Five Shows That Should be Available on Streaming

Sometimes its seems as if every TV show ever made is on streaming. After all, one can watch a show as obscure as Camp Runamuck on Tubi. In fact, there is a good deal that is not available on streaming. What is more, many of the TV series not to found on streaming services are not exactly obscure. Here are five shows that are not available on streaming, but should be.

Culture Clash: Culture Clash was a sketch variety show starring the comedy troupe of that name. It aired on Fox stations starting in 1993. Sadly, Culture Clash has not been available ever since it aired in the Nineties. It really should be made available. First, it was one of the first shows to star Chicanos. This was well before George Lopez, let alone such shows as Vida and Gentefied. Second, it was one of the first shows to be produced and written by Chicanos as well (among them legendary cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz). Of course, on a personal level I would like for Culture Clash to become available on streaming (and DVD as well) because my dearest Vanessa Marquez was a regular on the show. For those curious about the show, there are clips to be found on YouTube, some of which Vanessa uploaded herself.

Empty Nest: Empty Nest was a spinoff of The Golden Girls starring Richard Mulligan as paediatrician Dr. Harry Weston, whose adult daughters moved back in with him. The show was one of NBC's hits in the late Eighties, ranking no, 9 in the Nielsens for the year in its fist two seasons and no. 7 for its third season. Its ratings would decline afterwards, but it still managed to run seven seasons. Despite its success, Empty Nest aired for a time on the Hallmark Channel, but has since largely disappeared from syndication and has never been released on DVD.

He & She: While it only lasted one season, He & She remains well remembered by many. The show starred real life married couple Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss as Dick and Paula Hollister. Dick was a cartoonist whose comic strip Jetman has been adapted into a TV show starring the vain, but not particularly bright Oscar North (Jack Cassidy). Paula worked for the Tourist Aid Society, making her one of the first married women to work outside the home in American television.  He & She debuted on CBS on September 6 1967 to critical acclaim. It even won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy and was nominated for four more Emmy Awards. Unfortunately, none of this prevented CBS from cancelling the show. CBS would rerun it during the summer of 1970 and it would later pop up on both the USA Network and TV Land. Sadly, it has never been released on DVD, nor is it on any streaming services. All we have are episodes that have been uploaded to YouTube.

Nurses: Just as Empty Nest was a spinoff of The Golden Girls, Nurses was a spinoff of Empty Nest. It centred on a group of nurses working in a hospital in Miami (the same hospital as Dr. Weston of Empty Nest). Nurses debuted on September 14 1991 on NBC and ran for three seasons. Nurses received modest ratings until its third and final season. Reruns of the show aired on Lifetime for a while after its initial network run, but it hasn't really been available since. Like Empty Nest, it hasn't been released on DVD, although there are a few episodes on YouTube. Of course, here I have to say I have a personal reason for wanting Nurses available on streaming. Vanessa guest starred on the third season episode "The One After the Earthquake."

Sea Hunt: From the Forties into the early Sixties, several hit shows were released through first-run syndication in the United States. Among the last of the hit shows to emerge from the first wave of first-run syndication shows in the Fifties and Sixties was Sea Hunt. The show was created and produced by Ivan Tors, who would later produce such shows as Flipper and Daktari. It starred Lloyd Bridges as former Navy frogman Mike Nelson. Plots on the show ranged from underwater salvage missions to facing criminals. Sea Hunt proved to be very popular and ran for four seasons. Unlike other shows on this list, Sea Hunt is available on DVD. It has also been available on streaming in the past. Currently, it is available on no streaming services.

Godspeed Peter Bowles

Peter Bowles, who starred on To the Manor Born and appeared on TV shows from The Avengers to The Sarah Jane Adventures, died on March 17 2022 at the age of 85. The cause was cancer.

Peter Bowles was born on October 16 1936 in Upper Boddington, Northamptonshire. His father, Herbert Bowles, was a valet to Drogo Montagu, son of the Earl of Sandwich. His mother, Sarah, was nanny to Lady Jeanne Campbell, Lord Beaverbrook’s granddaughter. In 1940 the family moved to Nottingham, where Herbert Bowles took a job with Rolls-Royce. Peter Bowles attended  High Pavement grammar school, where he took part in school plays. He won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He began his career with the Old Vic Company.

