Bringing Up Buddy
Bringing Up Buddy is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS during the 1960–1961 television season.
Synopsis
Frank George Aletter (1926-2009) plays the orphaned Buddy Flower, a bachelor financial advisor who is reared by his overprotective and meticulous aunts, Violet Flower (Enid Markey) and Iris Flower (Doro Merande).[1]
Frank Albertson appeared in five episodes as Mr. Cooper; Grace Albertson appeared twice as Mrs. Cooper; and Irene Ryan, later the grandmother on The Beverly Hillbillies, appeared three times as Cynthia Boyle. Jimmy Hawkins appeared twice as Fennimore, and Yvonne Lime Fedderson appeared twice as Penny. Frank Aletter's then wife, Lee Meriwether, appeared as Gloria Arnold in the episode "Buddy and the Amazon." [1]
Other guest stars
- Merry Anders
- William Bakewell
- Joanna Barnes
- Edgar Buchanan (earlier the star of the Judge Roy Bean series)
- George Chandler
- Audrey Dalton
- Douglass Dumbrille
- Tommy Farrell
- Cheryl Holdridge
- Dennis Holmes
- John Hoyt
- Sherry Jackson
- Arte Johnson
- Joyce Meadows
- Joan O'Brien
- Joan Staley
- Olive Sturgess
- Gloria Talbott
Broadcast history
The program debuted on October 10, 1960, and finished its original episodes on June 28, 1961. It aired at 8:30 pm Eastern on Mondays between the situation comedy series, Pete and Gladys (starring Harry Morgan and Cara Williams (1925-2021), who thereafter co-starred with Frank Aletter in the Cara Williams Show) and The Danny Thomas Show. Its competition was ABC's new detective series, Surfside 6 set in Miami, Florida, and Dale Robertson's Tales of Wells Fargo western series on NBC.[2] In the following season, CBS returned Robert George Young (1907-1998) to the 8:30 Monday timeslot in his Window on Main Street nostalgia comedy, which though of high quality also failed to develop an audience.
Production notes
Bringing Up Buddy was created by Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher. The theme song was written by George Tibbles, who also was a screenwriter for ABC's (later CBS) My Three Sons starring Fred MacMurray.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bringing Up Buddy. Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved on January 12, 2022.
- ↑ 1960-1961 United States network television schedule.
- ↑ Bringing Up Buddy (sitcom, starring Frank Aletter). classicthemes.com. Retrieved on May 9, 2008.
