This is on TV right now. I never heard of this show. It is kinda funny. I was thinking about how weird the hat looked. Then she started flying and I had to jump online and google it.
There were promotional matchbox covers (white on black) that spotlighted A.B.C.'s new shows for the 1967-68 season (e.g., "The Flying Nun", "The Guns Of Will Sonnett")
Back in television's golden age, three networks provided a plethora of fantastic programs. Today we have literally hundreds of channel choices with virtually nothing worth watching. Nowadays Youtube has become my "network" of choice!
@300palms Totally agree with you! We all didn't know it them. Actually, I wasn't into the shows much. But I loved certain themes: The Flying Nun, Bewitched and That Girl are three that I love. I have a theory that the more technology they add to production, the worse the product. Think back to the days of records before multi-track recording. And the days of editing FILM, not video. Look what the advances in that technology brought: horseshit shows.
I think it's a cute show. Not everything needs to be a hard-hitting window into "reality" (or what TV tells us is "reality")..something sappy and innocent can be a nice break, frankly.
These shows were very sappy, no doubt. A more innocent time or naive. Remember we had only 3-4 freakin channels to watch! And the 50's, 60's 70's were the 3 best decades to be a kid. You kids today are sooo f&^%$ed...
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why is she making farting sounds when shes describing how to fly?? Why were people so dumb in the 60s?? Did people back then take this garbage seriously? Its a laughing joke - I can't imagine anybody watching this and saying "I'd love to watch this!"
I just got done reading that book too, vivid, which is why I did the search on youtube for the Flying Nun.
I remember watching this series as a child, and recognized it immediately when I started reading "The Fifteenth Pelican" by Tere Rios. I had forgotten about the series, and had never realized it was based on a book.
The book, btw, is a really nice read. Quick, and entertaining. A nice escape.
I recommend it. Your library will probably have a copy of "The Fifteenth Pelican"
That was the absolutely worse commercial for a "new" tv show that I have ever seen. I would like to see more of these old tv show commercials, they're terrible.
There had already been sitcoms about ghosts, talking horses, a female genie, a guy married to a witch, another guy whose dead mother was reincarnated as a car, and families of monsters -- so why not a nun who can fly?
A.B.C.'s first show in color was "The Jetsons", though it was seen in most areas in B&W (as was "The Lone Ranger"'s last two seasons, which was also on A.B.C.).
@myhairiswaving i think you missed my point im just saying because shows went "color" in the mid 60's people may not realize that the color transmission process was developed long before that.
Sally "hates" the show because she went through a VERY difficult period in her life while filming it- including the birth of her child during the third season, which she had to hide during production.
The Flying Nun was a very rated show. I know that to this day Sally still says she hated the show. But I think deep down She knows this was her best work. LOL.
"The Flying Nun" was produced by ScreenGems, Columbia Pictures' television division. Coincidentally, Columbia released "The Trouble With Angels" the year before (the sequel "Where Angels Go...Trouble Follows) was already in production when this show aire. However, I don't know if this was the reason that they decided to go ahead with "The Flying Nun" ("The Trouble With Angels, ironically, made its television debut on "The A.B.C. Sunday Night Movie").
I just watched Smoky and the Bandit for the first time, this is kinda buzz kill.
carpediem081791 2 weeks ago
My dads having me watch all these old shows and I like this one the best
lilymayyorkie 2 months ago
I loved the flying nun as a kid and Sally Field from that point on.
Dextersadventures 7 months ago
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SesaayNovaaa279 9 months ago
This is on TV right now. I never heard of this show. It is kinda funny. I was thinking about how weird the hat looked. Then she started flying and I had to jump online and google it.
ErickDamon 10 months ago
OH MY GOD! IT'S IN COLOUR!
UAExGust 11 months ago
What a funny promo. Now they'd say "someone who is from the mainland", as PR IS part of the US (like Guam). Carlos was SO good-looking...
shmuli9 1 year ago
@shmuli9 back then PR was already a US commonwealth, but the island has always been considered a different country, because culturally it is...
santanivan 1 month ago
@santanivan OK, "if you say so, it must be true".
shmuli9 1 month ago
What's with her funky-looking hat? Did it make her fly or what?XD
Tsubahi 1 year ago
So I guess if you drop enough BONIVA you'd fly too.