Peter Bowles made his television debut in an episode of The Last Chronicle of Barset in 1959. In the Sixties he was a regular on the series Magnolia Street and Emergency-Ward 10. He appeared in different roles in several episodes of The Avengers. He also guest starred on the shows Doctor Knock, It Happened Like This, Drama 61-67, The Protectors, The Great War, ITV Play of the Week, Danger Man, Crane, No Hiding Place, The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre, Jury Room, Six of the Best, Famous Gossips, Out of the Unknown, Sunday Night, Redcap, The Informer, The Baron, The Saint, Armchair Theatre, Adam Adamant Lives!, The Troubleshooters, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Prisoner, Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Champion House, Love Story, Sherlock Holmes, Department S, W. Somerset Maugham, Softly Softly, Take Three Girls, Ryan International, The Main Chance, and Happy Ever After. He appeared in the mini-series The Gold Robbers.

Peter Bowles made his movie debut in The Extra Day in 1956. In the Sixties he appeared in the movies Live Now--Pay Later (1962), The Informers (1963), Three Hats of Lisa (1965), Dead Man's Chest (1965), Blowup (1966), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), The Assassination Bureau (1969), The Laughter Brigade (1969), Taste of Excitement (1969), and Eyewitness (1970).

In the Seventies Mr. Bowles appeared in the TV mini-series Napoleon and Love, Murder Must Advertise, and Pennies from Heaven. He was a regular on the shows Brett, Good Girl, The Crezz, Only When I Laugh, and Rumpole of the Bailey. It was in 1979 that To the Manor Born debuted. Peter Bowles played Richard DeVere, a noveau riche millionaire who buys the manor of Audrey fforbes-Hamilton (Penolope Keith). The show proved to be wildly successful, running for three series, with a Christmas special aired in 2007. Peter Bowles guest starred on the shows Hadleigh, The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, The Persuaders!, ITV Saturday Night Theatre, The Shadow of the Tower, Alexander the Greatest, Harriet's Back in Town, The Protectors, The Adventures of Black Beauty, Crown Court, Cheri, Arthur of the Britons, Omnibus, Special Branch, Public Eye, Thriller, Survivor, Comedy Playhouse, Churchill's People, Space: 1999, I Claudius, A Roof Over My Head, Rising Damp, BBC Play of the Month, The Sunday Drama, Bless Me Father, Tales of the Unexpected, Turtle's Progress, and Nanny Knows Best. He appeared in the movies A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972), Endless Night (1972), The Offence (1973), The Legend of Hell House (1973), For the Love of Benji (1977), and The Disappearance (1977).

In the Eighties Peter Bowles continued to appear in To the Manor Born, Only When I Laugh, and Rumpole of the Bailey. He was a regular on the shows Vice Versa, The Bounder, The Irish R.M., Lytton's Diary, Executive Stress, and Perfect Scoundrels. He guest starred on Storyboard. He appeared in the movie Try This One for Size (1989). In the Nineties he continued to appear on Perfect Scoundrels and Rumpole of the Bailey. He guest starred on Screen One and Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased). He appeared in the movies The Steal (1995) and One of the Hollywood Ten (2000).

In the Naughts Peter Bowles appeared in the movies Colour Me Kubrick: A True...ish Story (2005), Freebird (2008), and The Bank Job (2008). He guest starred on the shows Holby City Jericho, and Poirot. In the Teens he appeared in the movies Love's Kitchen (2011), Lilting (2014), Peterman (2014), Meet Pursuit Delange: The Movie (2015), We Are Tourists (2017), and Together (2018). He guest starred on the shows The Sarah Jane Adventures, Citizen Khan, and The Life of Rock with Brian Pern, Murder. He was a regular on the show Victoria. His last appearance was in the movie Off the Rails (2021).

