The Cars of the TV shows Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Andy Griffith Show, Leave It To Beaver, Adam-12, Gomer Pyle, Batman, Car 54-Where Are You?, Perry Mason, Green Acres, Highway Patrol, MAS*H, Brady Bunch, That Girl, Happy Days & Twilight Zone.

Dodge55Royal · July 13

I ran across a video on YouTube where a guy points out the make, model and year of all the cars on the show, which ran from 1964-72. The Chevrolet people did a great job showcasing their new models every year on Bewitched. There are a lot of Chevelles, Camaros, Impalas, and other models plus an occasional car from another company or an occasional one-off clunker like this 3 wheeled Corvair-powered pile of you-know-what (below). There are also videos showing the cars from I Dream of Jeannie (mostly Pontiacs), The Beverly Hillbillies (MoPars) and The Andy Griffith Show (Fords). Older guys will also recognize some actors who made guest appearances on these shows. I recently added cars from many other shows in the title. Enjoy....

Besides these four shows I have added additional videos showing classic cars from Leave It To Beaver, Adam-12, Gomer Pyle, USMC and also Batman, which has some pre-war classics including some foreign jobs. Enjoy....

Edited Tuesday at 01:45 AM by Dodge55Royal
Add more shows to the title... (see edit history)

rocketraider · July 13

The carmakers knew the value of product placement. Supplying cars to a popular and successful show, or even sponsoring one as Chevrolet did with "Bonanza", was almost guaranteed to translate to sales.

Back then the tv show cars and the car commercials made you want to own the car being advertised. Or in my case as an elementary and junior high aged kid, to spend my allowance and odd-job money on a model car kit of it.

I can't remember the last car commercial that made me want to own the car being advertised. Had to have been sometime in the 1980s.

Gtjoey · July 13

2005 Ford Gt ! “The One”

1995 Jaguar XJ6 “At Last”

Other than that, your right,

It was great being a kid in the 60’s

You had to DREAM……..

and I dreamed of my 1969 Olds cutlass with 442 options everyday in school .

ahhhh dreaming

Gtjoey1314

wayne sheldon · July 13

4 minutes ago, Gtjoey said:

You had to DREAM……..

and I dreamed of my 1969 Olds cutlass with 442 options everyday in school .

ahhhh dreaming

I dreamed of a Kissel Gold Bug. I was a strange kid.

Gtjoey · July 13

I dream of Jeannie was the best a new Pontiac GTO every year.

You think Pontiac was the sponsor?🤣

Those Polka Dots!!

Edited July 13 by Gtjoey (see edit history)

John348 · July 13

4 hours ago, Gtjoey said:

2005 Ford Gt ! “The One”

1995 Jaguar XJ6 “At Last”

Other than that, your right,

It was great being a kid in the 60’s

You had to DREAM……..

and I dreamed of my 1969 Olds cutlass with 442 options everyday in school .

ahhhh dreaming

Gtjoey1314

The Cadillac Break through ads in 2004 got me looking at them back then. Might have been the Led Zeppelin drum hook to "Rock and Roll"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpD7f8gWgDg

I am just finishing up a book that fellow member loaned me on how Cadillac wanted to use the Doors song "Break on Through" but due to legal problems among the Doors and Jim Morrisons estate it was not happening, so GM went with plan B and used the Led Zepplin sound bite.

Edited July 13 by John348 (see edit history)

KURTRUK · July 13

And Studebaker sponsored Mr. Ed. Oy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqUzO_1S0w4

But he's "driving" an International? What, they couldn't find a Studebaker M-series truck?

Jeff Deringer · July 15

On 7/13/2024 at 3:42 AM, wayne sheldon said:

I dreamed of a Kissel Gold Bug. I was a strange kid.

I dreamed of Barbara Eden. Still hot!

John348 · July 15

45 minutes ago, Jeff Deringer said:

I dreamed of Barbara Eden. Still hot!

