The Patty Duke Show: Season One
by Stanley Prager
List Price:
Our Price: $23.35
You Save: $21.60 (48%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $21.69 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD details
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD details
Actor: Jean Byron, Patty Duke, Paul O'Keefe, William SchallertDirector: Stanley Prager
Brand: Universal Studios
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 900 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-09-29
Audience Rating: Unrated
Model: SF11405
Studio: Shout! Factory
Product features:
- PATTY DUKE SHOW, THE-SEASON 1 (DVD MOVIE)
DVD Reviews of The Patty Duke Show: Season One
DVD Review: "The Patty Duke Show" Will Have You Seeing Double!
Summary: 5 Stars
I grew up watching this really cute series when it was in syndication as a teenager myself, and only wish today's teens had more programs of its quality and sense of genuine fun. "The Patty Duke Show" always reminded me of Disney's "The Parent Trap," which starred another favorite Haley Mills.
The series portrays the story of two identical cousins, Patty and Cathy Lane. Cathy, the daughter of a globe trotting journalist, comes to live with her aunt & uncle, Martin & Natalie Lane. They have a daughter, Patty, who's the same age as Cathy and her absolute spitting image. However, aside from looks, these two teenage girls are completely opposite in personality, taste, and life experiences.
Patty Duke charmingly captures the dual roles of the cousins and manages to make the viewer think that there are actually two different teenagers here. There are some great special effects for that era when the 'two of a kind' cousins appear together on screen. Whether realistic or not, the show had a great story idea with a variation on the identical twins with contrasting personalities theme. Making them cousins with totally different childhood experiences, the screenwriters could make this pair of look-a-likes seem really diverse.
In fact, their "personality" and "culture clash" forms the basis of the series. Since Patty and Cathy are such opposites, they have trouble understanding each other. The urbane, sophisticated Cathy is a quiet and serious young lady, who has been living in Scotland with her father and has traveled abroad in Europe. Patty is a typical peppy, outgoing, and very social American teenager living in Brooklyn Heights. Cathy is studious and scholastically excellent, while Patty receives average grades and is more concerned with fashions, fads, friends, fun, and slumber parties than with schoolwork. Cathy's taste in music runs to classical, while Patty likes to bop around to the rock & roll music of that era. Even their taste in food...well, Cathy prefers gourmet cuisine, while Patty chooses hot dogs, ice cream, and junk food.
Although jealousy and conflict arise (always humorously conveyed of course), it's much like a sibling relationship. Underneath it all, the cousins really do care about one another and sometimes even conspire together to pull off pranks or get themselves out of scrapes. (Typically Patty gets into the scrape and Cathy must help her out of it!) Also, the cousins are not actually that different in some important ways. Patty desires popularity and Cathy at least some sense of acceptance. And of course both young ladies are interested in BOYS. Patty would accurately be described as boy crazy, and kept a steady relationship with one boy in particular, Richard Harrison (Eddie Applegate), while Cathy conveys her interest a bit more subtly. The girls don't always go for the same type, but in one episode, I recall the pair are actually rivals for the attentions of the new boy next door.
Patty's father, Martin Lane, is managing editor of a fictitious New York newspaper, the New York Chronicle, for which Cathy's father (Martin's brother) works as a foreign correspondent. The two brothers are identical twins, presumably explaining their daughters' close physical resemblance. Cathy's father wants her to complete high school in the States before returning to Scotland.
The father in this series really stands out in my mind these many years later. William Shallert is absolutely wonderful in the role of Patty's father, Martin Lane, the classic kind & caring American dad who's often at his wit's end over his teenage daughter's antics. This actor also plays Cathy's father in a few of the episodes. Natalie Lane, as Patty's mother is also perfectly cast and manages her scenes beautifully.
