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''Kentucky Jones'' is a half-hour comedy/drama starring Dennis Weaver as Kenneth Yarborough "K.Y. or Kentucky" Jones, D.V.M., a recently widowed former horse trainer and active horse farm owner, who becomes the guardian of Dwight Eisenhower "Ike" Wong, a 10-year-old Chinese orphan, played by Ricky Der.〔Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 449〕 Harry Morgan, previously of the CBS sitcoms ''December Bride'' and ''Pete and Gladys'', was featured in the series as Seldom Jackson, a former jockey who assists Dr. Jones. Cherylene Lee appears as Annie Ng, Ike's friend. Arthur Wong portrays Mr. Ng, Annie's father. Keye Luke (1904-1991) stars as Mr. Wong, a friend of Dr. Jones. Nancy Rennick (1932-2006) appears as Miss Throncroft, a social worker. ''Kentucky Jones'', which ran on NBC from September 19, 1964, to September 11, 1965, was the first of Weaver's four series, the most successful having been ''McCloud'', since he left the role of the marshal's helper Chester Goode on CBS's western classic ''Gunsmoke'', starring James Arness.〔 Richard Bull, who later portrayed the henpecked storekeeper Nels Oleson on NBC's ''Little House on the Prairie'', appeared twice on ''Kentucky Jones'' as Harold Erkel in episodes entitled "The Victim" and "The Return of Wong Lee" (also with Malcolm Atterbury).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Kentucky Jones'' )〕 Other selected episodes and guest stars include: "Hello Ike", the series premiere, with Diane Brewster and Marlyn Mason as Doris Caine), "Spare the Rod" (Paul Fix as Judge Perkins), "Wildcat Soup" (Tyler McVey), "Ike's Song" (Pat Harrington, Jr.), "The Big Shot" (Harry Townes), "The Music Kids Make" (Philip Abbott and Robby Weaver (born 1953), Dennis Weaver's son), "The Big Speech" (Charles Lane), "Feminine Intrusion" (Spring Byington, of ''December Bride'' and ''Laramie'', as Mrs. Jolly, hired by Dr. Jones to cook a meal as payment of a debt), "Most Precious Gold" (Strother Martin; episode focuses on a camping trip), and "Kentucky's Vacation" (Yvonne Craig), the series finale.〔 A Buzz Kulik Production in association with NBC, ''Kentucky Jones'' was filmed at Desilu Studios in Culver City, California.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Kentucky Jones'' )〕 The series first aired on Saturdays at 8:30 Eastern from September 19 to December 27. It switched to 7 p.m. on January 2 for the remainder of its run through September 11, 1965. Rebroadcasts began on April 17. In the 8:30 slot, the program faced competition from the first season of the CBS sitcom ''Gilligan's Island'', with Alan Hale, Jr., and Bob Denver, and the first half of ABC's ''The Lawrence Welk Show''. In the move to a half-hour earlier, having swapped time slots with ''The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo'', CBS offered ''The Jackie Gleason Show'', and ABC aired the science fiction series, ''The Outer Limits''. In the second time slot, ''Kentucky Jones'' followed the NBC adventure series ''Flipper'' starring Brian Kelly.〔McNeil, ''Total Television'', appendix〕 After ''Kentucky Jones'', young Der (born ca. 1954) acted only one more time, as Mickey in a 1965 episode "So Long, Patrick Henry" of NBC's ''I Spy'' starring Bill Cosby and Robert Culp.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Ricky Der'' )〕 In January 1967, Harry Morgan advanced to Jack Webb's second version of ''Dragnet'' in the role of Officer Bill Gannon, and later, on ''M *A *S *H'' as Col. Sherman T. Potter. In September of that year, Weaver starred with child actor Clint Howard in the CBS family drama ''Gentle Ben''. ==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「Kentucky Jones」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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