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Dear Phoebe 
Bill Hastings (Peter Lawford) gets some advice when J. Fred Muggs visits the set, 1954.Genre Sitcom Created by Alex Gottlieb Starring Peter Lawford
Marcia Henderson
Charles Lane
Joe CoreyCountry of origin United States Language(s) English No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 32 Production Producer(s) Alex Gottlieb Camera setup Multi-camera Running time 22–24 minutes Production company(s) Chrislaw Productions Broadcast Original channel NBC Picture format Black-and-white Audio format Monaural Original run September 10, 1954 – April 15, 1955 Dear Phoebe is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 1954 to April 1955. The series stars Peter Lawford, and was created and produced by Alex Gottlieb.
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Synopsis
Lawford stars as Bill Hastings, a former college professor who becomes the writer of the advice-to-the-lovelorn column at the fictitious Los Angeles Daily Star.[1] Hastings writes under the pseudonym "Miss Phoebe Goodheart". Marcia Henderson portrayed Mickey Riley, the female sportswriter at the newspaper and Hastings's own romantic interest. Charles Lane, who later portrayed J. Homer Bedloe in the CBS series Petticoat Junction, played newspaper boss Mr. Fosdick. Joe Corey played Humphrey Humpsteader, a copy boy trying to become a reporter.[2]
Among the better-known guest stars were Jan Clayton, Chuck Connors, and Jesse White. Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Lawford's then spouse, made a cameo appearance in one episode.[3]
Production notes
The series was produced by Chrislaw Productions. It aired at 9:30pm ET/PT Fridays on NBC between September 10, 1954 and April 15, 1955 opposite Eve Arden’s sitcom Our Miss Brooks on CBS.[4] Afternoon reruns aired from June 24 to August 9, 1957, and from December 19, 1957 to February 4, 1958.[5]
References
- ^ TV.com refers to the paper as the Daily Star, but The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, 1946-Present and Classic TV archives lists it as the Los Angeles Daily Blade.
- ^ Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, 1946-Present, New York: Ballantine Press, 1992, p. 216
- ^ "Episode List of Dear Phoebe". Internet Movie Data Base. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046591/episodes. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
- ^ Alex McNeil, Total Television, appendix
- ^ "Comedy Time". tvparty.com. http://www.tvparty.com/50sitcom.html. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
External links
- Dear Phoebe at the Internet Movie Database
- Dear Phoebe at TV.com
Categories:- 1954 television series debuts
- 1955 television series endings
- 1950s American television series
- American television sitcoms
- Black-and-white television programs
- NBC network shows
- English-language television series
- Television shows set in California
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