The Pruitts of Southampton

1966

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Released: 06 September 1966 Ended
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Country: United States of America
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The Pruitts of Southampton is a situation comedy that aired during the 1966-67 season on the ABC network. The show was based on the novel House Party by Patrick Dennis. It was ABC's futile attempt to turn female stand-up comic Phyllis Diller into a sitcom comedienne very much in the style of Lucille Ball. The program starred Diller as Phyllis Pruitt, and featured Gypsy Rose Lee and Richard Deacon in supporting roles with Diller feeling the series was an inverted version of The Beverly Hillbillies. The show's producers originally sought comic actress Beatrice Lillie in the Diller role. The premise was that the Pruitts, a supposedly incredibly wealthy family living on Long Island in the Hamptons, were approached by the Internal Revenue Service about overdue taxes. An audit revealed that the Pruitts were in fact broke; rather than reveal this fact publicly and cause the economic depression which would presumably result from this revelation, an improbably charitable IRS allowed them to continue living in their mansion and maintaining the pretensions of great wealth, which was difficult given their reduced circumstances. By mid-season, in order to raise more money, Phyllis had opened the mansion to boarders, attracting a "nutty" collection of tenants as well, a group that included Paul Lynde as her hopeless brother, John Astin as her brother-in-law, and Marty Ingels as a handyman.

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Scanialara You won't be disappointed!
Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever
Keeley Coleman The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
edwagreen How do you do? (3 times) My Dear. What a surprise! What a surprise! Nice to see you here. The Pruitts of South Hampton live like the richest folk, but what the folk don't know is that the Pruitts are flat broke.These are some of the hilarious lyrics as the show started off each week. Phyllis Diller would come down in elegant gowns singing the title song only to ask for a buck at the end.Diller's comic timing was never better as the viewers were led on weekly escapades. Remember when Diller opened a safe and found something better than money? The audience roared when she announced that she had found Regina Wentworth's birth certificate? Wentworth was played by Gypsy Rose Lee.Sadly, this show didn't last too long but the laughter sure did. Remember Mrs. Pruitt's butler? He was a funny one as well.
tforbes-2 I remember watching this show as part of ABC's lineup on Friday, 20 January 1967 in Albany, NY. I saw "The Green Hornet" earlier that night, and then I saw this show. While I mostly remember the opening credits, I recall that I became aware of Phyllis Diller, and that this 7 year old boy liked her very much.It also was broadcast just before another show that I saw for the first time that night: The Avengers. That night was one memorable night. I would not mind seeing this show again, especially when members of "The Addams Family" cast showed. Perhaps it can show up on TV Land.UPDATE, 22 APRIL 2009: I had a chance to see the show on YouTube, "My Sister-In-Law Phyllis", originally aired in color on March 17, 1967. It was quite decent. One thing I learned is that the series had been rebooted at the beginning of January 1967, and that John Astin was called in. The show was a semi-de facto version of "The Addams Family" because it also had series star Lisa Loring, and was produced by the same production company, Filmways!And I would like to see more episodes!