"The Patty Duke Show" was always entertaining and I always enjoyed seeing what kind of "caper" Patty would get into and then watch as Cathy would figure a way out of it. There are many classic teen "story lines" featured, including parties, dating, school football stars, teachers, baby sitting, kid brothers, and peer rivalry. Patty spars with her own younger brother, Ross, (Paul O'Keffe) and must also cope with an annoying school rival, Sue Ellen (Kitty Sullivan). I'm very excited to see Season 1 of "The Patty Duke Show" finally making it to DVD and hope the following Season 2 and 3 won't be too far behind! Here are the Episodes featured in Season 1:
The Patty Duke Show - Season 1 - 1963-64
01- Pilot- The original pilot for the series was never aired. It was shown as a flashback in the final episode of season one.
02- The French Teacher- There is a new French teacher at school, André Malon. Patty falls in love with Malon. Her attitude toward school and her grades suddenly improve.
03- The Genius- The school is testing the students for IQ. Patty's results give her a score of 185. Is she a real genius or has Patty been tampering with the computer?
04- The Elopement- Patty and her mother are planning a surprise for her father, Martin. They are arranging a weekend at the fishing lodge where her parents spent their honeymoon. Patty and her friend Richard go to the license bureau to get a fishing license for the surprise. J.R. Castle, Martin's boss, sees Patty at the license bureau. He leads Martin to believe that Patty and Richard are planning to elope.
05- House Guest- Aunt Pauline has frequently sent gifts to the Lane household that are usually stored in the basement. When the family learns that this spinster Aunt is coming for a visit they quickly transport the gifts into the living room. The visit results in pandemonium as the controlling matriarch tyrant takes over the running and feeding of the household.
06- The Birds and The Bees Bit- Ross has been talked into going to a dance with a sweet Southern Belle. He does not know what to do or how to act. Patty and Cathy try to teach Ross all he needs to know about women in two days.
07- The Slumber Party- Patty and Cathy have a "Slumber Party." Kid brother Ross uses the time wisely to tape record a private conversation at the party. He shrewdly uses the information gathered to blackmail the girls. His parents wonder why he is suddenly being treated like a king.
08- The Babysitters- When Mr.. Lane refuses to pay for an evening gown for Patty, she decides to go into the babysitting business.
09- The Conquering Hero- Patty is a faithful fan of the school basketball team. This season is the best in the school's history and they have a shot at the all league trophy. The star of the team finds out that his family will be moving in the middle of the season to Michigan. Chaos erupts when Patty suggests he live with her until the end of the basketball seasons.
10- The President- Patty and Cathy are both talked into running for president of the Girls' League. Once the campaign starts with what were once reluctant candidates, it isn't long until the girl's become mudslinging competitors.
11- Double Date- Cathy is excited about a special date planned with Craig. They are going to a party. Cathy becomes ill on the eve of the party from getting a flu shot meant for Patty. To make up for Cathy missing this important date, the girls decide that Patty needs to pass herself off as Cathy at the party. This means Patty has two dates, Richard and Craig, for the same evening.
12- The Actress- The high school is putting on a lavish version of "Anthony and Cleopatra". Cathy is excited about the play and desperately wants the lead. Patty could care less about a Shakespearean production. The director decides he needs Patty's talents for the lead role.
13- How To Be Popular- It is hard to be the cousin of the popular Patty, so Cathy decides that it is time for her to win more friends. She writes to Aunt Jane, a lonely heart columnist. The advice she gets leads to disaster.
14- The Song Writers- Patty is afraid she is losing Richard to her archrival Sue Ellen. She copies a poem from a book and uses it to woo Richard back. Richard shows Cathy the poem. They both love it. Cathy sets it to music. To surprise Patty, Richard enters the completed piece in a Jimmy Dean Songwriter Contest.
15- The Princess Cathy- There is a new exchange student at school. Cathy starts dating him and they quickly fall in love. He is a from a royal family and proposes marriage. Will Cathy become Princess Cathy?
16- Christmas Present- Cathy is excited as Christmas approaches. Her father is going to join her for the holidays. The day before Christmas Martin learns that Cathy's father, a foreign correspondent, has been imprisoned in a foreign country. How can he break the news to her the day before Christmas?
17- Auld Lang Syne- Martin's brother Kenneth sets out to write his autobiography, but discovers writing a book to be more difficult than he imagined.
