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[therealjm12]

If you watch 30 Rock you'll see a picture of Toody & Muldoon in the hallway of NBC. It's in just about every episode.

 

[Braves2005]

Someone mentioned about Gale Gordon in the last season of Dennis The Menace, and I would agree about that. Keep in mind though that Jay North and Dennis The Menace the character were growing up. I think that Jay was 11 or 12 when the last season started in 1962. He wasn't the little boy anymore doing mischief and doing things to Joseph Kearns' Mr. Wilson like it was during the first 3 seasons and a half. Kearns also died while production was going in the 1961-1962 season, and so the producers had to do a complete makeover of the show, with the first Mrs. Wilson still being on the show, and then afterwards when Gale Gordon and Sara Seegar joined the cast as the brother and sister-in-law of George Wilson.

 

[anotherguyTN]

Gunther Toody's also has a location in Jackson, TN. I guess they're possibly trying to expand and start franchises, although no others are listed outside of Colorado yet. I've been there and I didn't see anything about Car 54 in the restaurant, but they do explain where they got the name on the website at http://www.gunthertoodys.com/locations_denver.html .

 

[stevezodiac]

As for the Vivian Vance episodes of The Lucy Show on DVD, only 2 episodes are available in the public domain and those come from the 1st season, the episode where Lucy and Viv install their own shower and the episode where Lucy joins the ladies' volunteer fire department just so that she could sing in the talent show.

The episode where Lucy and Viv are stuck in the shower has an interesting story. Rather than me telling the story, follow this link to Wikipedia, and scroll down to miscellaneous facts:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Show

 

[AlbumOldies]

I was going to mention that myself, AlbumOldies. GSN used to have a truckload of the old gameshows that you mentioned. Sure was a nice treat to see Bob Barker with dark hair again. Now, GSN has it's "original" game shows, sprinkled with a couple of ho-hum's from the 80's. I used to watch GSN frequently, now it's just another channel I pass up on the guide.

They also showed some of the earliest episodes of "The Price Is Right" with Bill Cullen. I managed to get one 60's episode of "The Match Game" on VHS when GSN ran it. Jayne Mansfield and Orson Bean (one more funny guy!) were on it. I didn't see it but I understand GSN also ran one episode of "Eye Guess" with Bill Cullen. Apparently those are lost or got destroyed - a real shame as that was a favorite of mine. Would like to see an episode of "Concentration" and "You Don't Say" but maybe none of those exist either?

 

[Legend City]

I ran into Al Lewis a few years ago at LAX airport. He was having a ball, talking to anyone that came up to him, I think he even did an announcement at the gate. His daughter was flying with him to Vegas and then to NY.

A real nice guy.

I'd love to see Nanny & the Professor again, Please don't eat the daisys, the second Dick Van Dyke show (filmed in Carefree, AZ), The Good Guys (Bob Denver), When Things Were Rotten, and a few lost Brit shows like The Fall (and rise) of Reggie Perrin. Or even the Paul Lynde show, where he played a father(!) with a wife(!!) and a teenaged hippie son(!!!)

As for The Mother in Laws, I remember it being very frantic and loud and would be really dated, like Laugh-In.

 

[mleach]

I was going to mention that myself, AlbumOldies. GSN used to have a truckload of the old gameshows that you mentioned. Sure was a nice treat to see Bob Barker with dark hair again. Now, GSN has it's "original" game shows, sprinkled with a couple of ho-hum's from the 80's. I used to watch GSN frequently, now it's just another channel I pass up on the guide.

They also showed some of the earliest episodes of "The Price Is Right" with Bill Cullen. I managed to get one 60's episode of "The Match Game" on VHS when GSN ran it. Jayne Mansfield and Orson Bean (one more funny guy!) were on it. I didn't see it but I understand GSN also ran one episode of "Eye Guess" with Bill Cullen. Apparently those are lost or got destroyed - a real shame as that was a favorite of mine. Would like to see an episode of "Concentration" and "You Don't Say" but maybe none of those exist either?

