Just as with the other shows on here from the 50's and 60's, I enjoy the commercials almost as much as the show. It's amazing how many top shows were sponsored by cigarettes. If not for Philip Morris, I'm not so sure there would have been an "I Love Lucy" - at least not with the same cast.
Originally telecast on December 8, 1953. However, this is a June 22, 1954 summer repeat, as Chrysler's Dodge division replaced Speidel watchbands as the series' alternate sponsor in January 1954.
Ms Hagen quit because she had a 3 year contract and then she was done. One more thing Danny and Jean couldn't stand each other.. Danny and Sheldon Leonard tried to get her to do at least one more season..she refused. Her character had a fatal accident and she was written out. The shows fourth( and final) season on ABC had Danny as a widower the show was retitled ''The Danny Thomas Show''. With ABC getting ready to cancel the series CBS got wind of it. ''Danny'' replaced ''I Love Lucy '' that fall. The show ran another 7 seasons (only one out of the top 10) on CBS.
CBS was the top network while ABC was even worse than Dumont and was the 4th network at the time. That said, I think the ABC episodes are fresher and funnier than the later CBS episodes.
I wonder if his dislike of her had to do with her drinking. I'm not saying or implying that it did, just wondering. Esophageal cancer (which also killed Bogart) is almost always associated with both heavy smoking and heavy drinking together, and she died of it in her mid 50's. Danny Thomas was, of course, a smoker too, but rarely drank alcohol.
Aha! I knew "Kathy's Career" had to be recycled, because it made no sense. Unlike Margaret, Kathy was no college dropout. She had a career when she met Danny, and had been a military nurse, and had been previously married. She'd have resolved any marital identity crises long before, but they morphed Kathy into a confused, insecure idiot to pigeonhole her into the rehash of this old script.
29:12- "'MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY', starring Danny Thomas, is presented alternately by the dependable DODGE dealer in your neighborhood- and THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY- 'America's Leading Manufacturer of Cigarettes'."
That's because they made both Lucky Strike and Pall Mall. At the time, Luckies were stable, and Pall Mall was growing - and became the country's leading-selling cigarette by 1960. They stopped making Herbert Tareyton altogether. I knew several people who smoked them right up until they couldn't get them anymore.
Jorja Curtwright, who appeared as "Lydia", was also the wife of Sidney Sheldon, who was a screenwriter for MGM (and then, Paramount) at the time. Later, he created and mostly wrote "THE PATTY DUKE SHOW" and "I DREAM OF JEANNIE" {which he also produced, and which Jorja made a guest appearance as a fraudulent fortune teller in the first season).....and even later, as a best selling novelist.
I take it you mean, ANGELA CARTWRIGHT. It's just a typo. I make PLEANTY of them myself. My finger tips are fat and crooked so don't hit the right keys many times.
Actually, Jorja Curtright *was* Mrs. Sidney Sheldon from 1951 through her death in 1985.....and she did appear in this episode. No typo intended. Angela didn't appear in the series until 1957. 🙂
@@fromthesidelines You're very welcome. I always appreciate your comments. You must have a photographic memory! Have you seen the videos of "My Favorite Husband" with animation? I wish someone would do that with some of the old Jack Benny radio shows.
Jean quit after the third season. Danny was *so* angry at her, he decided she'd *NEVER* return to the series again. So he "killed off" 'Margaret'- and 'Danny Williams' became a widower for the fourth season. He also changed the title to "THE DANNY THOMAS SHOW", as a clean break from previous seasons. He also saw to it that Jean's episodes would rarely be repeated in future daytime and syndicated repeats. In fact, the current syndicated/cable version of the series begins with the fourth season.
The way I heard it, Jean (and later her estate) got control of all her episodes, and somehow Season 4 as well, and that's what kept them out of syndication for so long. So, with all that bad blood between Jean and Danny, why did the writers pay tribute to her, in a way, by using her real surname, Verhagen, for the Williams family doctor in subsequent seasons?
Just as with the other shows on here from the 50's and 60's, I enjoy the commercials almost as much as the show. It's amazing how many top shows were sponsored by cigarettes. If not for Philip Morris, I'm not so sure there would have been an "I Love Lucy" - at least not with the same cast.
They gave Rusty the cutest abd funniest lines!
Only several child actors I could handle, Curt Russell, Beaver and Wally, and Rusty. Jon Provost was iffy.
Originally telecast on December 8, 1953. However, this is a June 22, 1954 summer repeat, as Chrysler's Dodge division replaced Speidel watchbands as the series' alternate sponsor in January 1954.
"There aren't any grownups, Terry, just bigger and bigger children."
