How to Marry a Millionaire

. . . but she made the show. Young, beautiful and the quintessential "dumb blonde" you hear about so often, Barbara Eden made this series work.

The entire show was fast and sweet and quite enjoyable. It loosely followed the movie and provided some laughs.

Filmed in black and white, with the canned laugh track fully operational, it followed the exploits of three young ladies - Mike, Loco and Greta - as they tried to snare themselves three very rich husbands. They could hardly afford to eat (and yet, in each episode, they wore more designer clothes per minute then you'd see on any Paris runway), but they managed to afford a penthouse apartment on the right side of the track. As this was not shown on network television, they never benefitted from syndication or a reunion special but as it was so sweet and funny, I sort of wish there could be one.

I was curious about this series, so I watched a few episodes. It was after all based on the first Cinemascope film of the same title directed by Jean Negulesco. That was no masterpiece but enjoyable, but what I saw was pitifully badly acted especially by Barbara Eden in the Marilyn Monroe role, and both Merry Anders and Lori Nelson were almost as bad. If this is an example of American family viewing of 1957 then I am sorry America was so hypocritical in what ' families ' should see. A threesome of gold diggers seeking rich men is not exactly a subject for families - or was it ? The series probably had no realisation that it was leading the way into ' normalised ' prostitution. As for the direction I noticed none and it was visually drab. The original film was at least witty and well acted. Was this a true example of television of the time ? If it was then I am happy true cinema survived.

I used to watch this show when I was very young and I remember the characters. Lori Nelson left and being young at the time I didn't understand why she wasn't on any more. But I found the show very funny and wish one of those sub-channels would run it today. I was familiar with the leads having seen them in a lot of film and television and the chemistry was good. Lisa Gaye was brought in as a new character, good idea that they didn't re-cast the Lori Nelson part. Semi-regular parts were taken by Jimmy Cross and Joseph Kearns. I always wondered why Ms Nelson left the series, met her a few years ago at one of those nostalgia shows and should have asked her at the time. Merry Anders who left us 3 years ago worked in a lot of films in the 60's and Lisa Gaye was the sister of Debra Paget, Teala Loring and Frank Griffith, all of whom were in films and of course Barbara Eden. Have to get the DVD of this series.

This was one great TV show. Entertaining, funny, serious and mischievous all rolled into one. Too bad someone can't come up with the shows and make them available. The same goes for 'Jamie' starring Brandon De Wilde. Another show that was made for total home viewing with moral values.

Comedy can be funny without certain words. Just look at all the shows that are in rerun compared to those in prime time spots that are just moving wherever the wind takes them.

So if you're out there and you have these shows on tape, etc... take it some place and make them available to the public.

They are just 2 of many good shows that need to be brought hack and put into the mainstream so the younger generation can see what family values were really all about.

Greta was my favorite. While Barbara Eden, as Loco, was very funny and a bit daffy, and Mike, played by Merry Anders, seemed like the one in charge when little disagreements arose, there was something about Greta that really appealed to me. She was very pretty, soft-spoken, and very likable.

This was a show that anyone could watch. Nothing offensive back in those days. If you liked the movie "How to Marry a Millionaire", then you'd like this series.

I was only seven years old when this series premiered, but I never missed it. I was always home in front of the TV, waiting for it to come on. After Lori Nelson left, it just wasn't the same. I really missed her.

I wish somebody would find the old film or find any other way to give this series back to the fans. I'd love to see it again. I can remember a few of the episodes from start to finish, and I can actually visualize them as though I were sitting in front of my TV watching them right now.

Gee, I really miss some of the old series that were on when I was a child!