of Jackie Gleason at 7:30; "Mission"
was moved to Sundays at 10, and "Gunsmoke" to Mondays at 7:30.
Following Gleason were "My Three Sons" (8:30), "Hogan's Heroes"
(9), "Petticoat Junction" (9:30), and "Mannix" (10).
a Waltons-like show about an itinerant preacher and
his family in the 1930s South; it lasted one season on
NBC (1975-76). At the time I was going to the University
of Georgia, and Atlanta's then-NBC affiliate, WSB, pre-empted
it and ran Lawrence Welk instead (Sundays at 8).
Paula Poundstone's ABC variety show lasted exactly two
weeks in 1993. She later went on to antagonize viewers
and fellow panelists alike on John O'Hurley's version of
"To Tell The Truth."
And I don't think "Pistols 'n' Petticoats" would have lasted
much longer even if Ann Sheridan had lived. The show was
originally scheduled Saturdays at 8:30 on CBS against "Get
Smart" and Lawrence Welk. At midseason, it did a sort of
flip-flop with "Mission: Impossible," which had been airing at 9.
"Mission" was moved to 8:30, and "Pistols 'n' Petticoats" to 9:30,
where it now faced NBC's movie and "The Hollywood Palace."
In the 1967-68 season CBS completely revamped its Saturday
schedule with the exception of Jackie Gleason at 7:30; "Mission"
was moved to Sundays at 10, and "Gunsmoke" to Mondays at 7:30.
Following Gleason were "My Three Sons" (8:30), "Hogan's Heroes"
(9), "Petticoat Junction" (9:30), and "Mannix" (10).
Baseball pitcher and author Jim Bouton had a very short-lived sitcom that didn't even make it past the conclusion of the 1976 World Series, which was a four-game sweep by the Reds over the Yankees.
It was a TV adaption of his first book, "Ball Four". The book was great. The sitcom? Well....let's just kindly say that it was a soft infield pop-up.
It was a TV adaption of his first book, "Ball Four". The book was great. The sitcom? Well....let's just kindly say that it was a soft infield pop-up.
Baseball pitcher and author Jim Bouton had a very short-lived sitcom that didn't even make it past the conclusion of the 1976 World Series, which was a four-game sweep by the Reds over the Yankees.
It was a TV adaption of his first book, "Ball Four". The book was great. The sitcom? Well....let's just kindly say that it was a soft infield pop-up.
It's amazing how tame that book seems in the pro sports universe of today. "Ball Four" should also be remembered as the source of one of the more memorable (and unprintable on this site) catchphrases in movie history..."_________-Ay" from "The Deer Hunter".
It was a TV adaption of his first book, "Ball Four". The book was great. The sitcom? Well....let's just kindly say that it was a soft infield pop-up.
It's amazing how tame that book seems in the pro sports universe of today. "Ball Four" should also be remembered as the source of one of the more memorable (and unprintable on this site) catchphrases in movie history..."_________-Ay" from "The Deer Hunter".
Arthur Lake was quite successful playing the role of Dagwood Bumstead in all of those Blondie flicks that came out from late 30's until 1950 as well as the radio version of Blondie. However when he played Dagwood in the 50's TV version of Blondie..it wasn't successful. When Blondie was tired again in 1968..Arthur Lake was nowhere to be seen at all.
However his movie co-star Penny Singleton..she had a very successful run on TV...doing the voice of Jane Jetson. A job she held all the way until the late 1980's.
The kids who played Alexander ( Baby Dumpling ), Cookie and Alvin all more/less got out of the biz once Blondie ( the movie series ) ended and as far as I know..all three are still alive today. Of course Lake and Singleton have since passed away and I assume that is the case with all of the other adults who appeared in the movies as well.....like Glenn Ford.
However his movie co-star Penny Singleton..she had a very successful run on TV...doing the voice of Jane Jetson. A job she held all the way until the late 1980's.
The kids who played Alexander ( Baby Dumpling ), Cookie and Alvin all more/less got out of the biz once Blondie ( the movie series ) ended and as far as I know..all three are still alive today. Of course Lake and Singleton have since passed away and I assume that is the case with all of the other adults who appeared in the movies as well.....like Glenn Ford.
Andy Coleman said:
...Cade's County was a CBS program, not NBC...
azumanga said:
Actually just the last season(1976-77)
bpatrick said:
Actually 1971-72, it lasted two seasons
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