Comedian Alan King was one of the greats of our time. As a television producer? Different story.
In 1972, King sold The Corner Bar to ABC as a summer replacement series, and as a starring vehicle for former Dead End Kid Gabe Dell, who'd been on the guest star circuit for a number of years, while still making movies.
The network liked the returns on the series, but had no room to put it on the fall schedule, so Corner Bar returned in June 1973 for a 6 week run. Dell was gone, replaced by Eugene Roche. Anne Meara, in one of her first appearances without husband Jerry Stiller, was added to the cast as a waitress. She'd later land a similar gig on Archie Bunker's Place.
Gilmore Box serves up a sample intro from season 1, featuring Bill Fiore, whom you might know as Chuck McCann's foil from those "Hi, Guy!" ads for Right Guard.
Too bad this isn't on DVD. I barely remember seeing this show, so there's no rating.
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