Television Series of the 1960s
Television Series of the 1960s
Essential Facts and Quirky Details
Vincent Terrace
Rowman & Littlefield
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Names: Terrace, Vincent, 1948 author.
Title: Television series of the 1960s : essential facts and quirky details / Vincent Terrace.
Description: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016000781 (print) | LCCN 2016004669 (ebook) | ISBN 9781442268340 (hardback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781442268357 (electronic)
Subjects: LCSH: Television programsUnited StatesPlots, themes, etc. | Television programsUnited StatesDictionaries.
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Acknowledgments
The author would like to thank James Robert Parish, Steven Eberly, Bob Leszczak, Nicole Galiardo, and Madison Gorman for their kind assistance on this project.
Introduction
This is not a book of opinions or essays about specific 1960s American (and British) television programs that aired in the United States. Rather it is a presentation of intriguing facts associated with each of the TV series that are included in this volume. This book covers programs that premiered from January 1, 1960, through December 31, 1969.
Readers will discover a wealth of fascinating information about these showsdetails that, for the most part, cannot be found anywhere else. In some cases, the factual data detailed herein is the only such documentation that currently exists on these shows.
While all the basic information available about each television series has been included (e.g., story line and cast), the bulk of each entry focuses on the trivia aspects associated with every program examined. This encompasses such data as street addresses, names of pets, telephone numbers, character facts, program details, and other factoids you may have once known but have long since forgotten. In situations where a TV movie or a revised remake version of a 1960s series showcased here was aired later (like The Munsters , I Dream of Jeannie , and Gilligans Islan d ), that information has been included as part of the main entry. (Note: Stage and theatrical adaptations of 1960s TV series presented in this book have not been included.)
Each entry was created by acquiring and watching available episodes of the show. Each entry is as complete as possible based on currently accessible material. Not every series is a candidate for such detailed books as this. Just because a program may be well known does not mean it has a wealth of (or even sufficient) trivia facts to be included in this volume. Cases in point are such series as Dr. Kildare , The Defenders , and Mission: Impossible all of which are known but lack enough detailed data to be included (obvious information, such as full names, can be accessed on websites like IMDb.com, but other, more obscure factoids, such as character backgrounds, address, relatives, pets, and so on, are simply not given within the shows episodes).
Did you know, for example, that on The Addams Family , Lurchs mother had wanted him to become a jockey? That Jethros mother, Pearl Bodine ( The Beverly Hillbillies ), played piano for the silent movies shown at the Palace Theater? That John Steed ( The Avengers ) had a pet dog named Freckles? That Dawn Wells (Mary Ann on Gilligans Island ) was the first actress to wear short shorts on TV (not the held belief that it was Catherine Bach as Daisy Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard )? And that Patty and Cathy Lane ( The Patty Duke Show ) had a distant cousin named Betsy Lane (whom Patty called a Confederate Cleopatra)?
What about the ZIP code for Hooterville on Green Acres (40516), the name of the band for which Opie played on The Andy Griffith Show (Freedom), the poker hand that won Ben Calhoun a bankrupt railroad on Iron Horse (four queens), Mister Ed s Social Security number (054-22-5487), or Lilys favorite charity on The Munsters (Bundles for Transylvania)?
These are just a thimbleful of the many thousands of intriguing trivia facts that can be found within the pages that follow.
All told, Television Series of the 1960s is a totally different perspective on a past era of what has been seen on American television. It is geared to bring back fond memories or to enlighten those too young to have lived through the era covered.
Note: Programs that premiered in the 1950s and that continued first-run production into the 1960s are not included here. Information on the following programs can be found in the volume Television Series of the 1950s :
Bonanza
Bronco
Cheyenne
Dennis the Menace
The Donna Reed Show
Gunsmoke
Have GunWill Travel
Hawaiian Eye
The Jack Benny Program
Lawman
Leave It to Beaver
Make Room for Daddy
Maverick
Perry Mason
Rawhide
The Real McCoys
The Rebel
77 Sunset Strip
Sugarfoot
The Untouchables
Zorro
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Adam 12
(NBC, 19681974)
Cast: Martin Milner (Officer Pete Malloy), Kent McCord (Officer Jim Reed), William Boyett (Sergeant MacDonald), Gary Crosby (Officer Ed Wells).
Basis: Realistic day-to-day assignments of Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, Los Angeles police officers assigned to patrol car Adam 12.
Overall Series Information
Peter Pete Malloy and James Jim Reed ride in a patrol car with the code One Adam 12, which, although attached to the Central Division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), is seen working in association with the Rampart Division (which is outside of the actual One code of the series setting). The One in the code refers to the area where Pete and Jim are stationed, the Adam refers to a two-man patrol car, and the 12 is a designation for the cars main patrol area.
Standard Chrysler Corporation and American Motors cars were used and outfitted with props to appear like real police cars. A 1968 Plymouth Belvedere was used in the first season (a 1967 version of the car was seen in the pilot). The second season sported a 1969 version; the third season used a Plymouth Satellite, and the remaining seasons used a 1972 (then 1973) American Motors Matador.
Sharon Claridge, a real-life LAPD radio dispatcher, provides the voice of the dispatcher for the series (producer Jack Webb felt it would make the series more realistic). The building housing Central Division (as seen) is actually the Rampart Division of the LAPD.
In almost every episode, Pete is seen driving the patrol car. Petes badge number is 2430; Jims is 744. When the opportunity permits, Jim and Pete enjoy lunch at Dukes Longhorn, a diner owned by their friend Duke. Marilyn Wells (played by Christina Sinatra) is Petes romantic interest, and Jean (Mikki Jamison, then Kristen Nelson) is Jims wife. Sergeant MacDonald is their superior, and Ed Wells is the glory-seeking officer who causes nothing but trouble for Pete and Jim. T. J. (Robert Donner) appeared on occasion as Jim and Petes informant (a recovering heroin addict).