Angel (1960 TV series)
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Angel Smith with her "Goat Dog", a wedding gift from Uncle Jacques (1961)
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Jess Oppenheimer |
| Written by | Jess Oppenheimer Jack Elinson Charles Stewart Irving Elinson Fred S. Fox Roswell Rogers Arthur Alsberg Bill Davenport Bob Fisher Alan Lipscott Joe Quillan |
| Directed by |
Lamont Johnson Ezra Stone |
| Starring |
Annie Fargé Marshall Thompson Doris Singleton Don Keefer |
| Theme music composer | Eliot Daniel Jess Oppenheimer |
| Composer(s) | Eliot Daniel Wilbur Hatch |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 33 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Jess Oppenheimer |
| Producer(s) | Edward H. Feldman |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Burlingame Productions CBS Films (filmed at the studios of Desilu) |
| Distributor |
Viacom Paramount Network Television CBS Paramount Television CBS Television Distribution (current) |
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| Original network | CBS |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | October 6, 1960 – June 14, 1961 |
Angel is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1960–1961 television season. The series was created and executive produced by Jess Oppenheimer, and stars Annie Fargé as the title character.
Fargé portrayed Angelique "Angel" Smith, a pretty, young scatterbrained Frenchwoman who comes to the United States and marries a young architect, John Smith, played by Marshall Thompson. With her distinct French accent, Angel gets into various problems with the culture, language, and procedures in her new country. In the episode "The Dentist", for instance, she learns she must pay when late for her appointment with the dentist (played by Parley Baer in this episode).
Although it had much less slapstick comedy, Angel was somewhat akin to two other CBS sitcoms, I Love Lucy (already concluded) and Pete and Gladys, a spin-off of CBS's December Bride. The series co-starred Doris Singleton as Angel's sympathetic friend Susie and Don Keefer as Susie's husband George, roughly akin to the Ethel and Fred roles from I Love Lucy.
Co-sponsored by General Foods (Post Cereals) and Johnson's Wax, Angel was initially broadcast at 9 pm Eastern on Thursday evenings between October 6, 1960 and April 13, 1961. On April 19, it moved to Wednesdays in the same time slot for the remaining first-run episodes, and then summer reruns.
The series' competition included two other sitcoms, My Three Sons, which went on to a 12-year run, first on ABC and then CBS, and Bachelor Father, then in its last year on NBC, but having been on all three networks during its total five-year run from 1957 to 1962.
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