Vote for why you think it jumped
Never Jumped
The third season
Day One
Special Guest Star (Frankie Avalon)
Same show, new writers
Shark Bytes
I recently bought this - my fav show when I was 10 in '63)- on DVD-R from someone on www.ioffer.com who taped it off of Nick at Nite and transferred it to DVD-R. Quality of the 104 episodes is great and the entire series I got for only $20 +$6 postage.
I just finished watching the last DVD (21 in all)two weeks ago (started watching couple eps a night in April when I bought the DVD-Rs). There are other sellers on there for this show at much more reasonable prices than any other website. I got tired of waiting for it to be released professionally and when a friend of mine saw Patty in a play last year he asked about the show on DVD and she said she knew of no plans. But I have them now in glorious black and white with Chad & Jeremy, Sal Mineo, Sammy David Jr, and all the other grest guest stars. Her stand-in who's back of head we saw as Cathy or Patty, went on to be on the soap As The World Turns, but now is a eye doctor in New Jersey.
I just finished watching the last DVD (21 in all)two weeks ago (started watching couple eps a night in April when I bought the DVD-Rs). There are other sellers on there for this show at much more reasonable prices than any other website. I got tired of waiting for it to be released professionally and when a friend of mine saw Patty in a play last year he asked about the show on DVD and she said she knew of no plans. But I have them now in glorious black and white with Chad & Jeremy, Sal Mineo, Sammy David Jr, and all the other grest guest stars. Her stand-in who's back of head we saw as Cathy or Patty, went on to be on the soap As The World Turns, but now is a eye doctor in New Jersey.
It never jumped! I double ditto what Janet said too! Teenage life was much simpler back then! And they had a lot more direction to explore with this show. This and 'Gidget' with Sally Field are two of my favorite shows.
I won't waste time repeating what "Janet" said... ditto ditto ditto. Too bad she didn't escape the Rosses sooner. Patty Duke is just an excellent actress, and I like it when some TV special puts her on as the Mom or Grandma or something. It doesn't happen often enough.
They SHOULD show this on Nickelodeon or somewhere, because it would be a real eye opener for young people to see what the 60's were actually like for most of us. They weren't perfect, but young teenage girls, and boys, were certainly a lot safer back then. Ah the lack of tattoos, body piercing, ugly makeup, trash talk, and every kind of unspeakable raunch and lifestyle in general. It was nice... trust me anyone under the age of 35... it was very nice, and relatively decent.
Makes one think, actually, that there is a hidden agenda with all the crime and blood and guts, and witch type shows, when a new "Patty Duke" type show would be just as easy or easier to produce.
They SHOULD show this on Nickelodeon or somewhere, because it would be a real eye opener for young people to see what the 60's were actually like for most of us. They weren't perfect, but young teenage girls, and boys, were certainly a lot safer back then. Ah the lack of tattoos, body piercing, ugly makeup, trash talk, and every kind of unspeakable raunch and lifestyle in general. It was nice... trust me anyone under the age of 35... it was very nice, and relatively decent.
Makes one think, actually, that there is a hidden agenda with all the crime and blood and guts, and witch type shows, when a new "Patty Duke" type show would be just as easy or easier to produce.
hi....the patty duke show is shown here in chicago on channel 23 wwme-tv......on sundays at 2:30 pm....the show should be on dvd too ....mgm owns the rights
This show is a blast to watch today. Patty was excellent in the two roles. What a great flashback to the wonderful 1960's!I wish that it would be released on DVD.
show so horrid it was enjoyable that karma came back @ her in real life & was the cause of her suicide attempt[s]
Patty DUke...sigh...I love the early 60s Jack Kennedy/Hairspray hairdo and the theme song did NOT have ANY of those gosh darn lyrics or themes (Lesbo) occur..Brookyln Heights, Cathy, Patty, cousins. NOTHING OFFENSIVE about that song.
Too bad Patty didn't get to do this for Walt Disney (who used "Technicolor" TV--Technicolor being in quotes here as his TV product was really, ironically, in Eastmancolour.). Plus her issues in the mid 1960s when this and Walt himself checked out would be too much. Anyway she got United Artists and Chrislaw Producitons.
Too bad Patty didn't get to do this for Walt Disney (who used "Technicolor" TV--Technicolor being in quotes here as his TV product was really, ironically, in Eastmancolour.). Plus her issues in the mid 1960s when this and Walt himself checked out would be too much. Anyway she got United Artists and Chrislaw Producitons.
Never jumped - and I agree - it should be on DVD!
Production for Season 3 was not moved from NYC to Hollywood because of Sidney Sheldon, it was an attempt by Duke's managers, John and Ethel Ross, to curtail the romance between their client (more accurately, their meal ticket) Patty Duke, and an assistant director of the show, Harry Falk (who wound up moving to LA and marrying her, anyway.) The Rosses had controlled Duke's private life like jailers from her earliest days acting during the Golden Age of TV, trying to keep her looking and acting younger than her real age to prolong their control of her, and her salary. They dictated every aspect of her life, claiming she'd be nowhere without them, and so intimidated Patty and her family that they got away with their abusive treatment for years. When Patty reached her late teens and fell in love with Harry, though, she reached a breaking point, threw caution to the wind rebelled against the Rosses and ended her life with them. She came darn close to ending her life, period, but you can (and should) read about that in her autobiography, Call Me Anna, if you have not already.
