Bernard Slade

As I said earlier, of all the shows created by Canada’s Bernard Slade (The Flying Nun, The Partridge Family, Bridget Loves Bernie) his 1966-7 flop was his favourite, and one of the few shows he cared enough about to stick around and be the head writer for the entire season. It was a Barefoot In the Park type of romantic comedy about newlyweds, and starred familiar TV face Peter Duel and skinny British comedienne Judy Carne (soon to become famous on Laugh-In). A young Rich Little played the wacky neighbour. Slade recalled his year on the show this way:

Earl Pomerantz, in the latest of his great posts about his year with Major Dad, says that he envied people like fellow Canadian Bernard Slade, who was able to create shows without having to run them: