Way Back Wednesday For May 13, 2008
Welcome to this week’s Way Back Wednesday. This week is a look at classic television. Many of these shows exist in syndication today, showing that “older” does not mean no longer good entertainment.
Mr. Ed
Mister Ed was an American television comedy that aired on CBS from 1961 to 1966. Mister Ed was the first series ever to debut as a midseason replacement. The stars of the show were Mister Ed, an intelligent talking palomino (”played” by Bamboo Harvester and voiced by Allan Lane), and his owner, architect Wilbur Post (portrayed by Alan Young). Much of the program’s humor stemmed from the fact Mister Ed would speak only to Wilbur. Today we would medicate Wilbur and call him schizophrenic.
Bewitched
Bewitched was a comedy on ABC from 1964 to 1972 for eight seasons. The show stars Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York (1964–1969), Dick Sargent (1969–1972), and Agnes Moorehead In 2002, TV Guide named Bewitched as the 50th Greatest Television Program of All Time.The premise was based on the mixed marriage of a nose-twitching witch, Samantha Stephens (Montgomery), and her mortal husband, Darrin (originally played by Dick York and later by Dick Sargent). The series, a comedy, portrayed how true love can endure the most difficult of situations, even between a witch and a human. If my wife were a witch then the house would always be clean!
I Dream Of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie was a sitcom with a fantasy premise. It originally aired on NBC from 1965 to 1970. The show ran for five seasons and produced 139 episodes. The premise was around an Astronaut that found a Genie, named Jeannie, and by releasing her had her to fulfill his wishes. Boy do I want a Genie.
Father Knows Best
Father Knows Best was originally a radio show in the 50’s and 6-‘s that made the leap to television. Of the radio cast only Robert Young remained when the TV series began on CBS in 1954. It ran until 1960, and appeared on all three of the television networks. It portrayed the Andersons, the ideal American middle class family of the time.
That’s way back Wednesday for this week. See everyone next week for another exciting Way Back Wednesday!
~Aslan
Watched everyone of them faithfully, though Father Knows Best was in reruns being that it was before my time.
I did too. All reruns after school. Some are still on at night here. It always gives that warm and fuzzy!
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