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Failed TV Pilot: 'Daddy-O' (1961) (1961)

Failed TV pilot from 1961 called "Daddy-O". This sitcom pilot is filled with twists! Odd, But amusing. I think the reason it wasn't picked up is because they would of run out of storylines quickly. It's Worth watching.


This movie is part of the collection: Classic TV

Audio/Visual: sound, color
Keywords: Classic TV; 60's TV; 1960's Television; Sixties; Pilot; Public Domain; Rare; Retro

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: Classic_TV_and_Radio_Fan - - November 11, 2008
Subject: UNFUNNY AND OVERRATED
If Adolf Hitler watched TV, This is what he would watch. Being raped is more fun than this crap fest. I can't believe they destroyed the mastertapes of 60's-era "The Tonight Show" yet preserved this garbage.

Reviewer: Dodsworth the Cat - - November 11, 2008
Subject: Points for Trying
A brilliant and novel concept for a sitcom but, unfortunately, it was circa 1960, so Max Shulman and Rod Amateau (who worked on Dobie Gillis together) settled on a bit of a satire with light cynicism (had Stan Freberg written the show, it would have been far more biting). Still, it's so unlike any other sitcom on the air at that time, I can't see it fitting in on anyone's schedule around the ultra-corny comedy programming of the era.
Don DeFore gives a nice, laid-back 50s-style performance. I'm sure some directors would have wanted him to be a little more manic.

Reviewer: Seto-Kaiba_Is_Stupid - - August 8, 2008
Subject: I Agree with Noah 8-?
Very Ahead of time. TV didn't get this trashy until the 2000's. I'm glad this wasn't picked up, since it's just like many modern sitcoms, since it has no understanding about what it's spoofing.

Reviewer: Strandlund - - July 18, 2008
Subject: Very original...
This was really odd. It looked like a sitcom Charlie Kaufman would have written. Very ahead of its time and very enjoyable. And who can't resist Don DeFore, our next door neighbor. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Thanks to whomever uploaded this! MORE FAILED SITCOM PILOTS, PLEASE!

Reviewer: Noah 8-? - - July 18, 2008
Subject: Four Stars - but not a rating
Y - hush my mouf.... That surely is Don Defore as "Daddy 'O" (Star #1 and that is truly Sheila Kuehl Of Zelda fame..... But who'da thunk it the other teenagers.... I have surely seen that younger dark-haired boy som'eres else before.. mmmmmm.... now lessee OH Yeah! It's Jimmy Baird (Brother of Sharon Baird, Mousekteer) aka Packy, sidekick to Joey (Bobby Diamond)the Sat morn tv show of Fury! 'course he is a teenager here. and that Pony-tailed with bangs admirer? That's Trudi Ames from Gidget Goes to Rome & Bye Bye Birdee.

What'd I tell ya? Four stars. I'm also thinking I have seen the elderly lady at the end as a regular camera personality also, but then maybee that'd make it 5 stars. If the Plot had been of a more up-beat nature then maybe EVERY participant coulda been a Star. 8-?

Reviewer: Broken Arrows - - July 15, 2008
Subject: Fun and snappy...
...and really amusing, unlike many other shows of the era. Thanks to whomever posted this.

One question: Did anyone think the teen girl in the opening scene looked like Sheila Kuehl, who played Zelda on Dobie Gillis and is now a CA Sanator?

Anyone know about this? The credits at the end credit the kids, but I think those are in the main show, not in the show-within-the-show, which comprises the opening scene.

Also, that secretary is hot!

Reviewer: Retro_Saiyan - - July 14, 2008
Subject: Yep, It's Don DeFore
I uploaded this and I checked the opening credits. Now, Will anyone watch this please?

Reviewer: Detective John Carter of Mars - - July 14, 2008
Subject: Mr. B, naturally?
Don Defore in the title role, looks like.