McKeever and the Colonel

McKeever and the Colonel is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC from September 23, 1962 to June 16, 1963 on Sunday nights at 6:30 P.M. Eastern Time.[1] Its setting was a fictional military academy known as Westfield. Dick Powell's Four Star Television produced the series.

McKeever and the Colonel
Allyn Joslyn as Colonel Harvey T. Blackwell.
Created byR.S. Allen
Harvey Bullock
Written byR.S. Allen
Harvey Bullock
Max Wilk
Arthur Marx
Albert Lewin
Burt Styler
Harvey Helm
Bob Marcus
StarringScott Lane
Allyn Joslyn
Jackie Coogan
Elisabeth Fraser
John McGiver
John Eimen
ComposersHerschel Burke Gilbert
Joseph Mullendore
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes26
Production
ProducerTom McKnight
Running time30 minutes per episode
Production companyFour Star-Harlen
DistributorFour Star Television
Release
Original networkNBC
Picture formatBlack and white
Audio formatMonoaural
Original releaseSeptember 23, 1962 (1962-09-23) 
June 16, 1963 (1963-06-16)

Gary McKeever (played by Scott Lane) was the lead character, a likable but mischievous cadet. He often found himself in trouble with the camp commandant, the pompous Colonel Harvey T. Blackwell (played by character actor Allyn Joslyn). Jackie Coogan played Sgt. Barnes, a down-to-earth school staffer who was more sympathetic to McKeever. The program also starred character actor John McGiver as well as child actor John Eimen as Monk.

Episode list

No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1"General McKeever"Norman AbbottMax WilkSeptember 23, 1962 (1962-09-23)
2"The Army Mule"TBATBASeptember 30, 1962 (1962-09-30)
3"TV or Not TV"TBATBAOctober 7, 1962 (1962-10-07)
4"Straight and Narrow"TBATBAOctober 14, 1962 (1962-10-14)
5"The Mascot"TBATBAOctober 28, 1962 (1962-10-28)
6"The Cookie Crumbles"Don WeisBurt Styler & Al LewinNovember 4, 1962 (1962-11-04)
7"By the Book"TBATBANovember 11, 1962 (1962-11-11)
8"The Bugle Sounds"TBATBANovember 18, 1962 (1962-11-18)
9"Blackwell's Stand"Norman AbbottTBANovember 25, 1962 (1962-11-25)
10"McKeever and the Celestial Bells"Norman AbbottTBADecember 2, 1962 (1962-12-02)
11"Hand in Glove"TBATBADecember 9, 1962 (1962-12-09)
12"Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow"Don WeisBurt Styler & Al LewinDecember 16, 1962 (1962-12-16)
13"Happy Birthday, Colonel"TBATBADecember 23, 1962 (1962-12-23)
14"For Dear Old Westfield"TBATBADecember 30, 1962 (1962-12-30)
15"Too Many Sergeants"TBATBAJanuary 6, 1963 (1963-01-06)
16"McKeever's Astronaut"TBATBAJanuary 20, 1963 (1963-01-20)
17"The Neighbor"Norman AbbottTBAJanuary 27, 1963 (1963-01-27)
18"Love Comes to Westfield"Stanley Z. CherryAl Lewis & Burt StylerFebruary 10, 1963 (1963-02-10)
19"The Big Charade"Jeffrey Hayden & Don WeisTBAFebruary 17, 1963 (1963-02-17)
20"The Old Grad"Jeffrey HaydenStory by: Harvey Helm & Bob Marcus
Teleplay by: Ray Allen
March 3, 1963 (1963-03-03)
21"All Quiet on the Westfield Front"Stanley Z. CherryTBAMarch 10, 1963 (1963-03-10)
22"Feat of Clay"TBATBAMarch 17, 1963 (1963-03-17)
23"Make Room for Mother"TBATBAMarch 24, 1963 (1963-03-24)
24"Project Walkie-Talkie"TBATBAMarch 31, 1963 (1963-03-31)
25"Blackwell, the Retread"TBAMax WilkApril 7, 1963 (1963-04-07)
26"McKeever Meets Munroe"TBATBAApril 14, 1963 (1963-04-14)

References

  1. Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. p. 314. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.


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