Pete and Gladys

Pete and Gladys
Harry Morgan and Cara Williams from Pete and Gladys (1960)
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Parke Levy
Written by	Alan Lipscott Bob Fisher Larry Rhine Bob Schiller Bob Weiskopf Devery Freeman
Directed by	Leslie Goodwins James V. Kern Sidney Lanfield
Starring	Harry Morgan Cara Williams
Theme music composer	Parke Levy Lee Wainer
Ending theme	Wilbur Hatch
Composers	Jerry Goldsmith Wilbur Hatch Lucien Moraweck Carl Brandt
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	72
Production
Executive producer	Parke Levy (1961–1962)
Producers	Parke Levy (1960–1961) Devery Freeman (1961–1962)
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	El Camino Productions CBS Television Network
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 18, 1960 (1960-09-18) – September 10, 1962 (1962-09-10)
Related
December Bride

Pete and Gladys is an American television sitcom starring Harry Morgan and Cara Williams that aired on CBS every Monday at 8:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific time for two seasons, beginning on September 19, 1960. The last episode was broadcast on September 10, 1962.

Synopsis

One of CBS television's most popular and highly rated sitcoms of the 1950s, December Bride, starred Spring Byington and co-starred Harry Morgan as next-door neighbor Pete Porter. Pete spent most of his time complaining about his scatterbrained wife Gladys, who was unseen to viewers. In this spin-off series, Gladys emerges as the gorgeous redhaired comedienne Cara Williams. Pete is an insurance salesman, and the happy couple resides in Westwood, California.

Besides leading-man Peter, another carryover from December Bride during the first season was the character of Hilda Crocker (Verna Felton), a close equivalent of I Love Lucy's Ethel Mertz; she appeared in 23 episodes. Frances Rafferty, another December Bride veteran, appeared in seven episodes of Pete and Gladys as Nancy (a different character from her role in the original series). Barbara Stuart had a recurring first-season role as Gladys' friend Alice, and Ernest Truex appeared in six episodes as Gladys' widowed father, "Pop".

Guest stars

• Jack Albertson
• Norman Alden
• Morey Amsterdam
• Eleanor Audley
• Raymond Bailey
• Majel Barrett
• Bea Benaderet
• Whitney Blake
• Willis Bouchey
• Frank Cady
• Harry Cheshire
• Richard Deacon
• Fifi D'Orsay
• Donna Douglas
• Gale Gordon
• Sandra Gould
• Sterling Holloway
• Ron Howard
• Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
• Marty Ingels
• Ted Knight
• Nancy Kulp
• Charles Lane
• Nan Leslie
• Howard McNear
• Carole Mathews
• Strother Martin
• Doris Packer
• Sue Randall
• Cesar Romero
• Sig Ruman
• Reta Shaw
• Doris Singleton
• Olan Soule
• Will Wright

Reception

Pete and Gladys never made it into the Nielsen ratings Top 30 during the course of its prime time run. After it ceased production, it was repeated as part of the CBS weekday-morning line up. It aired at 11:30 a.m. EST for two years from October 1, 1962 to October 2, 1964.

Williams was nominated for a 1962 Emmy Award for Outstanding Continued Performance by a Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She lost to veteran Shirley Booth of NBC's Hazel.

Episode list

Season 1 (1960–61)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"For Pete's Sake"	Unknown	Unknown	September 19, 1960 (1960-09-19)
2	2	"Crime of Passion"	Unknown	Unknown	September 26, 1960 (1960-09-26)
3	3	"The Bavarian Wedding Chest"	Unknown	Unknown	October 3, 1960 (1960-10-03)
4	4	"The Handyman"	Unknown	Unknown	October 10, 1960 (1960-10-10)
5	5	"Movie Bug"	Unknown	Unknown	October 17, 1960 (1960-10-17)
6	6	"Oo-La-La"	Unknown	Unknown	October 24, 1960 (1960-10-24)
7	7	"The Goat Story"	Unknown	Unknown	October 31, 1960 (1960-10-31)
8	8	"Pete's Personality Change"	Jack Arnold	Norman Paul	November 7, 1960 (1960-11-07)
9	9	"Camping Out"	Unknown	Unknown	November 14, 1960 (1960-11-14)
10	10	"Bowling Brawl"	Unknown	Unknown	November 21, 1960 (1960-11-21)
11	11	"Pete Takes Up Golf"	Unknown	Unknown	November 28, 1960 (1960-11-28)
12	12	"Gladys and the Piggy Bank"	Unknown	Unknown	December 5, 1960 (1960-12-05)
13	13	"No Man for Japan"	Unknown	Unknown	December 12, 1960 (1960-12-12)
14	14	"Misplaced Weekend"	Unknown	Unknown	December 19, 1960 (1960-12-19)
15	15	"Gladys Rents the House"	Unknown	Unknown	January 2, 1961 (1961-01-02)
16	16	"Gladys' Political Campaign"	Unknown	Unknown	January 9, 1961 (1961-01-09)
17	17	"Cousin Violet"	Unknown	Unknown	January 16, 1961 (1961-01-16)
18	18	"The House Next Door"	Unknown	Unknown	January 23, 1961 (1961-01-23)
19	19	"The Insurance Faker"	Unknown	Unknown	January 30, 1961 (1961-01-30)
20	20	"Skin Deep"	Unknown	Unknown	February 6, 1961 (1961-02-06)
21	21	"The Six Musketeers"	Unknown	Unknown	February 20, 1961 (1961-02-20)
22	22	"Panhandler"	Unknown	Unknown	February 27, 1961 (1961-02-27)
23	23	"Gladys Opens Pete's Mail"	Unknown	Unknown	March 6, 1961 (1961-03-06)
24	24	"The Garage Story"	Unknown	Unknown	March 13, 1961 (1961-03-13)
25	25	"The Orchid Story"	Unknown	Unknown	March 20, 1961 (1961-03-20)
26	26	"Secretary for a Day"	Unknown	Unknown	March 27, 1961 (1961-03-27)
27	27	"The Fur Coat Story"	Unknown	Unknown	April 3, 1961 (1961-04-03)
28	28	"Peaceful in the Country"	Unknown	Unknown	April 10, 1961 (1961-04-10)
29	29	"Junior"	Unknown	Unknown	April 17, 1961 (1961-04-17)
30	30	"Gladys Cooks Pete's Goose"	Unknown	Unknown	April 24, 1961 (1961-04-24)
31	31	"A Study in Gray"	Unknown	Unknown	May 1, 1961 (1961-05-01)
32	32	"Pop's Girl Friend"	Unknown	Unknown	May 8, 1961 (1961-05-08)
33	33	"Ring-a-Ding-Ding"	Unknown	Unknown	May 15, 1961 (1961-05-15)
34	34	"The Mannequin Story"	James V. Kern	Bill Freedman & Henry Sharp	May 22, 1961 (1961-05-22)
35	35	"The Projectionist"	Unknown	Unknown	May 29, 1961 (1961-05-29)
36	36	"Gladys Goes to College"	Unknown	Unknown	June 19, 1961 (1961-06-19)