The show ended after three seasons because United Artists would not foot the bill for the next season to be in color. It's true that by then Duke was very bored with the show and thus it might have not gone on much longer anyhow, but the real cancellation reason was just the economics of B&W vs. color.
The show had room to grow in other directions, if it had continued. It had a great cast, and the characters could have inspired some very good late-60's storylines. I'm guessing that Patty would have become something of a hippie idealist, but would also marry Richard too young and bring him to live in the Lane house instead of a home of their own. Cathy would attend a prestigious college, and would find the counter-culture a challege to her conservative ways. Ross might have taken up the slack on the teenage storyline front, perhaps with some less-than-wise advice from his new brother-in-law. Natalie would take to women's lib like a duck to water, and Poppo would try to stay serene amongst all the change.
Production for Season 3 was not moved from NYC to Hollywood because of Sidney Sheldon, it was an attempt by Duke's managers, John and Ethel Ross, to curtail the romance between their client (more accurately, their meal ticket) Patty Duke, and an assistant director of the show, Harry Falk (who wound up moving to LA and marrying her, anyway.) The Rosses had controlled Duke's private life like jailers from her earliest days acting during the Golden Age of TV, trying to keep her looking and acting younger than her real age to prolong their control of her, and her salary. They dictated every aspect of her life, claiming she'd be nowhere without them, and so intimidated Patty and her family that they got away with their abusive treatment for years. When Patty reached her late teens and fell in love with Harry, though, she reached a breaking point, threw caution to the wind rebelled against the Rosses and ended her life with them. She came darn close to ending her life, period, but you can (and should) read about that in her autobiography, Call Me Anna, if you have not already.
The show ended after three seasons because United Artists would not foot the bill for the next season to be in color. It's true that by then Duke was very bored with the show and thus it might have not gone on much longer anyhow, but the real cancellation reason was just the economics of B&W vs. color.
The show had room to grow in other directions, if it had continued. It had a great cast, and the characters could have inspired some very good late-60's storylines. I'm guessing that Patty would have become something of a hippie idealist, but would also marry Richard too young and bring him to live in the Lane house instead of a home of their own. Cathy would attend a prestigious college, and would find the counter-culture a challege to her conservative ways. Ross might have taken up the slack on the teenage storyline front, perhaps with some less-than-wise advice from his new brother-in-law. Natalie would take to women's lib like a duck to water, and Poppo would try to stay serene amongst all the change.
Oh! LOL! Sorry! I was younger than Patty even, when she did the series and I got the sequence confused. Sorry if I offended anyone.
Attention Susan: Patty Duke got her TV contract AFTER doing the stage and screen versions of "The Miracle Worker."
I found the patty duke show on dvd in boxed set on tv addicts.com. Not sure if it is legit or not. If anyone knows, please let me know.
I loved this show!!! It never jumped but after it moved from Brooklyn Heights it lost some of its original fun. Patty Duke was an incredible actress who never got anywhere near the credit she deserved! Starring in your own weekly series playing two such different characters (at one time three characters)and then doing 'The Miracle Worker' as Helen Keller isn't bad. Not a lot of people, especially teenagers have done that.
I still wish somehow today this wonderful show was in reruns somewhere on the TV planet either on cable or satellite there should be room somewhere
for a true TV culture classic like this I think when this show first rerunned it was on Pat Robertson's CBN channel which is now ABC FAMILY then it made unless i'm wrong NICK AT NITE but after that oh maybe it to TV LAND yeah if they keep showing THE MUNSTERS and THE ADDAMS FAMILY all the time then why not T P D S
for a true TV culture classic like this I think when this show first rerunned it was on Pat Robertson's CBN channel which is now ABC FAMILY then it made unless i'm wrong NICK AT NITE but after that oh maybe it to TV LAND yeah if they keep showing THE MUNSTERS and THE ADDAMS FAMILY all the time then why not T P D S
The Patty Duke show never jumped. The change of scenery never bothered me because the story was so far fetched to begin with. It didn't matter if it took place on the moon, I adored it and would still love to watch it right now. Since I'm far too young to have watched it when it was originally on, I vividly remember watching this show as a kid on Nick At Nite and loving it from day one. Back then, Nick At Nite showed real classic TV shows, not shows that are already in syndication elsewhere and really not that classic or old to begin with. That was suppose to be the point of Nick At Nite. The shows were a nod to the old classic TV days and weren't readily available anywhere else. They should've stuck to that format but, for some reason, they decided the classic TV route wasn't the way to go. I loved the show back then and I'd love to own it now. TPDS is one of those shows that deserve a dvd release but, sadly, probably won't ever get one. Regardless, I still remember being throughly fooled into thinking Patty Duke was actually two people. For some reason or another, the fact that she was billed as both Cathy & Patty Lane in the credits escaped me (I was a slow child, I suppose!). TPDS was clever, cute and great fun. It wasn't earth shattering or controversial, just a total leap of reality show that made me laugh and want to dance the Watusi and call my dad Pop-O.
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