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Sally | |
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Genre | Situation comedy |
Starring | Joan Caulfield Marion Lorne Gale Gordon Arte Johnson Johnny Desmond |
Country of origin | USA |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 28 |
Production | |
Producer | Frank Ross |
Running time | 22–24 mins. |
Production company | Caulross/Paramount Television |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | September 15, 1957 March 30, 1958 | –
Sally is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC during the 1957-1958 television season. The series stars Joan Caulfield as a young saleswoman at a department store who tours the world with the store's wealthy owner and later returns to work at the store.
Synopsis
Sally Truesdale is a young salesclerk at the Banford & Bleacher Department Store and eligible bachelorette who is reassigned to serve as the traveling companion of the store's wealthy co-owner, the matronly widow Myrtle Banford, during a lengthy trip to Europe.[1][2][3][4] Mrs. Banford is eccentric and can be a little daffy, and as the two women travel from city to city, she tends to get into various kinds of trouble.[1][2]
In mid-February 1958, the two women return home, and Sally resumes work as a salesclerk at the department store.[1][2][4] Working with her at the store in addition to Mrs. Banford are store manager and part-owner Bascomb Bleacher, Sr., his lovable but incompetent son Bascomb Bleacher, Jr., and Jim Kendall, an artist who works in the store's advertising department and becomes Sally's boyfriend.[1][2][4]
Cast
- Joan Caulfield...Sally Truesdale
- Marion Lorne...Mrs. Myrtle Banford
- Gale Gordon...Bascomb Bleacher, Sr. (1958)
- Arte Johnson...Bascomb Bleacher, Jr. (1958)
- Johnny Desmond...Jim Kendall (1958)
Production
A Caulross/Paramount Television production,[4] Sally was the first filmed series produced by Paramount Television.[1][3] Joan Caulfield's busband Frank Ross served as producer for the series.[3] The series included a laugh track.[4]
Due to Sally′s low ratings, NBC was considering its cancellation by mid-December 1957.[5] A mid-February 1958 format change from following Sally′s travels around the world with Mrs. Banford to a comedy set in a department store[1][2][3] did not save the show.
Reception
In 1958, Marion Lorne was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her portrayal of Myrtle Banford in Sally.[6] She lost to Ann B. Davis, who received the award for her work on The Bob Cummings Show.[7]
Broadcast history
Sally premiered on NBC on September 15, 1957.[1][2][3][4] It lasted only a single season, and its last episode aired on March 30, 1958.[1][2][3][4] It was broadcast at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Sundays throughout its 28-episode run.[2][3][4]
Episodes
SOURCE [3][4][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41]
No. overall |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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1 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | September 15, 1957 | |
Sally meets Mrs. Banford in the series pilot for Sally. While working as a salesclerk at the Banford & Bleacher Department Store, Sally Truesdale mistakes the scatter-brained Myrtle Banford for a penniless shoplifter. Eventually, Sally learns that Mrs. Banford is a rich widow and the co-owner of the store, and that she is looking for a travelling companion for a trip to Europe. Sally agrees to accompany her, and two women set off on their European travels. | |||||
2 | "Sally Tries to Say No" | Unknown | Unknown | September 22, 1957 | |
While Sally and Mrs. Banford are aboard an ocean liner, Sally meets an attractive man. She dislikes him at first — but warms up to him during the voyage. | |||||
3 | "Mrs. Banford's Birthday" | Unknown | Unknown | September 29, 1957 | |
Sally hires a dashing Frenchman from a Paris escort service to take Mrs. Banford out for her birthday. Guest star: Francis Lederer. | |||||
4 | "Free Thinkers" | Unknown | Unknown | October 6, 1957 | |
Sally and Mrs. Banford visit a phony existentialist den to rescue a rich young American from its clutches. | |||||
5 | "Only in Paris" | Unknown | Unknown | October 13, 1957 | |
In Paris, Sally and Mrs. Banford meet a shy, bumbling man named George and try to build up his confidence. Guest star: Robert Sweeney | |||||
6 | "Monte Carlo" | Unknown | Unknown | October 20, 1957 | |
While visiting Monte Carlo, Sally pretends to be an incurable gambler as a way of meeting a handsome psychiatrist who she thinks can get her an invitation to a gala ball for Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco. | |||||
7 | "Sally Meets Humberto" | Unknown | Unknown | October 27, 1957 | |
In Italy, eight-year-old Humberto kidnaps Sally and Mrs. Banford because he wants them to hire him as their guide. Guest stars: Barry Gordon, Henry Corden, and Hope Summers. | |||||
8 | "When in Rome" | Unknown | Unknown | November 3, 1957 | |
Sally and Mrs. Banford discover an abandoned infant at their hotel room door in Rome. | |||||
9 | TBA | Unknown | Unknown | November 10, 1957 | |
Sally meets an elegant-looking man who claims to be a plumber, but she suspects that he is more than just an ordinary plumber. Guest star: John Abbott | |||||
10 | "Sally vs. the Prince" | Unknown | Unknown | November 17, 1957 | |
