COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Four Color 1332 Universal
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Grade:
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9.2
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Page Quality:
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CREAM TO OFF-WHITE
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File Copy
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Certification #:
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0780746014
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Owner:
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4GEMWORKS
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Bachelor Father 4-6/62 File Copy Based on the 1957-1962 "Bachelor Father" TV series.
Photo Cover: Bentley Gregg (photo of John Forsythe); Kelly Gregg (photo of Noreen Corcoran); Peter Tong (photo of Sammee Tong
Script and all interior art: Unidentified.
Table of Contents
1. 0. Bachelor Father
Bachelor Father
2. 1. Bentley's Sport Shirt
Bachelor Father
3. 2. Peter's Pal
Bachelor Father
4. 3. Bentley's Roses
Bachelor Father
5. 4. The Missing Shoe
Bachelor Father
The back cover of this issue has a cartoon strip. I am unaware as to whether AD back versions of this issue number exist.
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http://www.comics.org/issue/202066/
Wikipedia provides additional info an what was a relatively popular TV series in its day:
Bachelor Father is an American sitcom starring John Forsythe, Noreen Corcoran, and Sammee Tong. The series first premiered on CBS in September 1957 before moving to NBC for the third season in 1959. The series' fifth and final season aired on ABC from 1961 to 1962. A total of 157 episodes were aired. The series was based on "A New Girl in His Life", which aired on General Electric Theater on May 26, 1957.
Bachelor Father is the only primetime series ever to run in consecutive years on the three major televisions networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC).[1]
Bachelor Father follows the adventures of Bentley Gregg, a wealthy bachelor attorney living in Beverly Hills who assumes the responsibility of raising his niece, Kelly (Noreen Corcoran), after her parents died in an automobile accident.[1] Other members of the cast included houseboy Peter Tong (Sammee Tong), teenage neighbor and Kelly's on and off boyfriend, Howard Meechum (Jimmy Boyd), Kelly's best friend, Ginger Farrell (Bernadette Withers) and Jasper, the dog.[1] Withers appeared in 51 episodes from 1957-1962; Boyd in 37 (1958-1962).
Plots center on Bentley's adjustments to his new role as an adoptive parent, his search for the right woman to share his life,[1] Kelly facing the usual problems of adolescence and young adulthood and her ritual of passage from high school to college, and Peter's misadventures with his family, love life and financial schemes.
The program's final season (5) story lines led to Kelly's impending marriage to Bentley's junior partner Warren Dawson (Aron Kincaid). The two met, became engaged, interacted with other couples and even met Kincaid's parents (who flew in from New York on short notice) in a span of three episodes. Without mention or explanation Kincaid's character was dropped after four episodes, and by series end Kelly is seeing a different man with no marriage plans. Howard Meechum (Boyd) appears in several Season 5 episodes but is never developed as a serious romantic interest for Kelly.
Bachelor Father did not have a formal series finale. Instead it leaves the characters as they were. No reunion shows were made.
One hundred fifty-seven episodes were aired. The program never finished any of its five seasons in the top 25 in the ratings.
Broadcast history[edit]
The series' pilot episode was originally presented on General Electric Theater (as "A New Girl in His Life") on May 26, 1957. The program was first telecast on CBS on September 15, 1957.[1] It originally aired on Sunday evenings on alternating weeks with The Jack Benny Program (Benny guest starred on one episode) opposite NBC's Sally and ABC's Maverick. The show moved to NBC as a weekly series on Thursday nights in June 1959 (the Summer 1959 run on NBC were reruns of previous CBS episodes) and concluded its run on that network in September 1961.[1]
The series then moved on to ABC on Tuesday nights in 1961 for its final season.[1] The last "first run" episode (the 157th unique episode) aired on ABC on June 26, 1962, the remainder of the Summer 1962 on ABC being reruns.[1]
Bachelor Father is the only series to ever run, in consecutive seasons, on all three major TV networks of the time (ABC, CBS, and NBC).[4]
Production notes[edit]
Bachelor Father was filmed at Revue Studios. It was primarily sponsored by American Tobacco (Hit Parade, Tareyton cigarettes) throughout its original run. The series was produced by Forsythe's "Bachelor Productions" in association with MCA's Revue Studios.
Bachelor Father pilot and first broadcast season were produced by Harry Ackerman. Ackerman, a prolific television producer and executive, left after the first season
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_Father_(U.S._TV_series)
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