The Jim Backus Show - Wikipedia
- ️Thu Oct 06 1960
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| The Jim Backus Show | |
|---|---|
 Jim Backus as Mike O'Toole. | |
| Starring | Jim Backus |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 39 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | California National Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | First-run syndication |
| Release | October 6, 1960 – July 11, 1961 |
The Jim Backus Show is a 39-episode American television sitcom that aired in broadcast syndication in 1960 and 1961. The series was also known as Hot Off the Wire.[1]
The program focuses on Backus in the role of Mike O'Toole, the editor/proprietor of a low rent wire service struggling to stay in business.
- Jim Backus as Mike O'Toole
- Nita Talbot as Dora Miles
- Bobs Watson as Sidney
- "The Woman's Touch" with George Ives as a bigamist con man, Douglas Aldrich.[2]
- "Floundered in Florida" with Alan Carney as Hogan, Milton Frome as Irving Rudolph, Vivi Janiss as Mrs. Rudolph, and Olan Soule as Elmo[3][unreliable source?]
- ^ TV Guide Guide to TV. Barnes & Noble. 2004. ISBN 0-7607-5634-1.
- ^ "The Woman's Touch". 1960.
- ^ "Floundered in Florida on The Jim Backus Show". IMDb. May 2, 1961. Retrieved August 7, 2016.