''Joe and Sons'' is an American television
sitcom
A sitcom, a Portmanteau, portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troup ...
that aired on
CBS from September 9, 1975, to January 13, 1976. It ran for a total of 14 episodes.
Premise
The show focused on an
Italian-American
Italian Americans ( it, italoamericani or ''italo-americani'', ) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry. The largest concentrations of Italian Americans are in the urban Northeast and industrial Midwestern metropolitan area ...
widower, Joe Vitale, who lived in
Hoboken, New Jersey
Hoboken ( ; Unami: ') is a city in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 60,417. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 58, ...
with his two teenage sons, Mark and Nick. Gus Duzik worked with him as a typical middle-class family worker at the Hoboken Sheet and Tube Company. Estelle was a
cocktail waitress who lived in the apartment across the hall who helped Joe with his sons and liked to cook an occasional meal for the family.
Cast
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Richard S. Castellano as Joe Vitale
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Barry Miller Barry Miller may refer to:
* Barry Miller (actor) (born 1958), American actor
*Barry Miller (politician)
Barry Miller (December 25, 1864 – June 20, 1933) was a Texas state legislator and Lieutenant Governor from 1925 to 1931 serving under Gover ...
as Mark Vitale
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Jimmy Baio as Nick Vitale
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Jerry Stiller
Gerald Isaac Stiller (June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020) was an American actor and comedian. He spent many years as part of the comedy duo Stiller and Meara with his wife, Anne Meara, to whom he was married for over 60 years until her death in 201 ...
as Gus Duzik
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Bobbi Jordan as Estelle
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Florence Stanley
Florence Stanley (born Florence Schwartz; July 1, 1924 – October 3, 2003) was an American actress of stage, film, and television. She is best known for her roles in '' Barney Miller'' (1975–1977) and its spinoff ''Fish'' (1977-1978), ''My ...
as Aunt Josephine
Episodes
External links
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1975 American television series debuts
1976 American television series endings
CBS original programming
1970s American sitcoms
Hoboken, New Jersey
English-language television shows
Television shows set in New Jersey
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