Angie
1 9 7 9 - 1 9 8 0 (USA)
37 x 30 minute episodes
When Brad Benson walked into the Liberty Coffee Shop, Angie
thought he was poor and began sneaking him some pastries. It turned
out that he was a paediatrician and a member of one of
Philadelphia's richest families.
In true Cinderella fashion, Angie and Brad fell in love and got
married, despite the objections of Brad's overbearing big sister,
Joyce, and stuffy father, Randall, and much to the surprise of
Angie's mother, the down-to-earth Theresa.
Angie's father had walked out 19 years earlier (He "went to
get the paper" but never returned) and Theresa still kept a
place at the family table for him. Theresa had raised Angie and her
younger sister Marie by running a newsstand.
The Benson's had an altogether different set of problems, not
least of which was the fact that snobbish Joyce was three times
divorced and undergoing therapy with a psychiatrist who hated her.
Angie and Brad moved into Brad's mansion, but the surroundings
were so ostentatious and grand that they later bought a smaller
house, with Brad setting up his practice on the first floor.
Angie then bought the Liberty Coffee Shop to keep herself busy,
and later traded it for a beauty shop where Gianni was the
pleasure-seeking hairstylist. Other regular characters included Didi
(Angie's big-hearted best friend at the coffee shop) and Phipps the
butler.
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