THE JIMMY STEWART SHOW Guest Star KATE JACKSON 1971 VERY RARE

[wongleebruce]

I've been looking high and low for dvds of this show from 1971. If it is even up here on You Tube that would be a thrill. Bill Cosby's 1969-1971 show was on NBC about the same time.

[Onlymusical]

John Lee Mahin and Cristian Nyby. Everybody wanted to work with him, of course. Hey, is that his cowboy hat "# 1" in the opening credits? Can't tell, which means it undoubtedly isn't but it is similarly shaped. At least we know for sure that the bicycle isn't Pie.

[Onlymusical]

So weird to think of arguably America's finest lead actor (next to Cary Grant) doing a sitcom. And billing himself as "Jimmy" for the only time, aside from signing in that way on a game show once. It's like a nightmare except Kate Jackson in that outfit is holding her own. Of course Farrah's nowhere in evidence here to blow her off the screen.

[smackenurjunk]

blonde kid on the RIGHT- Dennis Larson, and he is my father

[Johnnyboy792]

I truly remember this show as a kid which aired on Sunday's after Disney ! Thanks so much for the memories !

[stalzz]

like

[mangog3000]

Wow! Kate Jackson is so sexy -- what a beauty!

[Lightstrikers]

Vacation outfit? Hot! Is her school girl outfit a bra and micro mini?

[soulierinvestments]

freeze at 4:23 -- according to Imdb -- the last writing assignment / credit of prolific writer John Lee Mahin -- who worked at MGM in the 1930s through the 1950s. Good friend of director Victor Fleming. they worked together on 10 films, including uncredited work on The Wizard of Oz.

[sitedezynz]

Blond kid on the left is Kirby Furlong. Talentless little snit that he was. See Lucille Ball's "Maimed"

[dillmanbradford]

Fetching outfit; something Sabrina Duncan wouldn't even consider wearing on "Charlie's Angels".

[gytalf2000]

Wow! Kate looks fantastic! I had completely forgotten about this show!

[pianist231]

dang this is the first time i've seen him so old.

[fromthesidelines]

Yep, 'jeb'- P&G wanted that 8:30pm(et) time period just so they could follow "WALT DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR" on Sundays;only problem was, just about everything they sponsored in that time slot was cancelled after only a season or two. One of the reasons they relinquished it was because NBC (and MCA) wanted to schedule its 90 minute "SUNDAY MYSTERY MOVIE" after "THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY". Another: ad time had become too expensive for P&G to sustain a full half-hour in prime-time.

[steveb802000]

Thanks for posting this! I remember watching this show every Sunday night back in '71. Love that theme song!

[GhostryderRebel]

This was a good family show back in the 70s i was in diaper when this sitcom first came on NBC 1970 i dont remember it! but Kate Jackson she is one my favorite acteress I think Dark Shadows what started her fame back then! Thank God for Youtube!

[Smalltowngal29]

@GhostryderRebel Ha! I feel the same way. Kate Jackson is one of my fav actresses, too. I've seen so much of her material here on Youtube that I never even knew existed.

[fromthesidelines]

This was probably the only "situation comedy" at that time that didn't have a laugh track (the same as when Hal Kanter created and produced "JULIA" for 20th Century-Fox between 1968 and '71- only they ADDED one when they reissued it in the late '80s).

[fromthesidelines]

Originally, at :20, there was a sponsor I.D. before the opening scene, like this:

"'Fighting cavities is the whole idea behind Crest'. CREST proudly presents...Mr. James Stewart."

Procter & Gamble originally sponsored the series when it was on NBC's Sunday night schedule in the 1970-'71 season. This episode originally aired on October 31, 1971.

[jehobden]

@fromthesidelines P&G sponsored every program on NBC in this time slot (Sunday, 8:30-9:00 PM) going back to Car 54 in 1961. This was the last P&G program in this timeslot before NBC moved Bonanza (Sunday, 9-10 PM) to Tuesday night in 1972.

[williewill037]

I remember the opening of the show ,Jimmy riding his bike.

[ridgerunner721601]

I remember I was about 9 or 10 years old when The Jimmy Stewart Show aired for only that one season. I thought it was a pretty good show and should have lasted longer than just that one year.

[dlsofsetx]

This was a good show.One of the best to only last one year.

[mdumas43073]

Episode director Christian Nyby was best known for his film work with Howard Hawks in the '40s and '50s. He was credited as director of the sci-fi/horror classic "The Thing from Another World" in 1951.

[paulj0557]

So he's Dad to the blond boy and Grand Dad to the other? Maybe they're doing more than fixing the house's plumbing. Something tells me there is a left out detail about why he's getting her another mid term that will come out in the end. Take away the laugh track and it's suddenly it's a family drama.

[jehobden]

@paulj0557 This situation w/ the son & grandson led to a cute situation in an early episode, probably the pilot. The grandson finds a beautiful woman sunbathing next door, who is anxious to meet the boy's uncle, whom she assumes will be an eligible young man. Then the uncle turns out to be another kid, not much older than his nephew.

[wickedfan7681]

wow! How sexy is she! Yikes those abs...sigh

[gv416]

I used to Love this Show....haven't seen it in YEARS....hope they put it out on DVD.

[cagwa]

The wife was the girl in Creature From The Black lagoon.

[2nicks]

OMG! I so remember Jimmy riding his bike in the opening credits but that's about all I remember about this show!

[dotcomguy79]

i remember this show! do you have any complete episodes?

[LifeIsShort21404]

Wow! Two of my favorites. Kate Jackson on TV with Jimmy Stewart.

When this aired, I wasn't even born yet.

YouTube is amazing. Thank you for posting this.

[nexttimewelove51]

Jimmy was amazing in everything he did. He was a wonderful person. I absolutely adore "The Jimmy Stewart Show".