The Pruitts of Southampton 58 years old

The Pruitts of Southampton

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.

Credits

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
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The Pruitts of Southampton (58 years)

Ended

  • First Air Date: 1966-09-06
  • Runtime: [30] minutes
  • Number of Episodes: 30