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Occasional Wife

  • TV Series
  • 1966–1967
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
126
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Occasional Wife (1966)
Comedy

A junior executive convinces his female friend to pretend to be his wife so he can move ahead in his company.A junior executive convinces his female friend to pretend to be his wife so he can move ahead in his company.A junior executive convinces his female friend to pretend to be his wife so he can move ahead in his company.

  • Creators
    • Lawrence J. Cohen
    • Fred Freeman
  • Stars
    • Michael Callan
    • Patricia Harty
    • Jack Collins
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    126
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    • Creators
      • Lawrence J. Cohen
      • Fred Freeman
    • Stars
      • Michael Callan
      • Patricia Harty
      • Jack Collins
    • 12User reviews
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    Michael Callan
    Michael Callan
    • Peter Christopher
    • 1966–1967
    Patricia Harty
    Patricia Harty
    • Greta Patterson
    • 1966–1967
    Jack Collins
    Jack Collins
    • Max Brahms…
    • 1966–1967
    Bryan O'Byrne
    Bryan O'Byrne
    • Man in the Middle…
    • 1966–1967
    Joan Tompkins
    Joan Tompkins
    • Mrs. Brahms
    • 1966–1967
    Jack Riley
    Jack Riley
    • Wally…
    • 1966–1967
    Marcelle Fortier
    • Edie
    • 1966–1967
    Sara Seegar
    Sara Seegar
    • Mrs. Christopher
    • 1966–1967
    C. Lindsay Workman
    C. Lindsay Workman
    • Clerk…
    • 1966–1967
    Stuart Margolin
    Stuart Margolin
    • Bernie
    • 1966–1967
    Susan Silo
    Susan Silo
    • Vera
    • 1966–1967
    Linda Gaye Scott
    Linda Gaye Scott
    • Miss Wilson
    • 1966–1967
    Ned Glass
    Ned Glass
    • Murray…
    • 1966–1967
    Eunice Christopher
    • Bernice Kramer
    • 1967
    Woodrow Parfrey
    Woodrow Parfrey
    • Grant Gray…
    • 1966–1967
    William Long Jr.
    • Al…
    • 1966–1967
    Arlene Charles
    Arlene Charles
    • Cassandra…
    • 1967
    Chris Noel
    Chris Noel
    • Marilyn
    • 1966
    • Creators
      • Lawrence J. Cohen
      • Fred Freeman
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    10jerryandfrank

    Occasional Wife should have run 5 seasons!

    I was 11 when O.W. premiered in 1966 and I really enjoyed this very amusing sitcom. I too was sad to see this series end only after one year. I remember reading that NBC was on the fence about canceling O.W., but they decided to go ahead and cancel this charming show. In 1992 Comedy central aired the reruns of O.W. and I was thrilled. I taped a handful of them and I still watch them occasional:) I hope that this show is released on DVD someday. Many short-lived shows have been released on DVD recently...The Monkees; Good Morning World; Ned & Stacy; Lotsa Luck; Gidget; well the list goes on and on...Please release O.W. and include interviews with Michael Callan, Patricia Harty and Bryon O'Byne. There is an audience out there who would love to get their hands on this series!
    9meeawice-538-410002

    A very funny show years ago.

    I too loved this show as a teenager. It didn't last long but I remember it well. I thought I might be the only one who did until I looked it up and read the other reviews. It was a funny show with what I thought was a lot of potential for hilarious episodes. There was a lot of climbing in and out of windows and a lot of close calls when they were almost caught in separate apartments or with other people. It seemed to fit with the popular situation comedies of the time (Bewitched, That Girl, I Dream of Jeannie). I've always wondered why it didn't catch on. I wonder what was on the other networks at the same time. Would that explain why it was overlooked? I don't know if I would feel the same if I saw the episodes today but I would love to give it a try.
    7TimGiangiobbe

    Predictable

    Peter Christopher was the lead man . He played a bachelor (Michael) who was determined to never marry in spite of his bosses family values Peters boss baby food mogul Max Brahms was controlling and Michael had to ask a beautiful hat check clerk (Greta Patterson) to pose as his wife and the charade became out of control and the antics off the wall. Yet they continued to fool Michaels boss.

