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  • I know there weren't many episodes of this series, but it pretty darn funny, and a bit ahead of its time I think. Last time I EVER saw it on TV was when USA used to run it...80's or early 90's I believe. It's a shame it never caught on.

  • A well-written, witty show that was largely ignored by viewers. I was pretty young when this was televised, but I remember my parents loved this program...it was one of the two or three they ever tuned in.

  • Richard and Paula have outlasted a ton of their peers. It is great when marriages last, and glad theirs has. It was the women's eye makeup, and quite short hemlines that got me back then. BTW does anyone know who did the theme? I love soundtracks and jazz, which this had a Nelson Riddle, Pat Williams (MTM) or Neal Hefti kind of sound. Thanks.

  • @gmonet46 the music was composed by Jerry Fielding

  • @DocLitmus I appreciate that, since I have a passion for soundtracks and many TV themes as well as their original arrangers.

  • Should have been big!!!! Even then the Networks were dolts!

  • Absolutely! Nowadays, prime time TV is nothing but junk, junk, and more junk.

  • Was this an NBC TV series?

  • Never mind. It was CBS.

  • They loved balloons in the 1960s.

  • What a WONDERFUL show HE & SHE was !!! I will NEVER understand why it wasn't a smash hit ! It really was the missing link between the DICK VAN DYKE SHOW and the MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW ! And how wonderful it is that PAULA PRENTISS and RICHARD BENJAMIN who actually married in 1961 are STILL happily married to this day !

  • @NECHOII: What can one say as to why this show wasn't a hit, except that it was the 60's and the so-called 'classics' (Beverley Hillbillies, The Flying Nun, Gilligan's Island, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, Bewitched, etc.) were what people wanted to watch over truly well-written, INTELLIGENT sitcoms like this.

  • This was a great show. It was a bit ahead of its time. It was more sophisticated than other things that were popular at that time. I couldn't believe it when they canceled it after one season.

  • Paula Prentiss....hubba hubba

  • I remember this show when it originally aired on CBS during the 1967-1968 season; it aired on Wednesday nights at 9:30 PM right after "Green Acres" which was after "The Beverly Hillbillies" which was after "Lost in Space." What a lineup! The good old days.

  • How can anybody forget this show? This used to come on after Green Acres on Wednesday nights. ( was only ten back then. Unfortunately, my teacher that year, Mrs. Grotz, passed away back in August. I was sitting in her class when these shows were on.

  • I remember this. I shudder to think what a PC remake would be like.

  • @ripcord1022: There wouldn't be a 'PC remake'-Hollywood hasn't been putting a lot of people of color on TV that much, anyway. And if the strictures weren't so strict as to what could be discussed on TV back then, He & She would have been talking about things that you object to on today's sitcoms, so I wouldn't get so misty-eyed about the so-called 'good old days'. As for the above-mentioned 'PC'-this show and others like it were just as 'PC' as you claim shows are NOW-just for different things.

  • Will Arnett looks like he could be Jack Cassidy's illegitimate child! Same features, same smile, dimples, even the voice! 

  • I NEVER EVER herd of this show and I love 60's sitcoms!

  • @fuhoney: This show hasn't been rerun as much as all of the other overplayed and overrated ones that are rerun all of the time-and which were not as adult or sophisticated as this one, IMHO.

  • weren't the married in real life ?

  • @dextersmith2000

    Yes they were.

  • Loved this gem of a show--Jack Cassidy was brillilant as the egomanical "star--but I also loved this chemistry between the witty Dick Benjamin and his beautiful real-life wife Paula Prentiss--and I absolutely adored the lyrical, romantic opening montage and theme. Wish it was released on DVD or at least being shown on TVLand or Me-TV,,,

  • I used to watch that show.

    Cassidy was a brilliant character actor he deserved better than the horrible death he suffered.

  • Now why is there NO footage of the Debbie Reynolds theme song/??

  • A much underrated show that wasn't given the chance to succeed. Jack Cassidy was great as "Jetman."

  • You're absolutely right on both counts. Cassidy was great whatever he did. And the show's opening did no justice to the true nature of the comedy.

  • watched this show when i was a kid. it was on cbs. jack cassidy's gr8est role - bob cratchit in MR. MAGOO'S CHRISTMAS CAROL!!! met his son shawm when i worked 4 paramount pictures, he's a really nice guy!! i always loved this show's theme. it's beautiful.

  • when that show was on i was no where then 1 where has the time gone

  • paula prentiss GIGANTIC fox

  • Now this was a good show.

  • I loved this show!!!

  • Very sadly, Jack Cassidy was killed in a fire in Los Angeles just before Christmas of '76.

    Secondly, these were the days when TV sitcoms were so innocent and funny. Today, they're nothing but sex and garbage!

