Salute to various Screen Gems 60's sitcoms including Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, Gidget, The Flying Nun, The Monkees, and The Partridge Family. All characters are owned by Screen Gems. Fanimation animated by Craig Clark.
The houses from Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie were used in BOTH shows. Dr. Bellows lived in Sam and Darrin’s house and on occasion Tony Nelson’s house was on Bewitched.
"Gilligan's Island," "F-Troop" and "The Munsters" do nicely for lots of other fans of the half-hour format of the mid-1960s. A travesty that Sally Field and America in the '60s were STUCK WITH "The Flying Nun" for 3 long, long, LONG years and Fields' breakout role preceding it, the adorable, well-cast, non-goofy "Gidget," only 1 season. In a perfect world SHOULD have been the other way around. As we frustratingly learned in revealing "look backs" and "behind-the-scenes" tomes, the programmers at both sitcoms' home, the ABC Network, were too quick on the cancellation trigger with "Gidget" because they realized they made a BIG mistake when its BIG ratings showed up with the show's repeats airing throughout the late spring and summer months, when school's out, and the reruns' ratings reflected its big appeal to the youth audience 'discovering it,' having missed it during the traditional Sept. - April network TV broadcast season. It would have been prohibitively expensive to resign the original cast whose options on a second season expired.
In reality, Elizabeth Montgomery saw “I dream of Jeannie” as a rip off of her show. Her husband actually worked on both shows but she put her foot down and he quit “Jeannie”. However, writers were interchanged for both shows which explains the similarities for the plots of many shows.
0:52 - 0:57 ALWAYS loved that BIG, great trumpet sound at the end of "Bewitched"'s end title. Congratulations and Thank You, 'The Kustomonsters,' for this fun trip down memory lane. Your rendition of Samantha / "Bewitched" looks just as hot as the show's main title and as hot as Elizabeth Montgomery. EPIC fail on darling Sally Field / "Gidget". That's not a face; more like a mug. She looks 30 -- not 16. Just a brief glimpse of her figure, but it comes out looking frumpy -- which we expect with Sister Bertrille covered head-to-toe in her habit / "The Flying Nun" but not an adorable southern California girl with a face and figure approaching guy magnet territory. Poor Sister Bertrille, looks 30 too and FRUMPY in her habit, which is to be expected See how in the same frame -- 0:48 - 0:52 -- with the fetching Samantha and Jeannie, Bertrille's a 'poor third.' Make that 'thirty-third.' [My bias against "The Flying Nun" is showing.] Barbara Eden is so far removed from the cats' eyes-look of Jeannie as drawn 60 years ago and duplicated here it's impossible to compare to Samantha, Gidget and Sister Bertrille.
OMG, this would be my DREAM PROJECT to work on!!! It's like someone had a potluck for great characters, and all the best cooks showed up with their top dishes.
@Jayden k all video Actually the only official Screen Gems animation are the titles from Jeanie and Bewitched. What I would like to see is all those old shows animated!
Sally Field's "Gidget" was cute-to-pretty, sparkling eyes and adorable smile, good teeth and complexion and was blessed with a flattering figure that she, thankfully / fortunately was justified in showing due to her character's beach vibe and affinity for casual wear. Not voluptuous, but definitely nicely proportioned. For the boys and men who devoured her in "Gidget"'s 32 episodes, what a shock, disappointment, letdown, etc. to see ALL THAT dumped into Sister Bertille's frumpy habit on her next sitcom, "The Flying Nun." Sure, because it was Sally Field starring, she was eternally CUTE; pleasant, appealing. But, "one sexy babe"? Not in 1200 years. I would guess 88% of straight boys and men within the RU-vid Universe would wholly disagree with THAT specific characteristic. On "Gidget" she wasn't, and wasn't meant to be, "one sexy babe," but she definitely had the appealing qualities that count, that matter for male viewers.
