THE FLYING NUT

THE FLYING NUN
1967-1970 ABC

THE FLYING NUT
MAD # 121, September 1968
w: Larry Siegel
a: Mort Drucker

When you look back at television shows from more than 50 years ago, even something like this was far more popular than the most popular show today. Most shows now only have 10 episodes per season. This was on three seasons, guess how many episodes of this there were before scrolling down.
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There were 82.

This parody is introduced by Bishop Fulton Sheen, TV pulpit before televangelists took over.

The show centered on Sister Bertrille (Sally Field), the youngest nun in a convent in San Juan, whose light weight and the shape of her hood gave her the ability to fly.