Accidental Family 1967 Television Sitcom Intro

[MillBelater]

Huh huh. Van Dyke. Appropriate for Jerry.

[jsilence418]

The little girl, is a better actor than jerry van dyke.

[fromthesidelines]

Yep, Earle Hagen fashioned his theme as a jazzy riff on "Old McDonald Had A Farm", because the series was to have been titled "EVERYWHERE A CHICK CHICK" [as in the lyric, "Here a chick, there a chick, everywhere a chick chick"]. However, as documented on the "Television Obscurities" website, Sheldon Leonard had a major disagreement with potential sponsor Procter & Gamble (and Jerry Van Dyke) over that title, and had to use another one before the series' premiere.

[scotpens]

@fromthesidelines And they thought "Accidental Family" was a better title? Makes it sound as if someone forgot to use a condom!

[rayssonation]

This short-lived was produced by Sheldon Leonard along with Ronald Jacobs and Jerry Jameson. Theme music was by the great Earle Hagen. It lasted 17 episodes all in color for NBC.

[jakzvid]

lol

danny bonaduce is so young there

[TimelordR]

How rare is this? Thanks for sharing.

[dobberman88]

I loved this TV series! fantastic! thanks to 2nicks for the video!!!!!!

[TomatoeAssassin]

Never heard of it.

[StuntmanJackR]

That makes two of us. Of course, it does not help that I was not even a year old when this was on. Lois Nettleton looked like she was attractive when she was young.

[ebf1957]

I don't know who had a worse luck of failed TV shows. Jerry Van Dyke or Tim Conway?

[avidvideoeditor]

2:50 "Thurty different kinds of soup"... Gotta love Don Pardo!!! And he's STILL doing v/os in 2009!

[sexymama1966]

love the brought to you bys..thank you!

[2nicks]

Me too:-)

[svrandall]

Grandma seems really excited about the floor waxing, "For Weeks!!!"

[mrsmagloo]

Jerry finally got the kudos he deserved when "Coach" came on the scene! Long overdue. And yes, we watched "My Mother, the Car!"

[tpledger]

I wish all DVD releases of sitcoms from this era included the original commercials and network id's.....

[RCmack]

I think you will see the release of numerous '60's-'80's shows on DVD in the future, even some of the obscure series that only lasted one-two seasons. Accidental Family is among the shows I feel will soon be out on DVD.

There will be a big demand for lots of old shows to come out. Daktari, Peyton Place, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Gomer Pyle, and The Virginian are among another '60's shows that have a good chance of eventually being released on DVD, in my opinion.

[tpledger]

I sure hope so, and thanks!

[kxx46]

Gomer Pyle is already on DVD

[recordman64]

The complete Man From UNCLE is out on DVD (though it's in a very expensive box set!), and Peyton Place just got released on DVD.

[iwasthor]

Dick VAn Dyke's brother was such a loser in his own tv shows I nearly cried every time they gave him his own show. Thank God he was casted second fiddle in 'Coach'

[MightySaturn5]

You bastard ! -I know thats you Dick!! -you were always jealous of Jerry because unlike you he never tripped over a piece of living room furniture, face it -all you ever did was play a chimmny sweep while dancing like a sideshow freak, let me tell you Richard Van Dyke- it always bothered you that Jerry probably fathered "little Ritchie" -so what! , Mary knew Jerry was better endowed plus with you always were working late with those two lunatics Rose Marie and Maury Amsterdam.

[saphopoem]

very very cool thanks

[fromthesidelines]

Lois Nettleton passed away last Friday {1/18/07} at the age of 80, from lung cancer....

[fromthesidelines]

Yep, that's Joan Hotchkiss in the "AerOWax" ad...she did a number of commercials before appearing in films and Tv shows.

[ajbalfour]

Just a guess, but is that Joan Hotchkiss in the Aero-wax ad?

[K0CBS]

I want some Aerowax now!

[dookykins]

And it's Don Pardo announcing the sponsor!!!!

[fromthesidelines]

This was a "delayed broadcast" print, seen on those NBC affiliates who couldn't carry the show on Fridays at 9:30pm(et). The sponsor I.D. was "kinnied" from the original "live" broadcast [with NBC staff announcer Don Pardo here], usually in black & white. The Boyle-Midway {division of American Home Products} Aero-Wax ad was probably filmed in black & white....

[fromthesidelines]

This series was produced by Sheldon Leonard, who insisted Jerry Van Dyke had a future as a situation comedy star in 1967 (but was proven wrong). The working title of the show was "EVERYWHERE A CHICK CHICK", which the network insisted be changed before its premiere.

[solarvegan]

Sheldon Leonard was way ahead of his time. Jerry Van Dyke finally proved Mr. Leonard correct many years later with his superb comedic performance on the long-running "Coach."

[dnm728]

The theme music sounds like "Old MacDonald Had a Farm."

[dougdodge]

Very good!

[dougdodge]

Um, just kidding.

[dnm728]

The colors here are a bit faded, presumably from aging of the film. Also, I think it was Don Pardo announcing the sponsors of the show - the same Don Pardo who was the announcer on the original "Jeopardy!" and later the offscreen announcer on Saturday Night Live.

[byrd56]

Back then, NBC used Don and other staff announcers to "billboard" primetime sponsors live during filmed shows, as opposed to CBS and ABC integrating sponsor billboards into the film.

[2nicks]

Hi iuhxsevb, I've been looking for Mona McCluskey too!

[iuhxsevb]

great clip thanks!any mona mclusky clips?

[parkman35]

Good old Jerry Van Dyke....I think he was a boozer too.

[scifiradioguy]

For some ad agencies, B and W film was cheaper to use, especially since products like Aero Wax were marketed to housewives who watched soaps during the day- and daytime soaps were second tier.

[someguy23475]

I didn't know NBC still had monochrome commercials in 1967. I know the network went full color late in 1966.