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It's About Time (1966-67)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Tom Alger
references:
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IT'S ABOUT TIME
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Redwood-Gladasya Production
United Artists Television
for
CBS (Sundays 7:30 pm EST)
Created and Produced by Sherwood Schwartz
US Comedy 1966-67 26 episodes x 30 min Color
release date 11Sept66
starring
Frank Aletter as 'Mac' Captain Glen McDivitt
Jack Mullaney as Hector
Imogene Coca as Shadd
Joe E. Ross as Gronk
Cliff Norton as Boss
Mike Mazurki as Clon
Kathleen Freeman as Mrs. Boss
Frank Wilcox as General Morley (1967) (entry ep. #20)
Mary Grace as Mlor, Shad & Gronk's daughter
Pat Cardi as Breer, Shad & Gronk's son
Alan DeWitt as Mr. Tyler
Premise:
Two astronauts, after breaking the speed of light, accidently travel
back in time to prehistoric Earth. Unable to return, they make friends
with the "natives" in the stone age.
An attempt to do a live-action Flintstones.
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CBS Sundays 7:30 pm Eastern
release date 11Sep66
[01] It's About Time: AND THEN I WROTE HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
11Sep66 CBS
Prod. no. 1001A (copyright date 31Aug66)
Written by Sherwood Schwartz , David P. Harmon & Elroy Schwartz
Director: Richard Donner
[02] It's About Time: THE COPPER CAPER
18Sep66 CBS
prod. no. 1002A (copyright date 8Sep66)
[03] It's About Time: THE INITIATION
25Sep66 CBS Sun
prod. no. 1003A (copyright date 16Sep66)
Synopsis:
Astronauts Hector and Mac must obtain a dinosaur tooth to become
full-fledged members of the cave family. [TA]
[04] It's About Time: TAILOR-MADE HERO
02Oct66 CBS
prod. no. 1004A (copyright date 12Sep66)
[05] It's About Time: THE RAINMAKERS
09Oct66 CBS
prod. no. 1005A (copyright date 21Sep66)
[06] It's About Time: THE COURTSHIP OF MILES GRONK (copyright title)
(a.k.a. "Me Caveman - You Woman" (broadcast title)
16Oct66 CBS
prod. no. 1006A (copyright date 22Sep66)
[07] It's About Time: THE CHAMP
23Oct66 CBS
prod. no. 1007A (copyright date 5Oct66)
[08] It's About Time: MARK YOUR BALLOTS
30Oct66 CBS
prod. no. 1008A (copyright date 7Oct66)
[09] It's About Time: HAVE I GOT A GIRL FOR YOU
06Nov66 CBS
prod. no. 1009A (copyright date 6Oct66)
[10] It's About Time: CAVE MOVIES
13Nov66 CBS
prod. no. 1010A (copyright date 3Nov66)
[11] It's About Time: ANDROCLES AND CLON
20Nov66 CBS
prod. no. 1011A (copyright date 10Nov66)
1.xx [--] It's About Time: (episode title, possibly "Androcles and Clon")
20Nov66 CBS Sun 8:30pm
Synopsis:
Hector and Mac have to squeeze out of another death sentence. This time cave
chief Boss wants to execute the astronauts because they made an evil device
(a model airplane). [TA]
[12] It's About Time: LOVE ME, LOVE GNOOK
27Nov66 CBS
prod. no. 1012A (copyright date 17Nov66)
[13] It's About Time: THE BROKEN IDOL
04Dec66 CBS
prod. no. 1013A (copyright date 22Nov66)
[14] It's About Time: THE SACRIFICE
11Dec66 CBS
prod. no. 1014A (copyright date 29Nov66)
[15] It's About Time: KING HEC
18Dec66 CBS
prod. no. 1015A (copyright date 6Dec66)
[16] It's About Time: THE MOTHER-IN-LAW
25Dec66 CBS
prod. no. 1016A (copyright date 2Nov66)
[17] It's About Time: WHICH DOCTOR'S WITCH
01Jan67 CBS
prod. no. 1017A (copyright date 3Nov66)
[18] It's About Time: TO CATCH A THIEF
08Jan67 CBS
prod. no. 1018A (copyright date 23Dec66)
Synopsis:
Mac and Hector set out to snare whoever is trying to frame them. Their
cave pals are being burgled, and everything's turning up at the astronauts' cave. [TA]
[19] It's About Time: THE STOWAWAY
(15Jan67 CBS - scheduled but NOT aired on this date -
aired with the reruns on 02Apr67 CBS)
prod. no. 1019A (copyright date 21Dec66)
(for continuity reasons this episode should be aired before #20)
[20] It's About Time: TWENTIETH CENTURY, HERE WE COME
22Jan67 CBS
prod. no. 1020A (copyright date 30Dec66)
Guest cast:
Jan Arvan (as Dr. Hamilton)
Patrick Waltz (as technician)
Kathryn Minner (as old woman)
Synopsis:
Tonight, the astronauts orbit back to 20th century Los Angeles -
accompanied by the Stone Age family!
Frank Wilcox joins the cast as General Morley
[21] It's About Time: SHAD RACK AND OTHER TORTURES
29Jan67 CBS
prod. no. 1021A
(2 eps copyrighted with prod. no. 1021A)
(copyright date 16Jan67)
Guest cast:
Joe Higgins (as the Sergeant)
Synopsis:
The Stone Age meets the Space Age as the cave folks take over a beauty
parlor and hit the town for a shopping spree. Result: more trouble for
the astronauts, who are still trying to convince General Morley that their
primitive pals are in Los Angeles. [TA]
[22] It's About Time: CAVE FAMILY SWINGERS
05Feb67 CBS
(2 eps copyrighted with prod. no. 1021A)
prod. no. 1021A (copyright date 24Jan67)
[--] 12Feb67 - pre-empted for the movie "The Wizard of Oz"
[23] It's About Time: TO SIGN OR NOT TO SIGN
19Feb67 CBS
prod. no. 1024A (copyright date 8Feb67)
Guest cast:
Susan Brown (as Miss Wilson)
Nora Marlowe (as Hilda)
Synopsis:
Mac makes the mistake of teaching Shad and Gronk how to write their
names. Now the pen-happy cave folks are signing up for big deals: Shad
joins a health club and Gronk enlists in the Army. [TA]
[24] It's About Time: SCHOOL DAYS, SCHOOL DAYS
26Feb67 CBS
prod. no. 1025A (copyright date 14Feb67)
Guest cast:
Jackie Russell (as Miss Fenway)
Alan Oppenheimer (as Pettijohn)
Herb Vigran (as Babcock)
Synopsis:
Breer's first day in school leads to educational problems for his
cave-folk parents. [TA]
[25] It's About Time: OUR BROTHERS' KEEPERS
05Mar67 CBS
prod. no. 1026A (copyright date 1Feb67)
[26] It's About Time: THE STONE AGE DIPLOMATS
12Mar67 CBS
prod. no. 1023A (copyright date 25Jan67)
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Spring/Summer Re-runs:
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19Mar67 - start of reruns
[--] 02Apr67 "The Stowaway" (originally scheduled for 15Jan67)
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