GSN did in fact air Eye Guess with Bill Cullen back in the late 90s when they aired "off the wall" shows on Sunday nights from 11:30-Midnight. They also aired the 1968 Larry Blyden game show "Personality" with guest stars Jack Cassidy, Sherley Jones, Flip Wilson and Joan Rivers ( where she cracks a joke on Tulsa's KVOO-TV for taking off her then-talk show ).
My favorite show they aired during that time slot was the 1976 Bobby Van show called "The Fun Factory" That show was a mix of variety ( Van sings on it and gives away prizes ) and comedy ( a few skits ) and of course a game show.
GSN also aired Don Adams Screen Test and Bob Eubanks "Diamond Head Game" as well.

A friend of mine swears she saw not only the Rip Taylor infamous $1.98 Beauty Show on GSN but also a 1975 game show called Carnival hosted by Bob McAllister of Wonderama fame. Being a Wonderama fan myself, I would have loved to see it.

 

[jwk1979]

I'd love to see Nanny & the Professor again, Please don't eat the daisys, the second Dick Van dyke show (filmed in Carefree, AZ), The Good Guys (Bob Denver), When Things Were Rotten, and a few lost Brit shows like The Fall (and rise) of Reggie Perrin. Or even the Paul Lynde show, where he played a father(!) with a wife(!!) and a teenaged hippie son(!!!)

As for The Mother in Laws, I remember it being very frantic and loud and would be really dated, like Laugh-In.

How long did these shows run and did they have enough episodes to make it worthwhile for a company to distibute either in syndication or on DVD?

The funny thing is, as we get older, we tend to remember old television show and movies as being far better than they really were. I can recall a number for times when I would hear people talk about an old horror movie like "Them" or "The Monster from the Black Lagoon" and always stating "Now, That's a Horror movie", only to watch it some years later and talk about how dated the movie was or how could I think such a stupid movie was so great.Would most of the shows we so fondly remember fall in the same catagory?

 

[Braves2005]

I'd love to see Nanny & the Professor again, Please don't eat the daisys, the second Dick Van dyke show (filmed in Carefree, AZ), The Good Guys (Bob Denver), When Things Were Rotten, and a few lost Brit shows like The Fall (and rise) of Reggie Perrin. Or even the Paul Lynde show, where he played a father(!) with a wife(!!) and a teenaged hippie son(!!!)

As for The Mother in Laws, I remember it being very frantic and loud and would be really dated, like Laugh-In.

How long did these shows run and did they have enough episodes to make it worthwhile for a company to distibute either in syndication or on DVD?

Shout Factory does a great job in bringing back one season shows on DVD such as Lotsa Luck with Dom DeLuise that aired from 1973-1974 and Good Morning World with Joby Baker and Ronnie Schell as disc jockeys who did a morning show on a radio station that aired from 1967-1968.

The New Dick Van Dyke Show lasted for 3 seasons (distributed by Warner Brothers)
Nanny and the Professor lasted for 2 half seasons (early 1970 and fall 1971) and a season (1970-1971) (distributed by Fox Entertainment)
Please Don't Eat The Daisies, The Good Guys, The Paul Lynde Show, and When Things Are Rotten (all distributed by Sony Entertainment)

As for The Mothers-In-Law, I think that since Desi Arnaz produced this show, that this show now belongs to Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. Otherwise CBS Paramount might be the distributor of the show.

Anything is possible with these shows coming to DVD.

 

[azumanga]

Please Don't Eat The Daisies, The Good Guys, The Paul Lynde Show, and When Things Are Rotten (all distributed by Sony Entertainment)

Actually, only Paul Lynde is owned by Sony -- Warner Bros. owns Daisies (along with all pre-1985 MGM shows); "Rotten" is owned by Paramount; and "The Good Guys" -- no one knows (says this fan site).

As for The Mothers-In-Law, I think that since Desi Arnaz produced this show, that this show now belongs to Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr. Otherwise CBS Paramount might be the distributor of the show.

The show was also an United Artists co-production, which means that either Warners or Sony owns the rights.