This sitcom developed by Aaron Spelling happened years before Spelling would decide women made better angels. In this case I don't agree that they did, but ratings success happen more for the women than they did here.
This sitcom took a classic brother comedy team, and built a sitcom around their act with fantastic results. Tommy and Dickie Smothers are perfectly cast here with Tommy as the apprentice angel who comes back to haunt Dickie with hilarious results. This show deserved more than it got in the ratings. It is pure funny.
It blends the brothers comedy with others in the cast perfectly. CBS for some reason hit a Saturday night slot with this one that just did not produce the desired results in the ratings. It is too bad because if this one had run for 10 years, it would have been a classic sit-com, it was that good.
The only sitcom near this one in idea was Leo G Carroll's Topper, based on the movies, which was another sitcom in the late 1950's that should have done better too. If you are desperate for some laughs, get a hold of both of these sitcoms and enjoy them. In the case of the Smothers Brothers, I liked this even better than the Variety Series that was later because this one had straight comedy without the music interruptions.
Mom liked this angel best.
This sitcom took a classic brother comedy team, and built a sitcom around their act with fantastic results. Tommy and Dickie Smothers are perfectly cast here with Tommy as the apprentice angel who comes back to haunt Dickie with hilarious results. This show deserved more than it got in the ratings. It is pure funny.
It blends the brothers comedy with others in the cast perfectly. CBS for some reason hit a Saturday night slot with this one that just did not produce the desired results in the ratings. It is too bad because if this one had run for 10 years, it would have been a classic sit-com, it was that good.
The only sitcom near this one in idea was Leo G Carroll's Topper, based on the movies, which was another sitcom in the late 1950's that should have done better too. If you are desperate for some laughs, get a hold of both of these sitcoms and enjoy them. In the case of the Smothers Brothers, I liked this even better than the Variety Series that was later because this one had straight comedy without the music interruptions.
Mom liked this angel best.