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    Comedy TV Shows - 1970s 2 Mins Read

    In The Beginning

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    Father Daniel Cleary (McLean Stevenson) was a pompous, conservative Irish Catholic priest who was paired up with outspoken, street-savvy, feminist nun, Sister Agnes – aka “Aggie” – (Priscilla Lopez), to run an inner-city storefront street mission in a ghetto area of Baltimore, Maryland.

    inthebeginning3Their disparate backgrounds and philosophies led to a number of misunderstandings and arguments, to the extent that Father Cleary (who called Aggie “Attila the Nun”) kept trying to get transferred to a more stable environment.

    “That nun stands for everything I’m against,” said Father Cleary.

    “If she had her way, the laws of God would be called the Ten Suggestions.”

    Somehow, though, they managed to work together for the sake of their penitents, often with their superiors –Β Sister Lillian (Priscilla Morrill) and Monsignor Barlow (Jack Dodson) – forced to settle their disagreements.

    The constant stream of visitors to the mission ranged from bombed-out tipplers to Mrs Schultz, a kleptomaniacΒ who slept outside the nearby mortuary.

    Some of the youngsters who frequented the mission were Bad Lincoln (Michael Anthony), Jerome Rockefeller (Bobby Ellerbee), and Willie (Olivia Barash).

    The series was createdΒ by Norman Lear (whose greatest success was All In The Family) as an update of sorts of the classic 1944 film Going My Way that starred Bing Crosby.

    In The Beginning debuted on 20 September 1978 but did not perform well and was cancelled by CBS after only the first six episodes had aired.

    Father Daniel M. Cleary
    McLean Stevenson
    Sister Agnes (“Aggie”)
    Priscilla Lopez
    Willie
    Olivia Barash
    Monsignor Francis X. Barlow
    Jack Dodson
    Sister Lillian
    Priscilla Morrill
    Jerome Rockefeller
    Bobby F. Ellerbee
    Bad Lincoln
    Michael Anthony

    Episodes

    Pilot | What’s It All About? | Father Cleary’s Crisis | The Good Thief | Aggie’s Love Story | The Poker Game | The Kook | Well Healed | Wedding for Thee

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