Questions about "The Donna Reed Show"

[Rezny@gmail.com]

1-In some of the latter(I think last season 1965-1966)episodes of "The Donna Reed Show",they used music that would later be used in the Dick Sargent as Darrin episodes of "Bewitched"(I think it was the last season of "Bewitched").Did anyone else notice this? 2)Why did Shelley Fabares leave the series? 3)And finally,did Paul Petersen ever sing his OTHER hit "She Can't Find Her Keys"(#19 in 1962)on the series?

[MickeyMac]

Havent seen the latter episodes in over 15 years so I cant say.



I think in the last season (or second to last season), Jeff and his friends put together a band, and Paul Petersen sanged lead.

[TV Knowledge Fan]

...wanted to move on after the fifth season. So, in the 1963-'64 season, Donna and Alex adopted a younger girl (played by Paul Petersen's sister Patty), while Mary Stone went to "college"...and was virtually never seen again.

[greg2356]

Shelley Fabares did indeed leave "The Donna Reed Show" after the Fifth Season, but made periodic Guest Appearances during the Sixth and Seventh Seasons. One of the Guest Appearances she had made during the Sixth Season entitled, "Mary Comes Home" becomes very intense, where she has a serious confrontation with her brother Jeff. It is a very dramatic scene indeed which occurs between Jeff and Mary that was nothing like the sibling rivalry that took place between them in Seasons 1 through 5.

[old grouch]

That seems realistic to me. When you get older, your agruments with your siblings can become a little more intense. I always liked the relationship between Jeff and Mary and would some day like to see that episode.

[Coffeecup]

Originally Posted by Rezny@gmail.com

1-In some of the latter(I think last season 1965-1966)episodes of "The Donna Reed Show",they used music that would later be used in the Dick Sargent as Darrin episodes of "Bewitched"(I think it was the last season of "Bewitched").Did anyone else notice this? 2)Why did Shelley Fabares leave the series? 3)And finally,did Paul Petersen ever sing his OTHER hit "She Can't Find Her Keys"(#19 in 1962)on the series?

I remember seeing the series on NICK AT NIGHT and toward the end of the series Jeff and his friend Smitty form a group with the record company called Egarag records . Garage spelled backward and I think sang a song. All I remember is the Egarag record term.

[donnareedfan]

Originally Posted by Rezny@gmail.com

1-In some of the latter(I think last season 1965-1966)episodes of "The Donna Reed Show",they used music that would later be used in the Dick Sargent as Darrin episodes of "Bewitched"(I think it was the last season of "Bewitched").Did anyone else notice this? 2)Why did Shelley Fabares leave the series? 3)And finally,did Paul Petersen ever sing his OTHER hit "She Can't Find Her Keys"(#19 in 1962)on the series?

Yes, Paul sang "She Can't Find Her Keys" in season four the episode was To Angie with Love-

[TeeVeeCloset]

Originally Posted by donnareedfan

Yes, Paul sang "She Can't Find Her Keys" in season four the episode was To Angie with Love-

Played of course by the adorable "Candy Moore", better known as Lucy's eldest daughter "Chris" on "The Lucy Show". Candy also appeared on I think an episode or two of the B&W years of "My Three Sons" and starred in the feature film "Tomboy And The Champ", Not a great movie, but she had a few good years of trying to achieve real fame.

[bliss]

Originally Posted by greg2356

Shelley Fabares did indeed leave "The Donna Reed Show" after the Fifth Season, but made periodic Guest Appearances during the Sixth and Seventh Seasons. One of the Guest Appearances she had made during the Sixth Season entitled, "Mary Comes Home" becomes very intense, where she has a serious confrontation with her brother Jeff. It is a very dramatic scene indeed which occurs between Jeff and Mary that was nothing like the sibling rivalry that took place between them in Seasons 1 through 5.

I know post is 4 years old....I think Mary appeared in a few season 8 episodes. Why wasn't she invited to appear in the final episode. She was there from the beginning and this would've been a perfect bookend for her character.