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A to Z Challenge (2017), Family, Memories & Reflections, TV Shows, Uncategorized, Writing Prompts
Argh! I LOST a day somewhere!!! How’d I do that??? Must have had something to do with the sugar drunk I was on… Well best get caught up. Especially since N seemed unfamiliar to everyone. So here goes! If you didn’t get it, N was for:
Nanny and the Professor
I was destined to love this show because I had already fallen in love with Richard Long as Jarrod Barkley on The Big Valley (which you may remember from B). As to the main character in the series, Juliette Mills, I TOTALLY wanted to be her younger sister Haley! Actually the Mills girls came from one of Britain’s most prestigious acting families. Seems like everyone in that family was involved in the movie business in one way or another. John Mills was their father.
As to the magic, well, the series never came right out and said Nanny had magical moments, but like so many Mary Poppins copy cats, it was always kind of assumed. You’ll just have to watch it and make up your own mind! 😀
(Just out of idle curiosity, does anyone know who Haley Mill’s FIRST screen kiss was with??? 😉 )
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Now to catch up on the April A to Z Challenge! You’ll get a twofer today!
An American anthology series, this show was broadcast for three seasons by ABC from January 1959 to July 1961 and was directed by an American director, actor, television producer, and screenwriter who was our “guide to the supernatural.” Unlike other TV series of its ilk, all the episodes were presented in the form of straightforward thirty-minute docudramas, and were said to be based on true events. The list of guest stars reads like a “who-is-gonna-be-who” in Hollywood in the future. The very last episode of the series called “Eye Witness” so captured my imagination that I was fascinated with the volcano Krakatoa ever afterward!
And for our catch-up round:
This American sitcom ran on ABC from September 18, 1963 to April 27, 1966, with reruns airing through August 31. The show was created as a vehicle for a rising star. Or should I say a rising star times three because in this show she played three identical characters! The dual role challenged special effects for its time, considering that television special effects were rare in the early 1960s, particularly for a sitcom. In all episodes, the star appeared as both characters in the same frame through the use of a split-screen effect. It was your run-of-the-mill teen series, but then I was a typical, run-of-the-mill teen!
So what do you think? Can you…
(Btw, if you know the answer, please keep it to yourself so as not to give it away. Stick a smiley face on your comment instead. Thank you so much!)
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(Just a quick note. If the title of the show is preceded with the word “The”, it will NOT be included in the name.)
Picture Sources:
Nanny and the Professor — FilmAffinity
Letters O & P — http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/p/to-z-badges-and-banners.html
Name That TV Show — Pinterest
John Davis Frain said:
I thought it was going to be a double header sweep — losing both! — but I think I know the P. Whew, it’s the bling monkey theory. Or blind squirrel. Or blind [fill in the blank].
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calensariel said:
So did you get it?
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John Davis Frain said:
I got one out of two, and I’ll take a split here since my batting average was so woeful!
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Jean Davis said:
I think I know O! In fact, I’ve been watching O between commercials on the only show I watch on TV once a week. Oh, its nice to finally say that. I’ve been in the dark for a lot of these. 😀
Discarded Darlings – Jean Davis, Speculative Fiction Writer, A to Z: Editing Fiction
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calensariel said:
Oh yay!!! I’m doing a happy dance for you! 😀
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Amy Harke-Moore said:
My ISP has been on the Fritz so am jumping on via Hub’s hotspot with cell. . . Don’t know O, but I am a fan of your P pick. 🙂 So one smiley, anyway!
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calensariel said:
Hm… O might be a little before your time? 😉
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Akilah said:
I am pretty sure I know O. And given the Brooklyn Heights comment above, I definitely know what P is. I used to watch it on Nick at Nite. YAY.
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calensariel said:
Two for two! Way to go girl!!! 😀
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John Holton said:
I know both of these! One of them had a couple of answers, so I had to check and make sure I had the right one. I did!
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calensariel said:
Thought I’d made a mistake, didn’t you!!! 😉
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John Holton said:
No, I thought I had. XD
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christineocheallaigh said:
I know both of them, but I’m not telling! 😛
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calensariel said:
Can’t wait to see if you’re right! 😀
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Sylvia van Bruggen said:
I know what the O show is! Watched some episodes many years later, and even though they are kind of “slow” they stood the test of time 🙂
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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Good luck on the rest of your A to Z challenge
Sylvia @ The Creative Life
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calensariel said:
Thanks, Sylvia, for stopping by and commenting. I’ll have to come over for a quick visit! 😉
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Keith's Ramblings said:
I really fancied Hayley Mills when I was younger. First screen kiss? It wasn’t me – sadly! I needn’t tell you that I have once again drawn a blank. Oh poo!
Another day in Amble Bay!
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calensariel said:
Oh no! Poor baby!!! 😉
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Denise said:
I’m pretty sure I know both if these, but have no idea who Hayley kissed.
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calensariel said:
Left it for you on today’s post. 😉
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Denise said:
So i just googled O and P and I was not right. Now I am stumped.
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calensariel said:
Really? I thought for sure you had P!
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Denise said:
I do have P and I feel really stupid. I had the right actress but for some crazy reason I thought the show had a different name. So I googled the show name and it just occurred to me I should have googled the star.
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doodletllc said:
Letter P…of course I can name this one…I LOVED this Show!!!..and when I grew up, I lived in her neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights. 🙂
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calensariel said:
Do you know, bac, who the THIRD identical character was? 😀
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doodletllc said:
No…who?…wait, maybe it was an English aunt who came to visit?
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calensariel said:
You’ll have to look at the picture I posted the next day. It was cousin Betsy from Iowa. A blonde no less! 😀
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calensariel said:
What? No guesses? 😀
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