Sally and Mrs, Banford encounter an arrogant 1-year-old prince aboard an ocean liner. | |||||
11 | "Sally and the Sheikh" | Unknown | Unknown | November 24, 1957 | |
12 | "Sally and the Sheikh" | Unknown | Unknown | December 1, 1957 | |
13 | "Sally and Lady Wingate" | Unknown | Unknown | December 8, 1957 | |
Sally acts as a maid and Mrs. Banford as a cook to help their friend Lady Wingate sell her ancestral castle. | |||||
14 | "Presenting Miss Truesdale" | Unknown | Unknown | December 22, 1957 | |
Mrs. Banford makes sacrifices so that Sally can be presented at Buckingham Palace. | |||||
15 | "The Winning of the Green" | Unknown | Unknown | December 29, 1957 | |
While visiting Ireland, Mrs. Banford tries to make peace between two of her relatives who are enemies of one another. | |||||
16 | "Sally and the Actor" | Unknown | Unknown | January 5, 1958 | |
Sally's plans to help a stranded actor hit a snag. | |||||
17 | "Sally vs. Feudalism"" | Unknown | Unknown | January 12, 1958 | |
A waiter takes a tip meant for a busboy. | |||||
18 | "Look Hans, No Sally" | Unknown | Unknown | January 19, 1958 | |
19 | "Operation Intrigue" | Unknown | Unknown | January 26, 1958 | |
While traveling in West Germany along the border with East Germany, Sally and Mrs. Banford become suspicious of a man they believe is following them. They become convinced that he is a Soviet spy and decide to expose him. | |||||
20 | "World's Greatest Lover" | Unknown | Unknown | February 2, 1958 | |
While visiting Capri, Sally meets a handsome count. He asks her out on a date, but he has a reputation as a playboy, and all her friends advise her not to go. Sally has to decide whether or not to continue her relationship with him — and deflates the ego of the self-proclaimed "world's greatest lover." | |||||
21 | "To Myrtle With Love" | William Asher | Phillip Shuken | February 9, 1958 | |
Alternative title "Mrs. Banford's Birthday." Sally and Mrs. Banford are visiting Rome on Mrs. Banford's birthday, and as a present Sally hires a gigolo, Messeur Coucheau, to escort Mrs. Banford for a night, thinking that it will make her feel young again. When he keeps reappearing to court Mrs. Banford, however, Sally realizes that he actually is interested in a romance with Sally. Guest stars: Francis Lederer, Alphonse Martell, Fred Cavens, and Maurice Marsac. | |||||
22 | "Sally Comes Home" | Unknown | Unknown | February 16, 1958 | |
Sally and Mrs. Banford return home from their lengthy international trip, and Sally goes back to her job as a salesclerk at the Banford & Bleacher Department Store. | |||||
23 | "Coffee Break" | Unknown | Unknown | February 23, 1958 | |
Bascomb Bleacher, Jr., opposes coffee breaks, and Sally loses her job when she institutes a "floating" coffee break at the department store. | |||||
24 | "Surprise, Surprise" | Unknown | Unknown | March 2, 1958 | |
The department store plans a surprise party for Sally, but Mr. Bleacher thinks the party is for him. | |||||
25 | "Sally, the Comestician" | Unknown | Unknown | March 9, 1958 | |
Sally decides that the department store would be more profitable if it made its own cosmetics, so she and Mrs. Banford use Sally′s bathtub to make Plum da Vie ("Plum of Life"), a new face cream made out of plums to sell at the store. Sally then works with Jim on an advertising campaign, and to advertise Plum da Vie, Sally pretends to be the actress and singer Judy Holliday on the store's television show. Viewers fall for it, and Plum da Vie is a huge success — until a long line of women appear at the store demanding their money back because Plum da Vie does not work. (When Joan Caulfield in character as Sally provides a sneak peek at next week's show at the end of the episode, the background music is identical to the theme music for the The Donna Reed Show, which premiered the following season.) | |||||
26 | "The Rival" | Unknown | Unknown | March 16, 1958 | |
When a beautiful vamp descends upon the store, Sally tries to get her moved elsewhere. | |||||
27 | "Sally, the Love Doctor" | William Asher | Alan Lipscott and Robert Fisher | March 23, 1958 | |
Sally discovers that Bascomb Bleacher, Jr., plans to go to Tibet and become a monk because he does not have the courage to ask a woman to marry him, so she convinces him to stay and decides to help him become more confident around women. Guest star: Carol Nugent. | |||||
28 | "Dear Myrtle" | Unknown | Unknown | March 30, 1958 | |
An orphanage for which Mrs. Banford is a patron is in financial trouble, so as a benefit event for the orphans Sally organizes a musical show put on by the employees of the department store. |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h McNeil, Alex, Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, Fourth Edition, New York: Penguin Books, 1996, ISBN 0 14 02 4916 8, p. 719.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present (Sixth Edition), New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, ISBN 0-345-39736-3, p. 897.
- ^ a b c d e f g h The Classic TV Archive Sally Accessed 24 November 2020
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Leszczak, Bob, Single Season Sitcoms: A Complete Guide, 1948–1979, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Compnay, Inc., 2012, ISBN 978-0-7864-6812-6, p. 167.
- ^ "N.B.C. May Cancel 'Sally' Series on TV," New York Times, December 11, 1957.
- ^ imdb.com Marion Lorne Awards
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