TV Guide – Behind the Scenes of the 1964-1965 Season

For a time during the 1960s, TV Guide would often include something it called a Picture Feature. It wasn’t present in every issue and even when it was, it didn’t always go behind the scenes of network television shows. But it often did. Here are seven Picture Features from TV Guide covering the 1964-1965 television season.

August 22nd, 1964 – “Making Quite a Splash in a New Series”
Volume 12, Number 34 (Issue #595), Pages 10-11

Judy Carne attempts water skiing for the opening credits to her new show The Baileys of Balboa.

September 26th, 1964 – A Star is Shorn”
Volume 12, Number 39 (Issue #600), Pages 8-9

Jim Nabors has his hair shaved off for his new show Gomer Pyle, USMC.

October 10th, 1964 – “That’s Snow Business”
Volume 12, Number 41 (Issue #602), Pages 8-11

Combat shoots snow scenes on location and in the studio.

October 31st, 1964 – “Building Gilligan’s Island”
Volume 12, Number 44 (Issue #605), Pages 10-11

An uncharted desert isle is constructed for the new show Gilligan’s Island.

March 13th, 1965 – “Walter Brennan Plays a Statue
Volume 13, Number 11 (Issue #624), Pages 12-13

Walter Brennan is turned into a statue for an episode of his show The Tycoon.

May 8th, 1965 – “Hollywood on Wheels”
Volume 13, Number 19 (Issue #632), Pages 12-13

Television stars including Bill Bixby, Fess Parker and Richard Chamberlain ride bicycles on and between Hollywood studios for fun and food.

July 17th, 1965 – “Bob Denver Takes a Dive”
Volume 13, Number 29 (Issue #642), Pages 6-7

For an episode of Gilligan’s Island, Bob Denver and a dummy fall out of a tree.

Last Updated July 18th, 2008