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Author, PRESIDENTS OF WAR, 9 other books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. @PBS contributor. Born Chicago.

May 1, 2021, 5 tweets

“It’s About Time” (1966) lasted only one season but had a catchy theme song:

"Will they ever get away? Watch each week and see! Will they be returning to — the twentieth century?"

Later in its only season (1966), “It’s About Time” followed cave people transported through time to modern Los Angeles:

Cavewoman in “It’s About Time” was Imogene Coca, who had earlier starred with Sid Caesar on NBC’s “Your Show of Shows” (1950-1954):

Caveman in “It’s About Time” had earlier played Gunther Toody on NBC’s “Car 54, Where Are You?” (1961-1963):

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