OldMrMemories 1 year ago
Watch for her, in color, on ABC.
Woah, I suddenly remember the time when they advertised the latest trend: color TV!!!
embolicat 1 year ago
Whe n you say "I remember when color TV came along" you're getting long in the tooth!
ZIPPTPH77 2 years ago
I know what you mean!
myraj34dd 2 years ago
There were promotional matchbox covers (white on black) that spotlighted A.B.C.'s new shows for the 1967-68 season (e.g., "The Flying Nun", "The Guns Of Will Sonnett")
vividwatch47 2 years ago
The woman's voice-over sounds like Majel Barret-Roddenberry...
Kiwifrank 2 years ago
The Intro for many episodes was done
by Marge Redmond as Sister Jacqueline
aesopstruth 2 years ago
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Everybody just told their ages old ass 40s almost 60 ha ha ha
brejonte 3 years ago
wow i was a little kid when i use to watch that show i use to fly with them in my dreams and i still do
brejonte 3 years ago 2
wonderful comment. bless you.
motherteresahaunts 2 years ago
Loved tis show. I am trying to find Sally Field sing Paint Me a Picture.
midtownjohn 3 years ago
That song was composed by Dominic Frontiere (who composed the main title) and Diane Hegman, and I believe it was heard in a First Season episode.
vividwatch47 2 years ago
I used to watch this show when I was in junior high. I am now feeling old!!!
schs1977 3 years ago
Boy, that takes me back. BOY does it take me back!!!
ItsAmadWorld2 3 years ago
Oh, Carlos.
hiramewastaken 3 years ago
OMG, I was a lil kid when that show was on, it was soooo good. Ridiculous, but that's what TV was all about
frogzlove 3 years ago
man when i first heard of the flying nun...i was expecting it to be a sketch from monty python but wow
damn the sixties are quite creative
BrutalMentality 3 years ago
I guess pot didn't slow down after the 60s
RichoRosai 3 years ago
Back in television's golden age, three networks provided a plethora of fantastic programs. Today we have literally hundreds of channel choices with virtually nothing worth watching. Nowadays Youtube has become my "network" of choice!
300palms 3 years ago 19
You are SO right! You Tube is a more refreshing alternative to the overall blandness we have on the four networks and cable right now.
vividwatch47 2 years ago
@300palms Totally agree with you! We all didn't know it them. Actually, I wasn't into the shows much. But I loved certain themes: The Flying Nun, Bewitched and That Girl are three that I love. I have a theory that the more technology they add to production, the worse the product. Think back to the days of records before multi-track recording. And the days of editing FILM, not video. Look what the advances in that technology brought: horseshit shows.
Harlan346 1 year ago
I love It!
bengolly 3 years ago
i remember this as a kid..now I gotta see it again for old times sake lol
Perktube1 3 years ago
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whattt theee fuckkk
fudruckers90210 3 years ago
I think it's a cute show. Not everything needs to be a hard-hitting window into "reality" (or what TV tells us is "reality")..something sappy and innocent can be a nice break, frankly.
1000huzzahs 3 years ago 4
These shows were very sappy, no doubt. A more innocent time or naive. Remember we had only 3-4 freakin channels to watch! And the 50's, 60's 70's were the 3 best decades to be a kid. You kids today are sooo f&^%$ed...
holmeed 3 years ago 2
man oh man - can some of you commentors be just a bit more negative? It's sooo easy to be negative. But being positive takes a brain.
user1154101 3 years ago 3
The hispanic Nun is Rosario from Will and Grace
ipugyou 3 years ago 2
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why is she making farting sounds when shes describing how to fly?? Why were people so dumb in the 60s?? Did people back then take this garbage seriously? Its a laughing joke - I can't imagine anybody watching this and saying "I'd love to watch this!"
mariaRV2 3 years ago
Because she was naturally gas propelled
primeralives 3 years ago
What would have the Pope in Rome say about here ?
Rollman1 3 years ago 2
Looking at it now, it's such a blatent rip-off of 'The Sound of Music'.
