It just occurred to me; The Flying Nun is a preposterous idea for a TV show...

[hal]

I remember this show being on TV when I was a kid and remember seeing it a couple of times.

Storyline:
The large headgear on 90-pound novice Sister Bertrille, of the convent San Tanco in Puerto Rico, enables her to fly in any stiff breeze. Her gift enables her to aid others, whether they wish it or not.

What on earth possessed Hollywood to produce this? What drugs was the originator on at the time? I'm trying to imagine writing a story line week after week. What did the Vatican think about it?

It scores 6.3 on IMDB - that's good...

Just an idle thought...perhaps I shouldn't be so hard on TV today...

naaa...

[CJsNvrUrly]

Yes, and Gilligan's Island--with its endless stream of coming and going guests--made ever so much more sense.

[hal]

I LOVED Gilligan's Island, but was shocked to learn when I grew older, that it was one of the most popular shows on TV - with adults! I just assumed that only kids like me watched it...

But that's where I learned to make a radio out of coconuts, so I don't disparage...

[graylocks]

Back when i watched The Flying Nun i would have thought The Apprentice was a preposterous idea for a TV show. in fact, just about every reality show would have been on the preposterous idea list. many of them still are...

[freeradical]

I've always a hard time taking Sally Field seriously as an actress because of that show.

[Black]

freeradical wrote:
I've always a hard time taking Sally Field seriously as an actress because of that show.

I know.... I saw Lincoln the other weekend and I kept expecting Mary Todd to fly away.

[MikeF]

freeradical wrote:
I've always a hard time taking Sally Field seriously as an actress because of that show.

But you were OK with Gidget?

[SteveG]

The 1960's were a strange and sometimes wonderful time in network television, with lots of junk trying to imitate original thinking.


But you had to be tuned in circa 1959 to see the real future coming.

[Black]

Funny--- I rarely watch old stuff and there was a Tony Randall film on TV last night -- something from 1964 where he's an advertising guy who gets a genie, and Barbara Eden was his fiancee... and I was thinking I really love the entertainment, the entertainers, and the aesthetic from that particular period. I was able to stand over 30 minutes of the film!

[vision63]

Sally Field is one of my all-time favorites. She's got a ton of range. She's been acting for so long. "Places of the Heart." One really trippy movie that you'll watch till the end is "Not Without My Daughter." She's very good in a somewhat flawed movie.