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gilligan fanatic · 07-11-2006, 07:36 PM

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 · 07-11-2006, 07:49 PM

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

gilligan fanatic · 07-11-2006, 08:10 PM

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/Comed...nPlayhouse.htm

gilligan fanatic · 07-11-2006, 09:04 PM

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

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

Come a runnin'. [Pilot] / a Bing Crosby production ; producer, Harry Tatelman ; director, Montgomery Pittman ; writer, James Poe.
Vacation playhouse. Maggie Brown / a Desilu production ; created by Cy Howard, Arthur Julian ; executive producer, Cy Howard ; director, David Alexander ; writer, Wilton Manhoff.

Ernie, Madge, and Artie. [Pilot] / Screen Gems ; executive producer, David Gerber ; producer, Jerry Paris ; writer, Bernard Slade.

Where's Everett

Three's a crowd. [Pilot] / Screen Gems ; creators-producers, Burt Schneider and Bob Rafaelson.

gilligan fanatic · 07-12-2006, 07:27 PM

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

stoogedog · 07-13-2006, 03:07 PM

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 · 07-13-2006, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by 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

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 · 07-13-2006, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

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

Rome Sweet Rome (1968) w. Bill Bixby

Three's a Crowd.....not a good show.

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 · 07-13-2006, 05:18 PM

hmm, interesting.

gilligan fanatic · 07-13-2006, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by dawsongirl

Three's a Crowd.....not a good show.

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 · 07-13-2006, 07:05 PM

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 · 07-13-2006, 07:07 PM

some more

dawsongirl · 07-14-2006, 01:57 AM

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Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

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

I own it.

gilligan fanatic · 07-14-2006, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by dawsongirl

I own it.

hmm, I never new you were a Bixby fan.

gilligan fanatic · 07-14-2006, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by heroman

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 board, you will like it.

07-11-2006, 07:36 PM	#1
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	Unsold Pilots of the 50's, 60's, and 70's 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
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07-13-2006, 03:07 PM	#6
stoogedog Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 18, 2003 Posts: 747	reply 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

07-13-2006, 05:18 PM	#9
EmoJoe Cool cool cool Forum Addict Join Date: Apr 23, 2004 Location: New Jersey Posts: 71,478	hmm, interesting.
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07-13-2006, 07:05 PM	#11
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	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" Attached Images

07-13-2006, 07:07 PM	#12
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	some more Attached Images

07-11-2006, 07:49 PM	#2
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	Fred Gwynne did another one in 1970. Here are some pics from his Biography.

07-11-2006, 08:10 PM	#3
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	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/Comed...nPlayhouse.htm

07-11-2006, 09:04 PM	#4
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	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 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 Come a runnin'. [Pilot] / a Bing Crosby production ; producer, Harry Tatelman ; director, Montgomery Pittman ; writer, James Poe. Vacation playhouse. Maggie Brown / a Desilu production ; created by Cy Howard, Arthur Julian ; executive producer, Cy Howard ; director, David Alexander ; writer, Wilton Manhoff. Ernie, Madge, and Artie. [Pilot] / Screen Gems ; executive producer, David Gerber ; producer, Jerry Paris ; writer, Bernard Slade. Where's Everett Three's a crowd. [Pilot] / Screen Gems ; creators-producers, Burt Schneider and Bob Rafaelson.

07-12-2006, 07:27 PM	#5
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	Here are some unsold Westerns http://aa.1asphost.com/CTVA/US/Weste...ts_Western.htm