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Sadly Over-hyped

it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

You all know the backdrop of this series so I won't bore you with it. I love this show and I too like the season 2 and 3 shows the best. As far as format changes go, I think they did a really good job going from season 1 to 2 to 3. It was a logical progression, Doris gets a job, then she moves the family into town etc. I hate the way they changed the format in season 4 and 5. Had I been around at that time to put my two cents in I would have done several things. 1. In season 4 I would have left things exactly as they were in season three and brought in the Peter Lawford character as Doris's serious love interest and possible step father for the boys. This along with the normal goings on would have brought yet another logical advancement. 2. In season 5 I would have Doris and Peter get engaged, Doris gets a new Boss and is promoted to a staff writer position at the magazine. The season finale would have been Doris and Peter's wedding with the entire cast from all the seasons in attendance. This could have been a huge ratings getter and a great way to end the series. I just don't know what they were thinking when they did 4 and 5. There are some episodes that are good but the show is missing the heart it had in 1,2, and 3. As was stated by another poster we cant go back and change history but thankfully there is enough good in seasons 1 2 and 3 that I watch them all the time. A must for Doris Fans.

I have been captivated by Doris Day since I was a little girl. My grandfather played "Romance on the High Seas" and when I heard her sing "It's Magic" I was under her spell! I lack only 8 movies to having all of her films. I was so excited when The Doris Day Show was recently released. Although it isn't her best work, I was still pleased. It is so nice to be able to enjoy a comedy show without having to change the channel because of foul language, immorality, etc. Most of the shows are predictable, but family values shine through them all. Doris Day plays Doris Martin, a widow. She has two young sons and has moved in with her father on a farm. It is very apparent that Mrs. Martin loves her sons and wants only the best childhood for them. Grandpa sometimes has different opinions than Doris, but they always show respect for each other. The Doris Day Show is viewable by children of all ages. It is not laced with sexual innuendos, foul language, sexuality, etc. I wish that someone could recreate today that in a show!

Its amazing that this series hasn't been seen since the 1980's where it contineously played three times a day on the CBN Network(The Christian Broadcasting Network). But in a sense,"The Doris Day Show",was a disaster waiting to happen,and during the show's seven year run(which ran on CBS-TV,1968-1973)it shows. Where did the producers get off having a major Hollywood star(in her first and only weekly television series)go from being a simple country girl with two boys who lived on a farm outside of the city(which went by the formula of Petticoat Junction and Green Acres)with there uncle(played by Denver Pyle of The Dukes of Hazzard fame later on),and from there go from leaving the country(in which the show's producers by the next season wrote off the two boys from the show and leaving Doris to carry the weight of the series)to live in the big city and by making it on her own(which also went by the basic formulas of The Lucy Show/Here's Lucy/two-thirds of the Lucy trilogy,That Girl,and not to even mention The Mary Tyler Moore Show)as a single girl looking for love and the right opportunity which sometimes came alone. However,when the series premiered in September of 1968 on the CBS Network,the producers came up with the ideas for the series,and also gave way for Doris to have control of the entire status of production for the show(the second woman in Hollywood after Lucille Ball to do so since to gain control of her own TV series through her husband's production company-Irwin Productions). During the shows' first season,it went up against the Number One show in America in 1968, "The Andy Griffith Show",and also stiff competition for ratings during seasons three through five with "The Mary Tyler Moore Show",and "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In",not to mention "ABC's Monday Night Football"..By the late 1960's,Doris Day's film career was officially over and her attention was toward the next phase.........television. However,the show had some tough competition and went up against some very heavy hitters including Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In,The Flip Wilson Show, The Mod-Squad,Gunsmoke,and not to even mention by the early 70's presence of ABC's Monday Night Football which by 1973,the producers of the series knew it was time(due to low ratings and a sorry time slot)to let it go and from there "The Doris Day Show" was cancelled by CBS. Also during this time the career of singer/actress/producer Doris Day was over and to this day in 1973 officially retired from the entertainment industry where she is living peacefully somewhere in her private estate in Hollywood. However,she is still acting and spends her time as an animal activist for certain causes.I would be amazed if TVLand brought back the series since it needs to seen.

Doris Day, the number one female box-office attraction of all-time, smoothly segued into television in September of 1968. Although she had not planned to do a series, her late husband Marty Melcher had committed her to a deal with the eye network and as Day always said, "...a deal is a deal..." Despite stellar ratings the first week, the series faltered somewhat during the following weeks as viewers became frustrated at seeing Doris, who had achieved tremendous cinema success as a working, strong-minded woman, relegated to living on a farm. She was a delight as a widow with two young sons, a father, farm hand and housekeeper, but the scripts gave her little to do but smile. She took control of the show during the second season, had her character, Doris Martin get a job at a magazine in San Francisco, and ratings shot through the roof. The second through fifth seasons were certainly notable for many reasons. "The Doris Day Show" averaged 35-35 million viewers each Monday evening. It was largely due to Day's tremendous likeability and effortless skill as an actress and comic. The situations, while often uproariously funny, were never so slapstick that they bordered on caricature. She wisely surrounded herself with a wonderful supporting cast and guest stars that complimented her inherent skills. Maclean Stevenson, Rose Marie, Kaye Ballard, Bernie Kopell, Billy DeWolfe and others, were all given ample opportunity to shine, Day never feeling she wanted all the focus to be on her. There were wonderful guest stars and a look-see at the series will give you a chance to watch a young Jodie Foster and a venerable Estelle Winwood, well into her 80's at the time she appeared on the series several times. Henry Fonda, Day's "Midnight Lace" co-star John Gavin, Lew Ayres, Tony Bennett, Peter Lawford, and Patrick O'Neal are just a handful of those who graced the tube with the freckle-faced dynamo. Continuing her big-screen role as an independent woman who wouldn't take flack from anyone, instead building a successful career in what was often a man's world, prior to the so-called cutting edge "Mary Tyler Moore Show", Day was a woman of strength and determination although never submerging her femininity and becoming hard or cold. Occassionally Doris Day even let lose with a song or two, harmonizing with Bennett to "I Left My Heart in San Francisco", chirping with Larry Storch to "Harvest Moon" or singing a perfectly beautiful "Silver Bells" during a Christmas episode. Always garbed beautifully, Day had a great time sending up her own image as in an episode where her character, Doris Martin, won a Doris Day look-alike contest. While the show underwent some changes of cast and locale each season, her character continued her job at Today's World, and always maintained her integrity and sense of humor. In the Spring of 1973, following a successful five year run of almost 130 episodes, Day decided not to renew her contract for another season feeling that she had done what she could with the role. Offers continued to pour in for various series but Day felt the series stood on its own merits. A look at the show today shows that she was savvy in walking away when she did. It remains funny, charming, very watchable, and Day remains a surefire treat, the glue that keeps everything nicely together.