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    Comedy TV Shows - 1950s 2 Mins Read

    Egg and I, The

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    Betty Blake (Pat Kirkland and then Betty Lynn) and her husband Jim (John Craven) are “city slickers” who sell their Manhattan home for the pleasures of living in the small farming community of Allegan County in upstate New York as the owners of a chicken farm.

    Betty takes care of the planting while Jim and their handyman Jed Simmons (Grady Sutton) tackle the other chores.

    Ma and Pa Kettle (Doris Rich and Frank Tweddell) are the Blakes’ neighbours who have a pig named Penny.

    Goods are purchased at Ed Peabody’s General Store.

    Based on the book by Betty MacDonald, the series was the highest-rated afternoon serial for CBS – with 15-minute episodes broadcast live five days a week at noon – garnering much higher ratings than Search for Tomorrow and Love of Life.

    The sponsor on Monday, Wednesday and Friday was Colgate, and on Tuesday and Thursday, it was Procter and Gamble. The inability of CBS to secure a five-day sponsor doomed the show to cancellation.

    Betty Blake
    Pat Kirkland (1)
    Betty Lynn (2)
    Jim Blake
    John Craven
    Jed Simmons
    Grady Sutton
    Bob MacDonald
    Bob Craven
    Paula French
    Karen Hale
    Ma Kettle
    Doris Rich
    Pa Kettle
    Frank Tweddell
    Lisa Schumacher
    Ingeborg Theek
    Announcer
    Allyn Edwards

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