[
Season 5: 1972/73 ]
The
Palluccis leave, Mr Jarvis buys Doris's apartment
building and Doris's love life begins to hot up.
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Doris
Day
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Doris
Martin
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Kaye
Ballard
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Angie
Palucci
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Bernie
Kopell
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Louie
Palucci
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John
Dehner
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Cy
Bennett
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Jackie
Joseph
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Jackie
Parker
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Peter
Lawford
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Dr.
Peter Lawrence
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Patrick
O'Neal
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Jonathan
Rusk
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Carol
Worthington
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Ethel,
the Babysitter
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DVD Set Review
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Voted top female box-office movie star during
the early 60’s, Doris Day’s switch to a
small-screen sit-com was not without its
problems. However, always a survivor, the
effervescent star soon knuckled down to THE
DORIS DAY SHOW with her portrayal of widow Doris
Martin hallmarked with her usual vivacity and
charm. Each Season’s formula was suitably
tweaked and improved by the production and
acting team in order to maximise plot
development and increase ratings. From the first
Season’s rural farm setting with widow Doris as
mother of two young children through to Doris’
magazine journalist in San Francisco with
romance on the menu, there were many changes of
supporting characters and plot situations, with
the quest for more sophisticated themes
satisfactorily achieved without damaging the
tried and true sunny Day screen image. However,
as Executive Producer on the fifth and final
series, aired on US television during 1972-73,
Doris was obviously happy with the format
introduced for Season Four and TODAY’S WORLD
magazine continued as the base scenario for
Doris’s reporter occupation, supported by
colleagues, gruff but kind-hearted Editor, Cy
Bennett (John Dehner) and zany secretary Jackie
Parker (Jackie Joseph). Socially, debonair Dr.
Peter Lawrence (Peter Lawford) remained as love
interest and fussy landlord (having bought the
apartment block from the restaurant owners, the
Pallucci’s) Mr. Jarvis (Billy DeWolfe) turned up
for the occasional episode, while political
candidate and old friend Jonathan Rusk (Patrick
O’Neal) was amongst those who appeared as
Doris’s alternate romantic interest.
Fans and others will enjoy the lively
situations which occur throughout with brief
synopsis of each episode listed on this
DISCOVERING DORIS DAY website.
The scripts are brisk and snappy and Doris
gets to wear funky way-out 70’s fashions which
to say the least are psychedelic in design but
have definite style! She certainly makes the
ideal model for the inevitable fashion show.
Seventies expressions like “Right on!” and “No
way” reflect the times. Other interesting points
of note is the fact the music underscoring is
based on songs Doris previously recorded, whilst
the introductory spiral staircase scene is
changed to Doris wearing a black outfit during
the latter episodes.
Among the guest stars who appear are Andy
Griffith, Lee Meriwether, Ed Begley Jr., Julie
Adams, Dick Van Patten, Sid Melton, Edward
Andrews, Henry Jones and Bernie Kopell. It’s
also worth noting that Doris’ own dogs Biggest
and Myra Muffin appear in the episode IT’S A
DOG’S LIFE.
Bonus features are headed by 2006-recorded
commentaries by Doris in conversation with the
DVD Producer Jim Pierson which can be activated
on her favourite episodes of IT’S A DOG’S LIFE
and HOSPITAL BENEFIT on Disc three. Half an hour
of outtake footage from the latter segment
showcases Doris’ modelling skills and fabulous
figure to great advantage! Additional extras
include New Humane Society Public Service
announcements by Doris over some suitably
pet-adorned on-screen photographs; a dubbed into
French episode (DORIS COMEDIE) of FOLLOW THAT
DOG!; the movie trailer of TEACHER’S PET and
preview scenes from DORIS DAY TODAY – 1975
television Special (newly available on DVD);
vintage (early 50’s) Easter seals announcements
by Doris on behalf of the Society of Crippled
Children and Adults as shown in US theatres;
advertisement for THE LOVE ALBUM.
[Easter Seals theatre spot on behalf
of the Society of Crippled Children & Adults]
THE DORIS DAY SHOW - SEASON 5 contains all 24
remastered episodes of the 1972/73 season on
four discs, mainly directed by the regular team
of William Wiard, Richard Duchowny, Marc Daniels
and Lee Phillips but Peter Lawford directs the
episode DEBT OF HONOUR. With the bonus material
described above, the running time amounts to
over 11 hours. UK buyers will be relieved to
know that despite the recent demise of Sanctuary
who marketed the previous box-sets in this
series, these Season 5 discs will play on all
modern Region 2 players. The remastering is
faultless with excellent colour definition and
sound quality. Doris’ biggest hit song, QUE
SERA, SERA (WHATEVER WILL BE, WILL BE) generally
tops and tails most but not all episodes as does
the quirky cross-cut opening titles which set
the scene for each episode prior to Doris’
entrance down the spiral staircase.
