"POLICE SURGEON" was a continuation of "DR. SIMON LOCKE" after its initial syndicated season- with a change of locale and supporting cast- continuing through 1974.
Well done Fred, my boy, well done. Stumper after stumper in this one. I was eleven minutes in before I saw a show I remember, Don Adams Screen Test. You certainly have a talent for the obscure! 👍👍👍
The only one I remember is Ironside. Only because my parents watched it. I thought I would do better. 😊 I am the only one in my family who remembers a short TV series called “The New People.” It was made around 1970? I was very young but no one in my circle recalls it.
Wow, talk about obscure! I thought I was hip to a lot of older TV shows but I literally only recognized ONE of these - Captain Z-Ro! Also, "Love That Jill" seemed familiar, maybe I saw a clip of that somewhere else, but not sure. I have been educated today!
Mr. Crawford's show, 'King of Diamonds', had a memorable closing theme song, which is etched in my ears to this day. (Don't figure out my age. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL).
It’s strange how seeing a TV show intro you haven’t seen or thought of in decades suddenly opens a wellspring of obscure childhood memories. For years I though Rocky Graziano was simply a comedian on TV shows.
Wow! I’ve only seen one or two of these shows, and only heard of a small handful of them, but the majority were totally new to me! So fascinating. Love it, Fred! Thank you.
Another goodie from FredFlix. Ramar of the Jungle reminds me of the Jimmy Buffett song "Pencil Thin Mustache," with the line "Ramar of the Jungle was everyone's Bwana/But only jazz musicians were smokin' marijuana..." Re Dusty's Trail, the last thing I'd wanna do is head out in a vehicle that had anything to do with Bob Denver. Hell, if he can get a cabin cruiser blown off course on a three hour boat ride around Honolulu harbor, can you imagine the damage he could do in the Wild West driving in a wagon train? Ozzie's Girls was something else; it co-starred Brenda Sykes (notorious for her nude scenes in Mandingo) and Susan Sennett (likewise for her nude scenes in Big Bad Mama). That show could have been really interesting if it had been anything like those ladies' better known and more infamous roles.
Ozzie Nelson wanted to continue the "OZZIE AND HARRIET" format with a contemporary twist {two "daughters" instead of sons}, and did so in the 1973-'74 season [24 episodes, produced on videotape; the original pilot, as seen on NBC in September 1972, was filmed]. Brenda and Susan's movies were produced *after* the series ended.
elc, I admit to fondness for Dusty's Trail since it brings together Gilligan and F Troop, but yeah, not the best, even with a winning cast. In Gilligan's defense, he was half of "the fearless crew" without whose courage the Minnow would be lost (the Minnow would be lost)!
@@fromthesidelines Just a quick note that Brenda Sykes appeared nude with Elliott Gould in Gettin' Straight (1970), several years before Ozzie's Girls. Apropos of nothing, my favorite Sykes role was on Streets of San Francisco where she played Roscoe Lee Browne's daughter (A Trout in the Milk from early '73).
You got me Fred. Almost all never were afternoon reruns, programs my dad had on or was times without TV because it was broken or repossessed. I did vaguely remember Captain Z-Ro and Casey Jones. Did find out via streaming Inspector Marsh, a show that should have been picked up for a 2nd season. But finally, Ramar of the Jungle a very favorite show from early grade school - thank you for that one and even Police Surgeon. Keep up the good work. (And I'll deny I ever watched the clunker Dusty's Trail.)
The only one I remember was Don Adam's screen test, He would pick a member of the Studio Audience to be the Actor in a recreation of a scene from a famous movie. If I remember right this was one of the Summer Replacements, TV Show's that got cancelled earlier in the Season and they wouldn't be Re Run so they would try "Something New" to run during the Re Run Summer. I think Happy Days and Seinfeld started out as Summer Replacements. Some Shows got cancelled with only a few Shows aired so the "Replacement" actually started earlier than May the usual beginning of the Re Runs.
I remember "Ramar of the Jungle"!. It was shown in Philadelphia in the early sixties on a kids program, "The Sally Starr Show", which was broadcast daily every afternoon. It was shown in chapters, like the old movie serials..