This is GREAT! Why don't they make shows like this anymore? Today it's always shoot em up Bang Bang you're dead!
- It's 1953 and @ 1:15 we see the very first double high-five in American history!
Dorothy Collins for Lucky Strike Cigarettes----CLASSIC.
How ironic the jokes they did back then are now a sad reality...what has the world become...loved it back then .
"Don't you know that there aren't any grown-ups Terrie? Just bigger and bigger children."
My son said similar about my granddaughter “hey Dad, no such thing as a little girl, they’re little women from day one.”
Lucky Strike is just fine good tasting cigarettes while driving your big new 54 Dodge.
Ms Hagen quit because she had a 3 year contract and then she was done. One more thing Danny and Jean couldn't stand each other.. Danny and Sheldon Leonard tried to get her to do at least one more season..she refused. Her character had a fatal accident and she was written out. The shows fourth( and final) season on ABC had Danny as a widower the show was retitled ''The Danny Thomas Show''. With ABC getting ready to cancel the series CBS got wind of it. ''Danny'' replaced ''I Love Lucy '' that fall. The show ran another 7 seasons (only one out of the top 10) on CBS.
CBS was the top network while ABC was even worse than Dumont and was the 4th network at the time. That said, I think the ABC episodes are fresher and funnier than the later CBS episodes.
I prefer Jean Hagen to Marjorie Lord
I wonder if his dislike of her had to do with her drinking. I'm not saying or implying that it did, just wondering. Esophageal cancer (which also killed Bogart) is almost always associated with both heavy smoking and heavy drinking together, and she died of it in her mid 50's. Danny Thomas was, of course, a smoker too, but rarely drank alcohol.
This episode was later adapted as 'Kathy's Career', Season 6 (1958) starring Marjorie Lord.
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Aha! I knew "Kathy's Career" had to be recycled, because it made no sense. Unlike Margaret, Kathy was no college dropout. She had a career when she met Danny, and had been a military nurse, and had been previously married. She'd have resolved any marital identity crises long before, but they morphed Kathy into a confused, insecure idiot to pigeonhole her into the rehash of this old script.
PLEASE , could you put the 1st or the PILOT Episode???? I would like to see the premise of this series. Tks
29:12- "'MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY', starring Danny Thomas, is presented alternately by the dependable DODGE dealer in your neighborhood- and THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY- 'America's Leading Manufacturer of Cigarettes'."
That's because they made both Lucky Strike and Pall Mall. At the time, Luckies were stable, and Pall Mall was growing - and became the country's leading-selling cigarette by 1960. They stopped making Herbert Tareyton altogether. I knew several people who smoked them right up until they couldn't get them anymore.
14:50 Jimmy Hatlo died just ten years later.
Jorja Curtwright, who appeared as "Lydia", was also the wife of Sidney Sheldon, who was a screenwriter for MGM (and then, Paramount) at the time. Later, he created and mostly wrote "THE PATTY DUKE SHOW" and "I DREAM OF JEANNIE" {which he also produced, and which Jorja made a guest appearance as a fraudulent fortune teller in the first season).....and even later, as a best selling novelist.
I take it you mean, ANGELA CARTWRIGHT.
It's just a typo. I make PLEANTY of them myself. My finger tips are fat and crooked so don't hit the right keys many times.
Actually, Jorja Curtright *was* Mrs. Sidney Sheldon from 1951 through her death in 1985.....and she did appear in this episode. No typo intended. Angela didn't appear in the series until 1957. 🙂
@@fromthesidelines Your knowledge of OTR and 50's/60's television is unsurpassed.
Thanks! 🙂
@@fromthesidelines You're very welcome. I always appreciate your comments. You must have a photographic memory! Have you seen the videos of "My Favorite Husband" with animation? I wish someone would do that with some of the old Jack Benny radio shows.
why did he replace jean h.for Marjorie lord?
Jean quit after the third season. Danny was *so* angry at her, he decided she'd *NEVER* return to the series again. So he "killed off" 'Margaret'- and 'Danny Williams' became a widower for the fourth season. He also changed the title to "THE DANNY THOMAS SHOW", as a clean break from previous seasons. He also saw to it that Jean's episodes would rarely be repeated in future daytime and syndicated repeats. In fact, the current syndicated/cable version of the series begins with the fourth season.
The way I heard it, Jean (and later her estate) got control of all her episodes, and somehow Season 4 as well, and that's what kept them out of syndication for so long.
So, with all that bad blood between Jean and Danny, why did the writers pay tribute to her, in a way, by using her real surname, Verhagen, for the Williams family doctor in subsequent seasons?
anyone else having to look this up because of the virus break?
Sherry Jackson for president!
Brave to eventually kill Margaret off.