I don't remember seeing any cars on the show, just Barbara Eden

TAKerry · July 15

There was one episode of Bewitched where as the ladies of the show went to some kind of get together. They showed the parking lot where they were all getting into their cars afterwards. There were several lined up, all brand new chevy's, Corvettes, SS camaros, Chevelles etc. It was kinda cool seeing all of these lined up when new.

rocketraider · July 15

Does any automotive product placement or tv commercial affect you like that now?

All they show you now are all the damn electronic gadgets that disengage you from actually driving the vehicle. And they show the vehicles in environments most of us don't relate to. It's either nighttime urban scenes in high-cost-of-living areas or tearing thru back country dragging a big camper too fast thru mudholes.

Price I pay for living in flyover country!😄 Gimme old school tv shows and car commercials any day.

8E45E · July 15

The FBI always used Ford and Mercury cars in the show, both old and brand new at the time.

Craig

Pfeil · July 15

2 hours ago, John348 said:

I don't remember seeing any cars on the show, just Barbara Eden

Yes, I noticed those two points you mentioned😉

Dodge55Royal · July 16

7 hours ago, TAKerry said:

There was one episode of Bewitched where as the ladies of the show went to some kind of get together. They showed the parking lot where they were all getting into their cars afterwards. There were several lined up, all brand new chevy's, Corvettes, SS camaros, Chevelles etc. It was kinda cool seeing all of these lined up when new.

If you had watched the Bewitched video you would have seen all of them starting at the 9 minute mark...

Any Leave It To Beaver fans here?

Edited July 16 by Dodge55Royal (see edit history)

Pfeil · July 16

Ward Cleaver and Fred Rutherford Leave it to Beaver 1957

IMCDb.org: 1957 Ford Fairlane 500 Club Victoria in "Leave It to Beaver, 1957-1963"

TAKerry · July 16

14 hours ago, rocketraider said:

Does any automotive product placement or tv commercial affect you like that now?

All they show you now are all the damn electronic gadgets that disengage you from actually driving the vehicle. And they show the vehicles in environments most of us don't relate to. It's either nighttime urban scenes in high-cost-of-living areas or tearing thru back country dragging a big camper too fast thru mudholes.

Price I pay for living in flyover country!😄 Gimme old school tv shows and car commercials any day.

Actually I think its the opposite. I watch all old stuff and my wife watches lifetime movies. I admit I get caught up in them as well. The cars you see now are very generic looking suvs and if the badges on the grills are usually blanked out.

Pfeil · July 16

Cars of Perry Mason series.

Tire Wheel Car Vehicle Hood Car Tire Vehicle Wheel Plant Vehicle Car Vehicle registration plate Photograph White Wheel Tire Car Vehicle Motor vehicle 1957 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible [6267X]

1958 Chevrolet Corvette C1 1959 Buick LeSabre Convertible [4467] 1957 Ford Thunderbird 1958 Ford Thunderbird Convertible

Dodge55Royal · July 16

My favorite (and probably the least valuable) is the '58 Edsel sitting next to the little foreign job....

rocketraider · July 16

What is the little foreign job?

zepher · July 16

Looks like a Sunbeam but I can't seem to pull the year.

Edit: The Internet Movie Car Database lists the car as a 1958 Simca Aronde Oceane.

https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_583043-Simca-Aronde-Océane-1958.html

Edited July 16 by zepher (see edit history)

Pfeil · July 17

31 minutes ago, rocketraider said:

What is the little foreign job?

1958 Simca Aronde Oc'eane

Oz Dodge 4 · July 17

Personaly, I like the "Chrysler" products in "Peter Gunn", especialy the DeSoto in the original 1958 year !

Dodge55Royal · July 18

Will Herman Munster buy this bug from the Riddler?

Or would he rather buy a used car from this man?

Edited July 18 by Dodge55Royal (see edit history)

rocketraider · July 18

On 7/16/2024 at 8:13 PM, Oz Dodge 4 said:

Personaly, I like the "Chrysler" products in "Peter Gunn", especialy the DeSoto in the original 1958 year !

Yes, there's an animated Mopar in this.

Take your pick. I don't think I've ever heard a completely bad version of "Peter Gunn", and these three are superb.