Peter Bowles was a remarkable actor of considerable talent. In his guest appearances on The Avengers the characters he played were dramatically different. He particularly stood out as Thyssen, the diabolical mastermind who claims to have created a time machine in "Escape in Time." In the movie Blowup he gave a good performance as Ron, photographer Thomas's agent. Of course, chances are good that the will always be remembered as Richard DeVere  on To Manor Born, the millionaire supermarket chain owner. It was a role that he excelled in. Chances are good that he will also be remembered as the somewhat irresponsible Sir Guthrie Featherstone, who often found himself at odds with barrister Rumple on Rumpole of the Bailey. Peter Bowles could play everything from villains to heroes, and could play comedy as well as drama. He was an incredible actor.

Jimmy Lydon Passes On

Jimmy Lydon, who played Henry Aldrich in nine of Paramount's "Aldrich Family" movies and appeared in the movie Life with Father (1947) died on March 9 2022 at the age of 98.

Jimmy Lydon was born on May 30 1923 in Harrington Park, New Jersey. He was the fifth out of nine children. His father was an alcoholic who announced that he was quitting his job and retiring in 1937. The rest of Jimmy Lydon's family then had to seek out work. It was a family friend who suggested to his mother that she try making one of her children an actor. Jimmy Lydon lied about his acting experience, claiming to have already been in three plays, and was cast as Danny in the 1937 Broadway production Western Waters. In the late Thirties he appeared on Broadway in Sunup to Sundown, Prologue to Glory, Sing Out the News, and The Happiest Days. Jimmy Lydon made his film debut in the movie Back Door to Heaven in 1939. By 1940 he was playing the lead character in the movie Tom Brown's School Days. In the late Thirties he also appeared in the movies The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair (1939), Two Thoroughbreds (1939), Little Men (1940), and Bowery Boy (1940).

In the Forties he took over playing Henry Aldrich from Jackie Cooper (who had played the role in the first two movies. He played Henry in the films Henry Aldrich for President (1941), Henry Aldrich Editor (1942), Henry and Dizzy (1942), Henry Aldrich Swings It (1943), Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943), Henry Aldrich Haunts a House (1943), Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944), Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944), and Henry Aldrich's Little Secret (1944). In Life with Father (1947) he played the eldest son of the title character (who was played by William Powell). During the Forties he also appeared in the movies Naval Academy (1941), Cadets on Parade (1942), The Mad Martindales (1942), Star Spangled Rhythm (1942), Aerial Gunner (1943), My Best Gal (1944), When the Lights Go On Again (1944), The Town Went Wild (1944), Strange Illusion (1945), Twice Blessed (1945), Affairs of Geraldine (1946), Cynthia (1947), Sweet Genevieve (1947), Joan of Arc (1948), An Old-Fashioned Girl (1948), Miss Mink of 1949 (1949), Bad Boy (1949), Tucson (1949), When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950), Tarnished (1950), Destination Big House (1950), September Affair (1950), Hot Rod (1950), and The Magnificent Yankee (1950). He made his television debut in episodes of The Life of Riley in 1949. He also guest starred on The Silver Theatre.

In the Fifties Jimmy Lydon played Skeezix in two films based on the comic strip Gasoline Alley: Gasoline Alley (1951) and Corky of Gasoline Alley (1951). He appeared in the movies Oh! Susanna (1951), Island in the Sky (1953), The Desperado (1954), Rage at Dawn (1955), Battle Stations (1956), Chain of Evidence (1957), The Hypnotic Eye (1960), and I Passed for White (1960). On television he was a regular on The First Hundred Years, CBS's first daytime soap opera. He was also a regular on the shows Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, So This is Hollywood, Love That Jill, and The Gale Storm Show. He guest starred on the shows The Bigelow Theatre, Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson, Your Jeweler's Showcase, Mr. & Mrs. North, The Ford Television Theatre, Racket Squad, The Revlon Mirror Theatre, Public Defender, The Lineup, Screen Directors Playhouse, Matinee Theatre, Crossroad, Sneak Preview, Sergeant Preston of Yukon, Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal, Lux Video Theatre, Wire Service, Navy Log, Casey Jones, The Silent Service, Tales of the Texas Rangers, Lawman, Maverick, Trackdown, 77 Sunset Strip, Union Pacific, Colt .45, Man with a Camera, M Squad, Tightrope, Hotel de Paree, Wagon Train, The Texan, New Comedy Showcase, Peter Gunn, and Lassie.