  • It may be urban legend, but until today some think that fire was arson-- the usual reasons- he owed money, the mob, etc.

    The show wasn't garbage, but it was sexy... the attraction between real-life wedded Benjamin and Prentiss came through. I remember an actor in it named Hamilton Camp. You don't forget a name like that!

  • @nanlisa: If you believe that (considering the sitcoms that are on now like Hot In Cleveland and the Saturday morning sitcoms for kids made by Walt Disney Television that air on ABC that AREN'T as you put them down), I have a bridge that I want to sell you in New York with a nice view of Brooklyn. You've been fed very old wives tales by biased people-watch some British TV and sitcoms, then compare them with their U.S.counterparts-you see that there's been NO REAL CHANGE from then to now.

  • @nanlisa Jack Cassidy, in later years, had a troubled life, and he died in a fire in his apartment when he fell asleep with a lit cigarette on a couch. However, his legacy lives on with sons David (with Evelyn Ward), and Shaun, Patrick, and Ryan (with Shirley Jones). Some say Jack resented his son David's career, even more so after "The Partridge Family" became a hit, and Jack died months before Shaun starred on "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew" Mysteries. You left us all too soon, Jack.

  • @nanlisa: Except, my dear sir/madame/miss, this series fits in with sitcoms and other TV shows of today (How I Met Your Mother, Friends, etc.) that you just decried above.

  • Rickhatch; I too was also 10 when this show first came. Every time I hear the theme song, it takes me back to that time period: when TV comedy was simply pure and innocent. And like I said earlier, this show came on right after Green Acres on Wednesday nights.

  • Wow, that's cool to know--I didn't remember when it was on, but I know I watched it, I remember they re-ran it in the summer of '67 I think. I always loved this theme and hadn't heard it in 40 years until you tube came along. It sure brings back memories of a simpler time.

  • mr bean looks young.

  • This opening somehow reminds me of That Girl.

  • Still creepy.

  • This role was used to inspired the Ted Baxter role on Mary Tyler Moore.

    Jack was offered it but wanted to go on to more dramatic roles in Columbo , Clint Eastwood movies and the like.

    Which was the right thing to do.

    David is 59 and he is only remembered as Keith Partridge, now that is creepy.

    I think it is just you. I don't find that many remarks like yours.

  • by the way, jack eventually did appear on an episode of mtm as ted's brother.

  • That episode is on HULU by the way.

    It is kind of true to form that Jack's character was very competitive and was making fun of the buffoonish Ted.

    For these reason, Jack was right not to take the Ted role.

  • Just me, or was Jack Cassidy creepy?

  • What are you talking about.

    Jack has two grandchildren named after him. One is 10 years old.

    Most of his work was in theatre. He was one of the most nominated person in Tony HIstory.. Jack got a Emmy nomination for this role.

  • No more creepy than Marty Ingels.

  • I loved Paula Prentiss. She was one good looking lady.  Wonder what she's up to now.

  • Mr Bean got laid

  • they were real life husband and wife. Still are. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but she is so pretty. He's not that great looking. But, that's the way it always goes.

  • This was a wonderful show with great chemistry between Richard and Paula.

    Come on DA, give the show a break: this was mid-60's and a much more peaceful and innocent time; the music and tone of the show reflect that...

  • What did she ever see in Richard? She is so stunning a lot like Shania Twain, they're still together after all these years and she is still gorgeous he didn't age well at all. Probably a wonderful husband though.

  • wonderful husband? he's recently started beating her on a regular basis with a 11 lb. stack of his 45 year old 81/2 x 11 photos.

    Every thing was fine till you mentioned how he hasn't aged well, now poor Paula has to pay for it....Thanks Cher

  • Then she is an idiot for staying with him isn't she? Most men are assholes anyway esp once they become husbands name any of them that don't go astray or end up doing something wrong to their women and if the women to it to them WOOHOO WATCH OUT, I have no pity for them, if the women do it then the men have asked for it and the women NEED TO LEAVE.if Paula wishes to stay with him then that's to her.

  • lol! ...you're priceless.

    Have a wonderful day and take care Cher

  • my sentiments exactly. Probnably a really great guy, but she's so pretty. That's the way it usually goes though.

  • I think it is interesting how popular false eyelashes were on these TV shows in the 1960's and into the 1970's. Of course no one's lashes compared to Marlo Thomas' on "That Girl".

  • Liza Minnelli wore mink eyelashes in Cabaret, and in the 70's!

  • @rickhatch1 WTF?????

  • @Actionguy1 --WTF what????

  • Paula wasn't ugly but she was a bit masculine looking. It may have been a good show but the opening credits were a bit hokey. I love Jack Cassidy but his shot here in the opening credits make him look looney.