18- Horoscope- Patty becomes an astrologist in order to earn money to buy her mother, Natalie, a birthday present.
19- The Tycoons- When all the girls like the dress that Cathy made, she and Patty decide to go into business.
20- Author! Author!- Patty writes a novel presenting the viewpoint of the American teenager and immediately gets a publishing contract.
21- The Continental- Martin learns that he is being transferred to Paris. The family is excited at first, then they realize how much they love and appreciate their present home.
22- Let `Em Eat Cake- Natalie makes the mistake of leaving her cake in the church bazaar on the kitchen table unattended. The girls find the cake and eat it.
Afterward they're afraid they will be in trouble so they try to bake a substitute.
23- Going Steady- Patty and Richard decide to go steady. When their parents find out, they try to break it up.
24- Are Mothers People?- Natalie Lane begins to feel unwanted and devises a plan to get even with her family for the uncaring way they have been acting.
25- The Con Artist- Cathy buys a vacuum cleaner for Natalie's birthday. She discovers that the smooth talking salesman has sold her a product that is too expense for her to handle the cost. Patty decides to help her out with the situation by unloading the vacuum on "some other sucker."
26- The Perfect Teenager- Patty flunks a psychology exam at school. She concludes that she is a flop as a teenager. To overcome her deficiencies, she decides to enroll in a course for teen-age models.
27- Chip Off The Old Block- To increase the circulation of the school paper, Patty uses scandalous stories which infuriate the school principal.
28- The Wedding Anniversary Caper- In order to buy a gift for his parents wedding anniversary, Ross enters Patty's photo in a teenagers beauty contest.
29- Pen Pals- Patty answers a pen pal ad in a teen-age magazine. She receives beautiful letters from her new pen pal. She loses interest in her boy friend Richard but is unaware that her poetic correspondent is really her very own Richard.
30- A Slight Case of Disaster- Patty buys an expensive dress that she intends to return after she makes her arch rival Sue-Ellen jealous. Cathy gets a stain on it making it impossible for Patty to return the dress.
31- The Friendship Bit- Patty discovers that she is allergic to Cathy.
32- Patty, The Foster Mother- Patty unknowingly signs papers to adopt a Korean orphan.
33- Drop Out- Patty's boyfriend Richard decides he should quit High School and get a job. Patty's family try to talk him out of the idea.
34- Leave It To Patty- Patty is campaigning to get the position of chairwoman for the class prom. When Patty finds out that Cathy knows the rock and roll star Binky Bristol, she decides she can win the position by promising to supply this celebrity for the class prom.
35- The Little Dictator- Cathy has earned the position of student principal for a week. Patty gets in trouble at school and thinks that Cathy will cover for her. Cathy decides to be fair and is forced to send home a bad report on Patty. Patty is angered by the report and declares war on her cousin.
36- The Working Girl- Patty gets a job at the local ice cream parlor. The job proves to be more than Patty can handle.
37- The Cousins- Patty and Cathy reminisce about Cathy's arrival in the Lane household.
Now bring on Season 2!!
Description of The Patty Duke Show: Season One
PATTY DUKE SHOW:SEASON ONE - DVD MovieAs The Patty Duke Show demonstrates, from its very first episode in 1963, there's no teenager, then or now, who more personified early-'60s American Teen than Patty Duke. And the hit sitcom is still as funny and endearing as ever--and lots of fun to watch as a whole season. Plus there's something else that can be appreciated a few decades after the fact: as the double star of The Patty Duke Show, playing trendy wisenheimer American Patty Lane, and her "identical cousin," the cultivated Cathy, who grew up in Scotland, Duke pulled double acting duty throughout the show, and her performances as each teen are enthusiastic and impressive.
Duke's smiling, open persona, and her ease with her costars, is one reason for the show's appeal. When playing Patty, she's given the '60s standard-issue role of Young Alien in a Teenage Human Body--speaking an unfamiliar language (Patty: "Would you swing an X here?" Dad: "I assume in some unknown language that means you want my signature") and following peculiar tribal customs (Younger brother Ross: "So what happens at a slumber party, anyway?" Mom: ""Everything but slumbering!"). Yet Patty is lovable, and the audience is always rooting for her, even though it's always hoped that Cathy, the cultured, well-behaved cousin, will "rub off" on Patty.