In the Sixties Jimmy Lydon guest starred on the TV shows The Twilight Zone, Bronco, General Electric Theatre, Wanted: Dead or Alive, The Real McCoys, The Barbara Stanwyck Show, Stagecoach West, Whispering Smith, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, 87th Precinct, Hennesey, Wagon Train, 77 Sunset Strip, The Fisher Family, Many Happy Returns, and The F.B.I. He also served as a producer on the shows 77 Sunset Strip, Temple Houston, and Mister Roberts. He appeared in the films The Last Time I Saw Archie (1961) and Death of a Gunfighter (1969).

In the Seventies he guest starred on the shows Cannon; Love, American Style; Cade's Country; O'Hara United States Treasury; The Jimmy Stewart Show; The Wonderful World of Disney; Police Story; Adam-12; The Six Million Dollar Man; Gunsmoke; Ellery Queen; The Rockford Files; The Quest; Lou Grant; and Baa Baa Black Sheep. He produced the show Roll Out. He appeared in the movies Scandalous John (1971), Bonnie's Kids (1972), and Vigilante Force (1976).

In the Eighties Jimmy Lydon guest starred in The Greatest American Hero, The Fall Guy, Simon & Simon, Misfits of Science, and St. Elsewhere.

It is safe to say Jimmy Lydon will always be remembered for playing Henry Aldrich in the "Aldrich Family" movies and Clarence in Life with Father. That having been said, he leaves behind several fine performances in other roles, including many guest appearances on television.  Over the years he played law enforcement officers, lawyers, military officers, and other roles. What is more, he did all of them well.

Thank You for a Successful Blogathon

I want to thank everyone who participated in an 8th Annual Favourite TV Show Blogathon. This year's blogathon was dedicated to the memory of Patricia Nolan-Hall--Paddy Lee to her friends. She got her post for the blogathon done before she passed on. Sadly, it is also her last blog post.

This year's blogathon spanned several decades, from the Fifties to the Nineties.  It also featured posts on TV shows in a diverse number of genres, from Westerns to mysteries to science fiction. I will go ahead and announce that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, there will be a 9th Annual Favourite TV Show Blogathon next year!
 

Maverick: "Hadley's Hunters"

(This post is part of the 8th Annual Favourite TV Show Blogathon hosted by A Shroud of Thoughts)

(Ever since I started the 8th Annual Favourite TV Show Blogathon, I have written about an episode from a different show each year. This is the first time I am repeating myself. For the 3rd Annual Favourite TV Show Blogathon I wrote about the Maverick episode "Gun-Shy." I hadn't planned on writing about another Maverick episode this year. In fact, I had planned to write about a WKRP in Cincinnati episode in honour of the late Howard Hesseman. It was last week that someone much closer to myself and the classic film and TV community died than Mr. Hesseman. Patricia Nolan Hall, known to her friends as Paddy Lee and known for her blog Caftan Woman, passed on last week. Those of you who knew Paddy probably also know that both Maverick  and Perry Mason numbered among her favourite shows. I then decided to write about a Maverick episode for this blogathon. Paddy Lee, this one is for you.--Terence)

Bart Maverick and Bronco
Lane

Among the TV Westerns of the Fifties, Maverick was unique. The heroes of most Westerns of the era were brave, often humourless lawmen or drifters (who often differed from the lawmen only in that they weren't professionals). The heroes of Maverick were the Maverick brothers, Brett (James Garner) and Bart (Jack Kelly), who were gamblers by profession. The Mavericks preferred to get out of situations using their wits instead of their guns or fists, often with plenty of humour. And while both Bret and Bart were honest themselves, they were not below concocting a long con against those who were not honest themselves. Bret and Bart Maverick were then very different from the other heroes of Western TV shows in the Fifties. The tone of the show was different as well. Maverick was played tongue in cheek.

The episodes of Maverick usually centred on one brother or the other, with Bret and Bart teaming up in a few. The episode "Hadley's Hunters" is a fourth season episode, by which time Bart was the sole remaining Maverick.. In "Hadley's Hunters" Sheriff Hadley (Edgar Buchanan) has an ongoing scheme in which his deputies will commit various robberies and then the sheriff pins it on some innocent victim. Bart has the misfortune of coming upon a stagecoach robbery committed by one of Hadley's deputies. Sheriff Hadley then gives Bart an ultimatum. He has five days to capture the "bandit" behind the robbery (in this case, Cherokee Dan Evans, played by Robert Colbert) or face the gallows himself.

