70's Short Lived TV Series

Adam's Rib

Based on the classic film of the same name

Adam's Rib was a situation comedy that began its run on ABC on September 14, 1973 and lasted until December 28, 1973. Ken Howard was Adam Bonner and Blythe Danner was his wife, Amanda. The show was based on the classic big screen film that starred Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn. Keeping theme with the movie, the TV show has Adam as a Assistant D.A. and his wife as a partner in a law firm whose jobs often pitted them against each other. Of course, this didn't stop in the court room, they were often on opposite sides of issues in their home life, too.

Dena Dietrich who was famous for her Chiffon/Mother Nature commercials of the 70's was Amanda's secretary. Handsome Edward Winter was Kip Kipple, Amanda's law firm partner. Ron Rifkin was Assistant D.A. Roy Mendelsohn and Norman Bartold was District Attorney Donahue and these two were always the good old boys on Adam's side of the things.

The American Girls (1978)

The American Girls, an adventure drama series began its run on CBS on September 23, 1978 and lasted until November 10, 1978. Priscilla Barnes as Rebecca Tomkins and Debra Clinger as Amy Waddell were two beautiful reporters who worked for "The American Report" a TV news program. Rebecca was the more experienced reporter, a city girl who was witty, sexy and sophisticated, while Amy, a small town girl, was fresh out of college and had a lot to learn. The pair traveled all over the country in a van that was equipped with the latest technology that allowed them to report stories even from the most remote of locations. David Spielberg was their producer, Francis X. Casey and the news programs anchor/host was Jason Cook played by William Prince.

Another Day (1978)

Another Day was a comedy that began it's run on CBS on April 8, 1978 and lasted until April 29, 1978.

David Groh was Don Gardner a young businessman who was just getting by financially. His wife, Olive as played by Hope Summers was working to help ease the financial burden.

Adding to the family struggles were two kids, son Mark played by Al Eisenmann and daughter, Kelly played by Lisa Lindgren. Rounding out the cast was Joan Hackett as Ginny Gardner who was the typical complaining mother-in-law who lived with the family.

Chopper One (1974)

Early Dirk Benedict TV Series

This Aaron Spelling police drama that ran on ABC for 13 episodes starting on January 17, 1974 and ending April 11, 1974. Officers Don Burdick (Jim McCullen ) and Gil Foley (Dirk Benedict) are chopper pilots who are the eye in the sky for officers on the ground chasing after the bad guys. Note that Dirk Benedict would go on, approximately four years later to star on the original Battle Star Galactica as "Starbuck". I admit it, I have a very slight memory of "Chopper One", but I can't say for sure if I watched it regularly.

Interesting Websites
Dirk Benedict Central

David Cassidy: Man Undercover (1978)

From A Singing Partridge to An Undercover Cop!

David Cassidy: Man Undercover was a spin off series from a two hour "Police Story" movie. The movie was highly rated and earned David an Emmy nomination. NBC thought that maybe David was ready for a new series since he hadn't worked on TV since "The Partridge Family". David played David Shay, a young married undercover cop. It started on in November of 1978, lasted for 10 episodes before being canceled. It costarred Simon Oakland, who you may recall played much harried newspaper editor Tony Vincenzo.on Kolchak; The Night Stalker series with Darrin McGavin.

James Franciscus as Doc Elliott (1974)

One of several short lived James Franciscus series

Doc Elliott was a medical drama series that first aired on ABC on January 23, 1974 and lasted until August 14, 1974.

Handsome James Franciscus was Dr. Benjamin Elliott, a successful New York City doctor who simply drops out of the rat race to take on a new life as a doctor in Gideon, Colorado. Most of his house calls had to be made via plane or four wheel drive vehicles as his practice covered over 600 square miles. Neva Patterson was Mags Brimble the widow of the former town's doctor who became Elliott's helper. Noah Beery was Barney Weeks the owner of the town's general store and Bo Hopkins as Elred McCoy a bush pilot.

Dog and Cat (1977)

A young Kim Basinger as a rookie police officer

Dog and Cat was a police drama that begin its run on ABC on March 5, 1977 and lasted until May 14, 1977. A young Kim Basinger was Officer J.Z. Kane a rookie cop who was partnered with long time police veteran Det. Sgt. Jack Ramsey and played by Lou Antonio. This was a light hearted look at police work and also starred Matt Clark as "Lt. Arthur Kipling".

