Showing posts with label guy marks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label guy marks. Show all posts

Thursday, June 19, 2008

The John Forsythe Show (1965)

Just how many failed sitcoms did Guy Marks do? There is a line in the opening teaser where Elsa Manchester says, "I must talk to you about Norma Jean's diction problem," but I swear I had to play it over several times because I was certain I heard, "I must talk to you about Norma Jean's addiction problem," which would have been a strange line for a 1965 NBC sitcom, obscure or not.

Saturday, March 15, 2008

The Joey Bishop Show (1962) - Footage Offline - 09/13/09

This is not an easy show to find and when I have the chance it is a great pleasure. Just like The Andy Griffith Show, Joey Bishop's sitcom was a spin-off of Make Room For Daddy AKA The Danny Thomas Show. This episode doesn't feature any special guest stars, just the regulars Guy Marks and stooge Joe Besser. Marks probably looks familiar, less for his acting, and more for his many appearances doing stand-up on The Ed Sullivan Show. A DVD of one season of The Joey Bishop Show has been pressed by Questar, a horrible company that releases cheap sets that seem good in theory but get the typical cheap public domain treatment. They remove the opening credits from each episode and slap their own address on the end. They're the kind of DVDs that often get stuck in your DVD player. However, until something better comes along, I remain the sucker that willingly buys them. Watch another episode of The Joey Bishop Show here.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Rango (1967)

Well, after posting the oddball Tim Conway - Ernie Anderson comedy records a couple weeks ago, I thought it might be fun to take a look at this obscurity. Between his success on McHale's Navy and The Carol Burnett Show, Tim Conway starred in this western sitcom that lasted only half of the 66-67 season on ABC. Guy Marks who had just finished a stint on The Joey Bishop Show (the sitcom, not the talk show) was co-star. Complete with commercials. A lot of familiar names in the production credits of this one.