He & She opening credits (1967)
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- Opening credit sequence for comedy series He & She starring Paula Prentiss, Richard Benjamin, and Jack Cassidy. The missing link in TV evolution between "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "Mary Tyler Moore."
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I remember this show when it originally aired on CBS during the 1967-1968 season; it aired on Wednesday nights at 9:30 PM right after "Green Acres" which was after "The Beverly Hillbillies" which was after "Lost in Space." What a lineup! The good old days.
I remember it first run as well, but didn’t recall the line up it was with. Yes, it was the good old days!
Always liked this theme - it seems to have multiple mini-motifs that are creatively juxtaposed within 45 seconds. That is the secret of a good TV theme, and this one, I think, is underrated genius.
This great show was ahead of its time. Precursor to Mary Tyler Moore show in which one of the writers, I believe it was Ted Burns, became a writer for the Mary Tyler Moore show as well. I loved Dick Benjamin and Paula Prentiss. Wonderful couple with a great show that should have aired for more seasons if the timing was right.
Allan Burns actually en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Burns not Ted Burns.
Oh wow! This show takes me back to when I was just 10 years old. It came on right after Green Acres on Wednesday nights at 9:30. It even brings tears to my eyes.It was a time when TV shows were clean and wholesome. When TV Land aired this back in 1998, I hadn't seen it in 40 years. Ah time machine! Get me away from 2016 and take me back to the 60's!
Thank you,Nan,for bringing back memories of when I was 12/13 and this show was brand new. It deserved a lot more than one season.
Way ahead of its time. He & She would have been a long-running hit if it had debuted on CBS around 1972 and scheduled after The Mary Tyler Moore Show!
I watched this new, and I was only age 7 during 1967, but I understood the storylines of it. I liked it. Richard Benjamin sure looks young on it. I also watched the old couple sitcoms called Bridget Loves Bernie, and On the Rooftop. Neither one was on tv very long.
We just got our color tv when this premiered, was so exciting in color.....like HD today...
Another great show from the CBS 1967-1968 season. But, what made it was the supporting cast. Kenneth Mars as the fireman, Hamilton Camp as their landlord and Jack Cassidy as the actor portraying the superhero character penned by Richard Benjamin. Again, it lasted one season, but was well done and funny.
I really & truly love that show!
Thanks so much for posting this. A lot of good memories there!
For reasons a puzzle to me, out of the blue, I thought of this show and the theme the other day, and searched for the theme on CZcams, and here I am! I hadn't heard it in more than 50 years. Loved it then. Love it now.
As did others who commented, I searched the stars, and they are married now 57 years! Allowing as how one never knows what goes on in the marriage of someone(s) else, it is a nice thing to know.
Good show that never really caught on. CBS thought highly enough of it to bring the reruns back 3 years later, in 1970, as a summer replacement series.
I used to watch that show.
Cassidy was a brilliant character actor he deserved better than the horrible death he suffered.
Will Arnett looks like he could be Jack Cassidy's illegitimate child! Same features, same smile, dimples, even the voice!
I loved this show, I was only 10 years old at the time, but have never forgotten it! Too bad it was so short-lived. I haven't heard this theme in 40 years, what great memories! thanks so much for posting it! Rick
You're absolutely right on both counts. Cassidy was great whatever he did. And the show's opening did no justice to the true nature of the comedy.
Wow, that's cool to know--I didn't remember when it was on, but I know I watched it, I remember they re-ran it in the summer of '67 I think. I always loved this theme and hadn't heard it in 40 years until you tube came along. It sure brings back memories of a simpler time.
This was a wonderful show with great chemistry between Richard and Paula.
Come on DA, give the show a break: this was mid-60's and a much more peaceful and innocent time; the music and tone of the show reflect that...
A well-written, witty show that was largely ignored by viewers. I was pretty young when this was televised, but I remember my parents loved this program...it was one of the two or three they ever tuned in.
@NECHOII: What can one say as to why this show wasn't a hit, except that it was the 60's and the so-called 'classics' (Beverley Hillbillies, The Flying Nun, Gilligan's Island, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, Bewitched, etc.) were what people wanted to watch over truly well-written, INTELLIGENT sitcoms like this.
Waaaaay ahead of it's time. Very fondly remembered.
