The Bing Crosby Show

The Bing Crosby Show
Beverly Garland
Genre	Sitcom
Directed by	James Sheldon
Starring	Bing Crosby Beverly Garland Carol Faylen Diane Sherry Frank McHugh
Theme music composer	Sammy Cahn Jimmy Van Heusen
Opening theme	"There's More to Life Than Just Living"
Ending theme	"It All Adds Up"
Country of origin	USA
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	28
Production
Producer(s)	Steve Gethers
Running time	25 minutes
Production company(s)	Bing Crosby Productions
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	Black and white
Audio format	Mono
Original release	September 14, 1964 – April 19, 1965

The Bing Crosby Show is a 28-episode sitcom television program starring crooner, film star, iconic phenomenon, and businessman Bing Crosby and actress Beverly Garland as a married couple, Bing and Ellie Collins, rearing two teenaged daughters during the early 1960s. In the format, Crosby portrayed a former entertainer turned architectural designer with a penchant for singing, and each episode usually contained at least one song. Produced by Crosby's own company, affiliated with Desilu Studios and subsequently CBS Paramount Television, the series aired on ABC from September 14, 1964, to April 19, 1965. Rebroadcasts continued until June 14.

The roles of the daughters Janice and Joyce Collins were played by Carol Faylen and Diane Sherry, respectively. Top Warner Bros. character actor Frank McHugh appeared as Willie Walters, the Collins's live-in handyman. Pamela Austin appeared twice on the program, as Clarissa Roberts.

This was one of the few times Crosby portrayed a happily married man, having often portrayed bachelors, widowers, divorcees, or priests. (Note: The Star Maker was one film in which he was happily married. He also portrayed a married man in the films Dixie and Blue Skies but there were problems in the relationships.)

Guest stars included Herbert Anderson, Frankie Avalon, Jack Benny, Jimmy Boyd, Macdonald Carey, Vikki Carr, Dennis Day, Roger Ewing, Glenda Farrell, Joan Fontaine, Kathy Garver, George Gobel, Kathryn Grant (Crosby's second wife, also known as Kathryn Crosby), Pat Harrington, Jr., Phil Harris, Charles Lane, Nobu McCarthy, Gary Morton, Ken Murray, Lloyd Nolan, Ruth Roman, and James Shigeta.