Family Tree

truegritwayne Says:

Apr 17, 2009 - I have never heard of this show. It's pretty funny in a 50's kind of way.

sonnywestfan1 Says:

Apr 24, 2009 - Isn't the girl playing the youngest daughter the one that played on Dobie Gills as Zelda?

paulsecic Says:

Apr 25, 2009 - Yes it's Zelda.

UTAOUB Says:

May 10, 2009 - WONDERFUL!!!!!!! I haven't seen these episodes since they first came out on TV! I've been looking all over for them!!!! (A true musician, I've remembered the main music theme all these years!) (Didn't remember that the Erwin family was from New York -- like me!) Thank you SO much, YouTube, for presenting these episodes! I'll try to show one to my sister, (who doesn't have her own computer yet), when she visits! THANKS AGAIN, SO MUCH, YOUTUBE!!!!

UTAOUB Says:

May 10, 2009 - Yes. Her name is Sheila James, & she's alive and well today!

UTAOUB Says:

May 10, 2009 - It was the very FIRST situation comedy on TV!

UTAOUB Says:

May 10, 2009 - TRIVIA: WILLIE BEST, who plays the Black handyman, played a lot of stereotyped roles in his career. He later sued because he felt he was forced into these stereotyped parts, but lost. STEWART IRWIN was an actor & bandleader in older films. SHIEILA JAMES, who plays the younger daughter, grew up to play in "Dobie Gillis" & become a leader in the fight for Lesbian rights!

revkev Says:

Jun 20, 2009 - Wonderful! Thank you You Tube! One of the favorite shows of my youth. Great memories.

sljensen1 Says:

Aug 11, 2009 - the Uncle played in alot of shows

RayPointer Says:

Jan 15, 2010 - THE LIFE OF RILEY went to television in 1949 with Jackie Gleason and Rosemary DeCamp as CHESTER and PEG. While Willima Bendix portrayed RILEY on radio, he did not appear in the television version until its return in 1953 with Majorie Reynolds.

kraftpr Says:

Jan 20, 2010 - Wow! Burt Mustin (Uncle Lucias) looks much the same here as he did as Mr. Quigley in "All in the Family" nearly 20 years later! He certainly was one of the better character actors.

bu11com Says:

Mar 20, 2010 - Kinda weird to see a show where all the actors are now dead.

MachinestMate Says:

May 7, 2010 - Sheila James Kuehl is still very much alive, being just 8 months older than I am.I remember watching this as a youngster. Back in the "good old days"

fromthesidelines Says:

May 25, 2010 - The full title of this episode [filmed without an audience and NO "laugh track"] was "In the Shade Of the Old Family Tree", originally aired on February 27, 1953.

fromthesidelines Says:

May 25, 2010 - ...and no, this wasn't THE first filmed situation comedy on network TV {"THE LIFE OF RILEY", starring Jackie Gleason in 1949-'50, was}. This was the first successful filmed comedy to stay on the air for more than one season (it lasted until 1955), from the same people who later produced "MY LITTLE MARGIE", and filmed at the same studio ["THE AMOS 'N' ANDY SHOW" also used Hal Roach Studios as production facilities from 1951 through '53].

sandinmyears1 Says:

Oct 19, 2010 - I've never seen or even heard of this show.

sandinmyears1 Says:

Oct 19, 2010 - I remember him in Andy Griffith too.

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ivegotalongdong Says:

Oct 5, 2011 - Shiela James jsut needed a STIFF DICK...but then with her looks, she'd make a dildo go soft! no wonder she was a dyke

ivegotalongdong Says:

Oct 5, 2011 - as for the spook being upset playing the 'stereotypical parts' - he got paid, right? he took the job, right? he could have walked away, right? enuf' said

MrMegaFredzeppelin Says:

Dec 17, 2011 - This is such a positive show.ROCK ON!!!!!!