The Patty Duke Show

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1. #001

   Patty Duke was only sixteen when production began, so the series was shot at Chelsea Studios in Manhattan, New York City. New York's child labor laws were more liberal than California's, particularly the state's Coogan Law, named after child actor Jackie Coogan, which governed working conditions for child performers. Shooting in New York allowed Duke to work more hours per day, an advantage since she carried much of the series. Duke turned eighteen during filming of the final season (1965 to 1966), and although the season began in New York, the entire production moved to Hollywood at the end of the season, to Duke's dismay, as she wanted to stay in New York. The show's setting nonetheless remained the same Brooklyn Heights neighborhood throughout.

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2. #002

   William Schallert, who played Martin Lane (Patty's father), also played Kenneth Lane (Cathy's father and Martin's twin brother) in the Christmas episode in which Martin has to fire Kenneth.

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3. #003

   Beyond the differences noted in the theme song, Patty's eyes were always wide open, and she spoke much louder and faster than Cathy, who had a slight English accent; Cathy spoke more quietly than Patty and her eyes were not as wide open. Cathy wore her hair pulled back, while Patty had bangs.

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4. #004

   Although the series was still performing well enough in the Nielsen ratings, ABC decided not to renew it for a fourth season. ABC wanted all of its black-and-white shows to move to color production. United Artists asked for more money to make the change. The network decided it would be more cost-effective to develop a new color show instead.

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5. #005

   Patty and Cathy looked exactly alike because their fathers were identical twins, and both were played by William Schallert.

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6. #006

   William Schallert (Martin Lane) was President of the Screen Actors Guild from 1979 to 1981, and Patty Duke (Patty Lane / Cathy Lane) was President from 1985 to 1988.

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7. #007

   The series was cancelled because United Artists and ABC could not agree on the cost of shooting it in color.

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8. #008

   Patty Duke (Patty Lane / Cathy Lane), William Schallert (Martin Lane) and Eddie Applegate (Richard Harrison) all died in 2016: Duke on March 29, Schallert on May 8 and Applegate on October 17. With Applegate's death, Paul O'Keefe (Ross Lane) became the last surviving regular cast member of the series.

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9. #009

   As of 2017, Patty Duke is the youngest person to have had a US television series named after her, at the age of sixteen.

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10. #010

    The character "Martin Lane" ranked 39th on TV Guide's "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" list (June 20, 2004 issue).

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11. #011

    When the series first aired, Patty Duke was forbidden by her managers from watching it. She had never seen it until she was in her thirties, when she happened to come across a rerun while flipping channels on a television in a hotel room.

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12. #012

    Patty Duke (Patty Lane / Cathy Lane), William Schallert (Martin Lane / Kenneth Lane / Uncle Jed Lane) and Jean Byron (Natalie Lane) are the only actors who appeared in all 104 episodes.

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13. #013

    Sidney Sheldon created the series' premise, identical cousins with very different personalities, to capture both sides of Patty Duke's personality. At the time, neither Sheldon nor anyone else knew that the cause of her personality shifts was bipolar disorder.

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14. #014

    In an EmmyTvLegends interview, Patty Duke says the characters Cathy and Patty Lane were developed by writers and producers William Asher and Sidney Sheldon, essentially reflecting aspects of her own personality. She acknowledges that the polar-opposite twins were basically facets and expressions of her own bipolar personality.

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15. #015

    The entire series was shot on film. No episode was recorded on videotape.

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16. #016

    Creator William Asher produced Bewitched (1964), starring his then-wife Elizabeth Montgomery, and directed many of its episodes. Co-creator Sidney Sheldon created I Dream of Jeannie (1965), starring Barbara Eden, and wrote numerous episodes.

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