It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 517 & 518 - Doctor Doctor/Harper Valley PTA

2024-12-06

This week on It Was a Thing on TV First, the year is 1989 and the Max Headroom fad, for the most part, has come and gone. Next up for Matt Frewer is a comedy where laughter is sometimes the best medicine. Doctor Doctor ran two abbreviated seasons, followed by a full final season. The show tackled some very sensitive yet timely topics during its run including AIDS and homophobia, but went away quietly after a ratings nosedive. Then, in 1968, the song Harper Valley PTA was a number one hit for Jeannie C. Rile...

This week on It Was a Thing on TV

First, the year is 1989 and the Max Headroom fad, for the most part, has come and gone. Next up for Matt Frewer is a comedy where laughter is sometimes the best medicine. Doctor Doctor ran two abbreviated seasons, followed by a full final season. The show tackled some very sensitive yet timely topics during its run including AIDS and homophobia, but went away quietly after a ratings nosedive.

Then, in 1968, the song Harper Valley PTA was a number one hit for Jeannie C. Riley. In 1978, the song was the inspiration for a movie with the same title, starring Barbara Eden. Three years later, this show came into being with Eden at the helm, about the battles Eden's character had with the PTA of a fictional Ohio town called Harper Valley.

Timestamps

0:31 - Doctor Doctor (Episode 517)

1:04:21 - Harper Valley PTA (Episode 518)

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