sixties

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ALL ABOUT EVE II

Some fan posted the entire Journey to the Unknown episode “Eve” starring Carol Lynley on YouTube and unfortunately there is not as much Carol in it as I hoped. Though Carol looks gorgeous clad in mod high end fashions and receives top billing, she doesn’t speak until almost the end and is way over shadowed by Dennis Waterman as the desperate clerk who falls in love with her mannequin. Seeing a wax replica of Carol is one of the episode’s high points. This was on my list of long awaited Carol shows to watch and I have to say I was highly disappointed but it is worth a quick look to see Carol in her prime.

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OUT OF THE CLOSET

Two of my favorite TV shows will finally come out on DVD. As a kid in the early seventies I loved ABC’s Friday night lineup: Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, Room 222, Odd Couple, and Love, American Style. The latter comes to DVD in November. I used to sit there in anticipation to see what starlets would appear in the heart during the show’s opening. I’d get excited seeing Tina Louise or Julie Newmar or Yvonne Craig or Deanna Lund, etc. I know I was such a geek. The DVD will contain the first year’s season with the short vignettes shown in between episodes featuring Phyllis Davis and Lori Williams.

Time-Life will be releasing the complete 4 seasons of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. on DVD. Not available from Amazon or Best Buy, it will be direct mail only. This is one of my favorite spy shows. I always loved the chemistry between debonair Robert Vaughn and sexy David McCallum. And the series is shock full of starlets including Carol Lynley, Diane McBain, Irene Tsu, Celeste Yarnall, Thordis Brandt, etc. I could go on and on. Read more about it on the Blog at CinemaRetro. Scroll down a bit to find it.

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THAT GIRL

Check out this new web site called That 60s Girl. It is a great companion site to mine. The site salutes mostly the bigger names of the decade while mine of cause celebrates the lesser knowns. It has cool information, wonderful graphics, and lots of images. It is a work-in-progress so keep checking it out. Highly recommended!

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R.I.P.

Though she wasn’t a ’60s starlet, I must pay tribute to comedienne Brett Somers who passed away this week. As a kid during the Seventies, she was such a part of my TV viewing. First as Oscar’s wisecracking, alimony-grabbing ex-wife Blanche on The Odd Couple and then as a regular on my favorite game show Match Game. Every day after school, I’d be glued to the TV at 3:30pm to see Brett exchange playful barbs with Charles Nelson Reilly, host Gene Rayburn, or the rest of the panel (usually consisting of Richard Dawson, Fannie Flagg, Patti Deutsche, Jo Ann Pflug, Bert Convy, Marcia Wallace, Ann Elder, etc.). Brett was caustic, witty, gruff, and always seemed to be enjoying herself. The chemistry she had with the flamboyant Reilly was brilliant. When the show ended, Brett slowly disappeared from TV. Strangely, she passed only a few months after Reilly. Their pairing has to go down in TV history as one of the best ever on a game show or any other TV program. We’ll miss you Brett!