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This was Sally Field's first television situation comedy. In it she portrayed a bright, winsome fifteen-and-a-half year old California teenager.​
Gidget tries to attract the attention of surfer Jeff. Anne, upset that her little sister is staying out all night, reads her diary and misinterprets its contents.​
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Gidget is unable to find a date for the upcoming luau and convinces her brother-in-law John to accompany her. John tries to fit in with the teenagers, but his behavior puts them off.​
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Gidget falls for surfer legend Kahuna and even convinces her father to have him invited over. She soon finds out that Kahuna is, when not on the beach, not that interesting.​
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Gidget feels that her teacher Hardy treats her tougher than the other students because she is the daughter of an English professor. She comes up with a scheme, which soon backfires.​
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After Larue gets put down by a girl at the beach, Gidget decides Larue needs a make-over. Larue is more interested in an old horse that she wants to buy. Russ tries to help, and Gidget thinks her friend and her Dad are an item.​
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After a talk with her Dad, Gidget decides that her boyfriend, Mark, needs to learn a little chivalry. Gidget and her girlfriends all gather at her house for a pajama party to teach all their boyfriends a lesson.​
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Gidget becomes the inspiration for photography student Tom Brighton. All goes well until Gidget realizes that she wants to be more than his model.​
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While Gidget's true love, Jeff, is away at college, Gidget enjoys herself by dating the feuding Cook cousins. She happily finds out that Jeff, is coming home for the Founder's Day dance, but then realizes she has three dates for the dance.​
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Gidget has a crush on an older surf bum she meets at the beach. All is fine until it turns out he's her new math teacher.​
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Gidget has a luncheon date to meet Jeff's parents for the first time. Mixed-up identities and switched sweaters cause a commotion.​
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The 1960's said:
After a talk with her Dad, Gidget decides that her boyfriend, Mark, needs to learn a little chivalry. Gidget and her girlfriends all gather at her house for a pajama party to teach all their boyfriends a lesson.​
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Gidget becomes the inspiration for photography student Tom Brighton. All goes well until Gidget realizes that she wants to be more than his model.​
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While Gidget's true love, Jeff, is away at college, Gidget enjoys herself by dating the feuding Cook cousins. She happily finds out that Jeff, is coming home for the Founder's Day dance, but then realizes she has three dates for the dance.​
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Gidget has a crush on an older surf bum she meets at the beach. All is fine until it turns out he's her new math teacher.​
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Gidget has a luncheon date to meet Jeff's parents for the first time. Mixed-up identities and switched sweaters cause a commotion.​
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Very underrated television sitcom of the 60's,way ahead of it's time.
 
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Not a favorite, since I don't remember ever seeing it. But definitely obscure.

"Combat Sergeant"- starring a guy named Michael Thomas. Set in World War II, during the North African Campaign.

Thomas only has two credits listed at IMDB.

National Telefilms Associates, on speculation, produced 13 episodes for syndication. Sold it to ABC as a summer replacement for "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" in the summer of 1956. All 13 episodes were shown,

NTA was eventually absorbed by Paramount. "Combat Sergeant" may be deep in the vault.

The sole visual record I can find. Michael Thomas and guest actor Clark Howat.
Rare photo Combat Sergeant Michael Thomas Clark Howat.jpg


I not sure if that's actually Michael Thomas. Clark Howat is a familiar face. He was Joe Friday's skipper a bunch of times on "Dragnet-1967-69".
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CTVA has an episode guide.
www.ctva.biz/US/Military/CombatSergeant.htm
 
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Bob Gu said:
Not a favorite, since I don't remember ever seeing it. But definitely obscure.

"Combat Sergeant"- starring a guy named Michael Thomas. Set in World War II, during the North African Campaign.

Thomas only has two credits listed at IMDB.

National Telefilms Associates, on speculation, produced 13 episodes for syndication. Sold it to ABC as a summer replacement for "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" in the summer of 1956. All 13 episodes were shown,

NTA was eventually absorbed by Paramount. "Combat Sergeant" may be deep in the vault.

The sole visual record I can find. Michael Thomas and guest actor Clark Howat.
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I not sure if that's actually Michael Thomas. Clark Howat is a familiar face. He was Joe Friday's skipper a bunch of times on "Dragnet-1967-69".
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CTVA has an episode guide.
www.ctva.biz/US/Military/CombatSergeant.htm
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Bob thanks for the info about this obscure series. There is a clip about it on YouTube. The quality is very poor so I will simply post a hyperlink directly to it.

