''Heaven for Betsy'' is an American

sitcom A sitcom, a 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 troupe may use ne ...

that aired live on CBS twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday for fifteen minutes from September 30, 1952 to December 23, 1952. The series stars real-life husband and wife

Jack Lemmon John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor. Considered equally proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, Lemmon was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in dramedy pictures, leadin ...

and

Cynthia Stone Cynthia Boyd Stone (February 26, 1926 – December 25, 1988) was an American actress. Life and career Born in Peoria, Illinois, Stone was the daughter of banker John Boyd Stone and Dorothy Drayton. She was a graduate of Foxcroft School in Middl ...

. It was based on ''The Couple Next Door'', a sketch that Lemmon and Stone performed regularly in the variety series ''The Frances Langford/Don Ameche Show''. Pepsodent sponsored the program.

Premise

The series revolves around newlyweds Pete Bell, an assistant buyer in the toy department of a suburban

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department store, and Betsy Bell, a secretary turned homemaker, who always had to get Pete out of jams.

Cast

* Jack Lemmon as Pete Bell * Cynthia Stone as Betsy Bell * Cliff Hall as Alonzo Willmot

Production

Jacin Productions packaged and produced ''Heaven for Betsy''. Richard Linkroum was the director, and Russ Beggs was a writer. The program was sponsored by

Lever Brothers Lever Brothers was a British manufacturing company founded in 1885 by two brothers: William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851–1925), and James Darcy Lever (1854–1916). They invested in and successfully promoted a new soap-making p ...

products Pepsodent and Shadow Wave. It originated at WCBS.

References

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* {{IMDb title, 0044267 1952 American television series debuts 1952 American television series endings 1950s American sitcoms American live television series American television spin-offs Black-and-white American television shows American English-language television shows Television shows set in New York (state) Television shows set in department stores CBS sitcoms