I gotta tell you, you had me looking up shows I'd never heard of until you showed Captain Z-Ro. After it finished its national syndication there were 77 episodes. Twenty four of the half hour episodes are available at the I n t e r n e t A r c h i v e (last time I wrote it correctly my post was deleted. This one still may be). Glad to see George Tobias listed in the _Hudson Bay_ credits. I'm sure I'm not the only person who first saw him as next door neighbor "Abner Kravitz" on _Bewitched_ and thought that's all he did. When I saw him in the WW2 Erroll Flynn movie _Objective Burma_ playing opposite Henry Hull I first realized the depth of the man's career.
Talk about obscure!!! I remember 1 or 2 of these shows. Casey Jones because I loved trains And Ozzie’s Girls, though only the commercials; I think. Thanks for another remembery deep dive!!!
0:10 - I vaguely remember KINGSTON: CONFIDENTIAL, mainly from a NATIONAL ENQUIRER brief bit about how bad Raymond Burr felt about its failure. I don't remember seeing the episode, but I noticed that this show gave Carl Betz his last IMDB credit months before he died of lung cancer in Jan. 1978. 1:52 - I didn't know "Mr. Kravitz" ever had any regular roles, here as a French Canadian. 7:07 - I remember seeing clips of CASEY JONES when I stopped for a visit once to the Casey Jones Museum in Jackson, TN. I knew of Dub Taylor first as an actor who appeared in commercials for Tennessee's Third National Bank as an old prospector looking to claim his "$1000 Reward" at the bank. I didn't find out until later what a long classic tv/movie career he had. 10:32 - I remember watching parts of DON ADAMS' SCREEN TEST when it was on. There was an hour-long pilot that featured James Caan, and I remember Jane Russell appearing with a contestant in a scene where they were both in bathtubs. I don't think this show led to stardom for anyone though. 11:05 - DUSTY'S TRAIL featured 2 ladies who played PETTICOAT JUNCTION daughters at different times. 12:06 - All I remember from OZZIE'S GIRLS is someone dropping a suitcase over the bannister and the suitcase conking Ozzie on the head. 14:10 - This is the first time I've seen a tv show where the credits (Including the producer & director) were sung. I guess the writers differed show-to-show so had to be credited at the end. Aside from KINGSTON: CONFIDENTIAL, which was on NBC in 1977, I think most of these shows were from first-run syndication.
Barry Nelson "Hudson's Bay" 😊 .... "Cannonball" Paul Birch and William Campbell 😳 .... "Colonel March of Scotland yard" Boris Karloff 😍 .... Wendell Corey "Harbor Command" 👍, thank you for the memories Fred 🌟🌟🌟🌟
That's funny! A western version of Gilligans Island, but with Jeannine Riley and Lori Saunders the first Billie Jo and the second Bobbie Jo as the Mary Ann and Ginger.
I am on a [hopeless?] quest to find the first Capt. Kangaroo episode of 1960. Because a woman who was 5 at the time and a boy (me) who was 6 both many states apart but both remember that show. Because the Capt. took a moment to explain that it was the first day of a new decade. He talked to us as if we weren't dopey kids... and we learned something new. Some 20 years later at a party those two people met and somehow their conversation led them to the discovery that they both shared the memory of that event. Then they got married and made babies and all that stuff. Is there any chance there could be a recording of that episode that we might acquire? It would be wonderful to share that moment again with my Ann. I can remember it like it was yesterday and we both remarked on how easy going he was.. how easy to understand what a decade was, why that day was kinda special. I know it is a wacky quest but ... well I think all of us Fred-ites are a little bent just being here. OK, thanks in advance but be careful... you might say the magic word and you know what happens then :)
I enjoy these compilations. Some of the shows are, indeed, ones I had left out of memory. but most of them I had never heard of. It would be helpful if the years they were broadcast could be included. I am a bit lazy, and checking IMDB takes time away from the postings.
Wow! Great journey into the depths of obscurity, Fred. I never knew most of these actors existed, let alone the shows. I do remember the Casey Jones theme.
I have a book that was written by a man who is no longer with us, his name was Jennings Burch. In one part of the book he and his little brother and mom were watching Rama Of The Jungle . This was probably around 1952.
An actual series featuring Long John Silver? Boy, were they desperate for TV show material. Also, Dusty's Trail & Police Surgeon are still rerun on the Retro TV digital channel. Thanks for the recalling the forgotten, FredFlix. 📺
Cracking collection of mainly unsuccessful series that as a Brit I havent heard of. Huge number of episodes for many of those early series... 1 series = 39 episodes! Wow.
Would love to see episodes of Cannonball and see what William Campbell did before he did Trelane on the original Star Trek....... I just watched the premier episode. It is on RU-vid!