Paula Prentiss was a GODDESS! My dearly departed other half looked enough like her to be her sister!
Loved this gem of a show--Jack Cassidy was brillilant as the egomanical "star--but I also loved this chemistry between the witty Dick Benjamin and his beautiful real-life wife Paula Prentiss--and I absolutely adored the lyrical, romantic opening montage and theme. Wish it was released on DVD or at least being shown on TVLand or Me-TV,,,
This show was just pure fun to watch, despite I was just 12 years old at the time. Most TV shows today that stuff bad actors into bad shows in the usual 30 minute span, just suck. Shallow minded viewers are duped into thinking they are seeing the best there is, when in fact the opposite is true. You Tube offers so many better shows to watch and HE & SHE is one of them.
I have to agree. This was a wonderful series that was way before it's time. Jack Cassidy was at his best on this show!
I am telling off on my age, but I fondly remember this show from my childhood.
I always loved her, and I think she is very pretty. To me she had a very unique look.
First off, you have to remember during the late-60s, early-70s they were airing shows they thought would work. And it didn't matter if the characters were ugly or beautiful, it was the Sixties/Seventies.
Heck, does anyone recall the TV Drama which starred John Wayne on CBS?
How can anybody forget this show? This used to come on after Green Acres on Wednesday nights. ( was only ten back then. Unfortunately, my teacher that year, Mrs. Grotz, passed away back in August. I was sitting in her class when these shows were on.
by the way, jack eventually did appear on an episode of mtm as ted's brother.
Perfect role for him.(Chuckle!)
I NEVER EVER herd of this show and I love 60's sitcoms!
I definitely remember this show. This came right on after Green Acres on CBS on Wednesday nights. When it was on TV Land in 1998, I said to myself "I haven't seen this show in thiry years."
What memories this brings back. Paula Prentiss was so pretty.
Rickhatch; I too was also 10 when this show first came. Every time I hear the theme song, it takes me back to that time period: when TV comedy was simply pure and innocent. And like I said earlier, this show came on right after Green Acres on Wednesday nights.
I love Paula!
I think it is interesting how popular false eyelashes were on these TV shows in the 1960's and into the 1970's. Of course no one's lashes compared to Marlo Thomas' on "That Girl".
love Paula so sweet
lol! ...you're priceless.
Have a wonderful day and take care Cher
Paula Prentiss was/is a total babe. And 40 years on, they're still together....brilliant !!
I agree, great show and my favorite tv theme music.
CBS MIGHT have been inclined to renew the show, '2nicks', but it was up to them, not the sponsor, General Foods. They decided not to renew THEIR support for the show at the end of the season....
Very underrated show. Jack Cassidy as Jetman was hilarious.
A much underrated show that wasn't given the chance to succeed. Jack Cassidy was great as "Jetman."
I loved Paula Prentiss. She was one good looking lady. Wonder what she's up to now.
I remember this. I shudder to think what a PC remake would be like.
Jack Cassidy was offered the role of Ted Baxter for "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." He turned it down.
But, he later appeared on "TMTMS" as Ted Baxter's equally obnoxious brother Hal!
This series was televised on Wednesday nights at 9:30 pm on the CBS television network. The Wednesday night lineup for 1967-1968 on CBS was Lost in Space at 7:30-8:30, Beverly Hillbillies at 8:30-9:00. Green Acres at 9:00-9:30, He & She at 9:30-10:00. Don't remember what came on after that because I was sent to bed by my parents! Good old 1960s television, nothing can beat it these days! Cable and satellite television is horrible; a thousand channels of the same thing!
That is true. Except for the Amazing Race, today's prime time TV shows today belong in the garbage can! And throw in today's music as well!
musclen2phat have you ever watched TVLand? It's commercial overload! They delete parts of the show in order to run more commercials, sometimes 6 or 7 minute commercial breaks. They should call it Commercial Land instead!
No clip of Paula in that little short nightie??
BT
Richard and Paula have outlasted a ton of their peers. It is great when marriages last, and glad theirs has. It was the women's eye makeup, and quite short hemlines that got me back then. BTW does anyone know who did the theme? I love soundtracks and jazz, which this had a Nelson Riddle, Pat Williams (MTM) or Neal Hefti kind of sound. Thanks.