Combat Sergeant (1956) - All Faces East - Rare WWII series set in North Africa against Rommel
 
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Thanks, Neal. Too bad the clip doesn't show Michael Thomas, as the 'Combat Sergeant'. I wonder if he changed his name or fell off a cliff.

Did you notice the "Superman" background library music?

These old video bootleggers should upload complete episodes and show commercials.
 
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Bob Gu said:
Thanks, Neal. Too bad the clip doesn't show Michael Thomas, as the 'Combat Sergeant'. I wonder if he changed his name or fell off a cliff.

Did you notice the "Superman" background library music?

These old video bootleggers should upload complete episodes and show commercials.
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Maybe Randall would know? He's real good with that kind stuff.

Yes I did sometimes I'm not sure if I'm watching Sky King, The Adventures of Superman or what? :)
 
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While her father is out of town Gidget goes to a surfing tournament with her sister and brother-in-law's blessing. They don't quite trust her though and hire a guy to keep tabs on Gidget.​
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Gidget gets lured out of the house, in her pajamas, to go on a surprise car buying trip to Pasadena. She then spends the whole trip stopping to call her Dad to let him know what's happening.​
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Gidget gets a job at the new teenage nightclub to pay for a birthday present for her Dad. Unfortunately the family suspects that she is working at someplace a little racier.​
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When Russ goes out of town Gidget finds herself unknowingly sharing the house with her father's friend.​
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Gidget and her boyfriend are joined on all of their dates by his lonely father.​
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A Look Back At Gidget​

 
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The misadventures of a nun who can fly and her convent and neighbours.​
Located atop a hill in old San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Convent San Tanco is populated by, among others, the stern and traditional Reverend Mother Superior Placido, straightforward Sister Jacqueline, English-challenged Sister Sixto who is always mixing her English slang around, young innocent novice Sister Ana, Sister Teresa and Sister Marguerita. The convent is an old,... Read all​
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Sister Bertrille is getting better at flying and takes the occasional practice flight. During one of her flights, she is seen by Carlos Ramirez, who thinks he has seen a religious vision. Because of it, he gives up drinking, gambling and girls, while taking up meditating and going to mass. Carlos' current girlfriend, Dottie, is concerned and goes to Sister Bertrille f... Read all​
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Even mechanically inclined Sister Bertrille can't fix their jalopy of a station wagon, which they need to transport the children to the Feast of St. Anthony Carnival that day. The sisters talk the Reverend Mother into letting them trade in the jalopy and buy another used car with the $800 they have on hand. Sister Bertrille turns to Money Back Hernando, the most notor... Read​
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The bell at San Tanco is showing its age. Originally meant only to be temporary, the replacement bell sunk on the ship, the Hidalgo, off the coast of Puerto Rico when it was being shipped from Belgium 200 years prior. When Sister Bertrille can't fix the bell, she suggests looking for the wreck of the Hidalgo. She goes to the one person with the money and the boat to e... Read all​
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As much as she loves Sister Bertrille, the Reverend Mother believes that the high winds of San Juan create an environment not suitable for Sister Bertrille. This is highlighted by the fact that Sister Bertrille flew through a new stained-glass window with her errant flying. So the Reverend Mother makes the difficult decision to transfer her to another convent, possibl... Read all​
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While her father is out of town Gidget goes to a surfing tournament with her sister and brother-in-law's blessing. They don't quite trust her though and hire a guy to keep tabs on Gidget.​
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Gidget gets lured out of the house, in her pajamas, to go on a surprise car buying trip to Pasadena. She then spends the whole trip stopping to call her Dad to let him know what's happening.​
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Gidget gets a job at the new teenage nightclub to pay for a birthday present for her Dad. Unfortunately the family suspects that she is working at someplace a little racier.​
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When Russ goes out of town Gidget finds herself unknowingly sharing the house with her father's friend.​
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Gidget and her boyfriend are joined on all of their dates by his lonely father.​
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A Look Back At Gidget​

