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Love That Bob, Vol. 1

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After honing his skills working for three years as a staff writer for "The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show", Paul Henning struck out on his own with THE BOB CUMMINGS SHOW in 1955.

In what must have surely been a bold departure for the typical "sitcom leading man" of the Fifties, Bob Cummings played a womanising, carefree bachelor with no desire whatsoever to settle down with a wife and kids. Cummings' character is Bob Collins, a successful photographer, who lives with his widowed sister Margaret (Rosemary DeCamp) and her teenage son Chuck (Dwayne Hickman). At the office, Bob relies on faithful secretary Schultzy (Ann B. Davis, who steals many a scene with her exceptional comedy talents; very rarely was she used to such advantage on "The Brady Bunch").

Paul Henning also delighted in recruiting the fabulously talented Nancy Kulp for one of her very first major sitcom roles. On BOB CUMMINGS, she plays bird-watcher Pamela, always trying to lure Bob with some romantic scheme or another. Henning of course later immortalised Ms Kulp as the unflappable Miss Jane Hathaway on "The Beverly Hillbillies". And whilst we're star-gazing, keep an eye out for Rose Marie as one of Schultzy's fellow secretaries. She has a large part in the "Collins the Crooner" episode.

These five episodes from THE BOB CUMMINGS SHOW are taken from the syndication run, which changed the title of the show to "Love That Bob!".

Episodes:
Bob and the Ravishing Realtor
Bob Digs Rock and Roll
Collins the Crooner
Grandpa Attends a Convention
Bob Plays Margaret's Game

This trip down memory lane did not work for me. What was funny when I was a child, now pretty much not at all. Fodder for Goodwill.