Saturday, November 27, 2021

What Might've Been: The McLean Stevenson Show (1976)

 "Those who fail to remember history are condemned to repeat it."-George Santayana.

McLean Stevenson falls into the category of actors who were better received by TV viewers as a supporting player, rather than a lead. Kind of like Tim Conway, Paul Lynde, and Nancy Walker, to name a few.

Stevenson's first post-M*A*S*H entry was 1976's The McLean Stevenson Show, which he co-produced himself, along with game show icon Monty Hall, who was developing something other than a game show for the first time. In what would be the start of a career trend, the series failed to get beyond one season.

Following is a sample episode. Mark Evanier, who was also a writer for ABC's Welcome Back, Kotter, among others, and also was a comics writer, co-wrote the script.


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