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''The Bing Crosby Show'' is a 28-episode situation comedy television program starring crooner, film star, iconic phenomenon, and businessman Bing Crosby and actress Beverly Garland as a middle-aged couple, Bing and Ellie Collins, rearing two teenaged daughters during the early 1960s. In the format, Crosby portrayed a former entertainer turned architectural designer with a penchant for singing, and each episode usually contained at least one song. Produced by Crosby's own company, affiliated with Desilu Studios and subsequently CBS Paramount Television, the series aired on ABC from September 14, 1964, to April 19, 1965. Rebroadcasts continued until June 14.〔Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 4th ed., p. 99〕 The roles of the daughters Janice and Joyce Collins were played by Carol Faylen and Diane Sherry, respectively. Top Warner Bros. character actor Frank McHugh appeared as Willie Walters, the Collins's live-in handyman. Christopher Riordan and Pamela Austin appeared twice on the program, Riordan as an unnamed "Neighbor" and Austin as Clarissa Roberts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''The Bing Crosby Show'' (1964) )〕 This would be the only time Crosby Portrayed a Happily Married Man, having always portrayed bachelors, widowers, divorcees, or priests. Guest stars included Herbert Anderson, Frankie Avalon, Jack Benny, Jimmy Boyd, Macdonald Carey, Vikki Carr, Dennis Day, Roger Ewing, Glenda Farrell, Joan Fontaine, Kathy Garver, George Gobel, Kathryn Grant (Crosby's second wife, also known as Kathryn Crosby), Pat Harrington, Jr., Phil Harris, Charles Lane, Nobu McCarthy, Gary Morton, Ken Murray, Lloyd Nolan, Ruth Roman, and James Shigeta.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Episode List for the Bing Crosby Show, 1964 )〕 ''The Bing Crosby Show'', main sponsor was Ford Motor Company's Lincoln-Mercury division, other sponsors included Lever Brothers, Mennen, Pepto-Bismol and Gillette. It was aired at 9:30 p.m. Eastern on Mondays. The series faced competition on CBS from the sitcom ''Many Happy Returns'', and on NBC, Crosby faced the second half of the popular ''The Andy Williams Show'', which alternated with a Jonathan Winters variety show, ''The Jonathan Winters Show''.〔1964-1965 American network television schedule, in appendix of ''Total Television''〕 ==Episode list== 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「The Bing Crosby Show」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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