CTVA
The Classic TV Archive - US Comedy Series
The Kallikaks (1977)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Robert Leszczak
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
Writers Guild of America (wga) 

-------------
THE KALLIKAKS
-------------
Neila Corporation Production
for
NBC (Wednesdays)
Produced by Stanley Ralph Ross & George Yanok
Created by Stanley Ralph Ross & Roger Price

US Situation Comedy series 1977   5 episodes x 30 min (03Aug77-31Aug77)

Starring
David Huddleston as Jasper T. Kallikak (father)
Edie McClurg as Venus Kallikak (mother)
Bonnie Ebsen as Bobbi Lou Kallikak (daughter)
Patrick J. Peterson as Junior Kallikak (son)
Peter Palmer as Oscar Heinz (employee)

Premise:
David Huddleston stars as conniving coal miner who moves his large family from the Appalachians to the good
life of California, as the owners of a rundown gas station. Short lived series was never given a chance.

Theme:
"Beat the System" by Stanley Ralph Ross and sung by Roy Clark.

################ The Kallikaks ###############
############# season summer 1977 #############
##############################################
NBC Wednesdays (03Aug77-31Aug77)

1.1 The Kallikaks: YOU AUTO BUY NOW
03Aug77 NBC Wed

1.2 The Kallikaks: TV OR NOT TV
10Aug77 NBC Wed

1.3 The Kallikaks: THE BELLS ARE WRONGING
17Aug77 NBC Wed

1.4 The Kallikaks: I COULDA BEEN A CONTENDER
24Aug77 NBC Wed

1.5 The Kallikaks: SWAMI, HOW I LOVE YA  (final episode)
31Aug77 NBC Wed
Guest cast:
Jay Robinson ........ Dr. Wally Walla
Synopsis:
Consumed by greed, the Kallikaks hire a medium to find out if Venus's late brother - a notorious penny pincher
- left an inheritance. [RF] *Note: Last show of the series
 
################ The Kallikaks ###############
################### the end ##################
##############################################

Have you any comments, corrections, episode titles, air dates, production numbers, directors, writers, story/synopsis, guest stars, cast lists, etc?
Have you any old videos, or tv guides? Dust them off and let us know if you have any information on this series or any other tv series from the
Golden Age of TV, which is missing from any episode guides on the web. Perhaps a certain episode of a particular series coincided with a key
moment in your life, or in world events - and or has left a vivid memory of when it was shown. Let us know. Would you like to see any other
tv series guides on this site? If so please e-mail The Classic TV Archive - see Feedback below.
This guide may be distributed and copied freely, in its entirety, for personal use. All original author and copyright information must
remain intact. Any sales or other uses of this document are expressly forbidden, without the specific consent of the author(s).
Copyright © The Classic TV Archive. All rights reserved.

Return to The Classic TV Archive Home Page
Feedback  -  Comedy Forum