    What Michael did not realize is that his neighbor (Bryan Obyrne) was a peeping Tom because he watched the comings and goings from the Sixth floor where Michael lived to the eighth floor where Greta lived.

    There may have been a few sparks of love but cupids arrow did not hit its target in the first season and cupid had no other seasons to score . So the possibility of them marrying was left hanging
    7axellaj

    Funny was different back then... and why not?

    When this show debuted, I was all of 8 years old. I loved it! Firstly, I would've married Michael Callan in 1966, if he'd only asked! I thought he was gorgeous. And Patricia Harty? Adorable.

    The premise of the show sounds ridiculous now, but back then, there really wasn't any fuss and bother about discrimination in the workplace (or sexual harassment - just watch "Mad Men"!). If a boss said you had to be married to receive a promotion in his company, then you had to be married. Now, of course, if your boss laid down such a condition, you'd engage a lawyer and sue. But in 1966, you couldn't. What you could do was find a female friend, and pretend to be married, as far as your boss was concerned.

    Luckily for Callan's character, he earned enough money to pay for an apartment in his building to house his "occasional wife". This not only helped to seal the deal - it also ensured that she was close at hand when needed. And having the apartments two floors apart gave us the opportunity to see the comic facial expressions of the guy who lived in between, as the Occasional Spouses ran up and down the fire escape.

    The show was pretty racy for its time. The characters appeared to have sexual relationships without intending for them to end in marriage. Woooooooo....

    In the pilot, Callan's mother nagged him about still not being married. She said, "You're not... 'eccentric'... are you?" (what a funny way of enquiring about his sexuality!), which he exasperatedly and quickly denied. It cracked me up.

    I wouldn't mind seeing more episodes of this show, but I think it really was a bit of a one-trick-pony. There would've been only so many times where the boss showed up uninvited, or one or the other partner was seen with someone else... I don't see how it could've gone on longer than a year, now that I think about it.

    Still, I thought it was a fun show to watch, and enjoyed seeing the pilot again.
    8Serbgirl7

    O.W. was indeed a darling, goofy '60s-type show.

    I agree with OMalley and DeFelice -- I, too, saw it when I was 11, and my best friend, who was 13, and I watched every crazy episode. We had huge crushes on Callan (who was not a bad dramatic actor - catch "The Interns" and "The New Interns")and we though it was the perfect vehicle for Callan's and Harty's comedic talents; it just somehow captured the romance that was the mid- to late '60s. It wasn't all angst and social conscience (not that those are bad, it's just that there was so much more to the era that made it great). My friend and I thought we were the only ones on the planet who remember and loved O.W. That the show was a tad daring and had slightly surreal non-plots only added to its appeal. So much, even on cable, feels so overproduced these days, this was a fresh approach back then. (Does anyone remember "He and She" with Paula Prentiss and Richard Benjamin - also very cute, and they were married on the show as in real life.) There was so much wonderful, many-layered stuff on TV back then, some of it off the wall, some of it totally charming -- "The Addams Family," "The Name of the Game" (starring the adorable Tony Franciosa, Susan St. James, Gene Barry and Robert Stack, based on the excellent made-for-TV pilot "Fame is the Name of the Game"), "Man From U.N.C.L.E." (and its more serious counterpart "I Spy" and hey, Stephanie Powers was cute as "Girl From U.N.C.L.E.), "The Avengers" (from the U.K.), "Secret Agent," etc. And, I loved "The Beverly Hillbillies," too, for what it's worth.

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    • Release date
      • September 13, 1966 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Un soltero casado
    • Production company
      • Screen Gems Television
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    • Runtime
      • 30m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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