The Lerner-Loewe partnership cracked under the stress of producing the Arthurian Camelot in 1960, with Loewe resisting Lerner's desire to direct as well as write when original director Moss Hart suffered a heart attack in the last few months of rehearsals, and would die shortly after the show's premiere.

" Writers drew on the show's many archetypes, with previously established characters stepping into the roles left by the original cast.

Notably, from 1985 to 1988, author and television writer Hugh Miller wrote seventeen novels, detailing the lives of many of the show's original characters before 1985, when events on screen took place.

The band also contributed most of the show's original music, including " My Lovely Horse ", as used in the episode " Song For Europe " and " My Lovely Mayo Mammy " for the episode " Night of the Nearly Dead ".

Sheb Wooley, one of the original cast members, wrote the show's theme song.

The original concept found expression in a series of novels written by Tomino soon after the show's conclusion, and elements of the storyline weaved themselves into Zeta Gundam and Char's Counterattack.

The series was originally set to run for 52 episodes but was cut down to 39 by the show's sponsors, which included the original toymakers for the series.

While the CGI shots have already been mastered in a 16: 9 aspect ratio for future applications, they are currently broadcast in the U. S. and Canada – along with the live-action footage – in the original 4: 3 aspect ratio television format to respect the show's original composition.

The series featured most of the original cast performing the voices for their characters, except for Pavel Chekov ( Walter Koenig ), who was omitted because the show's budget could not afford the complete cast.

Shots from the show's original opening credit sequence.

" The show's last original run episode was on March 25, 2005, in all six seasons were made.

The original pilot episode clip was called the " Flagstones " ( which first appeared in 1959 as a 90-second promotion to draw advertisers to the show ) and was later reincorporated into the show's first episode ( third episode in original air date order ).

One of the show's original judges, Fred Tupper, died on 15 March 1976.

The show's two judges / mentors are the original show's longest-serving Young Talent Team member Tina Arena ( who appeared from 1977 to 1983 – six years 6 Months ), and Filipino-American choreographer Charles Klapow, one of the winners of the Emmy Award for ‘ Outstanding Choreography ’ for High School Musical 2.

The New Addams Family provided a cross between the original television show's mansion and the movie / comic strip's mansion.

Paul Lynde, in addition to his recurring role as " Uncle Arthur " on Bewitched, had his greatest fame as the featured ( and, in tic-tac-toe, tactically important ) " center square " throughout most of the original show's run.

The second and most famous theme was composed by William Loose: " Bob & Merrill's Theme ", named for Bob Quigley and Merrill Heatter, the show's creators and original co-executive producers.

The original soundtrack album, released on Warner Bros. Records, won a Grammy Award for the show's cast.

These altered episodes also contain special effects used to segue from one sketch to another that were not used in the show's original run.

The show's original run consisted of 24 episodes that first aired on ABC from September 23, 1962 to March 17, 1963.

The show's name had to be changed because Merriman had given Beyond Our Ken its original title.

The show's original pilot episode featured a calypso theme song by future film composer John Williams, and different lyrics.

Segments of the pilot were recreated in the sixth episode of the show's first season.

In the show, McGarrett oversaw State Police officers — a young officer, Danny Williams ( played by Tim O ' Kelly in the show's pilot but replaced in the regular series by James MacArthur ), Chin Ho Kelly ( played by Kam Fong Chun ) and Kono Kalakaua ( played by Zulu ) for seasons one through four.

Between 2001 and 2004, Joss Whedon and Jeph Loeb developed a 4-minute pilot episode for Buffy the Animated Series, which was set during the show's first season.

The theme used in the show's pilot and console game is titled " Flash ", composed by Keith Mansfield, and the series theme is a loosely-based remix composed by Lee Ringuette, but credited to Score Productions.

The show's pilot, " Pool Party ", was filmed in March 2000 and once the series was picked up, production resumed in September 2000.

The show's theme tune was composed by Mike Post, who also scored the pilot ( Ian Dye and Danny Lux did subsequent episodes ).

In January 2010 the BBC screened the show's pilot programme ( seen in colour for the first time since the early 1970s ) alongside several tribute shows to the late actors who appeared in the series with BBC2 dedicating an entire night to the show.

The film served as the show's pilot.

However, after seeing the show's pilot, ABC, the original production company, requested a second pilot expressing dissatisfaction with both actors.

After completion of the pilot episode, the budget would not allow an elaborate scene to serve as the sequence played during the show's opening credits.

Cartoon Network aired the show's pilot season in December 2000 before the official inception of the Adult Swim block, then it premiered on September 2, 2001, with the final episode aired on April 25, 2004.

Between 2001 and 2004, Joss Whedon and Jeph Loeb developed a 4-minute pilot episode for Buffy the Animated Series, which was set during the show's first season.

In the show's pilot the role of matriarch, Nora Walker, had been played by actress Betty Buckley.

In the first draft of the show's pilot script, called Stand-Up at the time, George's name was Bennett and he, like Jerry, was a comedian.

The series ' pilot, which aired as the show's eighth episode in 1983, featured the book Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, and was narrated by Doug Parvin.

" Battersea " was used in the 1999 pilot of NBC TV series Third Watch and in the end of the show's last episode (" Goodbye to Camelot "), in 2005.

Like a typical actor, he started his acting profession doing stage work, introduced in the show's pilot episode by Monica and Chandler having seen Joey in a remake of Pinocchio.

Piper is the second eldest Halliwell sister and is portrayed by Holly Marie Combs in all of the show's aired 178 episodes as well as the unaired pilot.

DeWitt is best known for her role as Janet Wood during the 1977 – 1984 run of the sitcom Three's Company, a job she obtained after being cast in the show's second pilot.

The show's pilot episode plot included a story line in which Blair Warner insinuating that her schoolmate Cindy Webster is a lesbian because she is a tomboy and frequently shows affection for other girls.

Apart from the pilot, where the panellists used various objects to draw attention to themselves, two episodes have not used a buzzer system: the series D episode " Denial & Deprivation ", where as part of the theme the entire usual set had been dispensed with and the panellists instead used assorted objects, and the series G episode " Green ", where the buzzers were switched off to " reduce the show's carbon footprint " and replaced with a set of whistles.