Season 2 (1961–62)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
37	1	"Crossed Wires"	Unknown	Unknown	September 18, 1961 (1961-09-18)
38	2	"Fasten Your Seat Belts"	Unknown	Unknown	September 25, 1961 (1961-09-25)
39	3	"The Hoarder and the Boarder"	Unknown	Unknown	October 2, 1961 (1961-10-02)
40	4	"Second Car"	Unknown	Unknown	October 9, 1961 (1961-10-09)
41	5	"Uncle Paul's New Wife"	Unknown	Unknown	October 16, 1961 (1961-10-16)
42	6	"Money, Money, Who's Got the Money?"	Unknown	Unknown	October 23, 1961 (1961-10-23)
43	7	"Uncle Paul's Insurance"	James V. Kern	Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf	October 30, 1961 (1961-10-30)
44	8	"Down with Togetherness"	Unknown	Unknown	November 6, 1961 (1961-11-06)
45	9	"Eyewitness"	Unknown	Unknown	November 13, 1961 (1961-11-13)
46	10	"Three Loves of Gladys"	Unknown	Unknown	November 20, 1961 (1961-11-20)
47	11	"Sick, Sick, Sick"	Unknown	Unknown	November 27, 1961 (1961-11-27)
48	12	"Christmas Shopping"	Unknown	Unknown	December 4, 1961 (1961-12-04)
49	13	"The Live-in Couple"	Unknown	Unknown	December 11, 1961 (1961-12-11)
50	14	"Lover, Go Away"	Unknown	Unknown	December 25, 1961 (1961-12-25)
51	15	"Hero in the House"	James V. Kern	Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf	January 1, 1962 (1962-01-01)
52	16	"Pete's Hobby"	Unknown	Unknown	January 8, 1962 (1962-01-08)
53	17	"Who Was That Man?"	Unknown	Unknown	January 15, 1962 (1962-01-15)
54	18	"Garden Wedding"	Leslie Goodwins	Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf	January 22, 1962 (1962-01-22)
55	19	"Follow That Skeleton"	Sidney Lanfield	Alan Lipscott & Bob Fisher	January 29, 1962 (1962-01-29)
56	20	"Will the Real Michele Tabour Please Stand Up?"	Leslie Goodwins	Henry Sharp & Barry E. Blitzner	February 5, 1962 (1962-02-05)
57	21	"The Prize"	Leslie Goodwins	Devery Freeman	February 12, 1962 (1962-02-12)
58	22	"Yak, Yak, Yak"	Unknown	Unknown	February 19, 1962 (1962-02-19)
59	23	"Never Forget a Friend"	Leslie Goodwins	Danny Simon	February 26, 1962 (1962-02-26)
60	24	"Office Wife"	Unknown	Unknown	March 5, 1962 (1962-03-05)
61	25	"The Chocolate Cake Caper"	Unknown	Unknown	March 12, 1962 (1962-03-12)
62	26	"Sleepytime Wife"	Sidney Miller	Bob Fisher & Arthur Marx	March 19, 1962 (1962-03-19)
63	27	"Maternity House"	Unknown	Unknown	April 2, 1962 (1962-04-02)
64	28	"Pete's Party Dress"	Unknown	Unknown	April 9, 1962 (1962-04-09)
65	29	"The Top Banana"	Unknown	Unknown	April 16, 1962 (1962-04-16)
66	30	"Go Help Friends"	Unknown	Unknown	April 23, 1962 (1962-04-23)
67	31	"The Lame Excuse"	Unknown	Unknown	May 7, 1962 (1962-05-07)
68	32	"Step on Me"	Unknown	Unknown	May 14, 1962 (1962-05-14)
69	33	"The Case of the Gossipy Maid"	Unknown	Unknown	May 21, 1962 (1962-05-21)
70	34	"The Arrival"	Unknown	Unknown	May 28, 1962 (1962-05-28)
71	35	"The Expectant Gardner"	Unknown	Unknown	June 4, 1962 (1962-06-04)
72	36	"Continental Dinner"	Unknown	Unknown	September 10, 1962 (1962-09-10)

External links

• Pete and Gladys at IMDb
• theme song on YouTube