Monday, October 13, 2025

Saturtainment: This is why birds aren't inventors (Linus The Lionhearted, 1964)

 Billy Boid (Carl Reiner, The Dick Van Dyke Show) decides to trick out the "throne" of Linus The Lionhearted (Sheldon Leonard) with remote controls-----with predictable results. Here's "Billy's Inventions":


Leonard was far more successful as a producer, even though Linus did get 2 seasons before moving to ABC for some rerun cycles. He wouldn't get another series gig until moving in front of the camera for the short-lived Big Eddie a few years later. As a producer, he scored, of course, with I Spy (3 years on NBC), his only successful entry for the network.

Rating: B-.

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