This short-lived CBS comedy series revolved around Dudley Bristol (Dudley Moore), a divorced New York cabaret pianist living a fairly comfortable life in Penthouse A at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel where he works in a club called ‘Liaisons’ with a bass player and drummer.
One day his ex-wife, Lorraine (Joanna Cassidy), shows up from California with their malcontent son, Fred (Harley Cross), who was recently arrested for stealing a car.
Dudley has not been a good father to Fred, and Lorraine feels it is time he helped raise him to keep him from going bad. Lorraine takes an apartment nearby and 14-year-old Fred moves in with his father.
Other Regulars include odious nightclub owner Harold (Joel Brooks), Dudley’s agent, Paul (Max Wright) and his Spanish speaking cook/maid, Marta (Lupe Ontiveros,) who he couldn’t understand.
It was comedy drawn from the Blake Edwards school of social realism, full of witty, attractive people living bright, recession-proof lives in tasteful surroundings and grinding affluence. It was also a below-average sitcom wasting the talents of a handful of performers. But not for long.
Dudley Bristol
Dudley Moore Lorraine Bristol
Joanna Cassidy Fred Bristol
Harley Cross Paul Bagley
Max Wright Marta
Lupe Ontiveros Harold Willers
Joel Brooks
Dudley has not been a good father to Fred, and Lorraine feels it is time he helped raise him to keep him from going bad. Lorraine takes an apartment nearby and 14-year-old Fred moves in with his father.
