Never Too Young

"Never Too Young " is a great teen-age soap opera. Chet (Tony Dow) is a predecssor to Fonzie in that he drifts around as a mechanic. Alfie is the former rock and roll singer who doesn't want to be tied down. Tommy Rettig as Jo-Jo is the hilarious nerd type who keeps trying to find girls the right way. Throw in some spoled rich kids, brainy kids, serious medical students, and there you have it.

I remember this TV series so well. The reason I remembered this series is because it was so real. The actors(today they include actresses under actors)were all so natural. Each character in some way held your attention. The show held your attention without all the hot and steamy sexual scenes they show today, this show was so interesting,and you were on edge wanting to know what was going to happen the next episode. I can remember rushing home from school with my friends to watch this show either at someone's house or by myself,even the guys were in to this show. It was real life but it wasn't really far out stuff,like you know if someone didn't like you or was jealous they was ready to kill you like in the shows today. Oh I know it can happen, but this show never focus on hard core soap as of today. It was exactly what some of us were going through as teenagers/young adults. I wish they would show the reruns or put the dvds out for sale. Hey does anyone know where I may get the dvds or video tapes? And the theme song was so cool. "You're Never to young to stop living...." or something like that. If you want good soap and not a lot of confusion this is or was the TV series to watch! Alison R. Sterling

Never Too Young was one of my favorite soaps on TV. Wish it could have lasted longer. Enjoyed watching Michael J. Blodgett, Joanna Barnes and John Upton over the years and have often wondered whatever happened to them since the 80's. I loved Debbie Watson as Gidget in Gidget Goes Hawaiian as well. Would like to know what she is doing now in the 21st century.

I can remember seeing the Ramsey Lewis Trio on the show.

I was senior in high school when NTY started. Can hardly believe it's 40 years since it was on TV.

If anyone has any information on the cast I would love to hear it.

Is there any way in which to get in touch with Michael, Joanna and Debbie to let them know how much I enjoyed them?

I was 17 in 1965 and liked this show. I remember one of the actors was Cindy Carol, who played Gidget in "Gidget Goes to Rome." In this show she had long pale blonde hair, worn straight, with bangs that hung below her eyebrows. I wanted hair like that! I remember being surprised that Tommy Rettig was really a brunette! There was a British character named "Alfie" and was played by the guy who later was a love interest for Kirstie Alley on "Cheers." It seems to me that this show came one just before or just after a Dick Clark production called "Where The Action Is" with Paul Revere and the Raiders. Funny, though, I always thought the title of this show was "Because They're Young."

I remember NTY fondly. I was a junior in high school just outside Philadelphia. Loved the show, it looked like it was filmed before a live audience. Several classmates faithfully watched the show and enjoyed the staged scenes of the Malibu beaches and the background music, and the special drop in guests. Living on the east coast , we could only dream of what California beaches looked like. Unfortunately the show had no permanent sponsor (pays the shows' bills), and our local ABC affiliate did not carry the show so we saw it on low power UHF channel 29 which required a converter for the then-state of the art black and white TVs. Note that Channel 29 operated out of an apartment with their tower on top of the apartment building. It took tinfoil on the rabbit ears to bring in a snowy picture. UHF has just come to Philly the previous month. Another crush was chopping five minutes off for "Arlene Dahl's Beauty Spot", in color yet, at 4:25 eastern, reducing NTY to about 17 minutes after commercials.

I remember watching the final episode on the "big" TV in our family room and shedding a few tears when the final credits faded to black. School had just ended and tis was kind of a downer losing my favorite after school show. Never got into Dark Shadows although it was a moneymaker for ABC.