[78-L] I'm Dickens, He's Fenster

[David Lennick]

Was Frank deVol on this episode? Yep, he played comedy there long before he was 
Happy Kine.

dl

On 2/15/2011 11:31 PM, DanKj wrote:
>   Watched a complete episode via yootoob, last night.  It wasn't awful, but I was mostly struck by 2 things: John Astin took
> an awful pratfall, which I understand he did more than once during this series, and it's a wonder he didn't kill his spine
> the way Jerry Lewis did. Other ting:  Marty Ingels is only a couple months older than my Dad, but he sure looked older than
> 26 in this program.  Maybe it was the cigars.
>
>   ps - I may have heard some of this program, as I was in my first months of life - which I understand almost began during
> the first "76 Trombones" number in The Music Man movie, which my parents were attending at Shea's Buffalo when I decided to
> stir&  come see what the fuss was about.  A quick trip to Kenmore Mercy Hospital&  24 hours of painful (guilt-trip) labor
> later, there was another confused Kjeldgaard in the world ...
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 8:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
>
>
>> The theme was memorable enough at the time to be included on one of that year's
>> "Hit TV Themes" albums, possibly Nelson Riddle. Great title.."The I'm Dickens,
>> He's Fenster March". No I don't remember it.
>>
>> Like most things 50 years later, you view it with a different perspective or
>> come to it wondering "Whaaaa..?" if you hadn't seen it before. I remember the
>> show as very funny then. On another list I've recently seen fond memories
>> expressed for "He and She", which I have filed in my "Couldn't care less"
>> memory bank but that's because I couldn't stand Richard Benjamin then and can't
>> stand him now..I also thought it aired later than 1967, and I didn't own a TV
>> in 1967, so now I'm wondering when or if I actually did see it.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> On 2/15/2011 12:59 AM, . wrote:
>>>    Watching the El Producto commercials, now ( 2 for 25 cents! El Stinko
>>> Deluxe Fold-a-Pak, 5 for a Buck! )
>>>
>>>    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPa_HJVncRE
>>>
>>>    That theme music is trying WAY too hard to be funny;  did the show stink
>>> like the El Productos ?
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "David Lennick"<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>> To: "78L"<78-L at 78online.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 12:24 AM
>>> Subject: [78-L] I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
>>>
>>>
>>>> Okay, so there are probably 3 of us who saw this originally..raise your
>>>> hands,
>>>> or have the nice nurse do it for you.
>>>>
>>>> At last, on DVD!
>>>> http://www.tvtimemachine.com/productions/im-dickens-hes-fenster/
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