Shark Bytes

I was 13 when this show was on and remember it being very funny. I with entire season were available for sale at a reasonable price. By the way, this was back in the days of TV when the network committed to a season and did not cancel after 2 or 3 episodes. It also was a time when shows were on for 31 episodes. One of the good things about those days of TV was that every show went into reruns so it gave you a chance to view other shows that you did not watch earlier in the year. Anyway, if anyone comes up with the season of IDHF let me know.

I recall this programme from my early youth - it was hilarious! The most vivid memory was Fenster being able to pull almost anything out of a carpenter's apron or tool belt - literally anything!
It would be great if one of the networks re-released it. Great comedy & great actors. My 2 kids would love it!

Here's the joke of The Joke episode:
A man goes to a psychiatrist and asks:
"Doc, Can a man fall in love with an
elephant"? Doc says: "No."
Man says: "Then where do I get rid of
an engagement ring THIS BIG"(hands
showing a ring about a foot in diameter).

Quoted from Arthur Salm in the 27-May-2007 San Diego Union-Tribune (Books Section, pg. 2):
-------------------------------------
“I'm Dickens, He's Fenster," a comedy starring Marty Ingels and the pre-“Addams Family” John Astin, ran on ABC for about a year in the early 1960s. One episode, “The Joke,” made what may be the quintessential statement on humor.

One of the principals ... hears a joke and tells it to the other. ...One of them thinks the joke is funny and the other doesn't. They decide to settle the matter by telling the joke to a group of friends, but they divide 50/50. Soon, the whole town has split into roving bands of baseball-bat and chain-wielding “It's a funny joke!”/“It's not a funny joke!” zealots.

That's funny.
---------------------------------------

Mr. Salm is right - it's a great joke - and especially pertinent to Jump The Shark!

Another great show that couldn't get the mass audience needed to stay on the air. Sometimes I think the guy who started "Jump the Shark" should start a new webpage to list shows like this. By the way, Dickens and Fenster were carpenters, not plumbers. My favorite scene from IDHF started with two guys telling Marty Ingels that the top of the doorway he'd just built was too low. They argue back and forth and finally bet on who's right. Ingels call John Astin in to settle the bet. Astin comes striding through the doorway, and his forehead slams right into the top of the doorway, knocking him unconscious and settling the bet.

This short-lived comedy series starred John Astin and Marty Ingles, who were a great comedy team. I remember that I really enjoyed this show and was sad when it was cancelled, but for some reason the only scene I can remember (after forty years) is when John Astin is stuck in a sleeping bag while Marty Ingles is complaining about some problem he is having. John Astin confidently tells Ingles, "Don't worry, my friend, I'll get you out of this," and then hops offstage, still stuck in his sleeping bag.

This show was on ABC from 9/28/62 to 9/13/63. John Astin as Harry Dickens ("straight man") and Marty Ingles as Arch Fenster (constant cut-up) played carpenters in this comedy. It had a great intro where the two guys were putting TWO door knobs on one door and then opened it like it was hindged on both sides was great. Emmaline Henry played Kate Dickens,Harry's wife(I seem to recall Arch was single),Dave Ketchem as Mel , and Frank DeVol as the boss Mr.Bannister. The show was produced by Leonard A.Stern. I haven't seen this show in 40 years so my memories of it are few but I recall Arch having an amazing tool belt that held a multitude of tools and gadgets. As A kid I thought this show was fantastic.To this day whenever I see a story on Shirley Jones with her husband Marty Ingles I think of this show. I think Ingles wasn't in much after this show but John Astin went on to play Gomaz Addams in the classic The Addams Family (among other roles).

This show was on in the early 60's. Considering I was a baby then, I never had a chance to see it. However, the show sounds like it was pretty good. It starred John Astin and Marty Engells (not bad), and I think that they played a couple of plumbers or something. It was produced by Leonard Stern, who had a little better luck later with "Get Smart". It only lasted a year, but supposedly was pretty funny. With the talent that was involved with the show, it must have had something going for it.