The Pruitts of Southampton 58 years old
The Pruitts of Southampton is a situation comedy that aired during the 1966-67 season on the ABC network. The show was based on the novel House Party by Patrick Dennis. It was ABC's futile attempt to turn female stand-up comic Phyllis Diller into a sitcom comedienne very much in the style of Lucille Ball. The program starred Diller as Phyllis Pruitt, and featured Gypsy Rose Lee and Richard Deacon in supporting roles with Diller feeling the series was an inverted version of The Beverly Hillbillies. The show's producers originally sought comic actress Beatrice Lillie in the Diller role. The premise was that the Pruitts, a supposedly incredibly wealthy family living on Long Island in the Hamptons, were approached by the Internal Revenue Service about overdue taxes. An audit revealed that the Pruitts were in fact broke; rather than reveal this fact publicly and cause the economic depression which would presumably result from this revelation, an improbably charitable IRS allowed them to continue living in their mansion and maintaining the pretensions of great wealth, which was difficult given their reduced circumstances. By mid-season, in order to raise more money, Phyllis had opened the mansion to boarders, attracting a "nutty" collection of tenants as well, a group that included Paul Lynde as her hopeless brother, John Astin as her brother-in-law, and Marty Ingels as a handyman.
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Reginald Gardiner He was 63 , 77 years old when he died | |
| Billy De Wolfe He was 59 , 67 years old when he died | |
| John Astin He was 36 , now 94 years old | |
| Gypsy Rose Lee She was 55 , 59 years old when she died | |
| James Flavin He was 60 , 69 years old when he died | |
| Richard Deacon He was 45 , 63 years old when he died | |
| Louis Nye He was 53 , 92 years old when he died | |
| Parley Baer He was 52 , 88 years old when he died | |
| Phyllis Diller She was 49 , 95 years old when she died | |
| Kipp Hamilton She was 32 , 46 years old when she died | |
| Paul Lynde He was 40 , 55 years old when he died | |
| Charles Lane He was 61 , 102 years old when he died | |
| Mary Wickes She was 56 , 85 years old when she died | |
| Helen Kleeb She was 59 , 96 years old when she died | |
| Ann B. Davis She was 40 , 88 years old when she died | |
| Grady Sutton He was 60 , 89 years old when he died | |
| Marty Ingels He was 30 , 79 years old when he died | |
| Hope Summers She was 64 , 77 years old when she died | |
| Barbara Morrison (Actress) was 58 , 84 years old when died |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|---|
| Nat Perrin Directing He was 61 , 93 years old when he died | Director |
| Nat Perrin Writing He was 61 , 93 years old when he died | Writer |
The Pruitts of Southampton (58 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1966-09-06
- Runtime: [30] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 30