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The Tab Hunter Show

by Candace Rich — Updated: August 3, 2023 Comment

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September 18, 1960 – April 30, 1961
(32) 1/2 hour episodes (one season)
in B&W on NBC
Created by: Stanley Shapiro
Produced by: Dick Clayton and Shunto Productions

Contents

  1. CAST
  2. Opening Theme
  3. STORYLINE
  4. Video Clip of The Tab Hunter
  5. Passings

CAST

  • Tab Hunter                        Paul Morgan
  • Richard Erdman               Peter Fairfield III
  • Jerome Cowan                 John Larsen
  • Reta Shaw                       Thelma

Opening Theme

Composed By: Pete Rugolo

STORYLINE

Paul Morgan (Tab Hunter) leads an adventurous and very amorous life. He also pens a weekly comic strip named “Bachelor at Large” which is more than just a little auto biographical. His exploits and conquests are the meat of this very cute comedy. Cute is the key word. Tab Hunters heart-throb good looks were to lure in the female viewers while the bevy of beautiful women that he chased around Malibu Beach hooked the young male viewers.

Helping Paul out was his best friend Peter Fairfield (Richard Erdman) who instigated many of Paul’s romantic hookups. His boss John Larsen (Jerome Cowan)was not as pleased but as long as Paul got his strip completed on time he was placated.

Not so happy with young Paul’s lifestyle was his housekeeper Thelma (Reta Shaw) and she let him know it on a fairly regular basis.

Unfortunately for the series it was placed in a time slot opposite the hugely popular The Ed Sullivan Show and was canceled due to poor ratings at the end of the season.

Video Clip of The Tab Hunter

                                          60s style sitcom

Passings

Jerome Cowan died in 1972, he was 74 years old
Reta Shaw died in 1982 of emphysema, she was 691960s tv

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TRIVIA:

The actual comic strip drawings used in the show were drawn by cartoonist Zeke Zekley who was best known for his strip “Bringing Up Father”.

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