The Girl with Something Extra

1973

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EP2 Everything You Wanted to Hide and Couldn't Sep 21, 1973

6.6| 0h30m| en
Synopsis

A woman's ability to read minds disrupts her marriage.

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Screen Gems Television

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Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful
Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
mulroon02 21 of the 22 episodes of NBC's The Girl With Something Extra were rerun this year on Get TV. I was unfamiliar with this series during it's original run, having watched its competition, Roll Out on CBS, and The Odd Couple on abc. The Girl With Something Extra works very well as a light comedy, without getting bogged down in the magic of E.S.P., and like Sally Field's earlier Screen Gems series, Gidget, and The Flying Nun, her supporting cast is excellent. I was pleasantly surprised and would love to see a complete series DVD, if only to see the missing episode.
Mister_D_Loomis This series showcased Sally Field and John Davidson in their earlier years. Unfortunately the supernatural shows like Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie and many others had exhausted the premise and this series only waters down the flames of this genre as it faded away.Highlight of this show to me is the very underrated Jack Sheldon, playing John's eccentric, hilarious brother as a musician. Jack in real life was a fabulous musician notably in Merv Griffin's show orchestra and is even credited as part of the infamous "Wrecking Crew" of the LA music scene. He has a most recognizable voice in some of the most popular "Schoolhouse Rock" segments on 70's Saturday morning cartoon on ABC, notably Conjuction Junction and I'm Just a Bill and also appeared in memorable roles on Dragnet 1967.Otherwise, the show falls flat as a typical couples sitcom with familiar rehashed story lines and "jokes" heard many times before and since.Overall the show seemed miscast in its leads and lacked energy or interest for any reason to continue past one season. However it's worth watching at least once all the way through the episodes if you enjoy cameo appearances by veteran TV actors who guest star throughout the 20-some episodes.
atlaswinks Why don't you list the two major actors who play Sally & John Burton on this page? I did a search and their names only appear in the synopsis of the plot. Sally Field played the wife with ESP, but who was the husband? I really enjoyed this show in my middle childhood and was sad when it didn't return for a second season. I found the ESP facility, used in a comedic manner to be very entertaining. The energy/chemistry between the actors who played husband and wife was wonderful. It reminds me of the energy between such television couples and Samantha and Darren on Bewitched, Dharma and Greg and Jeannie and the Major. My memories of this TV series are a bit fuzzy as it was so long ago, but I would love to see it on DVD.
tmolthan This was a fun show that deserved to be more popular. Not as magical as "Bewitched" or "I Dream of Jeannie," and not as silly as "The Flying Nun," Sally Field played a girl with ESP...think "Nanny and the Professor". I would love to see this again.