For no visible reason, I got to thinking today about The Hero, a short-lived 1966 situation comedy that came and went from the NBC schedule in about nine seconds. The series debuted on 9/8/66 and starred Richard Mulligan as an actor who plays a skilled expert western star on TV but is an absolute klutz in real life. It was a Leonard Stern show with something of a Get Smart feel about it but it was gone after sixteen episodes. The video below of the opening titles is all I've seen of it since.
All I remember about it that Mariette Hartley played his wife, that is was the first time I was ever aware of Richard Mulligan…and that I thought he and the show were pretty funny. Assuming episodes of it exist somewhere (which may not be true), I'd be curious to see I still found it pretty funny. There are many shows I laughed at in the sixties but which now cause me to say, "Gee, when I was a teenager, I thought this was a better show." If and when some episodes of The Hero turn up, we'll see if I say that but I sure hope not.