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upperco · 06-25-2013, 02:52 PM

Really enjoying the unusually stylized writing for this one season sitcom from the late '60s.

(Just purchased a set that includes 25 of the 26 episodes. Still looking for one entitled "Easy Way Out." Anyone have this episode to sell?)

Interested in thoughts or musings on this forgotten series. Anyone remember some favorite episodes?

episode30 · 06-25-2013, 05:55 PM

Writers Allan Burns, Arnold Margolin and Ed Scharlach share their memories of working on this show in my book, Funny You Should Ask: Oral Histories of Classic Sitcom Storytellers. What a great series! It was the missing link between The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. You can see elements of both in it.

upperco · 06-27-2013, 02:42 PM

Thanks for the recommendation - it looks like a great read.

I actually purchased a set that includes syndicated prints of 25 of the 26 produced episodes. I uploaded my favorite - never before posted online - "Deep In The Heart Of Taxes" - here on my new blog:

http://jacksonupperco.com/2013/06/26...inning-sitcom/

70s show watcher · 06-30-2013, 05:23 AM

it was a very funny show that was a few years ahead of its time it the show had started at the same time as the mary tyler moore or bob newhart shows he and she would have fit right in but in 1966 people were not quite ready for that type of show

bencasey · 10-21-2013, 08:22 PM

CBS did it no favor by scheduling it after Green Acres. You had a smart, sophisticated comedy following one of the hick comedies and they didn't appeal to the same audience. It wasn't until a few years later that CBS cleared all of their cornball rube shows off the air.

TV_on_the_Porch · 10-22-2013, 04:04 PM

Maybe. On the other hand, Dick Van Dyke managed to hold on to a good portion of Green Acres audience two years earlier. Before that Dick owed his show's very survival say nothing of success to riding The Beverly Hillbillies coattails. 1967 was just a bad year to be a three-camera sitcom on CBS.

upperco · 12-27-2013, 01:15 AM

Bump in the hopes of obtaining a copy of "Easy Way Out."

06-25-2013, 02:52 PM	#1
upperco Member Forum Regular Join Date: May 15, 2013 Posts: 720	HE & SHE Really enjoying the unusually stylized writing for this one season sitcom from the late '60s. (Just purchased a set that includes 25 of the 26 episodes. Still looking for one entitled "Easy Way Out." Anyone have this episode to sell?) Interested in thoughts or musings on this forgotten series. Anyone remember some favorite episodes?

06-25-2013, 05:55 PM	#2
episode30 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 23, 2013 Location: Des Moines, IA Posts: 16	Writers Allan Burns, Arnold Margolin and Ed Scharlach share their memories of working on this show in my book, Funny You Should Ask: Oral Histories of Classic Sitcom Storytellers. What a great series! It was the missing link between The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. You can see elements of both in it.

06-27-2013, 02:42 PM	#3
upperco Member Forum Regular Join Date: May 15, 2013 Posts: 720	Thanks for the recommendation - it looks like a great read. I actually purchased a set that includes syndicated prints of 25 of the 26 produced episodes. I uploaded my favorite - never before posted online - "Deep In The Heart Of Taxes" - here on my new blog: http://jacksonupperco.com/2013/06/26...inning-sitcom/

06-30-2013, 05:23 AM	#4
70s show watcher Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 20, 2008 Location: between point place and studio 8 h Posts: 4,549	it was a very funny show that was a few years ahead of its time it the show had started at the same time as the mary tyler moore or bob newhart shows he and she would have fit right in but in 1966 people were not quite ready for that type of show

10-21-2013, 08:22 PM	#5
bencasey Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 29, 2001 Location: Long Beach Posts: 1,692	CBS did it no favor by scheduling it after Green Acres. You had a smart, sophisticated comedy following one of the hick comedies and they didn't appeal to the same audience. It wasn't until a few years later that CBS cleared all of their cornball rube shows off the air.

10-22-2013, 04:04 PM	#6
TV_on_the_Porch anything good on? Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Posts: 879	Maybe. On the other hand, Dick Van Dyke managed to hold on to a good portion of Green Acres audience two years earlier. Before that Dick owed his show's very survival say nothing of success to riding The Beverly Hillbillies coattails. 1967 was just a bad year to be a three-camera sitcom on CBS.

12-27-2013, 01:15 AM	#7
upperco Member Forum Regular Join Date: May 15, 2013 Posts: 720	Bump in the hopes of obtaining a copy of "Easy Way Out."