THE NEW PEOPLE - Pilot

[garyda1]

Crash landing on a deserted island really sucks!

[vrikey]

I remember the episode where one lady finds a strange man, inside a crumbled old shack, built into the side of a cliff. She gets scared and claims the man attacked her, hitting her with a beam of wood. It turns out the wood just fell on her head from the shack's crumbling ceiling, as she was turning to run away. They investigate and find the man, sitting in the shack: dead, a dried corpse, kind of like "mother" in Psycho. The man left a sad sorry tale, written on a scrap of paper before he died.

[notwhatyoudexpect]

So I didn't make this up after all! No one I've ever asked remembered this except me!



[dasjac1]

I was about 13 when this was first on, and I would love to see more of the episodes. The messgae was simplistic. You can't try to rebuild the would without coming against the same problems of the old, like do we locked people up for crimes ?

[BBradshawProductions]

Yeah you know Lost TV series rip this off 

[TheRealTasteOfBacon]

Wait, is that Mitch Miller at 2:05 ?

[1krazykitten]

I could NEVER get anyone to remember this show. Even my own brothers who watched it with me...I even remember the theme song...The New People starting on their own, far away from home... (I think! ☺)

[kp710]

I was 13 at the time this was on..and the show afterwards was a rock show. I remember seeing The Doors, The Rolling Stones and Janis Joplin on it. Anyone else remember that?

[Childist2]

@kp710 I remember it was called the Music Scene

[hotroute]

5:35 - "Herbie wants snappy."

If you get this reference, please respond.

[Sargebri]

One of the main things that hampered the show was that ABC decided to run it opposite Gunsmoke and Here's Lucy. Also, the odd length of each episode may have had something to do with it as well. Most shows were 30 or 60 minutes with the occasional 90 minute show thrown in. However, they thought it would be interesting to run this for just 45.

[RogueTone]

Smoke Monster sound at 2:13?

[Jaymoore1725]

@RogueTone it really does sound like the smoke monster ha.

[nandoboston2008astro]

yes, thanks.

[waverly2468]

This is like "LOST" with 60's hairstyles and fashions. The only other show I've seen that's this weird is the 80's show "Otherworld" .

[jayandrews81]

apparently twilight zone isn't weird enough for you?

[OGcs07]

this is the show that LOST was kinda based off of.

[tewkewl]

@OGcs07 no it's not. the lost producers specifically said they had never even known of this show. this is likely because they were too young.

[pammyinlp]

Boy, I don't remember this at all. I'm glad I came across it.

[Carpathia25]

@limeytrash

Limeytrash is a moronic douche 

-Forrest Gump.

[VettecasterLS1]

Not many remember this show but I do. Thanks for posting!

[Rhubba]

The scene in the airport waiting room is reminiscent of "Zabriskie Point".

[maximilian333]

Lost is loaded with oblique references to philosophy pitched in the context of an isolated setting and an amorphous plotline- it's designed to get people thinking and make decisions on its own. I applaud that. This series seems very agenda-driven and one-sided. It seems like the many good ideas about New People served as one major inspiration among many other for Lost, but I wouldn't call Lost a "rip-off" by a longshot. If you think Lost is "meaningless", you need to locate it for yourself.

[SolomonGrundy101]

Looks like your anger about this old tv series means your the stupid one!

[tommyfuller103]

solomongrundy born on monday

[Lambir8]

I am LOVING this clip - just wish there was more to watch!!! I remember that I loved this show & had to sneak to watch it because Mom thought it was 'too weird?!' LOL!!!

[cak813]

I used to love this show!!

[ronrob56]

I cannot believe there is a clip of this show on Youtube... I remember watching this as a kid (I was 6) I am now 46 and it has been 40 years since I last saw it...wow....how time flies...Thanks for posting a piece from a childhood memory!

[fromthesidelines]

All 17 episodes of the series are indeed "on deposit" at the UCLA Film & Television Archive, and available ONLY to those who need access to the series for "historical" or "official" purposes {i.e., writing a book about it}; sorry, 'msoup', there are no plans by UCLA to download any episodes, any time soon.

[twyceshy]

Im sure Darlton remember this too. they even have the swing set. awesome.

[howmer001]

This show premiered in 1969, when I was 5 years old, but I loved it as a kid (especially the cheesy "hippie" theme song!), so much so that it taught me the concept of "same time, next week" programs, and I looked for it at the same time every Sunday(?) (I think that was the day it came on). I clearly recall tuning in for it one Sunday in early 1970, and discovering a new show in its place. So "The New People" was also my first experience with network cancellations!

