David Levy (based on the novel House Party by Patrick Dennis)
Starring
Phyllis Diller Gypsy Rose Lee Reginald Gardiner Richard Deacon Grady Sutton Pam Freeman John Astin Marty Ingels Paul Lynde Lisa Loring
Theme music composer
Vic Mizzy (two different themes were used during the season)
Composer
Vic Mizzy
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of seasons
1
No. of episodes
30 [17 Pruitts of Southampton/13 Phyllis Diller Show]
Production
Executive producer
David Levy
Producers
Nat Perrin Everett Freeman
Running time
30 min.
Production companies
Filmways TV Productions, in association with PhilDil Productions Limited
Original release
Network
ABC
Release
September 6, 1966 (1966-09-06) – April 7, 1967 (1967-04-07)
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The Pruitts of Southampton is an American situation comedy that aired during the 1966-67 season on the ABC network. The show was based on the novel House Party (1954) by Patrick Dennis. It was ABC's attempt to turn female stand-up comic Phyllis Diller into a sitcom comedienne very much in the style of Lucille Ball. Child actress Lisa Loring formerly of TV's The Addams Family also had a small role on the show as Phyllis's daughter
Suzy Pruitt.
The program starred Diller as Phyllis Pruitt, and featured Gypsy Rose Lee and Richard Deacon in supporting roles with Diller feeling the series was an inverted version of The Beverly Hillbillies.[1] The show's producers originally sought comic actress Beatrice Lillie in the Diller role.[2] Exteriors of the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina were used as the locale.
In 2002, TV Guide ranked it number 20 on its TV Guide's 50 Worst TV Shows of All Time list.[3]
^Diller, Phyllis; Buskin, Richard (2005). Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse: My Life in Comedy. New York: The Penguin Group. pp. 190–193. ISBN 1-58542-396-3.
^The Curtain Will Rise Soon for 34 New Television Programs, published August 28, 1966, in the Reading Eagle, page 27; via Google News Archive
^TV Guide Guide to TV. Barnes and Noble. 2004. pp. 228. ISBN 0-7607-5634-1.
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