Maverick was one of several Westerns produced by Warner Bros. for the network ABC. What set Warner Bros.' Westerns apart from Western TV shows produced by other studios is that the Warner Bros. Westerns all took place in a shared universe. The "Warner Bros. Shared Universe" (for lack of a better term) was born when Bret Maverick appeared in the Sugarfoot episode "Misfire" on December 10 1957. Afterwards Warner's Western heroes would appear from time to time on the Westerns of other Warner Western heroes: Bart appeared on Sugarfoot; Tom "Sugarfoot" Brewster (Will Hutchins) appeared on several episodes of Cheyenne; Christopher Colt (Wayde Preston), the hero of Colt .45, appeared several times on Sugarfoot; and so on.

"Hadley's Hunters" went further than any episode of any Warner Bros. Westerns before in featuring very nearly every Warner Bros. Western hero except Bret Maverick. In tracking down Cherokee Dan, Bart seeks help from various characters from other Warner Bros. Western series. He visits Marshal Dan Troop (John Marshall) and his deputy Johnny McKay of Lawman in their office in Laramie. He catches Tom "Sugarfoot" Brewster reading a law book outside a building. Bart tries to catch Cheyenne Bodie (Clint Walker) of the show Cheyenne while riding to no avail. He catches Bronco Lane (Ty Hardin) of Bronco in the street after being thrown out of a saloon in a brawl. Bart then visits a dust and cobweb covered office where there is a briefcase belonging to Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company. The scene is a clear reference to the TV show Colt .45. Its hero Sam Colt Jr. (Donald May) is apparently long gone. Here it must be pointed that Colt .45 had recently been cancelled.

The final cameo is perhaps the funniest. Bart visits a stable called "77 Cherokee Strip" and talks to a stable hand played by Edd Byrnes Of course, Edd Byrnes played Kookie on Warner Bros.' detective series 77 Sunset Strip. Much like Warner Bros.' Westerns, their detective shows also existed in their own shared universe, with characters from 77 Sunset Strip appearing on Hawaiian Eye and so on. Edd Byrne's appearance in "Hadley's Hunters" would seem to indicate that Warner Bros.' Westerns and detective shows take place in the same reality. Okay, the stable hand clearly cannot be Kookie (not unless he found the Fountain of Youth), but he could easily be Kookie's grandfather or great grandfather.

Warner Bros. shows weren't the only ones referenced in "Hadley's Hunters." Played tongue in cheek, it was not unusual for Maverick to make references to other TV shows, Indeed, several episodes were parodies of other TV series, including "A Cure for Johnny Rain" (a parody of Dragnet),  the aforementioned "Gun-Shy" (a parody of Gunsmoke), and "Three Queens Full" (a parody of Bonanza). In "Hadley Hunters" a weaponless Bart asks a bartender for any weapons, but the only thing he has is a sawed-off shotgun called "a  Mule's Foot or something like that" left behind by some bounty hunter. The scene is a clear swipe at the popular CBS Western Wanted: Dead or Alive, on which bounty hunter Josh Randall (Steve McQueen) used a rifle with a shortened barrel called a "Mare's Leg."

As interesting as the appearances of Warner Bros.' Western heroes are, "Hadley's Hunters" features another interesting bit of casting. Cherokee Dan is played by Robert Colbert, who would later be cast as the "lost" Maverick brother Brent Maverick. In the fourth season, after Roger Moore (who played cousin Beau Maverick) departed the series, Warner Bros. attempted to introduce another Maverick brother. Brent Maverick was played by Robert Colbert and was little more than a clone of Bret. Robert Colbert was not particularly anxious to play the role, knowing that the character would not be well received. As it turned out, Robert Colbert was right. Brent only appeared in two episodes.