"Dog and cat" is a slang term that is used to denote a male/female partnership. The series lasted for just six episodes before being canceled.

Firehouse (1974)

Based on real events

Firehouse was an adventure/drama series that aired on ABC beginning on January 17, 1974 and lasting until August 1, 1974.

James Drury was Capt. Spike Ryerson an older firefighter who was a mentor and father figure to the other younger members of Engine Co. 23. Richard Jaeckel was Hank Myers, Michael Delano was Sonny Caputo, Brad David was Billy Dalzell.

The series was inspired by a best selling book, "Report from Engine Co. 28", written by a veteran firefighter. I have to admit that I don't recall this series at all. :(

Flatbush (1979)

Series so bad it only lasted three episodes!

Flatbush attempted to be a comedy series and it aired on CBS beginning on February 26, 1979 and lasted until March 12, 1979. The show followed the adventures of five high school graduates who lived in the middle class neighborhood of Flatbush in New York. Together, the five formed the Flatbush Fungos gang and they would roam their neighborhood looking for fun and excitement.

Joseph Cali was Presto, a cab driver. Adrian Zmed was Socks, the fashion plate of the group who worked at a local clothing store. Sandy Helberg was Figgy, who worked as a grocery store delivery person. Randy Stumpf was Joey, who worked as an apprentice plumber during the day and went to night school pursuing a law degree. Vincent Bufano was Turtle who worked at his family's restaurant.

This show was not well received, especially by the real life president of Flatbush who demanded that it be taken off the air because of it's insulting use of stereotypes. Whether or not CBS took his concerns seriously or not, the show was canceled after airing only three episodes.

Flying High (1979)

Early Connie Selleca series

Flying High was an adventure show that first took flight on CBS September 29, 1979 and lasted until January 23, 1979. Pat Clouse was Marcy Bowers , Connie Selleca was Lisa Benton and Kathryn Witt was Pam Bellagio. These three beautiful ladies had just recently graduated from flight stewardess school and were now working for Sunwest Airlines. The show focused on their adventures on the job and occasionally we got a glimpse into their private lives. Howard Platt, as Captain Doug March was the pilot who considered himself a ladies man, but never was able to make too much of a romantic impression on the ladies. Ken Olfson was Raymond Strickland, the passenger relations agent who worked on the ground crew in Los Angeles where Sunwest Airlines was based.

Ben Murphy was Gemini Man (1976)

Ben Murphy was Sam Casey a secret agent who worked for a government organization called INTERSECT. While diving on one mission, Sam was contaminated with radiation from an underwater explosion which rendered him invisible. It was only through the dedicated scientists at INTERSECT that Sam was able to turn visible again, using a special watch they created. By turning the watch off, Sam could go invisible but if he stayed that way for more than 15 minutes in any 24 hour period, he would die. The series was first broadcast on September 23, 1976 and lasted until October 28, 1976 before being canceled.

Teresa Graves starred in Get Christie Love (1975)

Blaxploitation come to TV

This series first aired on ABC September 11, 1974 and lasted until July 18, 1975. Pretty Teresa Graves was Det. Christie Love, a tough as nails African American undercover cop who worked for the Special Investigations Division of the Los Angeles Police Department. Michael Pataki was Sgt. Pete Gallagher, her partner. Her first boss was Lt. Matt Reardon played by Charles Cioffi and later in the show he was replaced by Jack Kelly as Captain Arthur Ryan.

John Savage starred in Gibbsville (1976)

Life in a small Pennsylvania town

Gibbsville was a drama set in 1940's Pennsylvania. Jim Malloy (John Savage) is a cub reporter at the Gibbsville Courier. He is partnered with veteran reporter, Ray Whitehead (Gig Young) , who had moved onto bigger and better things, but is now back at the Courier trying to salvage his career after losing a bout with the bottle.

This NBC series began it's short run on November 11, 1976 and finished December 30, 1976. The characters for this series were based on author John O'Hara's writings.

Official Sites
Peggy McCay Official Site

Grady a Sanford and Son Spinoff (1975)

Grady, this comedy series spin off from the Sandford and Son, began it's run on NBC December 4, 1975 and lasted until March 4, 1976. Whitman Mayo as Grady Wilson, one of Fred Sanford's neighbors and friends who moved into Watts, a neighborhood of Los Angeles so he could spend more time with his daughter, Ellie, and her family.

