Jess Oppenheimer thought that he could tweak the formula of I Love Lucy just a wee bit. Subbing out Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) for a French emigre (Annie Farge) who was similarly scatter-brained, however, didn't work. Angel lasted just one season (1960-1) on CBS.
Farge has the title role as Angel, who came from France after marrying American John Smith (Marshall Thompson). Her thick accent was the source of a lot of comic plots, but CBS didn't count on how hard it would be to cut into the ratings for My Three Sons, then on ABC, or Bachelor Father on NBC.
In the episode, "Angel's Temper", Angel is working on lengthening her fuse, if you will, while John deals with a salesman (guest star Mel Blanc, The Flintstones, The Bugs Bunny Show, The Jack Benny Program).
I think Mel's also heard in one of the Raid commercials in this episode, a rebroadcast from June 1961.
Marshall Thompson had transitioned from movies to television, but would achieve his greatest TV success with Daktari just a few short years later.
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