The San Pedro Beach Bums
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The cast of The San Pedro Beach Bums
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| Genre | Situation comedy |
| Starring |
Christopher Murney Stuart Pankin John Mark Robinson Darryl McCullough Jeff Druce Christopher De Rose Louise Hoven Susan Mullen Lisa Reeves Kristoff St. John Nancy Morgan |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 (1 unaired) plus pilot |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Aaron Spelling Douglas S. Cramer |
| Producer(s) | E. Duke Vincent (pilot) |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Aaron Spelling Productions |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
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| Original network | ABC |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 19 – December 19, 1977 |
The San Pedro Beach Bums is a 1977 United States comedic television series about five carefree young men living together on a houseboat in San Pedro, California. It aired from September 19 to December 19, 1977. Its May 1977 pilot movie was entitled The San Pedro Bums.
Five carefree young men in their early 20s who all had been friends since high school discover a derelict boat in the harbor at San Pedro, California. They take possession of it, name it Our Boat, and move aboard to use it as their houseboat. Buddy is smart, tough, streetwise, always confident, and the group's self-proclaimed leader; the shy, nervous, and not very bright Dancer is so nicknamed because he is too fidgety to sit still; Stuf is intellectual and sophisticated and a compulsive eater and gourmand who sees beauty in being overweight; Moose is large, muscled, and stupid, but gentle; and Boychick is a Clark Gable-like ladies man. Headquartered aboard Our Boat, they experience many slapstick, almost cartoonish adventures.
Suzi Camelli, Julie, and Ralphie are friends of the Bums, Margie is a lifeguard, and Louise is the waitress at Tina Teena's Beach Café.
On May 13, 1977, ABC broadcast the pilot for The San Pedro Beach Bums, a 90-minute movie entitled The San Pedro Bums which told the story of the "Bums" finding Our Boat and moving aboard. Although a similar premise had not worked in the unsuccessful NBC comedy-drama It's a Man's World in 1962-1963, ABC believed enough in the concept that it picked up the show as a weekly one-hour situation comedy for its fall 1977 schedule. Concerned that the use of the word "bums" in the pilot's title could be construed as negative and drive some viewers away unless softened by a more lighthearted connotation, ABC changed the name of the weekly series to The San Pedro Beach Bums. A cast change also took place, with Jeff Druce, who played Boychick in the pilot, replaced by Christopher De Rose in the weekly series.
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