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The Bill Dana Show | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Danny Thomas |
Written by | Jack Elinson Charles Stewart Garry Marshall Jerry Belson Ray Singer Dick Chevillat Howard Ostroff |
Directed by | Sheldon Leonard Coby Ruskin Danny Thomas Stanley Z. Cherry Al Lewis Theodore J. Flicker Howard Morris Jerry Paris Jay Sandrich |
Starring | Bill Dana Jonathan Harris Gary Crosby (1963-'64) Maggie Peterson (1964-'65) Don Adams |
Theme music composer | Earle Hagen |
Opening theme | "Jose's Theme" |
Composer | Irving Szathmary |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 42 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Sheldon Leonard |
Producers | Howard Leeds (season 1) Jack Elinson (season 2) |
Production location | Desilu Studios |
Running time | 24 mins. |
Production company | Amigo Productions |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | September 22, 1963 January 17, 1965 | –
Related | |
Make Room for Daddy | |
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The Bill Dana Show is an American comedy series starring Bill Dana and Jonathan Harris that aired on NBC from September 22, 1963 to January 17, 1965. The plot follows the daily lifestyle of Latin American José Jiménez, as a bellhop in a New York City hotel.
The series was a spin-off from Make Room for Daddy, which showed the character of José as an elevator operator before he became a bellhop.