The Jim Backus Show
Appearance
(Redirected from Hot off the Wire)
The Jim Backus Show | |
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Jim Backus as Mike O'Toole. | |
Starring | Jim Backus |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 39 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | California National Productions |
Original release | |
Network | First-run syndication |
Release | October 6, 1960 July 11, 1961 | –
The Jim Backus Show is a 39-episode American television sitcom that aired in broadcast syndication in 1960 and 1961. The series was also known as Hot Off the Wire.[1]
Premise
[edit]The program focuses on Backus in the role of Mike O'Toole, the editor/proprietor of a low rent wire service struggling to stay in business.
Cast
[edit]- Jim Backus as Mike O'Toole
- Nita Talbot as Dora Miles
- Bobs Watson as Sidney
Episodes
[edit]- "The Woman's Touch" with George Ives as a bigamist con man, Douglas Aldrich.[2]
- "Floundered in Florida" with Alan Carney as Hogan, Milton Frome as Irving Rudolph, Vivi Janiss as Mrs. Rudolph, and Olan Soule as Elmo[3][unreliable source?]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "The Mad Bomber" | John Florea | John L. Greene | October 6, 1960 |
2 | "The Patriots" | Bretaigne Windust | Dick Conway & Roland MacLane | October 25, 1960 |
3 | "Mike O'Toole, Angler" | Gene Reynolds | Joseph Quillan | November 1, 1960 |
4 | "South Hampton Story" | James Sheldon | Bill Danch & Tedd Pierce | November 8, 1960 |
5 | "No Help Wanted" | Gene Reynolds | Dick Chevillat & Jay Sommers | November 15, 1960 |
6 | "The Marry-Go-Round" | Christian Nyby | Ray Singer | November 15, 1960 |
7 | "The Nephew" | Hollingsworth Morse | David Chandler & Don Quinn | November 22, 1960 |
8 | "Baby, Come Home" | Ralph Levy | Bill Danch & Tedd Pierce | November 29, 1960 |
9 | "The Frame Up" | Christian Nyby | Dick Chevillat & Ray Singer | December 6, 1960 |
10 | "Painting Caper" | Howard W. Koch | Dick Chevillat & Ray Singer | December 13, 1960 |
11 | "The Three Sisters" | James Sheldon | Jess Carneol & Kay Lenard | December 16, 1960 |
12 | "Uncle Chester" | Alan Crosland Jr. | Bill Davenport & Charles Tannen | December 20, 1960 |
13 | "Crime a la Carte" | Theodore J. Flicker | Bill Danch & John L. Greene | December 27, 1960 |
14 | "The Desk" | Howard W. Koch | Bill Danch & Tedd Pierce | December 27, 1960 |
15 | "Piano Prodigy" | Christian Nyby | Hendrik Vollaerts | January 10, 1961 |
16 | "Mike Cheats a Cheater" | James Sheldon | Peggy Chantler Dick & William Cowley | January 17, 1961 |
17 | "Meet Melvin" | Ben Feiner Jr. | George Atkins & Bob Ogle | January 24, 1961 |
18 | "The Woman's Touch" | Christian Nyby | Story by : Robert A. Cinader, Teleplay by : Marvin Marx & Manny Manheim | January 31, 1961 |
19 | "Sidney's Scoop" | Hollingsworth Morse | Peggy Elliott & Tedd Pierce | February 7, 1961 |
20 | "The Hypnotist" | Ben Feiner Jr. | Bill Danch & Tedd Pierce | February 14, 1961 |
21 | "Once Upon a Moose" | Christian Nyby | Harry Crane & John Tackaberry | February 21, 1961 |
22 | "Pinkmalion" | Alan Crosland Jr. | Bill Davenport & Charles Tannen | December 28, 1961 |
23 | "When a Body Meets a Body" | Sidney Salkow | George Atkins, John O'Dea, Bob Ogle & Sidney Salkow | March 7, 1961 |
24 | "Arabian Night" | James Sheldon | Walter Black | March 14, 1961 |
25 | "Old Army Game" | Christian Nyby | Story by : Robert A. Cinader Teleplay by : Stanley Davis & Elon Packard | March 21, 1961 |
26 | "The Fix" | Arthur Lubin | Arthur Alsberg | April 4, 1961 |
27 | "Sad Sack Santa" | Harvey Hart | Sam Locke & Joel Rapp | April 11, 1961 |
28 | "The Plant" | James Sheldon | Story by : Jay Sommers, Teleplay by : Carol & Joseph Cavella | April 18, 1961 |
29 | "The Temporary Scoundrel" | Theodore J. Flicker | Thomas Knickerbocker & Mort R. Lewis | April 25, 1961 |
30 | "Floundered in Florida" | Unknown | Unknown | May 2, 1961 |
31 | "Dear Minnie" | Unknown | Unknown | May 9, 1961 |
32 | "In the Rough" | Unknown | Unknown | May 16, 1961 |
33 | "Dora's Vacation" | Unknown | Unknown | May 23, 1961 |
34 | "The Birthday Boy" | Unknown | Unknown | May 30, 1961 |
35 | "War Bride" | Unknown | Unknown | June 13, 1961 |
36 | "The Texas Tycoon" | Unknown | Unknown | June 20, 1961 |
37 | "Gift for Grandma" | Unknown | Unknown | June 27, 1961 |
38 | "O'Toole and Son" | Christian Nyby | Stanley Davis & Elon Packard | July 4, 1961 |
39 | "Farewell to Dora" | Unknown | Unknown | July 11, 1961 |
References
[edit]- ^ TV Guide Guide to TV. Barnes & Noble. 2004. ISBN 0-7607-5634-1.
- ^ "The Woman's Touch". 1960.
- ^ "Floundered in Florida on The Jim Backus Show". IMDb. May 2, 1961. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
Categories:
- First-run syndicated television programs in the United States
- 1960 American television series debuts
- 1961 American television series endings
- 1960s American sitcoms
- 1960s American workplace comedy television series
- Television series by CBS Studios
- Black-and-white American television shows
- American English-language television shows
- Television series about journalism
- United States comedy television series stubs