Wednesday, June 15, 2016

What Might've Been: Stanley (1956)

Comedian Buddy Hackett headlined only 2 series during his career. One was a revival of You Bet Your Life in the 80's. The other was a short-lived sitcom, Stanley, that lasted just 19 episodes during the 1956-7 season.

Stanley (Hackett) was a hotel clerk who got into a number of inevitable sitcom scrapes. Carol Burnett, in one of her first TV gigs, co-starred. Heard but not seen or credited was future icon Paul Lynde as their boss. Lynde is also the narrator.

Edit, 9/17/18: The video was deleted by YouTube due to copyright violations. Gilmore Box supplies the intro:



Yes, that is Don Pardo as the announcer at the start of the show, since it aired on NBC.

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