The Pad (And How to Use It)

THE PAD (AND HOW TO USE IT) was a '66 dramady that offered a rare US starring role to Brian Bedford who died in 2016. Later TV stars Julie Sommars and James Farentino co-starred along with ubiquitous "scene-maker" of the '60s and '70s, Edy Williams.

Ultraman

It would be a couple more years before it showed up in the Cincinnati market but '66 was the year for the debut of ULTRAMAN, the long-running TV and later movie franchise from the folks who brought you GODZILLA! Now, 50 years later, there's another new ULTRAMAN movie scheduled soon. 

The Purple Avenger

Many folks recall Captain Nice and Mr. Terrific but here, also from '66, we see The Purple Avenger. as played by Dom Deluise on an episode of PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES.

The Lone Ranger Meets the Great Gildersleeve

Old Time Radio's Lone Ranger made a successful transition to Saturday Morning cartoons in '66 with a barely animated series featuring good voices and stylized artwork. It would prove to have staying power. This particular episode continues the OTR connection by presenting radio's Great Gildersleeve, Hal Peary, along with his trademark laugh, as the title villain, Mr. Happy.

Pistols and Petticoats

Former sweater girl Ann Sheridan starred in this enjoyable but ill-fated western comedy in '66, alongside the great Ruth McDevitt and  Douglas V. Fowley. Sadly, she was already hiding cancer and died before the end of the first season, making it the show's only season. Former McHale's Navy co-star Gary Vinson is fun here as well, but he, too, met a sad end as a suicide a few years later, after being accused in a child molestation scandal.

Bat Stuff # 74

From January 30, 1966

Yogi Bear and the Three Stooges Meet the Mad, Mad, Dr. No-No

A wonderfully weird children's 1966 children's record teaming Hanna-Barbera's classic characters with the Stooges in a James Bond parody, complete with the REAL Stooges, Daws Butler's great cartoon voices and the familiar HB background music.