''Bringing Up Buddy'' is an American

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that aired on

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during the 1960-61 television season. It depicts a young bachelor who lives with the two maiden aunts who raised him.

Synopsis

After Richard David "Buddy" Flower's parents died in an automobile accident during his childhood, his maiden aunts Violet ("Vi") and Iris raised him.Bringing Up Buddy, Nostalgia Central Accessed 28 February 2022
/ref> Now a young bachelor, he still resides with Vi and Iris at 1492 Maple Street in the small town of Bradley Falls,

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, and their antics and meddling in his life present endless complications for him.McNeil, Alex, ''Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present, Fourth Edition'', New York: Penguin Books, 1996, , p. 120.Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–present (Sixth Edition)'', New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, , pp. 136–137. An investment broker at Cooper Investments, where he is romantically involved with his secretary, Kathy Donnell, Buddy often comes home from work to find that his lovable-but-wacky aunts have made some major decision about his life for him, such as finding him the perfect girl to marry, or have gotten themselves in trouble of some kind that he has to get them out of.

Cast

* Richard David "Buddy" Flower...

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* Aunt Violet "Vi" Flower...

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* Aunt Iris Flower...

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* Kathy Donnell...Nancy Rennick

Production notes

''Bringing Up Buddy'' was created and produced by Joe Connelly and

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. It was a production of Kayro-Vue Productions and

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Broadcast schedule

''Bringing Up Buddy'' lasted a single season. Its 36 episodes were broadcast in the

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at 8:30 PM

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on Monday nights from October 10, 1960, through July 3, 1961. Episodes then ran as summer repeats in the same timeslot until September 25, 1961.

Episodes

SOURCES"Television Highlights," ''The Schenectady Gazette'', July 3, 1961, p. 19.
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References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0053487
''Bringing Up Buddy'' opening credits on YouTube
1960 American television series debuts 1961 American television series endings 1960s American sitcoms Black-and-white American television shows CBS original programming English-language television shows Television series about families Television shows set in California