I think I can help you with that. Go to the RU-vid search bar and type in *cannonball tv series 1958* to watch some episodes. BTW William Campbell also appeared in a number of famous movies if you really want to see what he appeared in prior to Star Trek (and after as well). For example, there's a 1963 movie in the _Roger Corman Box Set_ called _The Young Racers_ starring William Campbell.
I thought the same thing, Monk! And don't forget Campbell as a Klingon in Trouble with Tribbles. Now Scotty can sneer at Campbell's old rig and say it should be hauled away AS garbage! 🙂
Another winning lineup from Fred! I knew a lot of these shows, like Harbor Command, Dusty's Trail (both on DVD) and Johnny Midnight and Casey Jones, which I had watched here on RU-vid. The big takeaway for me was Kingston Confidential. I did not know Burr had yet another series and costarring a pre-Matt Houston Pamela Hensley and Art Hindle (I remember him shaking down Bobby for a season on Dallas). Also intriguing was Cannonball, a precursor to Movin' On. Who knew William Campbell (whom I fondly recall from two memorable guest spots on Star Trek) once co-starred in a trucker series? I would also love to see Broderick Crawford's King of Diamonds and Cesar Romero's Passport to Danger. I'll skip Ozzie's Girls, Ramar, WestWind, and Police Surgeon.
Thanks for another dose of the good old days, Fred! Most of those shows were before my time, but I remember watching Don Adams's Screen Test on TV after school. Dusty's Trail was another short-lived show I watched back in the day, basically just Gilligan's Island in the Old West.
Never heard of that Miami tv show, looks great and it's on DVD, yay. The Harbor Patrol looks good also, Highway Patrol but with a boat? Thanks for another good video Fred!
I can see Aaron Spelling in '73 wracking his brain to come up with a winning series concept when Ozzie's Girls come on the tube. "Ozzie's Girls.... Charlie's Angels?!" Now you know the REST of the story. 🤓
Talk about obscure, the word Assignment in Assignment Underwater was so badly obscured that I had to search Bill Williams to figure out the show's name. I'm supposing that it was the only source available, to Fred's dismay.
"Kingston Confidential" ?????? How did I miss that one. I have no memory of it. "Loved Cannonball"....loved "long John Silver"......LOVE THAT JILL???? weren't those two in TOPPER?
Thanks for the Memories FredFlix. Ozzie's Girls is a syndicated show that ran in the early 70s around 1971 or 1972. Dusty Trails is a syndicated show that ran in the mid-70s around 1974 or 1975 Both were seen locally in Buffalo.NY at that time.
Your were correct sir, most of those I’d never heard of! Where can I learn more about some of them, "Dusty Rhodes" and "Blue Angles"? Thanks Fred, enjoyed al three parts!
But when you do Google them be sure and spell them correctly! _Dusty's Trail_ and _Blue Angels._ Anyway, _Blue Angels_ starred Dennis Cross and Don Gordon, and was filmed with the cooperation of the Navy. It aired in syndication from 26 September 1960 to 3 July 1961. _Dusty's Trail_ was an obvious remake of _Gilligan's Island_ with a regular cast that was a character for character copy of the regulars on _Gilligan's Island_ which led to it never catching on past a single season.
1:04 This is a magic airplane. Watch the cockpit window shape shift in flight. That's a 1976 LOCKHEED JETSTAR II, also depicted on an episode of Magnum PI. Elvis owned two of them. Shah of Iran, President Nixon and Frank Sinatra each had one. Jimmy Carter flew in one for short hops. Nickname Peanut 1.
Yeah, starts out as a King Air. As a retired pilot and mechanic, we always joked about those Jetstars snapping off one of those double-engine pylons on a hard landing
As difficult as figuring "What if" questions are, they might have gone to the first actor who was passed over the role for not being sympathetic enough, That would be Carrol O'Connor then the What If would be who would have played Archie Bunker on _All In The Family?_
Yeah, but who would have played Casey Jones if Biff Baker, USA was a hit and ran twenty years like Gunsmoke? Biff Baker was Hale's 1952-54 series and is also a good one with episodes popping up on RU-vid now and again.
Of course Gilligan's Island ran for three seasons. It was canceled in plenty of time for Carroll to be cast as Archie Bunker. In any event, it's fun to do these speculations. There were plenty of other examples we could have pondered in Fred Flix's first two videos.