I loved this show as a kid (yes, an unusual kid!)
They loved balloons in the 1960s.
This music seems to somehow say New York to me, the same as themes to That Girl and Will & Grace.
Why haven't they packaged this show on DVDs?Or have they?
Liza Minnelli wore mink eyelashes in Cabaret, and in the 70's!
I always thought he was really good looking, she was pretty. They were really married, and still are today. The show had a different quality to it, sort of a pre-MTM show. People have always remarked over the past 40 years, that it shouldn't have been cancelled, there must be something to it! Plus I loved the theme music!
Where did you find this? Cool!
You know, from some angles, he looks a lot like Blackadder from the first season.
I always thought this was a very well written sitcom. Don't know why it didn't last longer.
Never mind. It was CBS.
According to Harlan Ellison, CBS had a choice of renewing "HE AND SHE" for a second season in 1968...or taking a chance on a revival of "BLONDIE". THAT was cancelled after only 16 weeks....
@nanlisa: Except, my dear sir/madame/miss, this series fits in with sitcoms and other TV shows of today (How I Met Your Mother, Friends, etc.) that you just decried above.
@Actionguy1 Then you were a very lucky guy , condolences.
Cute intro
I LOVED this show. It was on CBS and was supposed to become the next classic but that didn't happen. Does anyone know if they will ever release this on DVD?
Those two are still married!
Oops! I was wrong. Since TV Land aired it back in 199i, it would have been 30 years since I last saw this shoe.
Now why is there NO footage of the Debbie Reynolds theme song/??
coz nobody want's to hear that crap again!
my sentiments exactly. Probnably a really great guy, but she's so pretty. That's the way it usually goes though.
@dextersmith2000
Yes they were.
I don't believe John Wayne ever starred in a TV series. He was offered "Gunsmoke," but suggested James Arness for the role of Matt Dillon instead. Wayne also introduced the first episode of "Gunsmoke."
Paula Prentiss....hubba hubba
Anyone who thinks Paula Prentiss is ugly has their head up their arse. And Richard Benjamin was a droll comic actor in the mold of Alan Arkin (and a good director as well). He & She was a fab show that paved the way for the shows of the 70s that were less slapstick. It had a deft, dry touch and Jack Cassidy as the loony neighbour.
Paula had the sleekest legs!
@ripcord1022: There wouldn't be a 'PC remake'-Hollywood hasn't been putting a lot of people of color on TV that much, anyway. And if the strictures weren't so strict as to what could be discussed on TV back then, He & She would have been talking about things that you object to on today's sitcoms, so I wouldn't get so misty-eyed about the so-called 'good old days'. As for the above-mentioned 'PC'-this show and others like it were just as 'PC' as you claim shows are NOW-just for different things.
Wrong aspect ratio.
@Actionguy1 --WTF what????
@fuhoney: This show hasn't been rerun as much as all of the other overplayed and overrated ones that are rerun all of the time-and which were not as adult or sophisticated as this one, IMHO.
it's hard to think of Jack Cassidy and 'sophisticated' at the same time
Absolutely! Nowadays, prime time TV is nothing but junk, junk, and more junk.
Not really as timeless as Dick Van Dyke..
I wish one of the new "Digital" channels would pick this up.
I would love to see it again after all these years.
Paula wasn't ugly but she was a bit masculine looking. It may have been a good show but the opening credits were a bit hokey. I love Jack Cassidy but his shot here in the opening credits make him look looney.
@nanlisa: If you believe that (considering the sitcoms that are on now like Hot In Cleveland and the Saturday morning sitcoms for kids made by Walt Disney Television that air on ABC that AREN'T as you put them down), I have a bridge that I want to sell you in New York with a nice view of Brooklyn. You've been fed very old wives tales by biased people-watch some British TV and sitcoms, then compare them with their U.S.counterparts-you see that there's been NO REAL CHANGE from then to now.
they were real life husband and wife. Still are. I'm sure he's a nice guy, but she is so pretty. He's not that great looking. But, that's the way it always goes.
I think he was handsome
Was this an NBC TV series?
Nope 👎🏻🙅🏻, a CBS sitcom back ⬅️ in 1967--68.
@rickhatch1 WTF?????
I think Jack Cassidy is so creepy. I never liked him...