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.