Carol Cole was Ellie Wilson Marshall with Joe Morton as her husband, Hal. Jack Fletcher was Mr. Pratt, the Marshall's landlord and Alix Elias was Rose Kosinski, one of the Marshall's neighbors.

Highcliffe Manor (1979)

Weird goings-on at a spooky New England mansion

The weird goings on at a creepy mansion in New England that was once the home of the Blacke Research Center and is now owned by widow, Helen Black, played by Shelly Fabares. An odd ball assortment of characters in this very short lived series....mad scientists, a mechanical man, a preacher who had trouble controlling his urges, a weird house keeper, a sexy secretary and more. This 1979 series lasted for four episodes before being canned. Which is a shame cause... yeah I liked it. It would be great if these shows, ones that have only a few episodes to their credit would be released in some sort of DVD collection. I would love to see them again. It co starred Ernie Hudson, Audrey Landers, Stephen McHattie, and Jenny O'Hara.

More info:
You can now see Stephan McHattie on a semi reoccurring role on the SyFy series, Haven, as Rev. Ed Driscoll.

Holmes and Yoyo (1976)

Robotic police officer

Holmes and Yoyo was a comedy series that began its run on ABC September 25, 1976 and lasted until December 11, 1976. Richard B. Shull was Det. Alexander Holmes an accident prone, police officer who always managed to send every partner he ever had to the hospital. The police department then decided to try out a new robotic police officer in the guise of Det. Gregory "Yoyo" Yonovich as Holme's partner. Only a few knew that Yoyo was a robot, as he was very life like; one of the running gags on the show was having Officer Maxine Moon as played by Andrea Howard, making passes at Yoyo with very little success.

The Interns (1970-71)

The Interns was a medical drama that aired on CBS beginning on September 18, 1970 and lasting until September 10, 1971. The setting was New North Hospital and had Broderick Crawford as Dr. Peter Goldstone, a mentor and father figure to a group of five interns. The story lines mixed the professional and private lives of the interns. Co starring, Christopher Stone, Mike Farrell, Sandra Smith, Elaine Giftos, Hal Frederick, Stephen Brooks and Skip Homeier.

Karen (1975)

Karen was a comedy series starring Karen Valentine that began it's run on ABC on January 30, 1975 and lasted until June 19, 1975.

Karen was Karen Angelo, a single woman who worked at an organization in Washington, D.C. called "Open America", that spent it's time seeking out crooked politicians and doing lobbying work for citizen's concerns. Also starring Charles Lane, Dene Dietrich, Aldine King, Alix Elias, Will Seltzer and Oliver Clark.

Lannigan's Rabbi (1977)

Crime solving Rabbi Small

Lannigan's Rabbi was based upon the mystery novels of Harry Kemelman and this short lived 1977 series starred Art Carney as Police Chief Paul Lanigan who along with his best friend, Rabbi David Small (Bruce Solomon) investigate and solve crimes in a small California town. The series was broadcast on a rotating basis on NBC's Sunday Mystery Movie" that also boasted episodes of "McMillian and Wife", "Columbo" and "McCloud. NBC canceled the Sunday Mystery Movie and because of this only four episodes of the show shown.

In the pilot movie for the series, our Rabbi was played by Stuart Margolin who couldn't continue with the series because of scheduling conflicts.

Logan's Run (1977-78)

Sci Fi movie comes to the small screen

This 14 episode CBS series ran from September 16, 1977 to January 7, 1978. The world has been ravaged by nuclear war. The survivors live in a domed city where all their needs are met. It sounds like paradise, but the catch is, no one can live beyond the age of 30 because of the limited space and supplies. When it's time for termination, you can either take part in the "Carousel" (the execution process) or you can be like some who become "runners" and who seek to find safety in the "Sanctuary" that exists beyond the walls of the city. That sounds easier said than done, because runners are pursued every step of the way by "Sandmen" (police assassins).

Logan (Gregory Harrison) a Sandman, begins to question the system and meets Jessica,(Heather Menzies) a woman soon destined for termination. Together they decide to try for the Sanctuary and spend the series being pursued by another Sandman determined to stop them from getting out of the city.

Interesting Websites
Gregory Harrison Official Site
Heather Menzies Official Site

Logan's Run The Complete Series!

