Jack Raymond Movies

The normally egotistical and overbearing Hoo Doo (Charles Nelson Reilly) is a nervous wreck as he prepares for a visit from the Imperial Wizard. Determined to make a good impression on his superior magician, Hoo Doo kidnaps several of the Good Hats and orders them to be his servants. But Mark (Butch Patrick) comes to the rescue for his friends by donning yet another disguise. This Lidsville episode is a reworking of H.R. Pufnstuf's "The Visiting Witch." ~ Rovi

The Castaways pin their rescue hopes on a homing pigeon named Walter. Unfortunately, the recipient of Walter's messages is a guy named Burt (Sterling Holloway), who thinks the whole thing is a hoax. Worse is still to come when Gilligan (Bob Denver) and company are obliged to rescue the pigeon from a cave guarded over by a six-foot spider ("played" by celebrated animal imitator Janos Prohaska). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

The Castaways are certain that a new war has begun and that they're in the thick of the fray. The reason? An unseen assailant is bombarding the island with hand grenades. Almost immediately, the Skipper (Alan Hale Jr.) organizes the Castaways into an emergency army--little suspecting that the hand lobbying the grenades belongs to a gorilla, who has come across a cache of leftover WW2 weaponry! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

In the final episode of Petticoat Junction's first season, Kate (Bea Benadaret) braces herself for a visit from her former schoolteacher Adelaide Keane (played by Benadaret's fellow old-time-radio veteran Lurene Tuttle), who was so stern and tough that she was known to one and all as "Genghis" Keane. But after having spent a lengthy vacation in Europe, Adelaide is no longer quite the tyrant that she used to be--in fact, she's a pussycat. Ken Osmond, the former Eddie Haskell on Leave It to Beaver, shows up in this episode as Billie Jo's (Jeannine Riley) current beau Harold, while Barbara Pepper makes her first appearance as Mrs. Ziffel (here named "Ruth" instead of "Doris"). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Fred talks Barney into spending his hard-earned bucks on an expensive new "Polarock" camera (a spoof of the Polaroid, which was considered the marvel of the age back in 1963 because it developed a picture in less than a minute). When Barney complains that he's broke, Fred suggests that the duo go into business as sidewalk photographers. Inevitably, the boys get into big trouble when they inadvertently snap a picture of two escaping bank robbers. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Celebrated composer Hoagy Carmichael supplies the voice for his animated likeness in this first episode of The Flintstones' second season. Once again dreaming of overnight wealth and success, Fred and Barney go into the songwriting business. Since neither of our heroes can tell one note from another, they hire a fast-buck hack named "Scat" Von Roctoven to set their lyrics to music. Unfortunately, Von Roctoven has plagiarized a little ditty called "Stardust". . . In addition to "guesting" in this episode, Hoagy Carmichael also penned an original song for the occasion, "Yabba Dabba Doo." (Trivia note: The voice of Barney is provided by Daws Butler, who substituted for the ailing Mel Blanc). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Every year, the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes holds a picnic; every year, Fred teams up with Barney during the field-day games; and every year, Fred and Barney lose spectacularly, while lodge brother Joe Rockhead takes home all the prizes. Tired of being the "nice guy" who always finishes last, Fred dumps Barney as his partner for the upcoming picnic and teams with Joe--but things don't quite come off the way Fred has planned. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi