The Girl with Something Extra

This was a fun show that deserved to be more popular. Not as magical as "Bewitched" or "I Dream of Jeannie," and not as silly as "The Flying Nun," Sally Field played a girl with ESP...think "Nanny and the Professor". I would love to see this again.

So this morning I get up and remember I set my DVR for a show called The Girl With Something Extra. I was always a fan of Sally Field and figured I would give this show a chance. You see I was born in 1970 and being that I was just a little to young to remember this show I figured I would give it a try.

What a wonderful breath of fresh air this series is, Sally Fields talents are on display even in the first episode, it really shows why she is such a talented actress. And I must admit I was impressed with John Davidson, I mean I knew him as a singer but never had explored any of his acting credits.

I certainly will be looking forward to the rest of the series now that a network is taking the time to show some obscure series that unfortunately did not last to long. I just wish that there was more then 22 episodes. But boy am I looking forward to them.

Very rarely do I do a review of a series after only one episode but it certainly is a charming show.

Being able hear people's thoughts and exploring the dilemma between what they ask for and what they really want, could have propelled this show to the iconic status of other fantasy sitcoms of those days. Could we imagine just how many opportunities that Sally could have had in helping her lawyer husband with his cases or fulfilling customer's wishes in her antique store or with the overall struggles of the feminist movement of the early 1970s?

This show doesn't make good use of its premise, being uncreative and flat in a world full of possibilities. Just for comparison, take the commercial success of the imaginative writing of a similar premise in the funny (and somewhat thought provoking) What Women Want - Quello che le donne vogliono (2000), where the ESP 'gift' is presented from the man's perspective.

Unfortunately, 'The Girl with Something Extra' doesn't really get anywhere and ended up wasting the talents of two good actors, who could have made better material really work.

Why don't you list the two major actors who play Sally & John Burton on this page? I did a search and their names only appear in the synopsis of the plot. Sally Field played the wife with ESP, but who was the husband?

I really enjoyed this show in my middle childhood and was sad when it didn't return for a second season. I found the ESP facility, used in a comedic manner to be very entertaining. The energy/chemistry between the actors who played husband and wife was wonderful. It reminds me of the energy between such television couples and Samantha and Darren on Bewitched, Dharma and Greg and Jeannie and the Major. My memories of this TV series are a bit fuzzy as it was so long ago, but I would love to see it on DVD.

I think that Sally Field, John Davidson and Jack Sheldon should be the first three names listed. They were the stars of the show. I think that having the three stars names at the bottom of the cast list is an insult to the three of them,. I think that IMDb.com should correct this error immediately. I also fondly recall watching this delightful show when I was growing up. There was an episode at Christmas time that was based on O. Henry's Gift of The Magi. I'm hoping that this show is put out on DVD or shown on TVLand. This is the kind of show that would fit into TVLand's line-up. I think that I will e-mail them and ask them about putting this show in their line-up.