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Anne (God rest her soul) wasn't chirping about the Sunday schedule, she was chirping about the Friday night schedule. The Flintstones, Addams Family, and The Farmer's Daughter were in their last seasons while Honey West and the other shows on the Friday lineup made it for one season.
KCOliver1960 2 weeks ago
@KCOliver1960 -- Duly noted and corrected. All would be chaos without pedantic attention to the tiniest detail.
jlovebirch 2 weeks ago
@jlovebirch I knew this because I actually watched that Friday lineup (although I was barely 5 at the time). There's also the fact I have the Honey West DVD myself. On an additional note, I did briefly met Miss Francis at a sci fi convention some years back, she was very pleasent to be with. And speaking of the Flintstones, you do know that the fat guy who tried to frame Honey with that double is the original voice of Fred Flintstone?
KCOliver1960 2 weeks ago
@KCOliver1960 -- I, too, have the faintest memories of seeing this in 65-66 as a kid. All I recall is Sam getting hit on the head (which happened a lot) and the episode with the bizarre robot (was obsessed with robots at the time). Addams Family left a much deeper impression overall. Have seen the Flintstone guy in other shows. Nice that you met Anne Francis. After all these years am just starting to really see and appreciate this show. The half-hour format probably killed it.
jlovebirch 2 weeks ago
@jlovebirch No, what killed it was (and I got this from Anne herself when I met her) that ABC got the American rights to the Avengers (the british show, not the Marvel super group whose movie I'm looking forward to seeing) and they canceled Honey West to make room for the British series. Also, the sexist tv executives weren't comfortable with having two shows with women beating up men.
KCOliver1960 2 weeks ago
@KCOliver1960 - I heard that as well. If the show had been fleshed out to one-hour it may have gotten the ratings to keep it on. 30 min. does not work for a detective or action drama story. To add insult to injury was The Girl From UNCLE in fall 1966 from NBC. The producers must have not seen The Avengers and made April Dancer a wimpy damsel in distress who couldn't fight. Bad scripts & low ratings led to cancellation. Both could have been epic shows (like Alias) but the networks blew it.
jlovebirch 2 weeks ago
Oh, humiliation by teleprompter! Poor lady. :-)
bbdupon 3 months ago