Mike Reynolds (Ted Bessell from That Girl) had a successful dental practice, while his wife, Liz (Anita Gillette), was a stay-at-home mother, raising their two kids, Scott (Scott Kolden) and Kitty (Kami Cotler), in San Pascal, California.
While visiting the local park one day, they encountered an abandoned chimpanzee (he had escaped from an Air Force research centre) and brought him home to find his rightful owner.
They contacted all of the zoos in California and placed newspaper ads, but to no avail.
Even though Mike objected, “Buttons” – so-named because he was fascinated with any device or household appliance that had buttons – became a member of the Reynolds family.
Buttons was played by a three-and-a-half-year-old chimpanzee named Jackie.
The thirteen episodes – ranging from poor to downright awful – represented the dreariest potboilers ever dished up by a network, particularly the kinglike CBS, which had just blazed trails with All in the Family.
While visiting the local park one day, they encountered an abandoned chimpanzee (he had escaped from an Air Force research centre) and brought him home to find his rightful owner.
