# It's About Time - or - I have wasted my brain **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 7, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521 "2019-12-07T17:52:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/21 "2019-12-08T04:54:13Z")
Humble confession: as a kid, I looked forward to _It’s About Time_. In my defense, my interest was mainly due to Imogene Coca, who really was a talented comedian. It was a stupid show, though. Hated _I Dream of Jeanie_ with a passion. I watched it only when really bored. Something about that pouty, whiny, robotic, “Yes, Master” and the stilted dialect they gave her (“I only wanted to please thee, Master!” “Do you not wish it, Master?”) set my teeth on edge. Ugh. And all the plots were the same. No. I only watched _My Mother the Car_ once. It creeped me out that Jerry Van Dyke’s car could talk to him–or his mother’s spirit IN the car. Ugh. Also loathed _Lost in Space_. Cardboard characters; dark sets; stupid plots. Oh, and the cartoon series I]Hercules\*. Newt’s falsetto saying everything twice (“Attaboy, Herc! Attaboy, Herc!”) drove me nuts even then. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/22 "2019-12-08T06:05:07Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > …it’s about you and your ugly face! > > I thought I was the only person who watched/remember that show. > > It occupies a corner of my brain along with Captain Nice, Mr. Terrific, Rango, and Run, Buddy, Run. No, I remember it also, and its theme song. Heck, buried somewhere in a box in the garage, I think I have the Gold Key Comics adaptations of both “It’s About Time” and “Captain Nice.” ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/23 "2019-12-08T07:34:18Z")
> [@GESancMan](#): > > When I was a young child in the '70s, my mom was a huge Barry Mannilow fan. As a result, many of his lyrics are permanently embedded in my brain. It’s such a waste of perfectly good brain cells. Add to that Neil Diamond and John Denver. Sweet Caroline and Country Roads are still way too popular. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/24 "2019-12-08T07:45:39Z")
How about _Mister Ed_? Spoiler alert: Horses can’t really talk. (Although I liked the show.) And even as a kid, I wondered about everyone in the past speaking and understanding English on _The Time Tunnel_. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/25 "2019-12-08T08:37:11Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > And even as a kid, I wondered about everyone in the past speaking and understanding English on _The Time Tunnel_. Eleven-year-old me never really thought about it until the episode set at Jericho. When the big dude strode into the tent and said “I am Joshua, commander of the Israelites,” I went “Hey, wait a second…” This was, BTW, the episode aired on 27 January 1967, when the Apollo 1 astronauts died inside their capsule. I can still remember the exact second (soon after the 30-minute station break) ABC interrupted the program to report what had happened. I also remember the exact moment on 16 March 1966 when they broke into “The Purr-fect Crime” on _ **Batman** _ to report Gemini 8 (commanded by Neil Armstrong) had had a major malfunction. The switchboards at TV stations all across the country lit up that night to complain about the interruption. **FUN FACT:** Sam Groom, who played Dr Simon Locke on the Canadian series _ **Police Surgeon** _, was “Jerry the Technician” on _ **Time Tunnel** _. The earlier British series _ **Police Surgeon** _ starred Ian Hendry and was sort of the forerunner of _ **The Avengers** _ (with John Steed). ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/26 "2019-12-08T08:43:45Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > How about _Mister Ed_? Spoiler alert: Horses can’t really talk. (Although I liked the show.) The best part of _ **Mr Ed** _ was Connie Hines in those tight dresses. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm! 🆒 :o ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/27 "2019-12-08T08:46:56Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > …it’s about you and your ugly face! > > I thought I was the only person who watched/remember that show. > > It occupies a corner of my brain along with Captain Nice, Mr. Terrific, Rango, and Run, Buddy, Run. You left out _ **Hank** _ and _ **Camp Runamuck** _. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/28 "2019-12-08T08:57:50Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > Also loathed _Lost in Space_. Cardboard characters; dark sets; stupid plots. > > Oh, and the cartoon series _Hercules_. Newt’s falsetto saying everything twice (“Attaboy, Herc! Attaboy, Herc!”) drove me nuts even then. “Suffering Psyche, Herc! :eek: Whatchu gonna _do_? Whatchu gonna _do_?” CHCH stripped _ **Lost in Space** _ on weekday afternoons a year or so ago. Even knowing it was 1965/pre-_ **Star Trek** _, I could not \*believe \*how thoroughly wretched it was. I got through the first four or five episodes before I finally said “Oh, to Hell with it!” :mad: ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/29 "2019-12-08T09:11:56Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Police Surgeon (part of the basis for “Cop Lawyer, MD” parodies) in glorious video tape. From Canada, too. I think the original parody was _ **Police Photographer** _ with Eugene Levy on \*\*\*SCTV \*\*\*(also Canadian): \*“He came from the cushy world of commercial photography, looking for something a little different. He found it as _ **Police Photographer** _, an exciting double-action career!” \* 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/30 "2019-12-08T14:56:13Z")
