Wendy and Me

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show_name = Wendy and Me


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genre = Sitcom
creator =
director = Richard Crenna
Gene Reynolds
Willy Burns
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starring = George Burns
Connie Stevens
Ron Harper
James Callahan
J. Pat O'Malley
Bartlett Robinson
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theme_music_composer = "Wendy" by
Ervin Drake
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composer = George Duning
country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 34
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executive_producer = William T. Orr
producer = George Burns
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location = California
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network = ABC
picture_format = 1.33 : 1 monochrome
audio_format = monaural
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first_aired = September 14, 1964
last_aired = May 24, 1965
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imdb_id = 0057799
tv_com_id = 6149

"Wendy and Me" is a 1964 ABC situation comedy, principally starring George Burns and Connie Stevens. The series is Burns' first major work following the death of his wife and professional partner, Gracie Allen, who had died of a heart attack about a month prior to the program's debut.

In the show, Burns plays a somewhat fictionalized version of himself. He is the owner of an apartment building, while Stevens plays his tenant, Wendy Conway. Episodes typically revolved around Wendy pulling Burns into comedic situations mostly involving her husband (Ron Harper) and other people in the building. As a regular part of its format, Burns would often break the fourth wall to comment directly to the audience about the episode's events [ [http://www.dougquick.com/wanddecatur2.html Doug Quick's history of programming on television station WAND] ] . Intriguingly, Burns as landlord would watch his attractive young tenant on what appears to the modern eye to be a surreptitious closed circuit television transmission with hidden cameras.

Prior to her "Wendy and Me" role, Connie Stevens portrayed singer Cricket Blake in ABC's "Hawaiian Eye". Before he joined the "Wendy and Me" cast, Ron Harper had appeared in the 1961-1962 season as a rookie detective on the NBC series "87th Precinct".

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*imdb title|0057799|Wendy and Me
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* [http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Stage/2950/US/Comedy/WendyAndMe.htm "Wendy and Me" at Classic TV Archives]