Date with the Angels
| Date with the Angels | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Don Fedderson |
| Written by |
George Tibbles Fran Van Hartesveldt Bill Kelsay |
| Directed by | James V. Kern |
| Starring |
Betty White Bill Williams Jimmy Boyd |
| Composer(s) | Frank DeVol |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 33 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Fred Henry |
| Producer(s) | Don Fedderson |
| Running time | 24–26 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Silverstone Films/Don Fedderson Productions |
| Distributor | MCA Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | May 10, 1957 – January 29, 1958 |
Date with the Angels is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from May 10, 1957 to January 29, 1958. The series, which stars Betty White and Bill Williams, began as a late season replacement for The Ray Anthony Show for the same sponsor, Chrysler's Plymouth division. Tom Kennedy was the show's announcer and spokesman for Plymouth.
The series revolves around newly married Vicki Angel and her insurance salesman husband Gus Angel who get themselves and their friends and neighbors into various comedic situations. Besides Betty White and Bill Williams, the series also featured for several episodes Richard Deacon, Richard Reeves, Maudie Prickett and Burt Mustin.
Among the series' guest stars were Nancy Kulp, Madge Blake, Joan Vohs, Chuck Connors, Reta Shaw, Dave Willock, Sid Melton, Russell Hicks, Hugh O'Brian, Hanley Stafford, and Willard Waterman.
The show's theme song was "Got A Date With An Angel", a semi-standard introduced in 1932 and long associated with the orchestra of Hal Kemp.
Date with the Angels was loosely based on the Elmer Rice play Dream Girl, and the series was originally intended to revolve heavily around Vicki's daydreaming tendencies, with more than half of a typical episode dedicated to fantasy sequences. However, the sponsor was not pleased with the fantasy elements and successfully exerted pressure to have them eliminated. "Without our dream sequences," White later said, "our show flattened out and became just one more run-of-the-mill domestic comedy[...]I can honestly say that was the only time I have ever wanted to get out of a show."
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