My Little Margie
1 9 5 2 - 1 9 5 5 (USA)
126 x 30 minute episodes
Gale Storm was another comedienne who cast herself in Lucille
Ball's mould. She starred in the title role as the rubber faced,
slapstick-prone daughter of widower Vern Albright (Charles
Farrell).
Vern tried in vain to control his attractive and wilful
daughter, while she constantly worked to transform him into a
sedentary father figure instead of the flirtatious ladies' man he
was.
Each episode featured the stars' framed photo's on a bureau,
each coming to life and explaining to viewers that "I've got
a problem . . . believe me, I've got a problem" . . . with
the other.
My Little Margie ran from 1952 until 1955 and was
syndicated for years thereafter. Oddly, the program was one of the
few television shows that spawned a radio spin-off. It ran
concurrent to the TV show with the same actors but different
scripts.
Gale Storm went on to star in the sitcom Oh! Susanna
from 1956 to 1962.
Charles Farrell had been a hero of the silent screen and after My
Little Margie served as mayor of Palm Springs, California.
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