Of course, beyond the various Warner Bros. Western characters and Robert Colbert, "Hadley's Hunters" featured some interesting casting. Edgar Buchanan excels as Sheriff Hadley, who is not only crooked but down right narcissistic. Indeed, not only is the town named for him, but he has his own biographer, Copes, played by Howard McNear (who had played Doc on the radio version of Gunsmoke and would later play Floyd the Barber on The Andy Griffith Show). George Kennedy, who would go onto a successful movie career, played one of Hadley's deputies, Jones.

While Maverick was not as good in its fourth season as it once was, "Hadley's Hunters" demonstrates that it was still capable of churning out fine episodes. "Hadley's Hunters" is a good combination of action and humour, precisely what one wants from a Maverick episode. And it certainly holds the record for the biggest crossover of any Warner Bros. Western TV series.

The 8th Annual Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon: In Memory of Paddy Lee

The 8th Annual Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon has arrived. For those unfamiliar with the Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon, it is a blogathon in which each blogger posts about one of their favourite episodes from a TV show. This year we have a wide variety of entries, spanning several decades and several genres.

I am dedicating this year's blogathon to the memory of Patricia Nolan-Hall, known to her friends as Paddy Lee. Paddy was well-known in the classic film and classic TV community, and her blog Caftan Woman was widely read in the classic film and TV community. She was known for her love and enthusiasm of classic film and television, and her posts reflected that love and enthusiasm. In addition to writing her own blog, Paddy read many blogs and often commented on them. She was known for her sunny disposition and was always supportive of her fellow classic film and TV bloggers and fans. Paddy was able to complete her post for this year's Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon and arranged to have her daughter Janet publish it this week.  Paddy has participated in every single Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon  from the beginning, and I know that she always enjoyed it. Sadly, her post for this year's blogathon (which is on the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Sausalito Sunrise") is her final blog post. Anyway, I am grateful to have known Paddy and grateful for her support all these years. I can safely speak for the entire classic film and TV show fan community when I saw that we all loved Paddy Lee.

For those of you who are participating in the blogathon, I ask that you link to this page. I will be updating this page with links to the various blog posts that are part of this blogathon throughout the weekend. If you want a graphic for your post, I have several on the announcement page here.

Without further ado, here are this year's posts.

Caftan Woman: Perry Mason: "The Case of the Sausalito Sunrise"

Realweegiemidget Reviews: TV… On a Tag Spin Off with a Prime Time, Soap Opera Style Twist…

By Rich Watson: The “Other” Wrigley Field Was the Setting For a Twilight Zone Episode

Cinematic Scribblings: The Adventures of Pete & Pete" "Grounded for Life" (1994)

Taking Up Room: The Wonder Years: "Shall We Dance?"

Another Old Movie Blog: Peter Gunn Meets Diahann Carroll--"Sing a Song of Murder"

The Caffeinated Fangirl: The 8th Annual Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon: Combat!--"Billy the Kid"

Moon in Gemini: The Odd Couple: "Password"

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers: The Avengers - "You Have Just Been Murdered ( 1967 )"

A Shroud of Thoughts: Maverick: "Hadley's Hunters"

Crítica Retrô: Retro Cartoon: Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks

Whimsically Classic: "Favorite TV Show Blogathon--"Rhoda, The Beautiful," The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Dubism: Sports Analogies Hidden In Classic Movies – Volume 127: “The Rockford Files – Foul on the First Play”

Hamlette's Soliloquy: "Good Old Reliable Me" (Five Mile Creek) 1984

Cinemaven's Essays from the Couch: The Golden Girls: “Isn't It Romantic?”

Happy St. Patrick's Day 2022

Okay, not being Irish, Montserratian, a New Yorker, a Bostonian, Puerto Rican, an engineer, or a paralegal, I have never celebrated St. Patrick's Day. That having been said, I know many people who do and I know many of them might appreciate some cheesecake alongside their corned beef and cabbage. Without further ado, here are some classic St. Patrick's Day pinups (well, except for one).

Here is the beautiful Olga San Juan watering a shamrock!

Here is Joi Lansing and a shamrock.

Toby Wing wearing a shamrock while smoking.

Nancy Carroll and a shamrock

Okay, this pinup has nothing in particular to do with St. Patrick's Day, but you can't have a holdiay without Ann Miller!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!