Wonderful! My childhood was permanently disfigured by a scene in this show where someone pulled a Cannon bath towel out of a giant can of spaghetti. Very Ernie Kovacs-ish and I think, an influence on "What's My Line"'s later opening credits.
This was Jay Ward's only project for CBS- an unsold 1964 live-action comedy/variety pilot (videotaped, preserved on kinescope). The network ultimately wasn't interested in a forerunner of "LAUGH-IN". It was seen only once...
Looks like a TV version of Hellzapoppin, the hugely popular 1930s stage revue.
I'm reasonably sure the "Mary Rogers" listed in the closing credits is Mary Rodgers, Richard's daughter.
zkg 2 years ago
Wonderful! My childhood was permanently disfigured by a scene in this show where someone pulled a Cannon bath towel out of a giant can of spaghetti. Very Ernie Kovacs-ish and I think, an influence on "What's My Line"'s later opening credits.
nickellodeon55 2 years ago
Score! I remember this. Thank you for posting this forgotten chestnut.
Juliaflo 2 years ago
I had no idea video of this even existed. Thanks. The credits over the signs is really distracting. You can't pick out Alan Sues.
Kathy Kersh, btw, was later married to Burt Ward.
jgbennie 2 years ago
She was also Miss Rheingold, remember that?
Juliaflo 2 years ago
The ending is so abrupt, it's a bit off-putting.
brithgob 3 years ago
This was Jay Ward's only project for CBS- an unsold 1964 live-action comedy/variety pilot (videotaped, preserved on kinescope). The network ultimately wasn't interested in a forerunner of "LAUGH-IN". It was seen only once...
fromthesidelines 4 years ago
!!! Wow I never heard of this.
pbmachinima 4 years ago
I noticed one of the writers was Bob Arbogast, who wrote the similiarly styled
Roger Ramjet (for "Pantomime Pictures").
SteveCarras 4 years ago
Sadly, Bob Arbogast passed away on March 21, 2009 at the age of 81.
toontracker 2 years ago
I noticed that, too, on the CARTOON BREW site.RIP..
SteveCarras 2 years ago