In the late 1960's, Pat Cardi was a highly successful child star. He made one last movie in the mid-1970's, and seems to have dissappeared without a trace. I don't even know if he's still alive. All I know about him is he was born on May 5, 1952. If anyone could find anything more, I would appreciate it greatly.
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I remember watching re-runs of this great little flick several times on syndicated TV (WPIX and WORK in New York). There aren't many plots that work well with a cast of three, but this movie is one of them. My favorite part is after they drain the fuel from Uncle's plane, and Uncle suggests a flight to the main land for "shopping"......he he heeee.....
I always loved Nigel Green's presense....especially as Colour Sgt. Bourne in "Zulu". Anyway Pat, glad to hear you didn't get yourself messed up like so many other Hollywood kids, and that you have a nice life now. Good luck!
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I loved "It's About Time" on Sunday evenings in 1966/67. I remember the character of Breer very well - never forgot the names "Gronk", "Shad", "Breer" or "Mlor." I recently purchased the copies that are for sale on ebay and they're not that great. What struck me the most about watching them is despite the fact that it's been 40 years, and to my knowledge "It's About Time" was never re-run or sold into syndication, there was at least one scene in every episode that I could remember seeing way back when. And talk about a catchy theme song! Forty plus years and I've never forgotten the words to that song. I recently asked my mother if she remembered the show and she immediately started singing the theme song! When I found out about IMDB back in the late 90s, one of the first shows I looked up was "It's About Time."
Thanks for the work you did and the enjoyment you brought me. Hope you can find copies of this.
The reason that this series never made it into regular syndication (although a few episodes have probably been aired on cable channels as part of a retro sitcom fest) is that it only ran one season.
Back in mid-Sixties, most shows shot 39 episodes--which, although it seems like a lot by today's standards--would have meant a local channel that was airing it five days a week could have run through all episodes in about eight weeks--far too few episodes to sustain a profitable long-term time slot. (It's About Time only logged 26 episodes, making it an even more unlikely candidate for syndication.)
A lot of other fondly-remembered half-hour sitcoms that only ran a few seasons are rarely seen for exactly the same reason.
(For the record, even long-run hour-long dramatic series were long a tough sell in the syndicated TV market, on the theory that while casual viewers could tune into a sitcom in mid-episode for a few minutes and still enjoy the program, most viewers weren't willing to commit to an hour-length drama, especially if they'd tuned in late and didn't even understand the plot set-up.)
And there's no likelihood of it being on (legal) DVD from MGM/20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, because of the factors that you mentioned (the show wasn't rerun, so there were not enough fans for it to justify the cost of putting it on DVD-although if people write to Shout Factory...)
sharePat - like "fivefids" I recently bought the DVD's of It's About Time. Remembering the rush of excitement I felt at the age of 9 when the show would come on, I decided I had to have them. As mentioned by fivefids, the quality is poor, but at least I am able to watch those wonderful episodes again! I watched them with my wife and our 4 year old daughter who both loved them too. They are both actors themselves and I like them to experience "classic" comedy like that, the way it used to be in my younger days anyway.
Thank you so much for the entertainment and best of luck to you!
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