Doris chose to end THE DORIS DAY SHOW on a
high note with this final Season still leaving
untold plot possibilities but she stated she was
tired and felt five years was long enough to
sustain a sitcom with the comment “There are so
many other things to be done and said, and doing
a situation comedy week after week is no longer
fulfilling for me. Television has provided me
with a good living for many years. But it is not
the alpha and omega of the world” Little did she
realize that thirty-five years later her iconic
ongoing fame and modern technology would allow
fans and others to again enjoy the show’s
warm-hearted wholesome qualities with that
special Doris Day magic still remaining despite
the intervening years!
Review by Allen Pollock
Season 5 - Episode Guide:
"No
More Advice, Please"
[ US Transmission Date: 11 September 1972 ]
Doris spends time interviewing a handsome
professor who has written a best-selling novel.
Her boyfriend Peter becomes jealous.
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Guest starring
Don Chastain, Louis de Cordova, Melissa Whittaker |
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Written by Laurence Marks |
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Directed by Marc Daniels |
"The
Great talent Raid"
[ US
Transmission Date: 18 September 1972 ]
The editor of
Now magazine lures Doris into joining his
company. She however begins to yearn for her old pals at
Today's World and tries to think of some way to
return.
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Guest starring
Ralph Story, Billy de Wolfe (as himself), Glynn
Turman, Louis de Cordova, De De Young, John Kroger
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Written by
William Raynor, Myles Wilder |
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Directed by
William Wiard |
"Just
A Miss Understanding"
[ US Transmission Date: 25 September 1972 ]
Everyone is mystified by Doris's constant fatigue after
she secretly resorts to moonlighting as an all-night
radio personality to solve an
economic problem.
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Guest starring
Jack De Mave, Joe Hoover
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Written by Charlotte Brown |
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Directed by Lee Phillips
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"The
Press Secretary"
[ US Transmission Date: 2 October 1972 ]
Doris takes a leave of absence from the magazine to
serve as press secretary to a handsome Congressional
candidate. She then finds herself simultaneously fending
off the amorous advances of her new boss and the
unethical demands of her old one.
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Guest starring
Julie Adams, Robert Shayne
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Written by Laurence Marks |
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Directed by Richard Kinon
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"Peeping Tom"
[ US Transmission Date: 9 October 1972 ]
Cy's
chance at winning the annual "Man of the Year" award
as San Francisco's most outstanding citizen is in
peril when he is
mistakenly arrested by the police as a peeping tom.
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Guest starring
Larry Hovis, Joseph Perry, John Stephenson |
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Written by Arthur Julian |
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Directed by Marc Daniels
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"Forgive And Forget"
[ US Transmission Date: 16 October 1972 ]
Doris
is convinced her boyfriend
Peter is romancing a beautiful actress.
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Guest starring
Ginny Golden, Noah Keen, Jo De Winter, Murray
Pollack |
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Written by Laurence Marks |
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Directed by William Wiard
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"Debt
Of Honor"
[ US Transmission Date: 23 October 1972 ]
Doris
tries to collect an old debt in order to save her
worldly goods.
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Guest starring
Richard Schaal, Ed Begley Jr., Sid Melton
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Written by Phil Sharp |
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Directed by Peter Lawford
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"Jimmy
The Gent"
[ US Transmission Date: 6 November 1972 ]
Doris masquerades as an accident victim and then as
a hospital nurse in an attempt to interview a notorious safecracker.
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Guest starring
Elvia Allman, Walter Burke
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Written by Laurie Samara, Courtney Andrews |
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Directed
by Marc Daniels |
"The
Music Man"
[ US Transmission Date: 13 November 1972 ]
Doris spends so much time interviewing a
young rock star
that word spreads through the San Francisco's
celebrity world that the singer and blonde
journalist are romantically involved.
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Guest starring
Eldon Quick, Melissa Whittaker, Paul Hampton, Anne
Randall, Ed Garner |
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Written by Laurence Marks |
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Directed by William Wiard
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"Defective
Story"
[ US Transmission Date: 20 November 1972 ]
Doris becomes the prey of an eastern European
general
when she tries to investigate the truth of a report
that he secretly plans to defect to the West.
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Guest starring
Roger C. Carmel, Alan Oppenheimer
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Written by Charlotte Brown |
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Directed by Richard Kinon
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"The CO-OP"
[ US Transmission Date: 27 November 1972 ]
Doris and the other tenants in the building are
horrified when Mr. Jarvis suddenly becomes their new
landlord.
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Guest starring
Billy De Wolfe, Alan
De Witt, Lester Fletcher
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Written by Arthur Julian |
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Directed by Roger Duchowny |
"Anniversary
Gift"
[ US Transmission Date: 11 December 1972 ]
Doris is given an antique car from Peter to mark
their "anniversary".
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Guest starring
Kay Stewart, Richard Hurst, Dick Van Patten
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Written by Arthur Julian |
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Directed by Roger Duchowny |
"The
New Boss"
[ US Transmission Date: 18 December 1972 ]
Doris replaces Cy as Editor-in-Chief when Colonel
Fairburn decrees a shake-up in an attempt to upgrade
staff efficiency and give the magazine a fresh new
tone.