Except, THIS nun can FLY !!
Heh... Only in the 60's...
JoshuaTaylor 3 years ago
Except that it was based on a novel by Terre Rios, and was actually COMMENDED by the Catholic church!
vividwatch47 2 years ago
I just got done reading that book too, vivid, which is why I did the search on youtube for the Flying Nun.
I remember watching this series as a child, and recognized it immediately when I started reading "The Fifteenth Pelican" by Tere Rios. I had forgotten about the series, and had never realized it was based on a book.
The book, btw, is a really nice read. Quick, and entertaining. A nice escape.
I recommend it. Your library will probably have a copy of "The Fifteenth Pelican"
Minxcomix 2 years ago
What a bunch of madcaps they are!
ZIPPTPH77 2 years ago
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the flying devil worshipper
mcplanetearth 3 years ago
Sister Bertrille did not have magical powers.
She weiged only 90 lbs. and flewwhen strong winds were caught by her stiffly starched hat(cornette).
davie77 3 years ago 3
I loved this show so much. My neighbors had a color TV and I would watch the show at their house. Sally was wonderful then and now!
suzyq99r 3 years ago 2
Yes. Rosario played sister Sixto, haha!!
FernandoHPPimentel 4 years ago 2
That was the absolutely worse commercial for a "new" tv show that I have ever seen. I would like to see more of these old tv show commercials, they're terrible.
bishoplord 4 years ago
Sally Fields is so hott!!!sez me
Specter1065 4 years ago
Would have loved to be a fly on the wall when this show was being pitched- "you see there's this nun...
musoid 4 years ago 3
LOL. Hysterical!
RSCII 4 years ago
There had already been sitcoms about ghosts, talking horses, a female genie, a guy married to a witch, another guy whose dead mother was reincarnated as a car, and families of monsters -- so why not a nun who can fly?
scotpens 3 years ago 5
Isn't that Shelley Morrison, "Rosario" from Will and Grace, as Sister Sixto around :36 or so?
imachias 4 years ago
This show was great.
jenko701 4 years ago
I like the show because of Beautiful Sally and the plot of the stories.
henry6517 4 years ago
I hated this show. Sorry, just my opinion.
pbmax 4 years ago
I love the little added
"watch for her (IN COLOR!!) on abc"
it's so funny to watch stuff when technicolor was such a big thing
-Henry
intothewoodsluver 4 years ago
Remember the FBI "IN COLOR" LOL!
ZIPPTPH77 4 years ago
A.B.C.'s first show in color was "The Jetsons", though it was seen in most areas in B&W (as was "The Lone Ranger"'s last two seasons, which was also on A.B.C.).
vividwatch47 2 years ago
@intothewoodsluver actally color transmission came out in 1954 but it wasnt until the mid 60's that show started to broadcast in color
hifijohn 1 year ago
@hifijohn which made it into a big thing... Did I miss something?
myhairiswaving 1 year ago
@myhairiswaving i think you missed my point im just saying because shows went "color" in the mid 60's people may not realize that the color transmission process was developed long before that.
hifijohn 1 year ago
Even today Sally Field looks great!
happymundo 4 years ago 2
very cool thanks!
bengolly 4 years ago
Sally "hates" the show because she went through a VERY difficult period in her life while filming it- including the birth of her child during the third season, which she had to hide during production.
fromthesidelines 4 years ago 5
This was seen, along with other "very special season" ABC 1967-'68 promos, during August of 1967.
fromthesidelines 4 years ago 4
The Flying Nun was a very rated show. I know that to this day Sally still says she hated the show. But I think deep down She knows this was her best work. LOL.
jimmy82022000 4 years ago 7
"The Flying Nun" was produced by ScreenGems, Columbia Pictures' television division. Coincidentally, Columbia released "The Trouble With Angels" the year before (the sequel "Where Angels Go...Trouble Follows) was already in production when this show aire. However, I don't know if this was the reason that they decided to go ahead with "The Flying Nun" ("The Trouble With Angels, ironically, made its television debut on "The A.B.C. Sunday Night Movie").
vividwatch47 2 years ago