Genre | comedy |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Country of origin | United States |
Language(s) | English |
Syndicates | NBC |
Starring | Harry McNaughton |
Written by | Paul Harrison |
Directed by | Paul Harrison |
Original release | July 3 – September 25, 1951 |
It's Higgins, Sir is a radio comedy program in the United States with Harry McNaughton as the title character. [1] It had a limited run on NBC in 1951 [2] as a summer replacement for The Bob Hope Show. [3]
The program's premise was that among an American family's bequests from a British relative was a butler, Higgins. Episodes "focused on the attempts of the English butler to adjust to life in America and to his new employers, and of the family to adjust to having a butler." [4]
Others in the cast besides McNaughton were Vinton Hayworth, Peggy Allenby, Charles Nevil, Pat Hosley, Denise Alexander, [1] Ethel Wilson and Adelaide Klein. [4] One website commented, "It's McNaughton that drives the programme with his fantastic comedic timing, and the rest of the cast does an amazing job in helping him to shine." [5]
Although Higgins didn't last beyond the summer of 1951, two subsequent television programs had links to the show. A website pointed out the connections:
A year and a half later in 1953, NBC premiered the family sitcom, My Son Jeep , using the same musical score as Higgins and in one episode, it was mentioned that the Roberts family were neighbors to the Allison Family. More directly, [there was] Our Man Higgins starring Stanley Holloway as the butler to the McRoberts family. [2]