Comes to DVD in April 2012

Lucan (1977)

Successful TV movie inspires series

Lucan was an adventure drama series that began its run on ABC on December 26, 1977 and lasted until December 4, 1978. The series began it's life as a successful TV movie.

Kevin Brophy was Lucan a young man who had spent the first 10 years of his life out in the wild being raised by wolves. He was rescued by kindly Dr. Hoagland played by John Randolph who took him under his wing and over the course of the next 10 years, spent his time teaching Lucan the ways of civilized society When a fire at the lab of Hoagland's takes the life of one man, Lucan is blamed for the death. He takes to the road, not just running from a cop known as Prentiss played by Don Gordon, but also to seek out his real identity and to find his parents.

Living in the wild for the first years of his life, did have some advantages, he was able to use the skills learned from the wolf pack in order to evade his pursuer, Prentis and anyone else who was a threat to him. The series lasted for 11 episodes.

Lucas Tanner (1974-75)

School drama with David Hartman as Lucas Tanner

Lucas Tanner was a drama that began its run on NBC September 11, 1974 and ended on August 20, 1975. David Hartman was Lucas Tanner, a successful baseball player and sportswriter who gives up both when his wife and son are killed in an accident. He decides he wants to start a new chapter in his life, so he moves to St. Louis and gets a job as a teacher at Harry S. Truman Memorial High School. He has a hands on, friendly approachable style that makes him a popular teacher with his students, but not so popular with his fellow teachers who like the old school method of teaching. Robbie Rist played Glendon Farrell, a little boy who lived near Tanner and would come over just to talk.

The Manhunter (1974-75)

Depression era private detective drama

The Manhunter was a detective drama began it's run on September 11, 1974 on CBS and lasted until April 9, 1975. It starred Ken Howard as 'Dave Barrett" an ex marine who lost his best friend during a bank robbery.

Set during the depression years of the 1930's we watched as Dave gave up his farm life to take on the role of a private detective with a mission; he was going to arrest as many gangsters as he could. His mission took him all over the country and he only returned home to visit his sister, Lizabeth played by Hilary Thompson and his father, James played by Ford Rainey and his mother, Mary, played by Claudia Bryar.

Mobile One (1975)

Mobile One was an adventure series that began its run on ABC September 12, 1975 and lasted until December 29, 1975.

Jackie Cooper was Peter Campbell a veteran news reporter who covered news from his mobile news unit called KONE. Julie Gregg as Maggie Spencer, his producer and handsome Mark Wheeler as Doug McKnight, the cameraman rounded out this cast.

Mulligan's Stew (1977)

Mulligan's Stew was a comedy drama series that began it's run in October of 1977 and lasted until December of 1977.

Lawrence Pressman was Michael Mulligan a high school teacher/football coach who was married to Jane, played by Elinor Donahue. They had three children of their own and suddenly found themselves having to take in Michael' sisters four children when she and her husband are killed. The Mulligan children and their new adopted siblings have a tough time adjusting to each other as each family raised their children with different values and morals. The fun of the show was watching the interactions and troubles that came about because of these differences.

Nashville 99 (1977)

Country singer Jerry Reed as a police officer

Most recall Jerry Reed as a successful country singer, songwriter and musician, but Jerry did get bitten by the acting bug for a while and starred in the series of Smokey and the Bandit movies with friend, Burt Reynolds. But, Jerry also tried his hand at several short lived TV series, one being Nashville 99 that aired in 1977.

Jerry played Detective Trace Mayne and Claude was Lt. Stonewall Jackson Huff. His badge number was 99. Jerry's character offered up the comedic relief and musical interludes. There were only four episodes filmed.

The New Land (1974)

The New Land was an adventure series that began it's run on ABC September 14, 1974 and lasted until October 19, 1974.

Bonnie Bedelia was Anna Larsen and Scott Thomas was her husband, Christian. Together they were trying to build a life together, with their children, in the wilderness near Solna, Minnesota. Along for the adventure was Rev.Lundstrom as played by Donald Moffat and his wife, Molly as played by Gwen Arner. Lou Frizzel was Murdock the owner of the local general store.

The show lasted for six weeks before getting hit with the cancellation axe.

