Dear Phoebe

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Dear Phoebe
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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 Corey
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 32
Production
Producer(s) Alex Gottlieb
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 24–25 minutes
Production company(s) Chrislaw Productions
Release
Original network NBC
Picture format Black-and-white
Audio format Monaural
Original release September 10, 1954 (1954-09-10) –
April 15, 1955 (1955-04-15)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

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.

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] This series was sponsored by Campbell's soups in original prime time first-runs.

Other mediums

Writers James Reach and Tom Taggart adapted the characters into a three-act comedy, releasing it in 1956, a year after the series was cancelled. Performance rights are managed by Samuel French.[6]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, 1946-Present, New York: Ballantine Press, 1992, p. 216
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  4. Alex McNeil, Total Television, appendix
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  6. http://www.samuelfrench.com/p/8964/dear-phoebe

External links