Accidental Family 1967 Television Sitcom Intro

Short lived sitcom starring Jerry Van Dyke. Accidental Family premiered two years after My Mother The Car and on the same NBC network. Accidental Family was actually a much better series but only lasted 17 episodes. Go figure!

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[sexymama1966]

love the brought to you bys..thank you!

[2nicks]

Me too:-)

[2nicks]

Hi iuhxsevb, I've been looking for Mona McCluskey too!

[fromthesidelines]

This was a "delayed broadcast" print, seen on those NBC affiliates who couldn't carry the show on Fridays at 9:30pm(et). The sponsor I.D. was "kinnied" from the original "live" broadcast [with NBC staff announcer Don Pardo here], usually in black & white. The Boyle-Midway {division of American Home Products} Aero-Wax ad was probably filmed in black & white....

[fromthesidelines]

This series was produced by Sheldon Leonard, who insisted Jerry Van Dyke had a future as a situation comedy star in 1967 (but was proven wrong). The working title of the show was "EVERYWHERE A CHICK CHICK", which the network insisted be changed before its premiere.

[scotpens]

@fromthesidelines And they thought "Accidental Family" was a better title? Makes it sound as if someone forgot to use a condom!

[MillBelater]

Huh huh. Van Dyke. Appropriate for Jerry.

[jsilence418]

The little girl, is a better actor than jerry van dyke.

[fromthesidelines]

Yep, Earle Hagen fashioned his theme as a jazzy riff on "Old McDonald Had A Farm", because the series was to have been titled "EVERYWHERE A CHICK CHICK" [as in the lyric, "Here a chick, there a chick, everywhere a chick chick"]. However, as documented on the "Television Obscurities" website, Sheldon Leonard had a major disagreement with potential sponsor Procter & Gamble (and Jerry Van Dyke) over that title, and had to use another one before the series' premiere.

[rayssonation]

This short-lived was produced by Sheldon Leonard along with Ronald Jacobs and Jerry Jameson. Theme music was by the great Earle Hagen. It lasted 17 episodes all in color for NBC.

[jakzvid]

lol

danny bonaduce is so young there

[TimelordR]

How rare is this? Thanks for sharing.

[StuntmanJackR]

That makes two of us. Of course, it does not help that I was not even a year old when this was on. Lois Nettleton looked like she was attractive when she was young.

[dobberman88]

I loved this TV series! fantastic! thanks to 2nicks  for the video!!!!!!

[recordman64]

The complete Man From UNCLE is out on DVD (though it's in a very expensive box set!), and Peyton Place just got released on DVD.