The Chicago Teddy Bears

The Chicago Teddy Bears was a Syndication network sitcom series, which aired from September 17 to December 10, 1971, lasting for one season & 13 episodes.

It was produced by Dean Jones Productions and Warner Bros. Television.

Plot
Set in the 1920s in Chicago, Illinois, the series centered on Linc McCray and his uncle Latzi who worked as partners in a speakeasy, but a small-time gangster named Nick Marr wants to take it over.

Cast

 * Dean Jones as Linc McCray
 * John Banner as Uncle Latzi
 * Art Metrano as Nick Marr
 * Jamie Farr as Lefty
 * Marvin Kaplan as Marvin
 * Mickey Shaughnessy as Duke
 * Huntz Hall as Dutch
 * Ann Sothern (pilot only)

Production
"The Chicago Teddy Bears" was intended as a comeback vehicle for Ann Sothern (whose last regular role had been as the voice of "My Mother the Car").

Sothern played a street flower vendor in the pilot and was meant to be a mediator between Linc McCray and Nick Marr; however, Syndication wrote her out of the actual series.

The show received low ratings and was cancelled by Syndication after only three months on the air.