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''Bonino'' is an ethnic situation comedy television series starring Ezio Pinza (1892-1957) as an Italian-American opera singer trying to rear his six children after the death of their mother. The program aired on live NBC from September 12 to December 26, 1953. Pinza's character is named Babbo Bonino. Character actress Mary Wickes (1910-1995) portrayed Martha the housekeeper, a role which she filled over the years in numerous other series. The actors portraying the children were Conrad Janis (born 1928), later of ABC-TV's sitcom ''Mork & Mindy'', as eldest son Edward, Lenka Peterson (born 1925) as older daughter Doris, Chet Allen (1939-1984) as Jerry; Oliver Andes as Carlo, Gaye Huston as Fancesca, and Van Dyke Parks (born 1943) as Andrew, the youngest. Allen had earlier appeared as Amahl in Gian Carlo Menotti's ''Amahl and the Night Visitors'' on NBC's ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' in 1951-1952. Parks, who grew up in Lake Charles, Louisiana, became a rock-music producer and composer who cowrote with Brian Wilson the Beach Boys' hits "Heroes and Villains" and "Surf's Up".〔Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', New York: Penguin Books, 1996, p. 111〕Mike Kellin (1922-1983), who was cast the following year in Celeste Holm's short-lived CBS sitcom ''Honestly, Celeste!'', appeared in the role of Rusty. David Opatoshu (1918-1996), portrayed Walter Rogers, Babbo's agent, who tries to convince him to return to singing. As each episode unfolds, Bonino realizes that his children are more independent than he thought. Pinza sang in each episode.〔IMDB, ''Bonino'': http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045374/plotsummary〕Anthony Eisley (1925-2003), later of ABC's detective series ''Hawaiian Eye'', guest starred in ''Bonino'' as John Clinton.〔IMDB, Anthony Eisley: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0252111/〕 ''Bonino'' aired at 9 p.m. Eastern on Saturday before Ted Mack's ''The Original Amateur Hour''. Its principal competition was ''The Jackie Gleason Show'' on CBS.〔1953-1954 American network television schedule〕 There was also an ''Ezio Pinza Show'' on NBC in 1952 which alternated at the 8 p.m. Friday slot with ''The RCA Victor Show with Dennis Day'', subsequently renamed ''The Dennis Day Show'' in the 1953-1954 season. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bonino (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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