| USA
/ CBS / 4x 30 minutes / 28 March 1974
A quartet of one off comedies, each designed to serve as a pilot for a possible series, none of them made it.
The productions were.
THE FESS PARKER SHOW
Music: Frank DeVol / Executive Producer: Don Fedderson / Producer: George Tibbles / Writer: John McGreevey / Director: Bruce Bilson
The story of Fess Hamilton, a widowed father and his attempts to raise his three mischievous daughte
With:- FESS PARKER as Fess Hamilton / CYNTHIA EILBACHER as Susie Hamilton, his daughter / DAWN LYN as Beth Hamilton, his daughter / MICHELLE STACY as Holly Hamilton, his daughter / FLORENCE LAKE as Their housekeeper / LINDA DANO as Fess’s girlfriend
DOMINICK’S DREAM
Music: Buzz Cohen / Executive Producer: William P. D’Angelo, Garry Marshall / Producer: Tony Marshall / Writer – Creator: Garry Marshall / Director: Garry Marshall
The story revolves around Dominick and Anita Benete, a Manhattan couple who move from the city to suburban Los Angeles and their struggles to adjust to a new life style.
With:- JOSEPH MASCOLO as Dominick Benete / RITA MORENO as Anita Benete / TONI KALEM as Marie Benete, their daughter / MARJORIE BATTLES as Mrs. Hendrickson, their neighbor / BURT HEYMAN as Mr. Hendrickson, her husband / DENNIS KORT as Their son
PETE ‘N’ TILLIE
Music: Michael Melvoin / Producer: Carl Kleinschmitt / Writer: Carl Kleinschmitt / Director: Jerry Belson
The misadventures of a welfare worker (Tillie) who plagues her husband (Pete) by bringing her work home from the office.
With:- CARMINE CARIDI as Pete / CLORIS LEACHMAN as Tillie / MABEL ALBERTSON as Their Housekeeper
CHANGE AT 125TH STREET
Producer: Ernest Kinoy / Writer: Ernest Kinoy / Director: Michael Schultz, Bob LaHendro
The story of harlem family’s misadventures when their son John, a Harvard graduate, is hired by an all – white Wall Street bank.
With:- RON GLASS as John / ROXIE ROKER as John’s mother / CHIP FIELDS as John’s sister / VERNON WASHINGTON as John’s uncle
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