Unsold Pilots of the 50's, 60's, and 70's

[gilligan fanatic]

I find this stuff so interesting. Here are just some I stumbled across. Most of these are sitcoms. but not all of them are. Also some might have been on the Movie of the Week. Some might not have even been filmed at all. I really don't know for sure on some though.

Henry D (1960) w. Tex Ritter

Peace in the Family (1967) w. Jack Albertson

Rio (1957) w. Adam West

Three's a Crowd (1967) w. Bill Bixby

Rome Sweet Rome (1968) w. Bill Bixby

The Mouse that Roared (1966) w. Richard Deacon

Zelda (196?) spinoff pilot of Dobie Gillis

Will Banner (1965) w. Steve Forrest

The Yank (1960) w. John McIntire

Doc (1967) w. John McIntire

Manley and the Mob (1967) w. Nehemiah Persoff

The Unpardonables (1966) w. Don Rickles

Guess What I did Today (1968) w. Fred Gwynne

Goober and the Truckers Paradise (197?) w. George Lindsey

The Help (1966) w. Phil Silvers

We'll Take Manhattan (1967) w. Dwayne Hickman

Father of the Bride (1961) w. Jim Backus

The Mighty O (1962) w. Alan Hale

Kilbee Hates Finch (1965) w. Don Rickles

Where's Everett (1967) w. Alan Alda

Sheriff Who (1967) w. John Astin

Sidekicks (1974) w. Larry Hagman

Fear No Evil (1969) w. Caroll O'Connor

Beanes of Boston (1979) w. Charolote Rae

Adams of Eagle Lake (1975) w. Andy Griffith

Ernie Madge and Artie (1974) w. Frank Sutton

The Barbara Eden Show (1973)

Two's Company (1973) w. John Amos

Bobby Jo and the Good Time Band (1973) w. Forrest Tucker

Man in the Middle (1972) w. Van Johnson

[gilligan fanatic]

Fred Gwynne did another one in 1970. Here are some pics from his Biography.

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[gilligan fanatic]

CBS had a summer series where they showcased some unsold pilots in a show called "The Vacation Playhouse" I would love to get a hold of one of these.

http://aa.1asphost.com/CTVA/US/Comedy/VacationPlayhouse.htm

[gilligan fanatic]

UCLA Film Archive has some of these

Adams of Eagle Lake. Home is the coward / an Andy Griffith Enterprises production in association with M-G-M TV ; executive producer, Richard O. Linke ; producers, Walter Grauman, Charles Stewart ; director, Walter Grauman ; writers, Charles Stewart, Jonat (http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=13&ti=1,13&Search%5FArg=unsold%20AND%20pilot&SL=None&Search%5FCode=CMD&CNT=50&PID=tDoDm`_HtToDm@oDnH>H_POIsXOH&SEQ=20060711174752&SID=2)

Adams of Eagle Lake. The treasure chest murder / an Andy Griffith Enterprises production in association with M-G-M TV ; executive producer, Richard O. Linke ; producers, Walter Grauman, Charles Stewart ; director, Lawrence Dobkin ; writer, John Michael Ha (http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=14&ti=1,14&Search%5FArg=unsold%20AND%20pilot&SL=None&Search%5FCode=CMD&CNT=50&PID=tDoDm`_HtToDm@oDnH>H_POIsXOH&SEQ=20060711174752&SID=2)

Come a runnin'. [Pilot] / a Bing Crosby production ; producer, Harry Tatelman ; director, Montgomery Pittman ; writer, James Poe. (http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=108&ti=101,108&Search%5FArg=unsold%20AND%20pilot&SL=None&Search%5FCode=CMD&CNT=50&PID=tD?Fm`_HtT?Fm@?Fn\>HdPOIsXOH&SEQ=20060711175126&SID=2)
Vacation playhouse. Maggie Brown / a Desilu production ; created by Cy Howard, Arthur Julian ; executive producer, Cy Howard ; director, David Alexander ; writer, Wilton Manhoff. (http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=13&ti=1,13&Search%5FArg=vacation%20AND%20playhouse&Search%5FCode=CMD&SL=None&CNT=50&PID=tDoJm`_HtToJm@oJnh?HwPOIsXOH&SEQ=20060711175444&SID=5)

Ernie, Madge, and Artie. [Pilot] / Screen Gems ; executive producer, David Gerber ; producer, Jerry Paris ; writer, Bernard Slade. (http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=2&ti=1,2&Search%5FArg=Ernie%20AND%20Madge&SL=None&Search%5FCode=CMD&CNT=50&PID=tDODm`_HtTODm@ODn@>H]POIsXOH&SEQ=20060711175740&SID=12)

