Wendy and Me
| Wendy and Me | |
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Ron Harper and Connie Stevens as Jeff and Wendy Conway.
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Written by | Norman Paul Bob O'Brien Elon Packard Willy Burns |
| Directed by |
Richard Crenna Gene Reynolds Willy Burns |
| Starring |
George Burns Connie Stevens Ron Harper James T. Callahan J. Pat O'Malley Bartlett Robinson |
| Narrated by | George Burns |
| Theme music composer | Ervin Drake |
| Opening theme | "Wendy" |
| Composer(s) |
George Duning Frank Perkins |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 34 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | William T. Orr |
| Producer(s) | Gordon Bau (make-up) |
| Cinematography | Louis Jennings Jacques R. Marquette |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Natwill Productions Warner Bros. Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Picture format | Black-and-white |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 14, 1964 – May 24, 1965 |
Wendy and Me is an American sitcom that aired on ABC during the 1964–1965 television season, primarily sponsored by Consolidated Cigar's "El Producto". Principally starring George Burns and Connie Stevens, the series was Burns' first major work following the death of his wife and professional partner, Gracie Allen, who had died of a heart attack about a month prior to the debut of Wendy and Me.
"Connie Stevens plays Wendy, and I play "me", quipped the cigar-puffing George Burns in advertising for his unsuccessful Wendy and Me situation comedy series on ABC, 1964-1965.
In the series (a slight variation of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show), Burns plays a somewhat fictionalized version of himself. He is the owner of an apartment building, while Stevens plays his tenant, Wendy Conway. Episodes typically revolved around Wendy pulling Burns into comedic situations mostly involving her husband, played by Ron Harper, and other people in the building. As a regular part of its format, Burns would often break the fourth wall to comment directly to the audience about the episode's events. Burns as landlord would watch his attractive young tenant on what appears to the modern eye to be a surreptitious closed circuit television transmission with hidden cameras (he also accomplished this with his "TV in the den" in later episodes of The Burns and Allen Show). Viewers of the show, may remember the television was not so much a "surreptitious closed circuit television" but rather a plain old television set where George Burns watched the show "Wendy and Me" along with the television audiences (This was also the case when he watched events unfold on The Burns and Allen Show.) James T. Callahan appeared in the series as Danny Adams, a playboy friend of Wendy's strait-laced husband. J. Pat O'Malley played the apartment handyman.
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