Love, American Style (1969)

From the Cowsills' peppy theme song to the quirky skits sandwiched between each episode's trio of sketches, Love American Style feels like Twilight Zone meets Laugh-In, with music from Up With People. The cast is a mix of nobodies and B-list stars: Stuart Margolin (Angel in Rockford Files) may be here because a relative is a producer, but Adam West is a mild-mannered hoot in a sketch about a visit from a "big Hollywood star." One of my favorite sketches is "Love and the Many Married Couple," where Steve Allen interviews Jack Cassidy and Jayne Meadows on the red carpet as they portray a goo-goo-eyed Hollywood couple that is constantly confused about who each was married to, and when. Netflix only carries two out of five seasons of this show, but if it played as big a part in your life as it did in mine (home babysitting on Saturday nights), you should love catching all of these old chestnuts again. Enjoy! 4 stars. (8-31-2017)