Meet Corliss Archer (TV series)
Meet Corliss Archer | |
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![]() Corliss Archer depicted in the title sequence | |
Genre | Sitcom |
Written by | Jerry Adelman Margaret Coffey Tom Coffey Jerome S. Goetler Lee Loeb Phil Shuken Rik Vollaertz |
Directed by | Lewis Allen Leon Benson Eddie Davis Leslie Goodwins Lambert Hillyer Herbert L. Strock |
Starring | Ann Baker Mary Brian John Eldredge |
Narrated by | Hy Averback |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 39 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Frederick W. Ziv |
Producers | Eddie Davis Lewis Allen Herbert L. Strock |
Animator | Gene Hazelton |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Ziv Television Programs |
Original release | |
Network | Syndication |
Release | April 2 December 24, 1954 | –
Related | |
Meet Corliss Archer |
Meet Corliss Archer is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on CBS between July 13 and August 10, 1951,[1] and in syndication via the Ziv Company from April to December 1954. It was an adaptation of the radio series of the same name, which was based on a series of short stories by F. Hugh Herbert.[2] It was also broadcast in Canada.[3]
Synopsis
[edit]Corliss Archer is a lovable blonde teenager who is delicately balancing her high-school life and relationship with her goofy boyfriend Dexter Franklin, and her homelife with parents Harry and Janet Archer.
CBS version
[edit]Cast
[edit]Actor | Role |
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Lugene Sanders | Corliss Archer |
Frieda Inescort, later Irene Tedrow |
Janet Archer |
Fred Shields | Harry Archer |
Robert Ellis | Dexter Franklin |
Ken Christy | Bill Franklin |
Source: Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010[4]
Syndicated version
[edit]Cast
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/MeetCorlissArcher-Corliss-Janet.jpg/220px-MeetCorlissArcher-Corliss-Janet.jpg)
Actor | Role |
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Ann Baker | Corliss Archer |
Mary Brian | Janet Archer |
John Eldredge | Harry Archer |
Robert Ellis | Dexter Franklin |
Ken Christy | Bill Franklin |
Vera Marshe | Mary Franklin |
The episodes are:[5]
- No Clothes for the Party
- Harry, Child Psychiatrist
- Episode 3
- Dexter, The Director
- Dexter's Surprise Party
- The Algebra Problem
- Quarenteened
- The Phone Fumble
- Dexter's Job
- Harry's Cold
- Dexter, The Helper
- The Best Policy
- Harry's Diet
- The Vase That Came for Dinner
- Corliss, The Cheerleader
- The Archers Get a Maid
- Dexter Becomes a Man
- Dexter's Masquerade Costume
- Episode 19
- The Male Ego
- Money Matters
- A Party for Corliss
- The New Neighbors
- Harry and the Soap Opera Queen
- A Date for Doris
- Friends Forever
- Boat Builders
- Miffy's Overnight Painting
- The Pain in the Neck
- President of the Garden Club
- The Fortune Teller
- Harry, The Dictator
- Harry Gives Advice
- Dexter Borrows Harry's Car
- Harry, The Photographer
- The Personality Test
- Janet Goes to College
- How to Handle Women
- The Christmas Story
- Christmas Gifts
- Dexter's Masquerade Party
Production notes
[edit]The syndicated version of Meet Corliss Archer was executive produced by Frederick W. Ziv and produced by ZIV Television Programs.[6]
Syndication and DVD release
[edit]The series, which is in the public domain, is occasionally still repeated in the United States, usually on small over-the-air networks and cable channels. It has also appeared on DVDs by companies such as Alpha Video, Echo Bridge and Mill Creek.
References
[edit]- ^ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television. Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 539. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 331–333. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
- ^ "'Corliss' Canada Spread". Variety. September 29, 1954. p. 43. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
- ^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). "Meet Corliss Archer". Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 677. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Meet Corliss Archer Season 1 Episodes". TV Guide.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (1989). Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947–1987. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 60. ISBN 0-7864-1198-8.. P. 60.
External links
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- 1954 American television series debuts
- 1954 American television series endings
- 1950s American high school television series
- 1950s American multi-camera sitcoms
- 1950s American teen sitcoms
- American English-language television shows
- American television series about teenagers
- Black-and-white American television shows
- First-run syndicated sitcoms
- United States comedy television series stubs