60s TV shows

[sloopjohnc]

Bilko (The Phil Silvers Show / You'll Never Get Rich) is indeed wonderful, one of the three or four best ever sitcoms, but it finished in 1959.

Yeah, Phil Silvers switched to movies in the '60s like It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and some Disney stuff.

When I was around nine, we were visiting my cousins in New Jersey and went to Times Square. We saw him and I yelled, "Bilko." He was wearing a beret.

He was one of the nicest men in the world and I have a photo of me, my brother and cousin with him. Very nice man.

[naughty boy]

I love to hear stuff like that.

Man, that was a great show. I'm hoping for the DVD box for Xmas.

[Loki]

Room 222 was also intriguing for me since it was about high school kids.

I liked that one a lot too. It's quite dated now, but anyway I think of it as an early 70s show.

I watched an episode of it recently - it was the first ep - and it had a heavy-handed laugh track. I think they initially marketed it as a sitcom, but it took more of a serious turn before long.

[Phil T]

Bilko (The Phil Silvers Show / You'll Never Get Rich) is indeed wonderful, one of the three or four best ever sitcoms, but it finished in 1959.

True, but back then, it was often several years before we got US shows on this side of the Atlantic. None of this almost simultaneous transmission of a series on both sides of the pond you get now.

So, I tend to think of Bilko as a 60s show, as it seemed to loom large in my own 60s childhood.

[naughty boy]

I think there was a 60s iteration, if I'm not mistaken...

[Rayge]

Bilko (The Phil Silvers Show / You'll Never Get Rich) is indeed wonderful, one of the three or four best ever sitcoms, but it finished in 1959.

True, but back then, it was often several years before we got US shows on this side of the Atlantic. None of this almost simultaneous transmission of a series on both sides of the pond you get now.

So, I tend to think of Bilko as a 60s show, as it seemed to loom large in my own 60s childhood.

They were repeated many times through the 1960s, but the original shows had their first run over here in the 1950s: I remember it being a big thing in junior school, which I left in 1959.

[jl]

I love the opening scene of Gurney Slade. Great theme tune too.

[Quaco]

I love the opening scene of Gurney Slade. Great theme tune too.

Great stuff. Thank you!

[Six String]

Room 222 was also intriguing for me since it was about high school kids.

I liked that one a lot too. It's quite dated now, but anyway I think of it as an early 70s show.

I watched an episode of it recently - it was the first ep - and it had a heavy-handed laugh track. I think they initially marketed it as a sitcom, but it took more of a serious turn before long.

I hadn't thought about that show in decades. I remember watching it regularly but I can't remember anythng about it other than it took place in a school

[Six String]

Twilight Zone
Outer Limits

Gunsmoke
The Rifleman
Bonanza

Get Smart
I Dream Of Jeanie
Dick Van Dyke
I Love Lucy

Man From U.N.C.L.E.
I Spy
The Avengers *I was in love with Emma Peel*

I remember watchng National Velvet in German when I lived there circa 1960.

[Loki]

I hadn't thought about that show in decades. I remember watching it regularly but I can't remember anythng about it other than it took place in a school

[Charlie O.]

The Avengers *I was in love with Emma Peel*

Nothing to be embarrassed about. ... I hope

[Six String]

I haven't seen these shows for the most part in decades but my faves include....

Get Smart
Dick Van Dyke
Twilight Zone

I tried to watch some Monkees a while back and it was so stupid I couldn't get through an entire episode. I can't believe I watched that when I was 13.