tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250956142316857904.post1674427091979300041..comments2023-04-16T09:03:55.694-04:00Comments on 1966 My Favorite Year: ABC's Second SeasonBookstevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250956142316857904.post-73832534139627593242016-12-15T03:45:53.733-05:002016-12-15T03:45:53.733-05:00I remember cutting this exact ad out of the local ...I remember cutting this exact ad out of the local newspaper in 1966!<br /><br />Although we watched every minute of every Batman episode, I don't remember ever watching Double Life or Blue Light (and I don't recall ever hearing about The Baron).Jim from Downingtownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537007940455183397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250956142316857904.post-15769511211952194932016-11-12T18:47:02.594-05:002016-11-12T18:47:02.594-05:00I believe Batman actually replaced Ozzie and Harri...<i>I believe Batman actually replaced Ozzie and Harriet...</i><br /><br />And <i>Shindig!</i> as well. top_cat_jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365510398800837335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250956142316857904.post-65873388147561464942016-11-11T22:11:29.195-05:002016-11-11T22:11:29.195-05:00I never saw the Baron back then. Don't remembe...I never saw the Baron back then. Don't remember even hearing of it. Had a FB friend send me the Complete Series a couple years ago!<br /><br />The late Marty Ingels claimed that he had been cast as Henry Phyfe and that they replaced him with Buttons for some complicated quid pro quo reason.<br /><br />I believe Batman actually replaced Ozzie and Harriet after about 15 years or so on TV.Bookstevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09797445163866512849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250956142316857904.post-66708383081157420942016-11-11T21:57:20.645-05:002016-11-11T21:57:20.645-05:00I remember Batman premiered in early 1966 as a mid...I remember Batman premiered in early 1966 as a mid-season replacement for some series that had been cancelled. With the others, I would not have remembered the dates, beyond, generally, the mid-1960's. <br /><br />"Blue Light" and "The Double Life of Henry Phyfe" seem vaguely familiar. I may have gotten confused at the time as to which was which, although one was a serious drama and the other was obviously a comedy. Maybe because both involved espionage. (And maybe I was just dumb when I was seven.) I don't recall ever watching either one, but I must have seen ads for them. <br /><br />Maybe "Henry Phyfe" was ABC's answer to Get Smart. That is, a sitcom spoofing the spy-fi fad, which was at its peak in 1966. The idea of an ordinary (and often "mild mannered") civilian getting caught up in espionage and intrigue is probably the most often-used premise in spy-fi, whether straight or spoof. <br /><br />I didn't know that The Baron ever aired on American network TV. I remember watching reruns of it in the 1970's, along with The Saint, The Prisoner, The Avengers, and Man In a Suitcase. It seems like they were on consecutive weeknights on the same channel, so maybe they were marketed together in syndication as a package deal. TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.com