My high school's marching band would sometimes slink around behind the band director's back and tear up "Peter Gunn". The director considered "Gunn" sleazy and beneath the Blue Comet Marching Band but the band had fun with it. One of my longtime friends played tenor sax in that band and to to this day can wail the Gunn theme.

zepher · July 18

Peter Gunn is one of those iconic songs.

Almost as iconic as Take Five.

STEVE POLLARD · July 18

Bewitched reminded me of Elizabeth Montgomery's Father, Robert Montgomery. He was a car enthusiast ! I found out years ago while watching the war movie, "They Were Expendable" with my Father and he mention that Bob Montgomery was good friends with my Uncle, they grew up in the next town over from us. !

Steve

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TAKerry · July 18

Now the question is.. What are those two cars?

rocketraider · July 18

Appear to be Cadillacs. The prewar folks will have to ID year and model.

Peter Gariepy · July 18

https://www.imcdb.org/movie_57733-Bewitched.html

STEVE POLLARD · July 18

3 hours ago, rocketraider said:

Appear to be Cadillacs. The prewar folks will have to ID year and model.

I believe your correct Glenn, '31 & '33. Here is a '35 Bentley and a '39 Lagonda V-12 that Robert had shipped from England.

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pont35cpe · July 18

Highway Patrol.. Buicks and Oldsmobiles..

TAKerry · July 18

6 hours ago, rocketraider said:

Appear to be Cadillacs. The prewar folks will have to ID year and model.

My untrained eye, I thought the newer car looked like it may have been a caddy.

Pfeil · July 19

7 hours ago, pont35cpe said:

Highway Patrol.. Buicks and Oldsmobiles..

Send Help: I Can't Stop Watching a Corny Old Show Because of the Cars | The Truth About Cars I'm sorry Boss, we changed to Dodge.

Dodge55Royal · July 22

Classic Cars of Season One of Adam-12....

Pfeil · July 23

3 hours ago, Dodge55Royal said:

Classic Cars of Season One of Adam-12....

Ah, yes Anna Capri No photo description available.

BTW guys, I got those two points too😉 , too bad Pete didn't

Dodge55Royal · July 23

12 hours ago, Pfeil said:

Ah, yes Anna Capri

BTW guys, I got those two points too😉 , too bad Pete didn't

And she bought him a new Porsche which he refused to accept. Of course having it delivered to the police station wasn't too smart on her part....

Dodge55Royal · July 23

For those of you with Spectrum cable there are two consecutive episodes of Adam-12 weekdays at 5 PM ET on channel 188....

neil morse · July 23

On 7/18/2024 at 5:36 AM, TAKerry said:

Now the question is.. What are those two cars?

Both of the Robert Montgomery cars shown are Cadillacs. The first is a 1931 Fleetwood V-12 Phaeton, the second is a 1933 V-16 Convertible Victoria. The '33 received a full-restoration in the early 2000's. I saw it at the Hillsborough Concours in 2015. A stunning automobile!

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Here's another period photo of Montgomery with the car.

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Pfeil · July 23

4 hours ago, Dodge55Royal said:

And she bought him a new Porsche which he refused to accept. Of course having it delivered to the police station wasn't too smart on her part....

But

she finally after much persistence broke Pete down and he called her for a date in his Matador,

IMCDb.org: 1974 AMC Matador Coupe in "Adam-12, 1968-1975"

Dodge55Royal · July 23

You will recognize several "guest stars" in this one....

The Cars of the TV shows Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Andy Griffith Show, Leave It To Beaver, Adam-12, Gomer Pyle, Batman, Car 54-Where Are You?, Perry Mason, Green Acres, Highway Patrol, M*A*S*H, Brady Bunch, That Girl, Happy Days & Twilight Zone.

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The Cars of the TV shows Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, The Andy Griffith Show, Leave It To Beaver, Adam-12, Gomer Pyle, Batman, Car 54-Where Are You?, Perry Mason, Green Acres, Highway Patrol, MAS*H, Brady Bunch, That Girl, Happy Days & Twilight Zone.