BURBANK, CALIFORNIA

JANUARY, 1964

Bob Denver couldn't believe his ears.

"Another pilot? Sherwood, they're killing us!"

Sherwood Schwarz shrugged.

"Network loved you, Jimmy, Alan, and Natalie. Professor and Ginger we'll recast. Rod Serling mentioned this one guy. But Bunny the Secretary is now Mary-Ann - Farm Girl."

"So what happened to Bunny? She drown or get rescued?"

"Never was a Bunny, Bob. Always was a Mary Ann. My Three Sons is doing the same thing with Bill Frawley's Bub. Its TV. As to pilot problems? My pal, Gene, you know the ex-flyer? NBC is giving him such crap on some Wagon Train In Space he's pitching."

Denver left, shaking his head at having to shoot yet another pilot for what had seemed a done deal. As he neared the office suite's exit, he saw a nervous young actress.

"What are you doing here?"

Schwarz's voice rang out from nearby.

"Hey, Bob? That's the new kid. Could you take her out on the town with you and your wife?"

Both Denver and Dawn Wells reacted sharply to this sudden change of plans.

"Sherwood!"