# Obscure television show identification - show about the 1940s **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-television-show-identification-show-about-the-1940s/747285 "2016-02-27T13:10:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-television-show-identification-show-about-the-1940s/747285/1 "2016-02-27T13:10:35Z")
Since you guys did such a good job finding “Stick Around” for me [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-685579.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-685579.html), here’s another television pilot I remember seeing in the late 1970s (the series was never picked up, so the pilot was all there ever was). This one was about life in America during World War II - a half hour situation comedy, clearly intended to do for the 1940s what “Happy Days” was doing for the 1950s. There was one character who was clearly a response to MASH’s Klinger - he was medically unfit for military service (flat feet?) but desperately scheming to get into the Army. Other characters were young women who worked in war factories. I’m still earwormed with the theme song “We all had an Uncle and his name was Sam, we needed to help him out of a jam. It wasn’t easy but the burden was shared. Back in the 40s…” Anyone else remember this… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-television-show-identification-show-about-the-1940s/747285/2 "2016-02-27T13:24:06Z")
Goodtime Girls. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-television-show-identification-show-about-the-1940s/747285/3 "2016-02-27T13:25:05Z")
[_Goodtime Girls_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodtime_Girls) (1980) starring Annie Potts. Adrien Zmed was Frankie, the guy with flat feet. [The theme song is called “When Everyone Cared”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUHm4IaqmZc). ETA: [shakes fist at **The Other Waldo Pepper**] Looking up links always delays my posts… [sigh] ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-television-show-identification-show-about-the-1940s/747285/4 "2016-02-27T13:28:50Z")
Thanks guys. Looks like I remembered a lot of details correctly, but apparently the show did exist for longer than one episode. Hey! Peter Scolari was in this, before “Bosom Buddies”! ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-television-show-identification-show-about-the-1940s/747285/5 "2016-02-27T14:02:18Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > ETA: [shakes fist at **The Other Waldo Pepper**] Looking up links always delays my posts… [sigh] What I do sometimes is post the answer, then edit to add the links.