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Guest starring
Edward Andrews, Jack Wells, Joe Hoover, Walter
Brooke, John Myhers |
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Written by Laurence Marks |
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Directed by Marc Daniels
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"Follow
That Dog"
[ US Transmission Date: 1 January 1973 ]
Doris is caught between racketeers and a pair of
police detectives after a stranger offers her
$10,000 to baby-sit his small terrier for two weeks
while he is out of town.
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Guest starring
Bruce Gordon, Paul Stewart, James B. Sikking, Joe
Ruskin, Jack Griffin, Dave Morick, John Stephenson
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Written by William Raynor, Myles Wilder |
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Directed
by William Wiard |
"The
Hoax"
[ US Transmission Date: 8 January 1973 ]
Doris
goes undercover as an actress to expose a phoney
talent agency.
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Guest starring
Andy
Griffith, David Frank, Ryan MacDonald, Ceil Cabot,
Alan DeWitt, Read Morgan
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Written by Laurence Marks |
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Directed by Lee Phillips
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"The
Last Huzzah"
[ US Transmission Date: 15 January 1973 ]
Doris decides to save a feisty retirement-age
employee of Today’s World from retirement.
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Guest starring
Henry Jones |
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Written by Arthur Julian |
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Directed by Richard Kinon
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"Hospital
Benefit"
[ US Transmission Date: 22 January 1973 ]
When
Doris offers to help Peter out of an embarrassing
jam by producing and appearing in a fashion show
fundraiser, the result appears likely to destroy
their romance.
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Guest starring
Lee Meriwether, Noah Keen, Peggy Rea, Betty McGuire
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Written by Laurence Marks |
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Directed by Roger Duchowny |
"It's
A Dog's Life"
[ US Transmission Date: 29 January 1973 ]
A
couple of stray dogs bring all sorts of trouble for
Doris after she adopts them .
Two
of Doris Day's real-life pets, Biggest and Muffy are
featured. [This was actually meant to be the last
episode of the season.]
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Guest starring
Billy De Wolfe,
Henry Corden, Ford Lile, Cliff Norton
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Written by Arthur Julian |
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Directed by Roger Duchowny
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"Family
Magazine"
[ US Transmission Date: 5 February 1973 ]
Cy
schemes to try to rekindle a romance between Doris
and her old friend Sir Robert Kingsley in the hopes
that Sir Robert will sell him the magazine rights to
his newest book.
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Guest starring
Jon
Cypher, Martin Ashe, Dick Wilson, John Kroger
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Written by Don Genson, Laurence Marks |
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Directed by
Lee Phillips |
"A Small
Cure For Big Alimony"
[ US Transmission Date: 12 February 1973 ]
Cy's
hopes to no longer have to pay alimony are dimmed
when his ex-wife's boyfriend is tempted by Doris.
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Guest starring
Norma Crane, Lee Bergere, Marcel Hillaire
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Written by Arthur Julian |
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Directed by Lee Phillips |
"The
Magnificent Fraud"
[ US Transmission Date: 19 February 1973 ]
Doris risks arrest for grand larceny in order to
protect her cousin who is a lovable art forger.
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Guest starring
Bernie Kopell, Dan Tobin, Kay E. Kuter, Betty
McGuire |
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Written by William Raynor, Myles Wilder |
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Directed by
Marc Daniels |
"Meant
For Each Other"
[ US Transmission Date: 26 February 1973 ]
Wedding plans are made after Doris accepts
television correspondent Jonathan Rusk's proposal.
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Guest starring
Sharon Winters, Wanda Barra
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Written by Courtney Andrews, Laurie Samara |
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Directed
by Roger Duchowny |
"Welcome
To Big Sur, Sir"
[ US Transmission Date: 5 March 1973 ]
Jackie and her boyfriend turn Doris's romantic
weekend with Jonathan into an unwelcome double date.
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Guest starring
Sid Melton, Paul Vaughn
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Written by William Raynor, Myles Wilder |
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Directed by
William Wiard |
"Byline,
Alias Doris"
[ US Transmission Date: 12 March 1973 ]
Doris's co-worker, Scotty, takes credit for the writing Doris has been
doing to help him out.
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Guest starring
Joey
Forman, Paul Fix, Louise Fitch, Ceil Cabot
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Written by Laurence Marks |
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Directed by William Wiard |
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Production Credits: |
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Executive Producer |
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Doris Day |
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Producer |
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Richard Dorso |
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Producer |
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Jack Elinson |
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Producer |
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Edward H. Feldman |
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Executive Producer |
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Don Genson |
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Associate Producer |
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Jerry London |
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Executive Producer |
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Terry Melcher |
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Producer |
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Norman Paul |
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Producer |
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Bob Sweeney |
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Associate Producer |
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George Turpin |
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Theme Song |
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Que
Sera, Sera
by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
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Set Decorator |
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James Hassinger |
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Makeup |
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Harry Maret |
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Hair Stylist |
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Barbara Lampson |
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Miss Day's Costimer |
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Connie Edney |
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Women's Costumer |
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Joy Tierney |
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Men's Costumer |
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Leonard F. Mann |
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Propmaker foreman |
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Lloyd R. Apperson |
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Sound editor |
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Jim Bullock |
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