Phyllis Diller in The Pruitts of Southampton

From the days when a catchy opening theme was a show's calling card...

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Phyllis
• Diller
• TV
• Comedy
• opening
• camp
• gay
• jingle
• theme

[2nicks]

I can't get over how new this copy looks! I've only seen faded prints of this sitcom. Where did you get this...I love it! I wish they would release on DVD:)

[GoodguyNYS]

Fab-u-lous opening! Fab-u-lous Phyllis!

[Neville6000]

@zibbyzubb: Phyllis Diller HATED this show, and when asked about it in an interview, she said, 'Oh, That SHOW' which put an end to any discussion right then and there.

[PagingMaxHeadroom]

This show was ahead of its time. Redo it for today and you would have a hit.

[KathrynARyder]

I remember watching this show when it was on 45 years ago! I loved it. So sad when it was cancelled. Wish they would bring it back, re-make it !!!! :

[Buffalobigboy69]

Ok, i never heard of The Pruitts of Southampton. But that opening song is so cute & catchy! She really did have a great voice. Maybe the show itself wasn't the best. But compared to the junk on today, it would be a hit! And since most of us are flat broke. We can all relate. Now I'll be singing "howcha do, howcha do, howcha do, my dear. What a lovely surprise, nice to see you here" for days. God bless you Phyllis.

[TVonthePorch]

@screenwitch The Phyllis Diller Show did not go back to black & white. Take another look at your black & white kinescope copy and note that the intro says 'IN COLOR' at bottom left.

[keithcop]

In Color! lol

[cfronck]

But one thing folks don't know is that The Pruitts are flat broke!

[definitedoll]

Does anyone remember that Lisa Loring from The Addams family was in this show also?

[screenwitch]

@2nicks ... the two sets have a different number of steps... they would have had to do a lot of alterations if they used the old set for this. Interesting that John Astin was in the second half of the season as a boarder in the mansion...