John Forsythe Show:John Forsythe, Ann B. Davis ,Elsa Lanchester

This one season sitcom ran from September 1965 until August 1966 on NBC.

Air Force Major John Foster ( John Forsythe), had been a bachelor all his life and his dealings with women had been exclusively social. When he retired from the Air Force he became the headmaster of the Foster School, an exclusive San Francisco school for girls that he had recently inherited from his Aunt Victoria. Helping him run the school was a former Air Force sergeant and friend Ed Robbins ( Guy Marks ). The clash of these 2 men with an alien environment produced unexpectant results. Misunderstandings between them and Miss Culver ( Elsa Lanchester), the school principal, were frequent and often hilarious. Ann B. Davis ( later Alice of The Brady Bunch), played Miss Wilson, the gym teacher. The students included Pamelyn Ferdin as Pamela; Darleen Carr as Kathy; Peggy Lipton ( later of The Mod Squad) as Joanna; Tracy Stratford as Susan and Sara Ballentine as Janice. John Forsythe's 2 daughters Brooke ( aged 11), and Page (aged 14) were also among the young actresses portraying students at the school. Brooke played Norma Jean and Paige played Marcia.

In the spring of 1966 there was a change in format. The Foster school was no longer the center of attention as John and Ed became world-traveling undercover agents for the U.S. government using the school only as a base from which to start, or end, their adventures. Their missions were not heavy cloak-and-dagger stuff, but were definately more serious, and romantic, than anything that had happened at the school. No matter, the series never made it to a second season.

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To watch some clips from The John Forsythe Show go to http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+john+forsythe+show&aq=0

For more on The John Forsythe Show go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_John_Forsythe_Show

For an episode guide go to http://ctva.biz/US/Comedy/JohnForsytheShow.htm

For Tim's TV Showcase go to https://timstelevisionshowcase.neocities.org/johnforsythe.html

For a Page dedicated to The John Forsythe Show go to http://www.tvobscurities.com/2009/04/the-john-forsythe-show/

For a Tribute to John Forsythe go to https://web.archive.org/web/20100221020456/http://www.johnforsythe.info/

For a Page dedicated to Elsa Lanchester go to https://web.archive.org/web/20100102054241/http://www.cultsirens.com/lanchester/lanchester.htm

For The Elsa Lanchester Photo Gallery go to http://www.fanpix.net/gallery/elsa-lanchester-pictures.htm

For a Page dedicated to Guy Marks go to https://web.archive.org/web/20110210081316/http://www.musicgames4all.com/playbrass/kingspud/sel_by_actor_index_2.php?actor_first=Guy&actor_last=Marks

For a Webpage dedicated to Pamela Ferdyn go to https://web.archive.org/web/20160504133139/http://www.pamferdin.com/

For The Peggy Lipton Photo Gallery go to http://www.fanpix.net/gallery/peggy-lipton-pictures.htm

For some John Forsythe Show -related interview videos at the Archive of American Television go to http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/shows/john-forsythe-show-the

To watch the opening and closing credits of The John Forsythe Show go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7-HLESWinw