San Diego, CA (PRWEB) November 28, 2011

Television Time Machine Productions, Lightyear Entertainment and eOne Distribution are proud to announce that the brilliant but short-lived 1962 ABC Television circumstance comedy, Im DickensHes Fenster, starring John Astin (The Addams Family) and Marty Ingels (The Dick Van Dyke Show), is now offered for the 1st time on DVD.

The show was designed by Leonard Stern (writer/producer on The Honeymooners, Get Wise, Sgt. Bilko) who, in the early 1950s, co-produced with publishing partner Roger Value, the phenomenally effective kids word game Mad Libs. Stern also helped launch the Television careers on Im Dickens Hes Fenster of such stars as John Astin, Yvonne Craig (Batgirl on Batman), Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle, USMC) and numerous a lot more (see full listing below)

This DVD release of I’m DickensHe’s Fenster Volume 1 (the very first 16 episodes plus bonus material) marks the first chance in 50 years for the public to view this hilarious series.

I’m Dickens He’s Fenster follows the comic exploits of two construction workers and bosom buddies (played by John Astin and Marty Ingels). The two accomplished a rare comic chemistry. “We had been like Laurel and Hardy,” says Mr. Ingels in 1 of his video interviews on the DVD. John Astin recalls the sometimes spectacular pratfalls he took for the duration of filming. “It was like playing football each week on a losing team,” he chuckles. The two actors also contributed audio commentary on numerous episodes on the DVD.

I’m DickensHe’s Fenster ran for only one season of 32 episodes, and was a preferred of critics and fans alike at the time of its premature cancellation, when its ratings were winning its time slot for ABC. Time Magazine named it “the best new sitcom on television.” The series was by no means rerun in syndication since it did not have sufficient episodes at the time to qualify.

The DVD is being initially released direct-to-consumer by Television Time Machine Productions in a unique Volume 1 50th Anniversary Collectors Edition DVD Digipak set shipping on December 6, 2011 (http://www.dickensandfensterdvd.com) , followed by general commercial distribution by Lightyear Entertainment beginning on April 10, 2012, via eOne distribution

Included only with the initial on the web direct-to-consumer provide accessible at http://www.dickensandfensterdvd.com is a randomly-selected limited-edition autographed postcard personally signed by 1 of the shows cast members (restricted number available 1st come first served). This exclusive online offer you is now obtainable to buyers for pre-order (items ship Dec 6, 2011).

The Im DickensHes Fenster Golden Anniversary three-disc set capabilities the initial 16 episodes of 32 from the shows only season, and includes all-new interviews with stars John Astin (The Addams Family members) and Marty Ingels (The Dick Van Dyke Show), directors Arthur Hiller (The In-Laws, Silver Streak), Norman Abbott (The Munsters), and Creator/Producer Leonard Stern (Get Wise) audio commentaries by Astin, Ingels, Yvonne Craig (Batman), Lee Meriwether (The Time Tunnel), series regular Dave Ketchum (who played Mel Warshaw), Chris Korman, son of Harvey Korman (Blazing Saddles, The Carol Burnett Show), and creator/producer Leonard Stern, new featurettes, original commercial bumpers and promos, and a special video tribute to the late Leonard Stern, Creator/Producer of Im DickensHes Fenster

In an unusual marketing and advertising idea for a DVD, purchasers at http://dickensandfensterdvd.com will also receive numerous inventive bonuses: a restricted-edition autographed collectors postcard personally signed by one of the stars of Im Dickens…Hes Fenster (John Astin, Marty Ingels, Yvonne Craig, Lee Meriwether, or Dave Ketchum) exclusive members-only online access to rare video, interviews, scripts, and a photo archive not included on the DVD and their name in the credits of Im Dickens…Hes Fenster Volume 2, to thank them for their support of the project.

Im Dickens…Hes Fenster really should never ever have been so forgotten or neglected. Soon after creating thirty-two side-splitting episodes, and regardless of critics’ raves in The New York Occasions, The Hollywood Reporter and Time Magazine, the show was prematurely canceled in its initial season. By the time its final ratings came in, showing it getting beaten Sing Along with Mitch and Route 66 for its time slot, it was too late to reassemble the cast, who had moved on to other projects. The profitable and beloved show had become a casualty of timid programming and unlucky timing.

Despite the fact that brief-lived, I’m Dickens He’s Fenster featured an extraordinary roster of guest stars, many of whom made their television debuts on the show which includes: Yvonne Craig (“Batgirl” from Batman), Harvey Korman (The Carol Burnett Show), Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H), Peter Lupus (Mission: Impossible), Lee Meriwether (The Time Tunnel), Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist), Edy Williams (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls), and Jim Nabors (The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle USMC). The series also featured such directing talent as Arthur Hiller (Love Story, The In-Laws), Jay Sandrich (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls), Norman Abbott, (The Munsters), Claudio Guzman (I Dream of Jeannie) and writers Mel Tolkin (Your Show of Shows, All in the Family), Don Hinkley (The Steve Allen Show, The Muppet Show) and Jay Sommers (Green Acres, Ozzie &amp Harriet).

In addition to being creator, writer, director and producer on I’m DickensHe’s Fenster, Leonard Stern’s exceptional career integrated writing for the Abbott and Costello and Ma and Pa Kettle movies, and the classic Tv shows The Honeymooners, Sergeant Bilko and The Steve Allen Show. From 1965-1970, Mr. Stern was executive producer, writer and director on the classic spy spoof Get Smart (starring Don Adams and Barbara Feldon). He also developed, created and directed the Television series He &amp She (co-starring Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss) and McMillan &amp Wife (starring Rock Hudson and Susan St. James). He also co-produced the immensely popular series of children’s game books, Mad Libs.

About Tv Time Machine Productions – Television Time Machine Productions is a leader in the production and preservation of classic Television content. Its founder, Jim Benson, is a noted television historian archivist and author (Rod Serling’s Night Gallery An After-Hours Tour) and is the host of the radio show Tv Time Machine, heard weekends on KCBQ-1170 AM in San Diego and Orange County, CA and archived online at http://www.TVTimemachine.com

About Lightyear Entertainment and eOne Distribution – a leader in the distribution of entertainment items through partnerships with the worlds largest on-line retailers, specializing in commercial distribution to physical and digital retailers.

Get in touch with:

Lisa Rothstein Benson

producer(at)tvtimemachine(dot)com

310-987-2433

http://www.dickensandfensterdvd.com

info(at)imdickenshesfenster(dot)com

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