"The Fitzpatricks" 1977 TV show intro (Helen Hunt, James Vincent McNichol, Clark Brandon)

[bisp25]

to bad tvland doesn't it bring it back. so many lost classics.

[DickieAnginson]

Clark Brandon later played a recurring role on "The Facts of Life" as Jo's boyfriend.

[DickieAnginson]

Wasn't this about a family with a bunch of adopted kids? Mariclare Costello scared the crap out of me in "Let's Scare Jessica to Death"!

[VaultMasterDBT]

You're thinking of Mulligan's Stew, an NBC series which aired in that same season.

[c2daj2dat]

I TURNED 7 OCTOBER 77!!!

[DakotaY24]

Sean Marshall and Michelle Tobin look like brother and sister, but Clark Brandon and Jimmy Mc Nichol didn't look like they could be related, to each other, or the others.

[popsicklevideo]

This looks good. Helen Hunt. Hells yeah. Thanks for sharing !

[Moedogg01]

This was my favorite show I was mad when this went off the air.

[saintquinn007]

I remember watching this as a 12 year old and just LUSTING after

Helen Hunt...She really was gorgeous....

[twimom43]

Show was cancelled after mom gave birth on tv. Something not heard of in the 70's. Good show though. Helen Hunt only one still in business. I think.

[grjunctguy1]

Ummm...the producers set it in Flint and had the dad work in a steel mill because A) it's a fictional family B) they wanted to cover the working class people all over the U.S. and C) they didn't care that it wasn't accurate. It was a family comedy/drama without a laugh track. Yes, we got killed in the ratings, but we did some innovated stuff for the time...things not done at 8, prime time with ANY other family show.

[LarzLudmilla84]

I was always looking 2 find something about this show,but I couldn´t found anything except ur video! It would be great if u would share the entire episode with us!

[popsicklevideo]

Never saw this show when I was young but it looked good. Kind of like Eight Is Enough. Thanks for posting!

[tamfun2003]

PS. John Rubinstein wrote this theme music.

[tamfun2003]

I've been looking for this forever. I watched every episode and audiotaped the last one on January 10. 1978. This show ran opposite Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley and got creamed in the ratings, Thanks so much for posting this.

[fromthesidelines]

Clark Brandon moved on to "MR. MERLIN" on the same network (1981-'82), but eventually disappeared from Hollywood and acting altogether. Chalk this up as one of CBS' misguided attempts to compete with ABC"s 'HAPPY DAYS" and "LAVERNE & SHIRLEY" on Tuesdays {with more than half of all viewers watching those shows, who was left to see THIS?}. It was nice of you to share this wtih us, Adam. That's more than the studio has ever done...

[hydrolito]

I don't recall this show it reminds me of the Walton's and the Brady Bunch so was it a drama or a comedy? How long was it on?

[RichHartley19671]

I remember feeling that this show was a complete rip-off of "Eight is Enough." "Mulligan's Stew" debuted that same year on NBC--another multi-sibling show which likewise bombed. "Family" on ABC was MUCH better (even better than "Eight is Enough"); "Family Tree" on NBC (with young James Spader) in 1982 was in the mold of ABC's "Family," but debuting the same year as "Family TIES" and on the same network, there must have been confusion. "Two Marriages" on ABC in 1983 was also cool.

[supanyc]

Oh, I loved this show! I remember being so angry when it was so rudely canceled. I was only 14 at the time. Great memories. Thanks!

[cassavetes1024]

Before my time. I grew up in Flint, Michigan but never heard of The Fitzpatricks. I wonder if anyone has an episode they could post.

Might have been a bit more realistic had the dad worked in an auto plant rather than a steel mill, lol. Wonder why they chose Flint of all places as the setting.

[Debbie01yates]

I think there were only eight episodes that ran before it was cancelled.

[elv923]

I just remember gettin an actual letter from Clark Brandon ... OMG .. I was in heaven ..LOL

[lavendercalendar]

I am THRILLED to have found this --The Fitzpatricks was so on so briefly I've wondered at times if I'd merely imagined it --now I know I didn't. THANK YOU!

[marsbar810]

This show was full of shit

I see why it was canceled

It was based in a city it wasn't evne flimed in and there are no steel mills in that city

[bluejay02920]

i had a crush on michelle tobin

[Bigstud19]

@bluejay02920 So did I.....she got even better looking in "California Fever"

[allupnu2]

Wow. I don't know how or where you found this. But it really brings back some fond memories. Derek

[steveb802000]

I loved this show! Thanks for posting this wonderful theme song :)

[Libby22IL]

Wow! Thanks for posting - it's wild and freaky, but I do remember this show and some of the shows' episodes very clearly as if it were yesterday and not 30 years ago

[Pattonfrodo]

LOL My Last name is Fitzpatrick....

[lakebay972]

"Fitzpatricks" didn't last long because "Happy Days" destroyed it in the ratings.

[honeycone71]

OMG. I haven't seen any clip of this show since it first aired. I remember watching it during the summer of '77 and thought it was a good show.

[Henry6344]

I do rememer the Fitzpatricks I thought it was good but like so many shows not given much of a chance

[inforana]

@Frankenberry73 U may upload.

[TheLynnsterZone]

Wow, I was so shocked to find this. I was still in grade school at the time and that was probably my favorite show of the late '70s, I was devastated when it didn't last long. Thanks for sharing!

[steveb802000]

I really enjoyed this show. Thanks for sharing your clip!

[AlbieGray]

Great to bring this clip on again. Thanks for posting

[marcibun]

Wow, does THAT bring back memories. What a great show....short lived, but great. Thanks for posting.