I would love to get the whole series on DVD for my grand children ages 2, 5 and 7. My older brothers changed the lyrics just to have some fun. Tell him what you like. Like the theme song to Gilligan’s Island, which Schwartz also co-wrote, the opening theme song to It’s About Time succinctly explains the premise of the series. I have always remembered the first couple of lines of the theme and remembered Joe E. Ross in the role. About cave people in the strangest place. They don’t understand the concept of money but after being taught to sign their names Gronk and Shad begin signing up for anything and everything. The most memorable part was, indeed, the song. We found it by googling the tune lyrics to see where they came from. Watch each week and see. I must admit, Sherwood Schwartz did have a knack for educating viewers. GILLIGAN’S ISLAND did what looked like a parody of TIME as a dream sequence, even using the “Other side of hill” line. The first Nielsen report for the 1966-1967 season covered the two weeks ending September 25th, which included the second and third episodes of It’s About Time. I was very young when 'It's About Time' was on TV in Australia but have never forgotten the series and great theme song that hasn't left my memory for about 30yrs. Fantastic, Captain Nice, Batman, It’s About Time, etc. The theme song from it's about time is the same theme that the Red Sox use for their radio broadcasts. We were devastated. The ratings didn’t improve and CBS cancelled the series after a single season. The series premiere introduces astronauts Mac (played by Frank Aletter) and Hec (played by Jack Mullany). Also I like anything with Jack Mullaney remember him from the Dr Goldfoot Movie's with VIncent Price ? This CBS sitcom ran only one season from September 11, 1966 until August 27, 1967 and starred Jack Mullaney and Frank Aletter as two sixties astronauts who break the time barrier and end up in prehistoric times. As an object. If they accidentally turn on a vacuum cleaner and it chased them around the room, they’d kill it. In another episode, Hec makes a mess of things in another episode when he tells Shad how women are treated with kindness and respect where he comes from. I remember that the cavemen, after they came back to present-day Earth, recorded a rock song (pun intended) named “Dinosaur Stew,” which became a big hit (on the show, that is). The fantasy comedy ran for 26 episodes in the vein of his "Gilligan's Island" with this series also about travelers sent off course and stranded in a jungle setting with absurd plots. About a time when the Earth was new. So, why did I watch it? The episode scheduled for that date ultimately aired on April 2nd, 1967 as the last first-run episode of the series. Joe E. Ross ('Gronk') and Imogene Coco ('Chad') are goofy as the cave couple and Cliff Norton generates laughs as 'Boss' who tries to come up with excuses to kill the astronauts each episode. I requested that they get the right to and show PISTOLS AND PETTICOATS….another fun CBS one-season wonder, starring Ann Sheridan. Mac and Hec soon begin introducing modern technology to the cave people. The character of Heck is clearly modeled after the character of Gilligan. I recently purchased the entire series (26 episodes) on tape. A guy always cums fast when its their first time. In the second season, the astronauts and the two main cave-characters repaired the spaceship and returned to the present. And Joe E Ross , ooh, ooh, That was Funny, What has happened the comedy ? It was nostalgic since I recalled many of the episodes when I saw them as a kid. I recently viewed all 26 episodes and I was amazed by how many lines, scenes and characters I remembered from 40 years ago. The show disappeared without any notice or information. Best man catches friend’s cheating wifey caught on camera. "It's about time, it's about space, it's about (something something something) the human race)" What were those missing words? To the 20th Century? What a cesspool the modern sitcom has become. The only other things about the show that really stand out in my memory are the goofy cast of cave people (Mike Mazurki, Joe E. "Ooh! Ooh!” catch phrase and for roles on The Phil Silvers Show and Car 54, Where Are You?. is supposed to be trying to attack some cave men hiding in a cave you can clearly see that it's actually digging away at the entrance to a mine, complete with supporting timbers and a sign warning people to keep out. now a days its ether cruel, rude, or nasty, This is an obscure series with not much information available. I remember this show only vaguely, but the theme song was a big hit with the school kids (I was in the 3rd grade when it came out) because we changed it as a joke on our friends. I remember watching this show every Sunday evening during the 1966/67 TV season. Hey Tom, I had forgotten about "Its About Time." The material on this site can not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with prior written permission of Multiply. It’s about their fate. It was this show where I first heard, and learned the terms "Prehistoric", "20th Century", "Primative" and "BC" (in the days before politically correctness). Required fields are marked *. Television Magazine presented its annual “Consensus” analysis of new TV show reviews in its November 1966 issue. It would follow Lassie and precede The Ed Sullivan Show. Also, can you get copies of the show on video or DVD? | Ooh!" I’m sure I never watched this show when I was a child, but I knew the two-line verse “It’s about time, it’s about space / It’s about time to slap your face” from hearing it on the playground. However,they landed in a swamp smack in the middle of the prehistoric Stone Age,and not far from a tribe of friendly cave dwellers. In reply to the comment that this series was a failure, I must disagree. I had thought I watched it in the ’70’s. I was 10 when it came out and I can still remember most of the words to the theme song. Coca, best known for appearing on Your Show of Shows from 1950-1954, had two failed NBC sitcoms under her belt (The Imogene Coca Show from 1954-1955 and Grindl from 1963-1964). It covered the two weeks ending October 9th, which included the fourth and fifth episodes of It’s About Time. At 6 years old, it did not occur to me that cave people likely did not speak in 20th century English as they did on this show. I was only six at the time and watched it in black and white. Sherwood Schwartz co-wrote to theme(s) with George Wyle and Gerald Fried. At least all that this shy, egg headed ape who had an unusual sense of the ironic and a penchant for the ridiculous could want. Although they succeed, that doesn’t stop Boss from continually trying to sacrifice the two or blame them for any problems facing the tribe. She doesn’t want to marry Brak–the son of Boss–which infuriates Boss. Watch each week and see. Your reminder brought up a typical schoolyard incident, where I watched as one of my friends sang to me, "Its about time, its about space, its about time to slap your face." 'It's About Time" had 2 theme songs. We’ll see if that ever happens. In fact in one scene where a tyrannosaurus (from DINOSAURUS!) Won't someone bring it back to TV, or publish it on a DVD or something? And her prehistoric mate. and especially if he's been waiting for a long time. Traveling faster than the speed of light. And proceeded to do just that. In other episodes, Boss condemns Mac and Hec to death for using a camera and flying a model airplane. It was about 3 astronughts that landed back in the cave man days., What was the name of the show?