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On a flight, Sister Bertrille suddenly gets dizzy and has double vision, forcing a crash landing. After being checked out by Dr. Tapia, he discovers she has an ear infection that will clear up in a couple of days. He is more concerned about the condition of the Reverend Mother. She is a bit anxious about Sister Bertrille in general but more so now with Sister Bertrill... Read all​
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Exasperated with the sharp tongue of her talking parrot Junior his vocabulary learned in her saloon, Rose Dolan threatens to fricassee him unless Sisters Bertrille and Jacqueline take him off her hands. Seeing that the convent does not allow pets, the sisters need to find Junior a good home. Unable to do so, they clandestinely take Junior back to the convent. However,... Read all​
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Bobbye Starr is trying to get away from her mobster boyfriend Al Caine, who she wants to get a legitimate job and ask her to marry him. In her getaway, she stows away in the convent's station wagon and isn't discovered by the sisters until they reach the convent. Sisters Bertrille and Jacqueline think that Bobbye's arrival is timely, as she mentioned her job was as a ... Read all​
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Unable to raise enough money through donations, Sister Bertrille thinks they should go into business. With the donation of the raw materials, Sister Bertrille thinks they should produce what she calls the Nectar of San Tanco: sea grape juice. Out of faith, Carlos and one of his business associates, Luis Fiero, agree to exclusive distribution rights of the product with... Read all​
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Sister Bertrille rescues a pelican which is trying to fly but has an injury. She nurses the bird back to health, but the pelican seems content to say with Sister Bertrille.​
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The Reverend Mother is speaking at an educational seminar in St. Thomas, and has forgotten her notes. Sisters Bertrille and Jacqueline brainstorm about how to get the information to her. Sister Bertrille asks Carlos if he would fly his private plane to St. Thomas, but he refuses. So Sister Bertrille takes matters into her own hands and flies there herself. En route, s... Read all​
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Before the Reverend Mother goes off on a cruise vacation, she makes Sister Bertrille promise her that she will not not tell anyone else about her ability to fly. At the hospital pediatric wing, Sisters Bertrille and Jacqueline encounter Charlie Webster, a problem orphan who is self-absorbed and prone to telling tales. As such, he is a loner without friends and is hard... Read all​
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Santa Thomasina is a small remote village in the hills overlooking San Juan. In reality, it is not one but two villages, since the inhabitants of both have been feuding for years as to which has the rightful claim to being 'the' Santa Thomasina. Sister Bertrille and Sister Jacqueline are caught within the feud when they are invited by one of the communities, but end up in the other.​
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A Look Back at the Flying Nun​
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Sally and John Burton were normal but cute newlyweds attempting to begin a quiet new life together. The only problem was that Sally was "blessed" with powers of ESP. Her skills at mind-reading got her and John into plenty of wacky situations.

S01E02 Everything You Wanted to Hide and Couldn't (Sep.21.1973)
Stars Sally Field John Davidson Pat Delaney Henry Jones Dennis Robertson Jack Sheldon​
Newlyweds John and Sally experience extraordinary friction, as Sally can read John's thoughts about other women.​
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How to surprise the girl with ESP? Sally's birthday.​
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Sally helps Jerry (John's brother) with gambling.​
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Sally feels jealousy when John is asked to pose nude in a woman's magazine.​
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John and Sally discover that their eager new friends lack common interests.​
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Every year John's mom sends him a chocolate hen which leads to a marital spat after Sally mistakenly gives away the hen.​
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Sally's niece visits the Burton home.​
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Lionel does a good turn but it results in him losing his job. Sally tries to help the unfortunate man but his misfortunes are only beginning as series of calamities continue in his life.​
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John considers a career as a politician. Series final.​
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An aspiring actress moves from her hometown of Brewster, New York, to try to make it big in New York City, having to take several offbeat "temp" jobs to support herself in between her various auditions and bit parts.