Duke was already a Broadway veteran and an Oscar® winner for The Miracle Worker when she starred in the show at age 16. As the fantastic documentary included here informs, the show's producers chose to shoot in New York, whose child-labor laws were more lax than California's, so that young Duke could work 12 hours on set instead of 5. And the doc shows just how much acting Duke really had to do. As the present-day Duke recalls, "They had to bring in 'real' teenagers to teach me how to do the dances, the latest craze," she says. "I was too busy working to know about any of that stuff." Also standouts are the veteran character actor William Schallert, who played Patty's bemused dad, and Paul O'Keefe as the bespectacled pesky younger brother, Ross. The show was the brainchild of TV powerhouse Sidney Sheldon, who went on to create I Dream of Jeannie and Hart to Hart. Sheldon wrote nearly every episode in the first season himself, honing his craft in the still relatively new TV format of sitcom. This boxed set is a treasure trove for any fans of '60s TV, or of Patty Duke--and that should include pretty much everyone. --A.T. Hurley
Bestsellers in DVD
![The Story of Jeremiah [VHS] Image](/images/noimg.gif)
The Story of Jeremiah [VHS]Vision Video; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Wresting With God [VHS]by Vision Video
Vision Video; Published: 1990-10-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
Study Bible Video with Workbook [VHS]Spring Arbor Distributors; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $7.95
Price in other shops:
Tempo:Childrens TV Favourites Video [VHS]HarperCollins Audio; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $9.17
Price in other shops:
Tempo.Herbs:Parseley'Sb/ Party Video [VHS]HarperCollins Audio; VHS Tape; VHS Video
![Strike the Original Match [VHS] Image](/images/Strike-the-Original-Match-VHS-0001374079-X.jpg)
Strike the Original Match [VHS]New Liberty Films; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
![Medjugorje The Miracles and the Message [VHS] Image](/images/Medjugorje-The-Miracles-and-the-Message-VHS-0001373293-X.jpg)
Medjugorje The Miracles and the Message [VHS]JPN Film Production; Release date: 1995-12-15; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $29.99
Mayo Clinic Echocardiography Review Course for Boards and Recertification DVD 2008by Mayo
DVD
Price in other shops:
Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging DVD: Single Userby Oakstone
DVD
Price in other shops:
Cost Accounting [VHS]by Charles T. Horngren, George Foster, Srikant M. Datar, Howard Teall
Pearson Canada, Toronto; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Similar DVDs, VHS Video, Audio CDs
The Flying Nun - The Complete First SeasonSONY PICTURES HOME ENT; Release date: 2006-03-21; DVD
Best price: $8.80
Price in other shops:
Dennis The Menace: Season ThreeUni; Release date: 2011-10-25; DVD
Best price: $18.99
Price in other shops:
Father Knows Best: Season OneUniversal Studios; Release date: 2008-04-01; DVD
Best price: $21.95
Price in other shops:
The Donna Reed Show: Season 4 - The Lost EpisodesMPI; Release date: 2011-12-20; DVD
Best price: $20.49
Price in other shops:
The Donna Reed Show: The Complete First SeasonHart Sharp Video; Release date: 2008-10-28; DVD
Best price: $17.47
Price in other shops:
Hazel - The Complete First SeasonSony; Release date: 2006-08-01; DVD
Best price: $8.73
Price in other shops:
Dennis The Menace: Season TwoUni; Release date: 2011-07-26; DVD
Best price: $15.54
Price in other shops:
Gidget - The Complete SeriesSony; Release date: 2006-03-21; DVD
Best price: $23.61
Price in other shops:
The Patty Duke Show: The Complete Third SeasonVIS; Release date: 2010-08-24; DVD
Best price: $19.89
Price in other shops:
The Patty Duke Show: Season TwoUniversal Studios; Release date: 2010-02-09; DVD
Best price: $25.59
Price in other shops: