Danny Thomas Show-Syndicated 1953

This Danny Thomas Show was the syndicated version of Make Room for Daddy. This open/close is from a 1953 show with alternate syndicated Danny Thomas Show open/close. Note the "modern" graphcis of the open, obviously not 1953 text style. Visit www.dougquick.com

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[cd637299]

Aren't the 1953-57 episodes out of any possible syndication? Seems that all I ever saw in reruns were the Marjorie Lord episodes. Also, was this music dubbed? I thought that the 53-57's had a different beat, albeit the same "Danny Boy" tune (I saw a Hagen ep somewhere, but not sure where).

[moboutmen]

All I remember as a tot was getting my first TV gaffaw from this show. I"m not sure of the plot...it had something to do with a small person, who was thought to be a leprechaun (sic?). DT wanted no part of this, and when his family warned him, he said something to the effect of..."Oh right. He's gonna use his magical mystical powers and turn me into an egyptian motza ball!" I may be totally off on this, but it is in my head as such.

[calimar28]

One of the shortest sitcoms in TV history!

[MrBasketballplayer50]

One of the greatest sitcoms in television history!

[WSenator1]

@gymnastix - Agreed, a millions times over. "Make Room for Daddy/The Danny Thomas Show" was one of the greatest sitcoms ever on television. It is a criminal shame that it has been overlooked by TV history buffs. It was a hilarious show that had great warmth at the same time, could make you bust out laughing and then make you cry the next minute. For a reference point, if you took "The Andy Griffith Show" (which Thomas produced) and citified it, you'd have MRFD.

[WSenator1]

If I'm repeating someone else's comments, I apologize but - The original title for the show was "Make Room for Daddy" and it aired on ABC. The show later switched to CBS and was renamed "The Danny Thomas Show." Meanwhile, the repeats of the ABC version were syndicated under the title "MRFD." When DT tried to revive the show later on, the title for THAT show was "Make Room for Granddaddy."

[fromthesidelines]

There were actually two "reunion" specials after the original series ended in 1964, both on NBC- the first one, "The Danny Thomas TV Family Reunion" in the spring of 1965, and the "Make More Room For Daddy" special on "THE DANNY THOMAS HOUR" in November 1967. That eventually led to the updated "sequel" series "MAKE ROOM FOR GRANDDADDY" on ABC in the 1970-'71 season. There were several "changes" in the Williams' apartment over the years, especially in the transition from ABC to CBS in 1957.

[gymnastix]

@fromthesidelines By the way, I always loved the "sunken" living room of the "Williams" apartment, how that short staircase led up to a landing, from which one could go to the parents'bedroom on the right, the kids' bedrooms on the left.

But the set changed in the later years of the CBS run. So the writers must have moved the "Williamses" to another apartment. Do you recall how they handled that? I think it was still an apartment, not to a single-family house, as on "I Love Lucy."

[gymnastix]

@fromthesidelines TV viewers need to be re-introduced (or, in many cases now, "introduced") to the "Williamses": "Danny," "Margaret," "Kathy," "Terry," "Rusty," "Linda," and "Uncle Tonoose," and to Thomas' off-beat, gentle brand of humor, his marvelous renderings of popular and jazz standards, that comprised the formula of his series'.

[gymnastix]

@fromthesidelines "The Danny Thomas Show/Make Room For Daddy" was given short shrift by the cable TV nostalgia channels. It's high time some channel air the entire ABC/CBS runs, and NBC hour-long episodes, as well the one-season "Make Room For Granddaddy" series that aired 1970-71 on ABC. My suggestion for a re-packaging title--"Make Room For Danny."