The Funny Side | |
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Bert Mustin and Queenie Smith. | |
Genre | Sketch comedy |
Starring | Gene Kelly John Amos Teresa Graves Warren Berlinger Michael Lembeck Cindy Williams Burt Mustin Queenie Smith Pat Finley Dick Clair Jenna McMahon |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Producers | Sam Denoff Bill Persky |
Running time | 60 min. |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | September 21, 1971 (1971-9-21) – January 11, 1972 (1972-1-11) |
The Funny Side is an Americansketch comedy program that aired onNBC as part of its1971 fall lineup.
The Funny Side was hosted byGene Kelly and starred five pairs of actors and actresses who were presented as married couples. Each week was an examination of the "funny side" of a potential issue in real-life marriages, such as health, money, sex, and the like. Each couple was astereotype. Kelly also appeared as an actor in the sketches, and there was also amusical aspect with production numbers. The musical numbers were written byDave Frishberg.[1]
The Funny Side received poorNielsen ratings and was cancelled after less than four months on the air.
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