The Joey Bishop Show (sitcom)
| The Joey Bishop Show | |
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Joey Bishop and Abby Dalton (1964)
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by |
Danny Thomas Louis F. Edelman |
| Written by | Harry Crane Stan Dreben Fred S. Fox Fred Freeman Irving Elinson Garry Marshall |
| Directed by |
Mel Ferber James V. Kern Jerry Paris |
| Starring |
Joey Bishop Abby Dalton (seasons 2 – 4) |
| Theme music composer |
Vincent Youmans (1961–62) Irving Caesar (1961–62) Jimmy Van Heusen (1962–65) Sammy Cahn (1962–65) |
| Opening theme | "Sometimes I'm Happy" (1961–62) "Joey" (1962–65) |
| Composer(s) | Herbert W. Spencer |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 123 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Danny Thomas |
| Producer(s) |
Milt Josefsberg Marvin Marx Charles Stewart |
| Cinematography | Henry Cronjager, Jr. |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Bellmar Enterprises |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network |
NBC (1961–1964) CBS (1964–1965) |
| Picture format |
Black-and-white (seasons 1 and 4) Color (seasons 2–3) |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 20, 1961 – March 30, 1965 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The Danny Thomas Show |
The Joey Bishop Show is an American sitcom, starring Joey Bishop. The series premiered in September 1961 on NBC where it aired for three seasons. The series then moved to CBS for its final season.
Executive produced by Danny Thomas, The Joey Bishop Show is a spin-off of Thomas' series The Danny Thomas Show.
The series was conceived as a vehicle for Joey Bishop by Danny Thomas and Louis F. Edelman in 1960. At the time, Thomas was starring in his own show, Make Room for Daddy (later known as The Danny Thomas Show), airing on CBS. Thomas' show was then a top-20 hit and served as a launching pad for The Joey Bishop Show. The series' pilot episode, entitled "Everything Happens to Me", aired on March 27, 1961, during the eighth season of Danny Thomas. In the pilot, an incompetent Hollywood "public relations man" named Joey Mason (Bishop) forgets to make proper accommodations for an exhausted Danny Williams (Thomas) after he arrives in Los Angeles to play a show. Joey is then forced to put Danny up in the home he shares with his colorful parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mason (played by Billy Gilbert and Madge Blake) and two unmarried sisters, Betty (Virginia Vincent) and Stella (Marlo Thomas).
By the time the series was picked up by NBC, Bishop's character's name was changed to Joey Barnes (Bishop had insisted his character and he share the same initials) and the character of Joey's father was dropped. Two additional characters were added; a younger brother named Larry, and Frank, the husband of Joey's older sister Betty. The series' first incarnation features Joey, a well-intending but hapless and trouble-prone young man, who works for the Hollywood public relations firm, Willoughby, Cleary and Jones. The firm is headed by J.P. Willoughby (John Griggs), Joey's demanding boss. Willoughby's secretary, Barbara Simpson (Nancy Hadley), is Joey's girlfriend. Joey lives with and supports his widowed mother, Mrs. Barnes (Madge Blake), younger sister Stella (Marlo Thomas) and younger brother Larry (Warren Berlinger), who is a medical student. Joey also supports his older sister Betty (Virginia Vincent) and her proudly unemployed husband Frank (Joe Flynn).
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