[winscott9601]

I absolutely loved this short-lived show! I can remember that it was the first and only show, aside from The Music Scene that came on after it, that was only 45 minutes long. Back when prime time started at 7:30 instead of 8:00. I wouldn't watch The Music Scene afterward,s because the Lucy Show was on at 8:30, Don't you wish we could go back in time when life was simpler and people acted with respect and dignity? Thanks for sharing this, because for a short time, I was 11 years old again.

[Gerryb6]

I must be getting old because I remember this too. Even though I was only 13 when this aired, I could not stand the kids and was really sorry when the adult escort (I don't even remember his name) died in the pilot episode.

[barflewk]

Opening scene makes you lose all sympathy for the smug know-it-all douchebags who think they're wiser and better than anyone over thirty.

[tewkewl]

@barflewk their called leftist hippies. this was made in 69, so some of that culture is represented.

[ers586]

I remember the show. The teenagers, stranded on an island, had to govern themselves. Issues came up like whether people who had more possessions (clothing, blankets, books, etc.) should be forced to share them with others; how rules should be made; how people who broke the rules should be punished. For some reason, this program was (with commercials) 45 minutes long. I don't think it lasted more than one or two seasons.

[crimsonkng]

I loved this show when I was a kid. I thought it was the coolest thing on TV. Man, that was a long time ago. I'm old.

[amrsc77]

I remember this show when I was growing up,thanks for posting it.When I first saw LOST I thought of this show.I wonder if The "others" on lost are those college kids grown and still on the island!

[VirtualVikki]

Way cool!

[ftsjr]

An entertaining show. Coupled with The Music Scene, it made for fun Monday night TV.

[pabc]

I remember this show! I loved it! thanks for posting!

[blender1970]

Hey asshole! Fuck off about the 40 year old cancelled show!

[blender1970]

Looks horribly stupid! No wonder it was canceled!

[Neville6000]

Hey, at least the show's producers/writers were TRYING to be relevant, unlike LOST, which seems to be just directionless nonsense.

[mgouldga]

ok nine of us.  I was 11 and it was my favorite show for the one season it lasted. So glad I stumbled into this pilot--is there no posting of the theme song? I also thought of this when I started watching Lost.

[zackgreer]

I remember it WELL. My friends and I really wanted a dune buggy like they had, and imagined ourselves on a deserted island like them. It was on the same night David Steinberg did intros under a big gorilla hand. MAN that was a long time ago.

[jaynemercier]

to this day, i remember all the words to this show's theme song. i don't realy know why....hardly anyone i know can recall the show at all...i had to be about 12 at the time. apparently it left quite an impression on me!

[dogtron]

I've never encountered anybody other than myself who remebers this show. Apparently there are at least 5 or 6 of us in the country.

[a20thcentryfox]

So... is this like an old version of LOST? haha...cuz thats awesome.

[kliner2]

i loved this show as a kid,after seeing this clip again i dont know why!

[mcphert1]

I saw this and Music Scene when I lived in the US for a few years. I remembered it quite well, including the actors, although this is the first time I've seen it since. I loved the show, but even then thought the characters were the suits' idea of what young people were like, how they talked etc. When Lost first came on, it reminded me of this long forgotten series. Would love to see it restored on DVD.

[Sargebri]

I've heard the masters were at UCLA and they are if you want, you can go look at them.

[theylou]

I can't believe someone else remembers this show!! I loved this show. I was 10 when it aired, and I also remember "Music Scene". What was the hosts name? David ? I would love to watch more.

[Sandguy99]

I was 12 when this show aired, and I too remember it! The spooky nuk blast test sight as the setting. Mod Squad aired, I believe, the same year, as the American "counter culture" was merging with the mainstream.

[fromthesidelines]

Rod Serling created the series and wrote the pilot episode, and had nothing further to do with it. It would be impossible to syndicate the series or present it on cable because, a) there were only 17 episodes, and b) the series' running time, with commercials, was 45 minutes. If the show is in mothballs, don't expect it to be "exhumed". I think even Aaron Spelling forgot about it before his death....

[HowToSaveALife07]

I would love to see more. I've always remembered this show but not in detail as I was only a thirteen year old. It would be good to remember why Ii thought it soo special.

[stephenvincent]

Wow! Awesome quality for this ultra-rare show! Spooky Show....never was aired again on US tv!...Are the other episodes available yet?