S01E01 Don't Just Do Something, Stand There (Sep.08.1966)
Stars Marlo Thomas Ted Bessell Bonnie Scott Jack Goode Ed Peck Jerry Fogel Luana Anders Burt Taylor​
Ann Marie is working at a newsstand in an office building. She meets Donald Hollinger, a magazine writer who works there. Ann has just gotten an acting job for a television commercial filming in the lobby of the office building.​
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Ann moves out of her parents home in Brewster, New York, and moves to New York City to become an actress, though her overprotective father isn't happy about it. Ann meets her neighbor, Judy Bessemer, but isn't on her own for very long - her mother comes to stay with her because she isn't speaking to Ann's father. Ann's agent gets her a role on a children's television show... playing a mop.​
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Ann agrees to babysit for her neighbor and friend, Judy Bessemer, who assures her that she'll be back long before Ann has to leave for her audition for an acting workshop. Judy gets stuck at her sisters house and her husband, Leon, is an obstetrician and gets called to deliver a patient's baby, forcing Ann to take baby Stanley along on her audition. The director of the acting workshop is very no-nonsense and isn't a fan of babies.’​
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Don loans Ann his car so she can pick up a rubber tree plant (which is actually a live plant) from her mother. A pedestrian carrying a sewing machine walks into Don's car while Ann was driving it and sues her. Ann gives her account of what happened in court, in great detail. She has trouble getting anyone to believe that while she was stopped at a traffic light, a man just walked into the car, and that his sewing machine damaged the fender.​
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Ann is bringing Donald home to meet her parents for the first time, and Donald is already a nervous wreck. On the way to Brewster, NY they stop for a picnic, during which Donald has a series of mishaps.​
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Ann is pursued by a very wealthy, very persistent man. Since she and Donald are not in an exclusive relationship, Donald proceeds to compete with Rod Waxman.​
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Donald's secretary quits when she learns that she and her husband are having a baby. Ann, who is in need of a job, persuades a very reluctant Donald to hire her. Terry, who shares an office with Donald, thinks Ann is a great secretary, but her presence in the office makes it difficult for a rather jumpy Donald to get any work done.​
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Ann, Donald, Judy and Leon attend an auction, where Ann pays $7.50 for a box without knowing what's inside. Although Donald thinks it's merely a box of junk, a man who introduces himself as Mr. Johnson asks if he can buy it from Ann. This only convinces Ann and Judy that something in the box must be more than just junk. After showing up at her apartment and offering her $30 for a baseball from the box, Ann and her friends become suspicious of Mr. Johnson.​
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Ann tries to explain to Donald how she came to be arrested, wearing a very small leopard print cave-girl outfit. It began when she filled in for a fellow actress at her job as a waitress at a restaurant called 'The Cave'.​
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Ann's friend, Sandy, lands a role in a Broadway show, and asks Ann to be her understudy. While Sandy is staying with her, Ann is such a safety hazard, it is becoming even more likely that she'll have to take Sandy's place on stage.​
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This episode is a revised version of the test pilot, with different characters and actors. Ann's agent, Harvey Peck, thinks that she should change her name to something more appropriate for an actress, as people are constantly asking him "'Ann Marie' what?" Ann does not like the idea, knowing how much it would upset her parents. As she predicted, Ann's father is furious with the idea, and will not speak to her unless her name is 'Ann Marie'. Ann has to decide soon - she has a part on a television show and needs to choose what name will appear for her in the credits.​
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Ann currently has a recurring role on a popular soap opera, playing a villain named Sheila. When she is meeting Donald's parents for the first time, his mother dislikes her before even getting to know Ann. Donald finds out that his mother watches the soap opera and believes that Ann must be just like the evil character she plays on the show.​
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Ann tells Donald about one Christmas that she spent with a little boy name Tommy who was one of her students while she was a teacher at a boarding school. Tommy always spent Christmas in hotels or at the school while his parents finish working on a movie. Since she's isn't allowed to bring him home with her, Ann stays at the school with him to give him his first happy Christmas.​
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After buying tickets for her neighbors from a scalper, Donald tells Ann that sometimes people are robbed while they're out on the town. So they decide to remove their Christmas presents from their apartment and get caught by the police while doing so.​
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Fun show love it. All episodes are posted on youtube in very good quality and uncut. I downloaded them all. One of my fav series from the 1950's.
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Though posted twice before, (here and here) this is quite a find and something I missed on YouTube. Why? Because Season Three has long since been OOP on DVD. Though the entire series is as well, this will be my very first time seeing these rare third season episodes. I will post all of them here in the future. Thank you Clark!
Gomer gets his first shot at the obstacle course.​
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Gomer helps a recruit smuggle his girlfriend into the barracks.​
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While on a hike Gomer makes a friend, but when the friend decides to move into the barracks Sgt Carter wants him gone! but Gomer shows the Sgt what an asset this new friend is to the platoon.​
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After tipping his hat instead of saluting female Captain "Iron Pants" Martin, Gomer is assigned special detail in her office to teach him a lesson. But it turns out that he is the teacher, instead of the student, as he reminds her that she is more then just a Marine.​
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A trouble maker transfers into the platoon and decides to make Pyle his patsy, Gomer tries to handle it with understanding and kindness - but soon learns that bullies need to be stood up against.​
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