Hiram Holiday starring Wally Cox - part 1

[bujurpb]

Wonderful! I was beginning to think that I imagined watching this as a young boy. This and the Phil Silvers Show were the best shows on TV back then - mind you they didn't have much competition...

[simonmoves]

maybe-hal seeger's cartoon -fearless fly was based upon the character Hiram Holiday - Wally Cox-seems like it--wally was a genius in comedy--went to early-

[manoftheworld1000]

I just looovvved it!!!

[lexcafe]

I saw HH in Germany ..and later tried to get him on CD /DVD Its available?

[DieDoroausBayern]

@lexcafe

ich suche die Reihe auch schon seit Jahren in deutscher Übersetzung. In der Schweiz ist sie mal vor ich glaube 2 Jahren gelaufen. Aber nirgendwo kann ich sie finden. Auch ich hab sie als super-Serie aus meiner Kindheit in Erinnerung.

[SamboNB]

Would like to find all the episodes of Hiram Holliday.

[chris76c]

would love to see the series on dvd or itunes

[kemosabi0109]

This the first USA show I recall seeing in the evenings on UK 50s TV along with I Love Lucy and Burns the Allen Show.were the first comedy shows i recall viewing.

Circus Boy, Champion The Wonder Horse, The Lone Ranger and the Range Rider were in Childrens Hour

We had our own Billy Bunter, Whacko, Mr Pastry, (UK versions of) What's My Line & This Is Your Life shows.

[mikemitas]

@kemosabi0109 Blimey, great to know other people can remember the old 50's tv series,. The noistalgia is wonderful. I must have been about 8yrs old then. Do you rememberr The Little World of Don Camillo?

[BDAPEC]

OMG...This was one of the shows that that Armed Forces Radio and TV broadcast when i lived in Germany during 1959 thru 1961 while my dad was stationed there. I luved this show. Also, close your eyes and you can see a vision of Underdog (voice by Wally Cox)

[fjbutch]

Bloody hell, typed in Hirem Holliday, and couldn't believe my eyes....it's here.......wonderful...!!

thanks Bickersons.

[yot5000]

Fjbutch? We are showing our age LOL

[fjbutch]

Yeah, ....scary aye,,,,in a nice way

[salvadorsalvona]

very obviously a jew.

[oprep3]

I watched this every week and got my parents to buy me a plastic suit of armor because I liked it so much.

Ironically Wally Cox was the last actor do a scene on film with Marilyn Monroe. Not bad for a nerd.

[JubalCalif]

Thanks for sharing this rare clip with us! What a rare talent Wally Cox was. A true American comedy original. He left us much, much too soon. But I've always refused to believe those persistent rumors that he had an affair with Ayn Rand and that Steve Buscemi is their love child.

[dancar711]

This video proves that Wally Cox faked is death and we now know him as Daily Show correspondent and computer pitchman John Hodgman.

[fromthesidelines]

"THE ADVENTURES OF HIRAM HOLIDAY" was on NBC's Wednesday night schedule at 8pm(et) during the 1956-'57 season, directly opposite "ABC's "DISNEYLAND" and CBS' "ARTHUR GODFREY SHOW", which is why it disappeared after only one season. This episode, "Moroccan Hawk Moth", originally aired on January 9, 1957, under the sponsorship of General Foods {Sanka}.

[yot5000]

Fromthesidelines? Thanks for that. I did not know that then. Now I know. THANKS.

Nice memorys when I was a very young guy. This show was shown in the UK during the mid 60's thats how I remember it.

[pearlycarole]

Thank you so much for this - I have mentioned watching Hiram Holiday as a child (in England), but absolutely no one I have come across til now remembered him!! I agree that David Hyde Pierce would be a great HH.

[Streatham1966]

I used to watch it too and sometimes wondered if I'd imagined it. Great to see again.

[Bickersons]

Who do you think would make a good Hiram Holiday today?

[adamsd22]

well..I think possibly either David Hyde Pierce from Frasier, or possibly Dana Carvey from Waynes World???

[coffeeblackneggwhite]

@Bickersons tobey maguire

[LauraSeabrook]

@Bickersons Realise this is 3 years later, but my guess would be: Neil Patrick Harris (or maybe one of those guys in Big Band Theory)!

[Bickersons]

Would you like to see more episodes of Hiram Holiday? Let me know what you think.

[aileen1949]

Thanks so much for posting this. I fondly remember Hiram Holliday when I was a boy (now 55). The scene of him having a sword fight with his umbrella on top of a moving train has remained with me ever since!

[funkyalfonso]

How spooky. I'm 54 and used to love this show on the bbc and I do remember that sword fight.

[yot5000]

Funkyalfonso I will be 51 Christmas Day and I do remember this show!

[DavidRayner1947]

51 on Christmas Day, yot5000? On your profile page you give your age as 32.

[DavidRayner1947]

Errr...not if they're of the same very low picture quailty as this one. The transfer is lousy. The original film looked far better.

[yot5000]

This is better picture quailty that what I can remember here in the UK! lol

[rayjoh17]

@Bickersons  Rowan Atkinson

[gorlestonboy]

Gosh i remember this but have no idea of the plot!!! now almost 50 so I have forgotten a lot.

[JensLiebergesell]

Oh Wow unbelievable ....Its so old , so great ,so awesome so Hiram Holiday like.

Thanks for upping this so much

[ohnothimagen]

Thank you - I was beginning to think no film still existed.

[fjbutch]

Well, it is so nice to see that someone else remembers Hiram Holiday, or even knows of him.Thanks Bickersons.

[busman1950]

Oh joy, Oh bliss to find this. I thought it was just a dream I had when I was young. Lots of people have never heard of HH and said I was going maaaaadd!. I just kept saying yes, yes he does. And now I know. You just wait till I see them. Ha ha ha ha... Revenge is sweet...

[RobAinsley]

Great to see this! One of my childhood faves too (in its brief run on BBC in England). What I liked was that HH seemed a nice guy who didn't survive by brute force or magical powers, but by intelligence, smartness and modest confidence. I took him as something of a role model. If only I'd succeeded...

[mwieglanzlos]

hi, thx - this was one of my favorite tv shows of my childhood. 1961 in germany. where do you got this from ? kind regards

[ecphonehome]

Oh thank you for this! :-)