Last week, we featured the Warner Archive Facebook page in our Follow Me segment, and this week, we have some insight on another rare series sitting in their library which they are seriously considering... provided that they can get through a few hurdles first. When a fan asked about the series Please Don't Eat the Daisies, this was the response provided:

"A wonderful, oft-requested series we certainly hope to bring to DVD. There are a few episodes in both seasons that have music issues, hopefully they will not be too problematic....and we will definitely need to remaster. Not likely to happen for a bit, as there are other series ahead of it in the clearance and remastering queues, but we hope to get to it sooner than later."

So, we don't exactly have a yes on the set yet, and it looks like we won't be getting one for quite a while... but at the very least, it looks like this series is at least getting consideration, and fans can still hold on to hope for now.

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http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2012/10/digital-digest-big-john-little-john.html

This would be one of my holy grails.

I would buy this show if it came out on DVD. The last time I saw it was on syndicated TV in the early 1970's, so my memory of it is a bit hazy now. But it's a good family sitcom from the mid 1960's, similar in some ways to Hazel except there are more kids.

Didn't USA or WOR carry this show sometime during the mid-late 80's? I had a satellite dish at the time and know I saw it somewhere. This show also holds the distinction of being one of the few sitcoms from the 60's whose entire primary cast is still living.

I have never seen it, but I would pick it up if it gets released

This show was last seen in reruns on the old CBN Cable Network (at least by me)...would be great to be put on DVD.

Encouraging news! Another show I never thought would see "the light of day" on dvd. Never say Never!

I've seen very little of this show. The last I remember of it airing in syndication, was on a local station on Sat. or Sun. afternoons, when I was a kid.

Bring on any '60's family sitcom! I would buy it!

I loved this show and I'd buy it!

I've never seen the series, but I've seen the movie (I'm bit of a Doris Day fan) wouldn't giving the programme a try.

Yes this was on WWOR. This show was just okay. I would not mind seeing it again though. I'm not sure if if this would be a show that I would buy on DVD or not? Maybe? I remember one critic who described this series as follows:

"Blandness was never done so well" I tend to agree with this statement at least somewhat.

I've never seen the show but I always wanted to.

I remember first seeing this show in morning reruns on WRGB-TV, out of Schenectady, NY, when I was visiting the area with my parents back in 1978. I was living near Nashville, TN, at the time, and sometime later in 1978 WSM-TV there added reruns of the show in its afternoon lineup, along with shows like Bewitched and The Real McCoys. This is long before talk shows & newscasts started eating up most afternoon programming of network affiliates, so there was a good chance of seeing rarely-rerun programs on local broadcast tv.

I've never seen this show but I would buy it. I've only heard good things about it.

Hopefully, when they speak about other projects in the works they're talking about future seasons of "Alice"....and MAYBE---a BIG maybe, "Step by Step".

I've never seen this show but I would buy it. I've only heard good things about it.

Hopefully, when they speak about other projects in the works they're talking about future seasons of "Alice"....and MAYBE---a BIG maybe, "Step by Step".
I agree with the poster who said it was bland. I taped some episodes off WWOR in the '90s and while it wasn't a particularly BAD show, there isn't anything that gives it that 'rewatchability' factor either. I doubt I would buy it. MY MOTHER THE CAR was more entertaining IMO despite its' notorious reputation. Both debuted in 1965 but CAR is much more fun and memorable, though still no '65 classic like Green Acres, Jeannie, Hogan's, etc.

Never seen it

I remember the show as a kid and really liked it so it'd be wonderful to see this rolled out. As much as I like the show not sure I'd buy it unless it was a very good price. I remember how I jumped to buy all of The Patty Duke show and two years later it's ALL on Antenna (& was on This TV) two channels I get for free. And I almost bought Leave It To Beaver and I Dream Of Jeannie, which are now on Antenna. I may force myself to wait, especially as I have something like 800-900 DVDs total from what I've bought and burned.

I remember that show, and liked it. However, I would most likely rent the eps from Netflix rather than buy the series unless I found it in a bargain bin somewhere.

I remember seeing "Please Don't Eat the Daisies" in first-run in 1965-66. Watching Pat Crowley raise the TV version of the Nash family led me to read the best-selling book on which it was based, written by Jean Kerr. She was a pioneer in the field of "housewife humor" (think Peg Bracken and the "I Hate to..." series of books, and most definitely Erma Bombeck), and was also a successful playwright ("Mary, Mary.")

Even as a teenage boy, the thought of being a delightfully offbeat and eccentric person fascinated me! Some 49 years later, I'm glad I took the time to "eat the daisies" the way they did on TV!

BTW, the title refers to the night Jean Kerr had told her four sons a litany of things to do and not do when she and her husband were entertaining guests. As she put it, she didn't tell them not to eat the centerpiece of daisies she was using on the dining table. Sometime later she came back to find--

"...a charming three-point arrangement of green stems."

I have never seen this show and I would like to see this someday. I saw the lead actress in an episode of "Roseanne" from 1995. It'll be interesting to see this show.

Still no DVD's for Please Don't Eat The Daisies so I imagine there must be some issues/problems with the episodes that are preventing a DVD release. Does anyone know if Warner Archive still intends to release this series or have they given up on it?

It looks like there are rights issues related to music.

An interesting sidebar, awhile back there was a discussion on this site to determine the oldest show where all the main cast members are still alive, Please Don't Eat The Daisies was identified as that show (of course we are talking human cast members). To this date that is still true (I hope I don't jinx anything). It's not that surprising the kids are alive but, Mark Miller is 96, and Pat Crowley is 86.

No news as far as DVDs, but I thought I would let fans know that several episodes from both Seasons 1 and 2 have been uploaded to YouTube over the past 2 months or so. Picture quality varies, unfortunately sometimes poor.

Pat Crowley is stunningly beautiful -- I like her Season 2 hairstyle!:)

No news as far as DVDs, but I thought I would let fans know that several episodes from both Seasons 1 and 2 have been uploaded to YouTube over the past 2 months or so. Picture quality varies, unfortunately sometimes poor.

Pat Crowley is stunningly beautiful -- I like her Season 2 hairstyle!:)

Thanks for heads up; I remember the show fondly even though I was still a pre-teen at the time.

I remember it,too..

I remember it,too..

Truly a charming show, so nice to be able to revisit it on YT.

Just giving this thread a bump to say that I recently purchased a 36-episode "best of" PDETD set from the Thomas Film Classics site (the source is old VHS tapes that they've apparently cleaned up a bit and transfered to DVD - beggars can't be choosers). Even though I haven't completely given up on an official complete series release someday (hope springs eternal!), because of my deep affection for this show, I'll take whatever I can get for now.