Oh, My Word!

I decided to rise to the occasion and partake in this weeks assignment: Chee Zee Tee Vee, that I watched as a kid. What came to mind first, was a show called My Mother, The Car.

Actor Jerry Van Dyke, brother of the beloved Dick Van Dyke, turns down an offer to play the part of Gilligan, of Gillgan's Island fame to play attorney, Dave Crabtree on a show called My Mother, The Car, that ran 30 episodes from September 1965 to September 1966.

The Premise: Family man Dave Crabtree, while out shopping for a station wagon as a second car, is taken by a 1928 Porter, which he purchases instead, to find his deceased mother ( voice of actress Ann Southern) speaks to him through the car radio.Wait a minute...did cars have radio's in 1928?
Just like Mr. Ed, the talking horse, and owner Wilbur Post, the car only speaks to Dave Crabtree. The show was meant for an adult audience, but critics panned it. Kids loved it!

Van Dykes career was pretty much down the pooper after that, until he won was nominated for Emmy's four consecutive years, 1990, '91, '92 and '93 for his role a Craig T. Nelson's sidekick on the series Coach.

In 2002, TV Guide named My Mother, The Car as the second worse TV show (ever), second to Jerry Springer.

I have to give a shout-out to two other shows from the 60's:

The Second Hundred Years: Luke Carpenter, gold rush miner gets buried in an avalanche in Alaska in the year 1900. He thaws out 67 years later. Cryogenics folks. He is preserved at the age of 33, and goes to live with his son and grandson. The grandson is 33 years old and played by the same actor as his grandfather. 26 episodes.

It's About Time: Two astronauts travel back to prehistoric times and live with a caveman and his family. The premise of the show pretty well sucks, so the plot is reversed. The astronauts take the caveman and his family to modern times, 1967, that is. 26 episodes as well. Will it work the second time around? You know, the Geico caveman?

Anyone else see these shows? Or was I the only one watching?

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• #4 Comment from princesssaurora 
  5/30/07 12:32 AM | Permalink

  I remember repeats of that show!!  Cool!
  
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  Dawn
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• #3 Comment from plittle 
  5/29/07 9:43 PM | Permalink

  Well, I've at least *heard of* My Mother The Car. That's more than I can say for the other two.
  -Paul
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• #2 Comment from coelha 
  5/28/07 9:49 PM | Permalink

  OMG....  I'm getting flashbacks on that My Mother, The Car...  I think I remember seeng that as a child...a long time ago....  :)  Julie
• #1 Comment from pippa1116 
  5/28/07 2:40 PM | Permalink

  i remember that show about the car being on reruns as a child.  as for the other two, nope, I don't remember them at all.....now I am thinking of dumb shows that I may have seen.......
  tina
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