The Oregon Trail (1977)

Handsome Andrew Stevens stars

Evan Thorpe (Rod Taylor), a widower, who decides to pack up his kids, Andrew, William and Rachel and head for a better life in the Oregon Territory. Joining a wagon train, he finds himself the captain when then original leader proves to be unfit for the job. Fellow traveler, 'Margaret Devlin (Darlene Carr) was the romantic interest Evan on this trip. Luther Spraque (Charles Napier) was a hardened scout who had no patience for the "citified" folks traveling on the Oregon Trail on this series that lasted from September 21, 1977 to October 26, 1977 and is available on DVD for your viewing pleasure.

The Oregon Trail a 6 DVD set

James Earl Jones was Paris (1979-80)

The voice of Darth Vader

Paris was a police drama began its run on CBS on September 29, 1979 and ended on January 15, 1980. James Earl Jones was Woody Paris a police captain who also taught a course in criminology at a local college. Paris was the head of a special Metro Squad that was designed to work on solving the really tough cases. Lee Chamberlain was Woody's understanding and supportive wife, Barbara. Hank Garrett was Deputy Chief Jerome Bench who was Paris' boss. Working with Paris were four young police officers, Stacey Erickson as played by Cecilia Hart, Charlie Bogart as played by Jake Mitchell, Willie Miller as played by Mike Warren and Ernie Villas portrayed by Frank Ramirez.

Project U.F.O. (1978)

Real life Project Bluebook dramatization

Jack Webb of Dragnet fame, created this series. It's based on "Project Blue Book" the official name of the program the United States Air Force managed that investigated U.F.O. encounters. While most of their investigations proved that in most instances the sightings were either faked or cases of mistaken identity, there were about 30% that could not be satisfactorily explained. It is these cases that the show dramatized. The series was produced by Colonel William T. Coleman who was the real life head of Project Bluebook. Even though this show lasted for two seasons, beginning in 1978, lots of folks seem to have forgotten about this show which lasted from February 19, 1978 to August 30, 1979.

During the first season, the two investigating Air Force Officers were Major Jake Gatlin (William Jordan) and Staff Sgt. Harry Fitz (Caskey Swain). In the second season, Jordan was replaced by Edward Winter as "Captain Ben Ryan".

Roll Out (1973-74)

Comedy based on real life Army unit

This situation comedy began its run on CBS October 3, 1973 and ended on January 4, 1974. The setting was World War II and we got to watch the exploits of the men of the 5050th Trucking Company known as the "Red Ball Express". Stu Gilliam played Cpl. Sweet Williams, one of the drivers for the unit that specialized in getting supplies to the soldiers at the front line. Hilly Hicks was co driver Pfc. Jed Brooks. The unit was commanded by Capt. Rocco Cavalli as played by Val Bisoglio. Mel Stewart was career military man, Sgt. B.J. Bryant.

When the men weren't delivering supplies, they found their fun at a nightclub near their base which was run by Madame Dalacort as played by Penny Santon.

This series was actually based on a real transportation unit that existed during WW2.

Mark Harmon as Sam (1978)

Young Mark Harmon as a police officer

This police drama began its run on CBS March 14, 1978 and lasted until April 18, 1978.

Mark Harmon was Officer Mike Breen, a police officer partnered with a yellow Labrador retriever, named Sam. They worked for the Los Angele Police Department and even though Sam had a high success rate when it came to chasing down criminals, Captain Tom Clagett as played by Len Wayland, had his doubts about the real usefulness of having a canine police dog.

The Sixth Sense (1972)

>Gary Collins was Dr. Michael Rhodes, a parapsychologist, who worked at a major university. Each week we were treated to stories about ghosts or ESP and how the good Dr. worked to solve mysteries that centered around these events. It was an ABC series that started on January 15th, 1972 and lasted until December 23, 1972 with a total of 25 episodes filmed. It was a popular series and drew some popular stars of the day to do guest spots, folks like Lee Majors, Stephanie Powers, June Allyson, Joan Crawford, Mariette Hartley to just name a few.

The Snoop Sisters (1973)

The Snoop Sisters starred Helen Hayes and Mildred Natwick as elderly sisters who had a knack for running across mysteries. This series lasted for only four 90 minute episodes and was inspired by of all things, an ABC TV movie "Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate" from 1971 which starred Hayes and Natwick in different roles. The series, starting in 1973 and ending in 1974 was part of the NBC Mystery Movie and was shown on a rotating basis, sharing it's time slot with "Banacek", "Tenafly" and "Faraday and Company".