Where's Everett (http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Where%27s+AND+Everett&Search_Code=CMD&SL=None&PID=tDODm%60_HtTODm@ODn@%3EH%5DPOIsXOH&SEQ=20060711175910&CNT=50&HIST=1&SEARCH_FROM_TITLES_PAGE=Y)

Three's a crowd. [Pilot] / Screen Gems ; creators-producers, Burt Schneider and Bob Rafaelson. (http://cinema.library.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=20&ti=1,20&Search%5FArg=Bill%20AND%20Bixby%20AND%20Pilot&Search%5FCode=CMD&SL=None&CNT=50&PID=tDoDm`_HtToDm@oDnH>H_POIsXOH&SEQ=20060711180451&SID=35)

[gilligan fanatic]

Here are some unsold Westerns http://aa.1asphost.com/CTVA/US/Western/_UnsoldTVPilots_Western.htm

[stoogedog]

hi, i am looking for some unsold pilots including:

Better Bowling celebrities bowl joe besser appears
Burlesque is Alive & Living in Burbank nov 1969 pre-empted joe besser appears
The Private Eyes 1950 joe besser appears

please let me know if anyone has these or knows where i might locate them. any and all info is always greatly appreciated. thanks stoogedog

[gilligan fanatic]

hi, i am looking for some unsold pilots including:

Better Bowling celebrities bowl joe besser appears
Burlesque is Alive & Living in Burbank nov 1969 pre-empted joe besser appears
The Private Eyes 1950 joe besser appears

please let me know if anyone has these or knows where i might locate them. any and all info is always greatly appreciated. thanks stoogedog

I am not sure if you know this or not since it is not listed at the IMDB, but I recently found out that Joe Besser guest stared on The Don Rickles Variety Show from 68'.

[dawsongirl]

Three's a Crowd (1967) w. Bill Bixby

Rome Sweet Rome (1968) w. Bill Bixby



Three's a Crowd.....not a good show. :lol: Too much slapstick and silly plot twists. A little info (in case anyone is interested and doesn't know!). Bill's character's wife (played by Brenda Benet, Bill's future real-life wife/ex-wife) goes missing on their honeymoon (an African Safari of all things). She's presummed dead. He mopes around for awhile and then finds this other women (who was one of those bizarre, hippie types). They marry. OH! But then Brenda shows back up...she's alive! Oops...poor Bill now has 2 wives. He decides not to fess up to either wife, and instead tries to lead a double life with the help of his friend Herb Edlemann. Chaos insues (which you can just imagine). In the pilot, Bill is trying to balance two parties at once (his birthday), which happen to be in the same place, right next to each other (separated by a partition). Each wife gets a tad annoyed at his constant disappearances.

Overacting and pure camp.


I've never heard of Rome Sweet Rome, but I wanna see it!!

[EmoJoe]

hmm, interesting.

[gilligan fanatic]

Three's a Crowd.....not a good show. :lol: Too much slapstick and silly plot twists. A little info (in case anyone is interested and doesn't know!). Bill's character's wife (played by Brenda Benet, Bill's future real-life wife/ex-wife) goes missing on their honeymoon (an African Safari of all things). She's presummed dead. He mopes around for awhile and then finds this other women (who was one of those bizarre, hippie types). They marry. OH! But then Brenda shows back up...she's alive! Oops...poor Bill now has 2 wives. He decides not to fess up to either wife, and instead tries to lead a double life with the help of his friend Herb Edlemann. Chaos insues (which you can just imagine). In the pilot, Bill is trying to balance two parties at once (his birthday), which happen to be in the same place, right next to each other (separated by a partition). Each wife gets a tad annoyed at his constant disappearances.

Overacting and pure camp.


I've never heard of Rome Sweet Rome, but I wanna see it!!

Where did you see that? I couldn't find a synopsis about it anywhere.

[gilligan fanatic]

I think all of these are from the 80's and 90's but oh well. I got these screen caps from the Best Shows That Never Were.

Norman Lear made the last one. It is called "A Dogs' Life"

[gilligan fanatic]

some more

[dawsongirl]

Where did you see that? I couldn't find a synopsis about it anywhere.
I own it.

[gilligan fanatic]

I own it.

hmm, I never new you were a Bixby fan.

[gilligan fanatic]

dear sir my question is a Gilligan,s island sitcom question what was the most unusual dress that ginger grant (tina louise) ever wear in a number of the gilligan,s island tv episodes the answer Ginger grant had made a dress out of glligan,s old duffel bag into what i would call a duffel bag dress--------sincerely yours------------------------------------------heroman

She really didn't wear it that many times. Just a few times in the first season.

You should check out the Gilligan's Island (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=39) board, you will like it.

[dawsongirl]

hmm, I never new you were a Bixby fan.
Oh yes. Very much so!