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    Comedy TV Shows - 1960s 2 Mins Read

    Flying Nun, The

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    1 9 6 7 – 1 9 7 0 (USA)
    83 x 30 minute episodes

    This ABC comedy series followed the adventures of Sister Bertrille (once plain old Elsie Ethrington) a bright, exuberant young novice with the Order of the Sisters of San Tanco who brightened the lives of all at the ancient Convent San Tanco, situated on a hilltop near San Juan, Puerto Rico.

    Not the least of Sister Bertrille’s attributes was that she could fly. In fact, this 90 lb nun made the Wright brothers look like novices.

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    How? Well, “when lift + thrust is greater than load + drag, any object can fly”, claimed Sister Bertrille.

    And this included her – primarily because she weighed so little. So whenever a stiff wind caught the starched coronets (headgear) worn by her order, off she went.

    These aerodynamics were not always pleasant. Occasionally Sister Bertrille would get dunked in the ocean or be thrust in the midst of unlikely goings-on, and once she was almost shot down as an enemy aircraft (a pelican once fell in love with her, too).

    Least impressed was her staid, conservative Mother Superior (Madelaine Sherwood).

    But Sister Bertrille (Sally Field) got along well with the wise and humorous Sister Jacqueline (Marge Redmond), and with Sister Sixto (Shelley Morrison), the Puerto Rican nun who fought a running battle with the English language.

    Sister Bertrille was also admired, from a distance, by Carlos Ramirez (Alejandro Rey), the rich, handsome playboy owner of a discotheque in town who was a patron of the convent.

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    San Tanco was a small town with a population of 3,956. The convent was built in 1572 on land given to the sisters by King Philip of Spain. Their rent is one dollar a year.

    Sister Bertrille’s knack for finding trouble was always ultimately overshadowed, by her sincere desire to do good and benefit her poor community.

    The Flying Nun was based on the book The Fifteenth Pelican by Tere Rios.

    Sister Bertrille 
    Sally Field
    Sister Jacqueline 

    Marge Redmond
    Mother Superior Plaseato 

    Madelaine Sherwood
    Carlos Ramirez 

    Alejandro Rey
    Sister Sixto 

    Shelley Morrison
    Captain Gaspar Fomento 

    Vito Scotti
    Marcello 

    Manuel Padilla Junior
    Sister Ana 

    Linda Dangcil
    Salazar 

    Michael Pataki
    Chief Galindo 

    Don Diamond (1)
    Rodolfo Hoyos (2)

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