Post by Admin on Aug 12, 2021 12:01:19 GMT -4
Barefoot in the Park (1970 - 1971)
In this show, Scoey Mitchell and Tracy Reed play Paul and Corrie Bratter, newlyweds who struggle to survive their first year of marriage in NYC.
Barefoot in the Park was a short-lived 70s TV show based on the Neil Simon Broadway play it is named after, as well as the 1967 classic film that starred Robert Redford and Jane Fonda.
An interesting thing about Barefoot in the Park is the fact that it was the first American TV sitcom since Amos 'n' Andy to feature a predominantly black cast. Amos 'n' Andy first aired in the late 1920s.
To help promote the show, it was featured as the lead-in program for another series based on a Neil Simon play, The Odd Couple starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman, which debuted immediately afterward.
Since both shows followed the long standing hit Bewitched (Elizabeth Montgomery & Agnes Moorehead), ABC hoped it had a couple of winners on its hands...but nope!
