HELLO, LARRY


January 26, 1979 - April 30, 1980
NBC Situation Comedy - 38 Episodes

Cast:

Larry Alder:   McLean Stevenson
Ruthie Alder:   Kim Richards
Morgan Winslow:   Joanna Gleason
Leona Wilson:   Ruth Brown
Earl:   George Memmoli
Diane Alder:   Donna Wilkes
  Krista Errickson
Meadowlark Lemon:   Meadowlark Lemon
Henry Alder:   Fred Stuthman
Tommy Roscini:   John Femia
Marion:   Shelley Fabares

Following the breakup of his marriage, radio talk-show host
Larry Alder moved from Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon, to
get a fresh start. He landed a job at radio station KLOW,
where Morgan Winslow became the producer of his phone-in
talk show. Earl was Larry's obese engineer. Larry had been
given custody of his two daughters, 13-year-old Ruthie and
16-year-old Diane. Glib and in total control on the air, he
was much less sure of himself at home as the single parent
of two maturing girls. Leona, a school teacher and neighbor,
tried to bring a little of the woman's touch to this chaotic
household. Larry's ex-wife Marion also turned up occasionally.
Added to the regular cast in the fall of 1979 were former
Harlem Globetrotters basketball star Meadowlark Lemon,
playing himself as owner of a sporting goods store,
and Tommy, a 14-year-old neighbor. In February 1980
Larry's retired father, Henry, also moved in.

Hello, Larry's time slot on the NBC schedule was right after
the much more popular Diff'rent Strokes. Since both shows were
produced by Tandem Productions, and Larry needed a boost, it
was established that Larry Alder and Diff'rent Strokes' Philip
Drummond were old army buddies, and that Drummond's company
had purchased the radio station where Larry worked. The
producers hoped that by having the casts of the two shows
appear together in crossover episodes the much larger Diff'rent
Strokes audience would be attracted to Hello, Larry.
It never happened.


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