  • That was the point! He played an egomaniac on the show. The "Ted Baxter" character was a cheap rip-off of this one.

  • Jack Cassidy was offered the role of Ted Baxter for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." He turned it down.

    But, he later appeared on "TMTMS" as Ted Baxter's equally obnoxious brother Hal!

  • Paula Prentiss was a GODDESS! My dearly departed other half looked enough like her to be her sister!

  • @Actionguy1 Then you were a very lucky guy , condolences.

  • Paula Prentiss will be celebrating her 70th birthday.

  • I always loved her, and I think she is very pretty. To me she had a very unique look.

  • Very underrated show. Jack Cassidy as Jetman was hilarious.

  • I have to agree. This was a wonderful series that was way before it's time. Jack Cassidy was at his best on this show! I am telling off on my age, but I fondly remember this show from my childhood.

  • @swami1 - In a memorable "Mary Tyler Moore Show" a few years after "H&S" Jack Cassidy played Ted Baxter's (Ted Knight) even more pompous older brother. Classic! Also JC was the voice of Bob Crachit on the earlier "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol."

  • This was a great show, can't understand why it only ran one season. It was the precursor to Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart and other ensamble shows. Wish it was out on DVD.

  • So do I!

  • Thanks for sharing, I really liked this show. I recall a few others from that era that were similar - "Love On A Rooftop," "Bridget Loves Bernie" all about young married couples. They didn't seem to last too long but they were some of my favorite programs.

  • You know, from some angles, he looks a lot like Blackadder from the first season.

  • Anyone who thinks Paula Prentiss is ugly has their head up their arse. And Richard Benjamin was a droll comic actor in the mold of Alan Arkin (and a good director as well). He & She was a fab show that paved the way for the shows of the 70s that were less slapstick. It had a deft, dry touch and Jack Cassidy as the loony neighbour.

  • First off, you have to remember during the late-60s, early-70s they were airing shows they thought would work. And it didn't matter if the characters were ugly or beautiful, it was the Sixties/Seventies.

    Heck, does anyone recall the TV Drama which starred John Wayne on CBS?

  • I don't believe John Wayne ever starred in a TV series. He was offered "Gunsmoke," but suggested James Arness for the role of Matt Dillon instead. Wayne also introduced the first episode of "Gunsmoke."

  • Don't talk ill of your parents.

  • Can anyone upload clips from Richard in "Goodbye Columbus"

    Please!

  • I always thought he was really good looking, she was pretty. They were really married, and still are today. The show had a different quality to it, sort of a pre-MTM show. People have always remarked over the past 40 years, that it shouldn't have been cancelled, there must be something to it! Plus I loved the theme music!

  • I loved this show, I was only 10 years old at the time, but have never forgotten it! Too bad it was so short-lived. I haven't heard this theme in 40 years, what great memories! thanks so much for posting it! Rick

  • Really fantastic TALL babe!!

  • Thanks so much for posting this.  A lot of good memories there!

  • CBS MIGHT have been inclined to renew the show, '2nicks', but it was up to them, not the sponsor, General Foods. They decided not to renew THEIR support for the show at the end of the season....

  • We just got our color tv when this premiered, was so exciting in color.....like HD today...

  • No clip of Paula in that little short nightie??

    BT

  • They canceled "He & She" in favor of "Blondie"? That's ashame because "He & She" was the better series and CBS should had seen that coming a mile. Hind sight...Oh well!

  • According to Harlan Ellison, CBS had a choice of renewing "HE AND SHE" for a second season in 1968...or taking a chance on a revival of "BLONDIE". THAT was cancelled after only 16 weeks....

  • I absolutely love this sitcom and it premiered 40 years ago to this day, Wednesday, September 6th 1967 at 9:30pm on CBS! This needs to be released on DVD with interviews from Dick & Paula!

  • This was a VERY funny show...unfortunately, I think it was a bit ahead of its time. Paula and Dick were great, and Jack Cassidy was an absolute riot as Oscar...his character was kind of a precursor to Ted on the Mary Tyler Moore show.

  • I LOVED this show. It was on CBS and was supposed to become the next classic but that didn't happen. Does anyone know if they will ever release this on DVD?

  • Why haven't they packaged this show on DVDs?Or have they?

  • I always thought this was a very well written sitcom. Don't know why it didn't last longer.

  • I love Paula!

  • Paula Prentiss was/is a total babe. And 40 years on, they're still together....brilliant !!

  • I definitely remember this show. This came right on after Green Acres on CBS on Wednesday nights. When it was on TV Land in 1998, I said to myself "I haven't seen this show in thiry years."

  • Paula had the sleekest legs!

  • Where did you find this? Cool!

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