# Please identify this 1960s TV show/movie

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**Created:** [March 3, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-1960s-tv-show-movie/488146 "2009-03-03T15:33:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![davekhps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@davekhps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davekhps)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-1960s-tv-show-movie/488146/1 "2009-03-03T15:33:33Z")

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I recall either a short-run comedic U.S. TV show (or possibly a TV movie) from the 1960s (maybe early 1970s) that featured a Brady Bunch-style family living in an old mansion/big house. I can’t remember more details than that, but I think I remember two elements of the show:

1. The zany/wacky next-door neighbor used to use the window in the den/library to enter the house instead of walking through the front door;

2. There was an episode/part of an episode that dealt with a “haunted” suit of armor walking the halls (IIRC, it was just a kid or a person stuck in the armor, but the family was getting scared).

I’m pretty sure it’s an obscure show/movie-- i.e., it’s not The Brady Bunch, Munsters, Addams Family, etc. It may have in fact been a failed pilot that ended up in syndication/rotation every now and then.

Help?

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**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-1960s-tv-show-movie/488146/2 "2009-03-03T15:56:10Z")

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[“Please Don’t Eat the Daisies”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058840/)?

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**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-1960s-tv-show-movie/488146/3 "2009-03-03T15:57:18Z")

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I don’t remember specifics like the neighbor coming through the den or the haunted suit of armor, but the first thing that comes to mind is “Please Don’t Eat the Daisys” (first a movie, then a TV show). I seem to recall them living in a big, old mansion.

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-1960s-tv-show-movie/488146/4 "2009-03-03T16:44:40Z")

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[The Ghost and Mrs. Muir?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_&_Mrs._Muir_(TV_series))

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**Author:** ![davekhps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@davekhps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davekhps)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-1960s-tv-show-movie/488146/5 "2009-03-03T17:19:19Z")

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Aha! _Please Don’t Eat The Daisies_. Thank you so much for figuring it out. . . a delightful little show, IIRC.

[http://www.tv.pop-cult.com/please-dont-eat-the-daisies.html](http://www.tv.pop-cult.com/please-dont-eat-the-daisies.html)

BTW, the episode with the knight’s armor-- “Night of Knights” sounds promising :-).