I'm Dickens, He's Fenster | |
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John Astin as Dickens and Marty Ingels as Fenster (1962)
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Genre | Situation comedy |
Created by | Leonard Stern |
Starring |
John Astin Marty Ingels Emmaline Henry |
Theme music composer | Irving Szathmary |
Opening theme | "The 'I'm Dickens- He's Fenster' March" |
Composer(s) | Irving Szathmary |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 32 |
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Producer(s) | Leonard Stern |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 22–24 minutes |
Production company(s) | Heyday Productions |
Distributor | ABC Films |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Picture format | Black-and-white |
Audio format | Monaural |
Original release | September 28, 1962 | – May 10, 1963
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster is an American sitcom that ran on ABC during the 1962-63 season and was created and produced by Leonard Stern and filmed at Desilu.
The series starred John Astin and Marty Ingels as carpenters Harry Dickens and Arch Fenster. Emmaline Henry appeared as Harry's wife, Kate. Appearing regularly, as fellow members of Dickens and Fenster's construction gang, were Frank DeVol (as Myron Bannister), Dave Ketchum (Mel Warshaw), Henry Beckman (Bob Mulligan), and Noam Pitlik (Bentley). it was sponsored alternately by El Producto cigars and Procter and Gamble.
The program followed the cartoon series The Flintstones and preceded 77 Sunset Strip on Fridays at 9 pm Eastern time, but did not attract a sufficient audience. It ran opposite Sing Along with Mitch starring Mitch Miller on NBC and Route 66 on CBS.
On April 10, 2012, Lightyear Entertainment & TV Time Machine Productions released I'm Dickens, He's Fenster- 50th Anniversary Collectors Edition: Volume 1 on DVD in Region 1 for the first time. The 3-disc set contains the first 16 episodes of the series as well as several bonus features.