The Paul Lynde Show
| The Paul Lynde Show | |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Ron Bobrick Sam Clark (based on a play by Phoebe Ephron) |
| Directed by |
William Asher Bruce Bilson Jack Donohue Jerry London Oscar Rudolph Coby Ruskin George Tyne |
| Starring |
Paul Lynde Elizabeth Allen Jane Actman |
| Composer(s) | Shorty Rogers |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Harry Ackerman |
| Producer(s) | William Asher |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Ashmont Productions Screen Gems |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 13, 1972 – March 14, 1973 |
The Paul Lynde Show is an American sitcom that aired on ABC. The series stars Paul Lynde and aired for one season, with original episodes running from September 13, 1972 to March 14, 1973.
The series starred Lynde as Paul Simms, a general practice attorney and the father of a family that consisted of his wife Martha (Elizabeth Allen) and daughters Barbara (Jane Actman) and Sally (Pamelyn Ferdin).
It also starred John Calvin as Barbara's husband, Howie Dickerson, an eccentric university student who was of genius intelligence (IQ 185) and was a whiz with everything and full of advice, but, inexplicably, he could not manage to hold down a job, and Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara as Howie's parents, Barney and Grace Dickerson. Howie's misadventures around the house and his lack of steady employment would drive his father in-law to distraction and would get him in a slow burn anger.
Critics perceived the show as derivative of All in the Family, then television's most popular primetime program. For his role in the series, Lynde was nominated for a Best Actor Golden Globe.
Scheduled opposite the first half of the Top 30 hit The Carol Burnett Show on CBS and the Top 20 hit Adam-12 on NBC, the series garnered low ratings and was canceled after one season (26 episodes). After the series ended, Lynde continued as center square on The Hollywood Squares until leaving the show in 1979.
The show was based on the play Howie, about a lawyer, played by Lynde, whose daughter marries a slacker named Howard, or "Howie". The Lynde character despises him as he is not interested in earning money or traditional pursuits. Howie was later developed for CBS in 1962, as a replacement for The Dick Van Dyke Show, but when that series was saved from cancellation, plans for Howie were discarded.
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