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Vacation Playhouse: Created by Hal Kanter, Richard Michaels. With Darryl Hickman, Dwayne Hickman, Pat Crowley, Soupy Sales. Summer replacement show featuring pilot programs that had not been sold.
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- 1963-07-22
- Drama, Comedy, Crime
- 30
- Premise
- Production Notes
- Broadcast History
Vacation Playhouse premiered on July 22, 1963, on CBS. The show aired as a summer replacement for CBS's sitcom The Lucy Show. A voiceover introduced each episode with "While Lucy's on vacation . . . it's Vacation Playhouse". The series was a showcase for previously unaired unsold television pilot films. When it replaced The Lucy Show in 1963, 1964,...
The series was directed by actors Don Taylor, and Richard Crenna[citation needed] and television producer/director Jack Donohue. The series was produced by producers Hal Kanter, Arthur Julian[citation needed] and Donohue. Other producers included Norman Lear. Other directors included Bud Yorkin. The series was filmed alternatively between the Desil...
Vacation Playhouse aired on Mondays from 8:30 to 9 p.m. Eastern Time during its first and second seasons. During its third season, (1965), the series aired on Friday nights from 9:30 to 10 p.m. E. T. It returned to its previous time slot on Monday nights in 1966 and for a final run in the summer of 1967.
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- July 22, 1963 –, August 21, 1967
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- CBS
Apr 19, 2009 · What the status of Vacation Playhouse, which aired each summer from 1963 to 1967 on CBS? The summer replacement showcased unsold pilots. With the exception of 1965, the series aired on Mondays from 8:30-9PM as a replacement for The Lucy Show.
#Episode TitleAirdate1“A Love Affair Just for Three”07/22/19632“Three Wishes”07/29/19633“Hide and Seek”08/05/19634“Mickey and the Contessa”08/12/1963Full Cast & Crew. Season 5 of Vacation Playhouse premiered on July 3, 1967. The Jones Boys. (5x5, August 21, 1967) Season Finale. View All Seasons. Social. The concept of the series was the showing of unaired and unsold television pilots that did not make the television lineup for CBS.
Mon, Aug 1, 1966. Smokey is an enthusiastic but bumbling novice fireman who often exasperates his chief Warren Packard. Smokey is also Warren's brother-in-law and lives with him plus his sister Blossom, leading to more humorous conflict. Rate. S4.E4 ∙ My Lucky Penny.
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The concept of the series was the showing of unaired and unsold television pilots that did not make the television lineup for CBS. The show was successful during its first few seasons due to the fact that the show's concept, airing unsold and unaired television pilots, was a popular concept in the 1960s. But during its last two seasons on the air, the series did find some trouble due to the ...
