Goodtime Girls
| Goodtime Girls | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Leonora Thuna |
| Developed by |
Thomas L. Miller Edward K. Milkis Robert L. Boyett |
| Starring |
Annie Potts Lorna Patterson Georgia Engel Francine Tacker Marcia Lewis Merwin Goldsmith Peter Scolari Adrian Zmed Sparky Marcus |
| Theme music composer |
Norman Gimbel Charles Fox |
| Opening theme | "When Everyone Cared" |
| Composer(s) |
Charles Fox John Beal |
| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 12 (1 unaired) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Garry Marshall |
| Producer(s) | Thomas L. Miller Edward K. Milkis Robert L. Boyett |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Miller-Milkis-Boyett Productions Paramount Television |
| Distributor |
Paramount Television CBS Paramount Television CBS Television Distribution (current) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | January 22 – August 29, 1980 |
Goodtime Girls is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from January 22, 1980 until August 29, 1980. It was created by Leonora Thuna, and produced by Thomas L. Miller, Edward K. Milkis and Robert L. Boyett, in association with Garry Marshall's Henderson Productions and Paramount Television. It is a period piece comedy set during World War II, which was the producers' 1940s answer to their top 1950s-themed hits Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley.
Set in Washington, D.C. in 1942, Goodtime Girls told the story of four women who found themselves having to share a small attic apartment at the Coolidge Boarding House, due to a regional apartment shortage, which occurred as a result of women striking out on their own and supporting themselves during wartime. In the beginning, three of the girls--Edith Bedelmeyer (Annie Potts), Sioux City native Betty Crandall (Lorna Patterson), and Loretta Smoot (Georgia Engel)--had agreed to share space together in the attic at Coolidge. However, just when they thought things couldn't get more cramped, Camille Rittenhouse (Francine Tacker), a snobbish reporter who was covering a newspaper story on the apartment shortage, wound up being their fourth roommate when she herself lost her apartment and was in need of a new place. This didn't immediately sit well with the other women, not only because of the tight quarters barely accommodating four, but since Camille's holier-than-thou personality clashed with the others, especially with Edith, who became the unofficial leader of the group. The gang did learn to get along, as they grew closer in a time when a lot of emotional and moral support was needed for each other, with America working on "getting Uncle Sam out of a jam".
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