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Post subject: Do you remember?...........
 Posted: Aug 23, 2007 - 04:39 PM
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Airs Next: NBC at Tuesday 7:30 PM (30 min.)
Status: Ended Premiered: September 14, 1965 Last Aired: September 6, 1966
Show Category: Comedy
Show Type: Situation Comedy
First Telecast: September 14, 1965
Last Telecast: September 6, 1966
Episodes: 30 Color Episodes
My Mother the Car may very well be known as the most notorious short-lived sitcom of all time and it's solely due to it's premise, a talking car. The series was first seen in September of 1965 on NBC and joined the ranks of other "fantasy" driven sitcoms of the time, including Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Gilligan's Island, and Mister Ed, to name a few.
The pilot episode introduces us to the world of Dave Crabtree. Dave is your ordinary family man, married to wife Barbara and they have two children, Randy and Cindy. However, it's when he purchases a 1928 Porter, that he discovers that another family member is living with him, his deceased mother. It seems Dave Crabtree's mother has been reincarnated as a car. The voice of Dave's mother was provided by actress Ann Sothern and the only person the car would talk to was Dave.
Also in the cast was Captain Mancini. Mancini was a car collector who was always trying to find a way to purchase the Porter. Despite being quite unique, and low ratings, NBC dropped the series in the fall of 1966.
In 2002, TV Guide named My Mother the Car the second worst show of all time. It was beat only by The Jerry Springer Show.
NBC Broadcast History
September 1965-September 1966----Tuesdays----7:30 p.m.
Nielsen Ratings:
(Top 30 or Better)
Never hit the top 30
Theme Song: "My Mother the Car"
Written and Sung by Paul Hampton
Everybody knows in a second life, we all come back sooner or later.
As anything from a pussycat to a man eating alligator.
Well you all may think my story, is more fiction than it's fact.
But believe it or not my mother dear decided she'd come back.
As a car...
She's my very own guiding star.
A 1928 Porter.
That's my mother dear.
'Cause she helps me through everything I do and I'm so glad she's near.
My Mother the Car.
My Mother the Car. |
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Posted: Aug 23, 2007 - 04:42 PM
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 Mama told me about that one. I couldn't believe it. Of course it isn't anymore nutty than the stuff they've got on tv now. |
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Post subject: Actually I do.
Posted: Aug 23, 2007 - 05:08 PM
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It was worse than "Wilbur get in the car". 
I think Eve Arden was the voice of "mother" and I remember the show so there's hope for my memory yet.  |
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Post subject: Re: Actually I do.
Posted: Aug 23, 2007 - 05:51 PM
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| Spock1 wrote: | It was worse than "Wilbur get in the car".
I think Eve Arden was the voice of "mother" and I remember the show so there's hope for my memory yet. |
Wasn't Jerry Van Dyke in it as well? |
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Posted: Aug 23, 2007 - 07:13 PM
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Miss Ann Sothern provided the mother's voice...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RxMNfoLzzwI
Trivia: The star of the series, Jerry Van Dyke, turned down an offer to star in the title role of hit series Gilligan's Island, which debuted the year before. He also turned down an offer to replace actor Don Knotts on The Andy Griffith Show in order to do My Mother the Car.
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Post subject: YIPPIE!
Posted: Aug 23, 2007 - 09:28 PM
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Nice to know my memory still works.
And with those stunning decisions, JVD insured he'd be relegated to guest appearances on his brothers future shows. |
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Post subject: Re: YIPPIE!
Posted: Aug 23, 2007 - 09:42 PM
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| Spock1 wrote: | Nice to know my memory still works.
And with those stunning decisions, JVD insured he'd be relegated to guest appearances on his brothers future shows. |
He also turned down the lead part in Gilligan's Island too...  |
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Posted: Aug 23, 2007 - 09:47 PM
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Well sure, it was only to be "a three hour tour".  |
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