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JOEY BISHOP SHOW, THE - Rusty's Education

Air Date/Released Tuesday, January 19, 1965
Station/Studio CBS / Danny Thomas Enterprises
Featuring Joe Besser (Solo)

Joey Barnes hosts a CBS Sunday night variety show from New York. Episodes revolve around his professional and personal life, with celebrities appearing as themselves. At home are Joey's beautiful wife Abby, and maid Hilda. Joe Besser costars as Mr. Jillson, the barely competent apartment building superintendent, a high-strung man with a heart of gold. Rounding out the main characters is Larry Corbett, Joey's best friend, head writer and manager.

Rusty breaks the news that he wants to drop out of college. Ellie changes his mind by lying that Joey went to Penn State. Now, Rusty expects genius Joey to help him with his studies. Larry to the rescue when he hires an ex-con friend who memorized every history book in the prison library to be Joey's personal encyclopedia.


Cast: Joey Bishop (Joey Barnes), Abby Dalton (Abby Barnes), Joe Besser (Mr. Jillson), Mary Treen (Hilda), Corbett Monica (Larry Corbett), Rusty Hamer (Rusty Williams), Charles Cantor (Inagain Finegan), Allan Melvin (Sgt. McCormick), Peter Leeds (Lt. Bernie Stern)

Crew: Danny Thomas, Joey Bishop (Executive Producers), Charles Stewart (Producer), Mel Ferber (Director), Carl Kleinschmitt, Dale McRaven (Writers)
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