This ultra sophisticated series about a New York publicist has an excellent pedigree - it was written by Garson Kanin (of Born Yesterday fame) co-produced by David Susskind and features music by Dave Brubeck. Each week Mike Bell (Stevens) has another task that involves his high profile clients and the people that surround them. He's assisted in his labors by his able girl friday Toki (Lani Miyazaki). In this clip from the pilot episode, he is asked to look after a friend's 19 year old daughter Emily (Tuesday Weld) who is visiting New York. She turns out to be quite a handful and he must protect her from herself. This series attracted an impressive list of guest stars in its 13 episode run, including Oleg Cassini, Jill St. John, Barbara Feldon, Larry Hagman, Nina Foch, Tina Louise and Liza Minnelli in her first television appearance. Look for a young David Doyle in the clip below as a lackey delivering a message.
This show has never been released on DVD and can be hard to find in its entirety. Above is a clip of the pilot episode, uploaded by Hardtofindvideos2.
Obscurity factor: 10 (not on DVD, difficult to find full episodes. clips on YouTube)
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Dick Van Dyke & Hope Lange in The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971)
Everyone remembers the iconic series that launched the television careers of Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. The Dick Van Dyke Show has a place in the American culture for numerous reasons. Most people, however don't remember Van Dyke's sophomore series television effort, The New Dick Van Dyke Show. Dick Preston (Van Dyke) is a local television host in Phoenix, AZ with a wife (Lange), daughter, and an egomaniacal boss (David Doyle). The situations revolved around both his home and work life. In the third season they revamped the show because of flagging ratings, moving production from Arizona to Hollywood and giving Dick Preston a role in a soap opera.
The episode above is The Harry Award. Dick is given an award, but must decide whether to accept it at a banquet held in a restricted country club. It was uploaded to YouTube by liarsclub75.
Obscurity factor: 7 (successful in its first run, rarely seen since, not on DVD, available on YouTube)
The episode above is The Harry Award. Dick is given an award, but must decide whether to accept it at a banquet held in a restricted country club. It was uploaded to YouTube by liarsclub75.
Obscurity factor: 7 (successful in its first run, rarely seen since, not on DVD, available on YouTube)
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