I can still remember all the words from the **F Troop** theme song (first season only, when the show was in black and white). How’s that for wasted space in MY brain? > [@](#): > > The end of the Civil War was near > When quite accidentally, > A hero who sneezed abruptly seized > Retreat and reversed it to victory. > > His medal of honor pleased and thrilled > his proud little family group. > While pinning it on some blood was spilled > And so it was planned he’d command F Troop > > etc. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/31 "2019-12-08T15:06:19Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > Also loathed _Lost in Space_. Cardboard characters; dark sets; stupid plots. Don’t agree with the dark sets thing, but the others are actually positives for a camp series. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/32 "2019-12-08T15:26:51Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Aside from IAT, which I remember a lot, I also remember bits of shows and sometimes entire episodes that hard core TV fanatics might not remember. > > Run Buddy Run > Police Surgeon (part of the basis for “Cop Lawyer, MD” parodies) in glorious video tape. From Canada, too. > On The Rocks > Arnie > “Hi, I’m Glen Campbell!” > Lassie on the log flume > Which episodes the shots in the original Hawaii 5-0 credits come from, and what season they were added > Festus: But I don’t want a lotta land!" > > It’s a blessing, and a curse. I remember 'Arnie" and the Glen Campbell Show. I watched the former to see Sue Ann Langdon. How about “Car 54, Where Are You?” It seemed like an attempt to recreate “The Honeymooners”, but with cops. _There’s a holdup in the Bronx, Brooklyn’s broken out in fights; There’s a traffic jam in Harlem That’s backed up to Jackson Heights; There’s a Scout troop short a child, Khrushchev’s due at Idlewild … Car 54, Where Are You??_ ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/33 "2019-12-08T15:46:42Z")
Another execrable show that I am plagued to remember is _The Second Hundred Years_. It’s about a Yukon prospector who has been frozen in a glacier and sixty or so years later gets thawed(of course he’s still alive) and goes to live with his grandson(?) in the lower 48. The can’t fail comedy revolves around the now hundred year-old guy being flabbergasted by all the newfangled stuff. Seeing a TV set(with a character speaking) for the first time he exclaims “Theres a midget in that box!” It lasted as long as _It’s About Time_ - one season. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/34 "2019-12-08T16:30:37Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > Another execrable show that I am plagued to remember is _The Second Hundred Years_. OMG, I haven’t thought of that show for over half a century! And now I have you to blame for making me think of it again! 😛 ETA: I kinda miss **Time Tunnel**. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/35 "2019-12-08T16:37:01Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “Suffering Psyche, Herc! :eek: Whatchu gonna _do_? Whatchu gonna _do_?” > > CHCH stripped _ **Lost in Space** _ on weekday afternoons a year or so ago. Even knowing it was 1965/pre-_ **Star Trek** _, I could not \*believe \*how thoroughly wretched it was. I got through the first four or five episodes before I finally said “Oh, to Hell with it!” :mad: True story: When the _Star Trek_ pilot was being pitched to the networks, CBS turned it down on the grounds they already had a show set in outer space. Now, _Star Trek_ is one of CBS’s most profitable properties from their acquisition of Paramount Studios. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/36 "2019-12-08T17:04:17Z")
All I remember about, “The Girl With Something Extra,” was cute-and-perky Sally Field and the plethora of three-cup brassiere jokes that made the rounds for several years after. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/37 "2019-12-08T17:58:05Z")
When I watched The Brady Bunch as a kid in the 1970s, I couldn’t make sense of the layout of the house compared to the shot from the outside. The roof didn’t look high enough for the upstairs bedrooms, for one thing. (There were other shows where it was easier to reconcile these things.) And recently HGTV bought the house used for the exterior shots and went through an _enormous_ amount of trouble to reproduce the actual interior. So I was pleased to find that the actual house didn’t really have a second story, so there was no way to reconcile the outside with the inside. (The team from HGTV ended up building a two-story addition off the back that contained the upstairs bedrooms and other spaces that couldn’t fit in the square footage of the original house.) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/38 "2019-12-08T18:36:18Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I remember 'Arnie" and the Glen Campbell Show. I watched the former to see Sue Ann Langdon. > > How about “Car 54, Where Are You?” It seemed like an attempt to recreate “The Honeymooners”, but with cops. > > _There’s a holdup in the Bronx, > Brooklyn’s broken out in fights; > There’s a traffic jam in Harlem > That’s backed up to Jackson Heights; > There’s a Scout troop short a child, > Khrushchev’s due at Idlewild … > Car 54, Where Are You??_ "_Ooh! Ooh!" :eek: “Yes, Gunther?”_ :dubious: BTW, its Sue \*Ane \*Langdon. I watched the _ **Dick van Dyke** _ episode “One Angry Man” with her in it yesterday on YouTube. She played a bimbo falsely accused of diamond smuggling, and Rob was Foreman of the jury. Laura was in the courtroom, and of course was POed because he was drooling all over the defendant. (I would have too! :o ) She was also in an episode of _ **McHale’s Navy** _ as a Russian liaison officer. Of course, she was cold and off-putting until she let her hair down and donned a sarong: “Wow! No Sherman tank’s built like _that_!” ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/39 "2019-12-08T18:40:51Z")
“People, let me tell you 'bout my best friend.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521/40 "2019-12-08T18:47:25Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > All I remember about, “The Girl With Something Extra,” was cute-and-perky Sally Field and the plethora of three-cup brassiere jokes that made the rounds for several years after. Remember **this gem**? > **[The Ugliest Girl in Town](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ugliest_Girl_in_Town)** > > The Ugliest Girl in Town is an American sitcom produced by Screen Gems for ABC. It ran from September 26, 1968, to January 30, 1969. It starred Peter Kastner as a man pretending to be a woman. > Timothy Blair is a Hollywood talent agent. He falls in love with Julie Renfield, a British actress who is visiting the United States to do a movie. After the movie is finished, she returns to England. To help his brother Gene complete a photography assignment, Timothy dresses as a hippie and poses for a ph... Then there was _ **Funny Face** _, a \*\*\*That Girl \*\*\*clone starring Sandy Duncan… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-about-time-or-i-have-wasted-my-brain/844521.md?page=3)