This short-lived Depression-era sitcom followed the Hollyhock ‘family’, headed by Ginger-Nell (Rue McClanahan) – a lonely spinster from Oklahoma with no relatives – who had acquired her nutty family through newspaper advertisements in the Gazette.
‘Daughter’ (Caitlin O’Heaney) Anna Marie knew she was very sexy and titillated the boys by revealing her gorgeous legs. She attended Kansas City University – as did Junior, the ‘son’ (Derrel Maury).
A ‘husband’ turned up in the person of bank robber-on-the-run “Fast Eddie” (Dabney Coleman), a Forever Fernwood alumnus, and a middle-aged romance was born.
Jack Gilford played the blind, cane-whacking, Roosevelt-hating ‘grandpa’.
The ‘family’ lived at 93600 Morning Glory Road. Ginger-Nell owned the Hollyhock Beauty Salon and paid a $43-a-month mortgage to the First National Bank of Kansas City.
Dabney and McLanahan managed to generate real emotion amid the chaos, creating a schism between themselves and the rest of the cast.
ABC cancelled the show after just two of the eight filmed episodes were aired.
Ginger-Nell Hollyhock
Rue McClanahan Fast Eddie Murtaugh
Dabney Coleman Grandpa Hollyhock
Jack Gilford Anna Marie Hollyhock
Caitlin O’Heaney Junior Hollyhock
Derrel Maury Winona Sue
Carole Androsky
Episodes
Pilot*** | Fast Eddie Slows Down | Ginger-Nell Goes Hollywood | Rich Man, Poor Girl*** | The Tornado*** | Ginger-Nell Loses Her Touch*** | A Man from Ginger-Nell’s Past*** | They Walk Among Us
NB: Episodes marked *** were not broadcast.
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