View Full Version : Forgotten Black sitcom from 1970-71 season


TVFactFan
06-17-2025, 09:19 PM
Barefoot in the Park starring Tracy Reed. Only last 12 eps and one of the eps is in existence. I would have defintely watched to see Tracy Reed every week. The guy in the picture with her was fired before the show aired the 1st episode due to his battles with producers




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gFFDwFJNlw

opus
06-17-2025, 10:05 PM
Premiered the same night as The Odd Couple. It was the Neil Simon hour (both based on a play of his). Barefoot was the lead in.

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TVFactFan
06-17-2025, 10:28 PM
Premiered the same night as The Odd Couple. It was the Neil Simon hour (both based on a play of his). Barefoot was the lead in.

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had no idea bewitched was still airing on network tv in the 70s

opus
06-17-2025, 10:41 PM
had no idea bewitched was still airing on network tv in the 70s

‘64-‘72 for Bewitched

TJ
06-18-2025, 01:10 PM
It has a pretty detailed Wikipedia page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barefoot_in_the_Park_(TV_series)

I'll have to add a board for it. There's at least one other thread from 2003 about it.

https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=61653

Alan Brady's Hair
06-18-2025, 01:58 PM
Interesting creative group - Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson, plus Bill Idelson and Jerry Paris of The Dick van Dyke Show. You have to wonder why ABC would give Marshall and Belson a full hour, when Hey, Landlord! had only lasted one season.

icecream
06-18-2025, 04:14 PM
had no idea bewitched was still airing on network tv in the 70sBewitched was still airing, but not good anymore. Dick Sargent, seasons 6-8, was much worse as the recast Darrin Stephens than Dick York, seasons 1-5.

opus
06-18-2025, 10:31 PM
The guy in the picture with her was fired before the show aired the 1st episode due to his battles with producers


I would have thought his many game show appearances or something like his Rhoda appearances would headline his obituary but the Hollywood Reporter went with this show.

Scoey Mitchell, Star of TV’s ‘Barefoot in the Park,’ Dies at 92 (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/scoey-mitchell-dead-barefoot-park-1235118079/)

TVFactFan
06-18-2025, 11:34 PM
I would have thought his many game show appearances or something like his Rhoda appearances would headline his obituary but the Hollywood Reporter went with this show.

Scoey Mitchell, Star of TV’s ‘Barefoot in the Park,’ Dies at 92 (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/scoey-mitchell-dead-barefoot-park-1235118079/)

Wow so he old enough to be her dad and they was playing a couple

Bonniegirl
06-19-2025, 04:32 PM
I kind of remember this show. I would have been only 8 , but from what I remember it was pretty good.

Bonniegirl
06-19-2025, 04:35 PM
I would have thought his many game show appearances or something like his Rhoda appearances would headline his obituary but the Hollywood Reporter went with this show.

Scoey Mitchell, Star of TV’s ‘Barefoot in the Park,’ Dies at 92 (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/scoey-mitchell-dead-barefoot-park-1235118079/)

I remember him most from being on Tattletales with his wife .:)