Helen Hayes and Mildred Natwick are The Snoop Sisters

Struck By Lightning

Jack Elam as Frankenstein

Jack Elam played Frankenstein in this comedy. As it turns out he was the caretaker of the Brightwater Inn in Massachusetts. When Ted Stein (Jeffrey Kramer) a science teacher inherits the inn, he plans on selling it. But when he found out that Frank was really the legendary monster, Frankenstein, he decides to keep the inn and try to make a go of it. This Frankenstein isn't anything like his reputation, he is instead, kind and sweet and even a little bit clumsy. Also starred Mille Slaving, Bill Erwin, Richard Stahl and Jeff Cotler.

Super Train (1979)

The Love Boat on wheels?

This train would zoom from New York City to Los Angeles in 36 hours. It was a high speed nuclear powered bullet train that had all the comforts of home... a pool, restaurant, shopping centers. It was sort of a Love Boat on rails with guest stars each week having some sort of personal problem to solve before the end of each episode. It was a 60 minute comedy drama that aired on NBC for just 9 episodes, starting on February 7, 1979 and ending May 5, 1979. It has been considered one of the biggest TV flops of all time. It starred Edward Andrews as Harry Flood, Harrison Page as George Boone, Robert Alda as Dr. Dan Lewis, Patrick Collins as Dave Noonan, Nita Talbot as Rose Casey, Aarika Wells as Gilda, Bill Nuckols as Wally, Michael Delano as Lou Atkins, and Charles Brill as Robert

Interesting Websites
Harrison Page Official Website

Three For The Road (1975)

Leif Garrett and Vincent Van Patten two of the 70's most popular teen idols!

Don't confuse this with the 1987 movie of the same name that starred Charlie Sheen.

This TV series is from 1975 and starred teen idols Vince Van Patten and Leif Garrett. Character actor Alex Rocco played their dad. After his wife dies, Pete Karras, a freelance photographer, played by Rocco, decides to sell his house, buy an RV and take himself and his two sons, Endy and John, played by Leif and Vince on adventures around the country. Of course, each week the trio met all kinds of average, every day kind of people on their travels and would some how get mixed up in their lives.

The show lasted for one season, with 12 episodes filmed. Folks like Larry Hagman, Stephanie Powers, Dean Stockwell, Tim Matheson and Christopher Stone all did guest stints on an episode or two.

The Texas Wheelers (1974)

Mark Hamil before Star Wars

In 1974, Jack Elam starred as Zack Wheeler, a lovable layabout father who is saddled with taking care of his 4 kids after their mother dies. This was an ABC comedy that aired for a whole whopping 4 episodes (even though 11 were filmed) before disappearing from the ABC schedule and then in July of 1975 the remaining episodes actually had a chance to be seen, not that anyone seemed to care. A young Mark Hamil and Gary Busey co-star.

Interesting Sites
Gary Busey Official Site
International Mark Hamil Fan Club
Tony Becker Official Website

Van Dyke and Company (1976)

Sketch comedy with Dick Van Dyke and friends

On September 20, 1976, Dick Van Dyke came to TV in his own sketch comedy show, "Van Dyke And Company". Dick, along with series regulars, like Andy Kaufman (who would go on to do the series, "Taxi") and Chuck McCann sang and danced and make us laugh for 15 fun filled episodes. Of course, what comedy sketch show would be complete without the guest star, and we were treated to folks like John Denver, Mary Tyler Moore, Flip Wilson, Freddie Prinze, George Foreman and more. Who could forget visiting the dumbest family in the world, "The Brights", too. The show ended on December 30, 1976.

Cast List
Dick Van Dyke
Andy Kaufman
Pat Proft
Marilyn Sokol
Bob Einstein (Bob is probably better known to us as Super Dave Osborne)

Interesting Websites
Marilyn Sokol's Official Site
Bob Einstein's Official Site

We've Got Each Other (1977-78)

We've Got Each Other was a situation comedy that began its life on CBS on October 1, 1977 and lasted until January 14, 1978.

Oliver Clark was"Stuart Hibbard" and Beverly Archer as his wife, "Judy". Stuart worked out of his home, as a copywriter for a catalog company called, "Herman Gutman Mail Order Catalogs". Judy worked for photographer Damon Jerome as played by Tom Poston, a man who was a great photographer, but very absent minded when it came to other areas of the business. Judy's nemesis was highly self centered model, Dee Dee Baldwin played by Joan Van Ark. Stuart's nemesis was next door neighbor Ken Redford as played by Martin Kove.