@@Mandrake55 Casey Jones was Alan Hale Jr aka the Skipper. There are episodes on RU-vid, along with Alan Hale Jr.'s earlier series Biff Baker. I know the father from many '30s and '40s movies. He died in 1950. PS: I'm a fan of Mandrake on radio, so liked your handle.
The only shows that I watched just a couple of times each were Casey Jones and Long John Silver. William (AKA Billy) Campbell was an actor who was heavily promoted by his agent but whose career never reached the heights of stardom. He was married to Judith Campbell who was known as the Elizabeth Taylor lookalike that you didn't have to marry. She became the mistress of Chicago's mob boss Sam Giancana and also one of JFK's several White House assignations. William did reach Star Trek stardom playing the unforgettable Squire Trelaine and a Klingon. Another actor that was picked out to make it big was Barry Nelson. He was well-liked on the Broadway stage and was in the running to play none other than James Bond. Scheduling conflicts, unhappiness with his Americanism, and [FINALLY!] somebody with a brain realizing that he didn't have the, um..., GRAVITAS to play that character; so a guy named Sean Connery became 007. "Ozzie's Girls" - now that one was a guaranteed loser from the beginning. "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" was a supremely popular sit-com for years based upon three concepts: (1) going for ice cream, (2) rock and roll, and (3) the irrepressible Ricky Nelson who thankfully grew up to be the super cute Ricky who could both sing and play guitar and was like catnip to a large audience of preteen and teen girls. That audience lost interest when Rick got married.
Wow, did not know of the William Campbell-Judith Campbell Exner Connection! Campbell's a good actor. I saw him in an O'Hara US Treasury episode guest starring Sulu and Cyrano Jones himself Stanley Adams. And about that same time Campbell played opposite Scotty in Rock Hudson's Pretty Maids All in a Row movie (written by Gene Roddenberry). Campbell and Andy Williams should have started a support group for stars whose wives' infamy almost outshone their own fame.
Claudine Longet's infamy was built on her wholesome reputation as a result of her Christmas appearances on The Andy Williams Show and then her murder of the very handsome and popular skier, Spider Savich. The murder was given a good deal of press play.
@@marthawelch4289 I'm old enough to remember. I think it hurt Andy Williams' squeaky clean image too. Claudine was a good actress in her own right, but like O.J. Simpson, who was a good actor too, seeing either one on a show or movie brings immediately to mind the fact they are murderers. (Same for Robert Blake, every obit for whom that I saw led with the murder charge leveled against him, overshadowing a lot of excellent acting work.)
I don't think Barry Nelson was ever up for the movie series. He DID play James Bond (or "Jimmy" (Card Sense) Bond) a CIA agent approached by "Clarence" Leiter of MI6 to take out a Russian bad guy at the card table in a 1954 production of "Casino Royale." ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HR57tfUr2NQ.html
@@Mandrake55 Mandrake, gonna have to agree to disagree. I have heard a few times that the phenomenally notBondable Nelson was up for consideration for the first movie. I certainly understand why most of the people involved in the LONG process of finding the right first Bond and then getting the movie started wouldn't want that info spread around.
You really went looking for this batch, Fred.🤭 I definitely remember "Cannonball" (that theme song!) and the main character's name (Mike Malone). Why? No idea. 🤷🏽♀️ "Passport to Danger", "The Blue Angels" and "King of Diamonds" I also remember well but as for the rest... Nah ah. ☺️ Is this the last one?😟
In this series, yes, Mercedes. But I have a ton more TV themes in forthcoming Prime Time of Life (Lives) videos, which will cover practically every network show you've ever (or never) heard of from the early '50s to 1980 or so.
Alwsys enjoy your videos! Sent some $ to you on PayPal. Quick question, is there any video out there of local Miami kid's tv show from early or mid 70's? LoL you probably don't know this , but it can't hurt to ask 😊
Fred do my fake B-movie trailer from 1962 it's "Sorority Girls vs Atomic Dracula" has to be done like a Roger Corman trailer from that era with Dracula enhanced by the Power of the Atom! and Dracula should GLOW as if he's Radioactive if you do this and share credit with me maybe we can sell it and get a deal to do it as a real movie.
Good question, Billy! I think some savvy producer saw that cop shows and medical dramas were popular and thought to combine the two genres: Marcus Welby Meets Kojak on the Streets of San Francisco (a Quinn Martin Production!)😀
