One Happy Family

One Happy Family
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Sid Dorfman Al Lewis
Theme music composer	Harry Ruby
Opening theme	"One Happy Family"
Composer	Jeff Alexander
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	15 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Sid Dorfman Al Lewis
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	25 minutes
Production companies	Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions The One Happy Family Company
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	January 13 (1961-01-13) – June 23, 1961 (1961-06-23)

One Happy Family is an American sitcom television series where newlyweds Dick and Penny Cooper live with both her parents ("The Hogans") and grandparents ("The Hacketts") all in the same house together that aired from January 13 until September 15, 1961. ^[1] It was broadcast on Fridays from 8 to 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time. ^[2]

Premise

Unable to afford a place of their own, a meteorologist (Dick Cooper) and his wife (Penny Cooper) decided to move in with her parents (Barney and Mildred Hogan) and grandparents (Charley and Lovey Hackett) in the same house together. ^[3]

Cast

• Dick Sargent as Dick Cooper ^[2]
• Jody Warner as Penny Cooper ^[2]
• Chick Chandler as Barney Hogan ^[2]
• Elisabeth Fraser as Mildred Hogan ^[2]
• Jack Kirkwood as Charley Hackett ^[2]
• Cheerio Meredith as Lovey Hackett ^[2]
• Willard Waterman as Mr. Douglas (2 episodes)
• Maurice Gosfield as Fred (1 episode)
• James Komack as Perkins (1 episode)
• George Tobias as Mr. Kendall (1 episode)

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"For Better or Worse"	Al Lewis	Sid Dorfman & Al Lewis	January 13, 1961 (1961-01-13)
2	"Love's Big Omelette"	Al Lewis	Sid Dorfman & Al Lewis	January 20, 1961 (1961-01-20)
3	"Love Me, Love My Duck"	Al Lewis	Sid Dorfman & Al Lewis	January 27, 1961 (1961-01-27)
4	"Youth Is For The Young"	Al Lewis	Ben Gershman & Leo Solomon	February 3, 1961 (1961-02-03)
5	"Barney Gives Dick the Business"	Al Lewis	Sid Dorfman & Al Lewis	February 10, 1961 (1961-02-10)
6	"Charley's Birthday"	Al Lewis	Bob Fisher & Alan Lipscott	February 17, 1961 (1961-02-17)
7	"Charley, Executive at Large"	Al Lewis	Seaman Jacobs & Si Rose	February 24, 1961 (1961-02-24)
8	"Rain on Saturday"	Unknown	Unknown	March 3, 1961 (1961-03-03)
9	"Sky Diver"	Unknown	Unknown	March 10, 1961 (1961-03-10)
10	"Shut Up, I Love You"	Unknown	Unknown	May 12, 1961 (1961-05-12)
11	"Mildred for President"	Unknown	Unknown	May 19, 1961 (1961-05-19)
12	"Big Night Out"	Unknown	Unknown	May 26, 1961 (1961-05-26)
13	"Dick's TV Debut"	Unknown	Unknown	June 9, 1961 (1961-06-09)
14	"The Tycoons"	Unknown	Unknown	June 16, 1961 (1961-06-16)
15	"My Country Club 'Tis of Thee"	Unknown	Unknown	June 23, 1961 (1961-06-23)

Reruns

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References

1. McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 620. ISBN   0-14-02-4916-8.
2. Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1999). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present (7th ed.). New York: The Ballentine Publishing Group. pp. 759–760. ISBN   0-345-42923-0.
3. TV Guide. "One Happy Family Cast and Details". TV Guide. Retrieved February 16, 2013.

External links

• One Happy Family at IMDb
• TV Guide