This ABC comedy series (produced by comic Alan King) was set in Grant’s Toomb – a tavern at 137 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, which was owned by Harry Grant (Gabriel Dell).
Working in the bar were black cook Joe (Joe Keyes), waiter Meyer Shapiro (Shimen Ruskin) and waitress Mary Ann (Langhorn Scruggs).
The regular clientele was made up of residents from the neighbourhood, including henpecked Wall Street lush Phil Bracken (Bill Fiore), gay fashion designer Peter Panama (Vincent Schiavelli), and cab driver Fred Costello (J.J. Barry).
The series returned in 1973 for a second season of six episodes. Harry was gone, and the bar was now owned by Mae (Anne Meara) and Frank (Eugene Roche).
Meyer Shapiro
Shimen Ruskin Fred Costello
J.J. Barry Phil Bracken
Bill Fiore Harry Grant
Gabriel Dell Joe
Joe Keyes Mary Ann
Langhorn Scruggs Peter Panama
Vincent Schiavelli Mae
Anne Meara Frank Flynn
Eugene Roche Donald Hooten
Ron Carey
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