My Little Margie (3x17) "Margie's Millionth Member"

My Little Margie is an American situation comedy that alternated between CBS and NBC from 1952 to 1955. The series was created by Frank Fox & George Carleton Brown and produced in Los Angeles, California at Hal Roach Studios by Hal Roach, Jr. and Roland D. Reed.

My Little Margie premiered on CBS as the summer replacement for I Love Lucy on June 16, 1952, under the sponsorship of Philip Morris cigarettes. Its success prompted NBC, at the sponsor's request, to give it a regular berth - Saturday at 7:30 pm(et) - on its fall schedule, where it lasted for two months. In January 1953, it returned to CBS [Thursdays, 10pm(et)], where it remained until July. Two months later, it was back on NBC (for new sponsor Scott Paper Company) on Wednesday nights at 8:30, where its final broadcast was on August 24, 1955. In an unusual move, the series -- with the same leads -- aired original episodes on CBS Radio, concurrently with the TV broadcasts, from December 1952 through August 1955. Only 23 radio broadcasts are known to exist in recorded form.
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[clevelandphil]

No laugh track.

[dormantone]

@MegaSpliffster It was pioneering sitcoms like this that made possible all those that followed!

[MARILLIONROCKER45]

Oh my, memories from my youth in Milwaukee in the early fifties. Yes, the shows were corny and campy but this was the way it was from a simpler time before the world got so crazy. I loved this show along with 'I Married Joan' and 'Ozzie and Harriet.' Thanks for the memories.

[Mr76Yearsago]

@MegaSpliffster Hey, I remember a February 1977 TV Guide article contrasting 1950's & 1970's Sitcoms. The tag line was "When a story line about A SUIT , meant clothes NOT Paternity.. And, the 24 examples of like items from comedies of both decades illustratued how society HAD DEGENERATED during those two decades. Now, it is DISENTIGENATING

[13loomisst]

Thanks for sharing this.

[Nostalgia1950s1970s]

@MegaSpliffster

No worries. You're obviously not bright enough to appreciate classic comedy :-)

[ladypeinforte]

@BrianRIngram a little like Sam and Darrin in fact.

[MegaSpliffster]

Glad I wasn't a kid in the 50's. Sitcoms were anodyne and moronic. I grew up in the 80s on awesome sitcoms like Cheers and Taxi.

[BrianRIngram]

she seems more like his wife than his daughter....very odd

[garybrownfie]

How did Little Luke get to the city?