This show was very popular when I was a kid - but absolutely everyone I knew *despised it* with a passion. It was so sickly sweet and phony, the classic "cute kids" program.
For those watching today - no, the 60's weren't really like that, with deadly dull people doing deadly dull things, no real family operated like this one. Even the theme song was sappy, with French-sounding harpsichord music. We would hear that music and dive for the knob to change channels.
My parents hated it, too, this was the first TV program I heard him (mockingly - I think...) threaten to shoot the TV. Awful from start to finish.
For those watching today - no, the 60's weren't really like that, with deadly dull people doing deadly dull things, no real family operated like this one. Even the theme song was sappy, with French-sounding harpsichord music. We would hear that music and dive for the knob to change channels.
My parents hated it, too, this was the first TV program I heard him (mockingly - I think...) threaten to shoot the TV. Awful from start to finish.