"The Baileys of Balboa" (1964) TV series 1964-1965

Directors:

Gary Nelson
Bob Sweeney

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

24 September 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Episodes in the life of a beachcoming family.

Plot Keywords:

Sitcom | Character Name In Title

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 5 of 9)

Les Brown Jr.	...	Jim Bailey (26 episodes, 1964-1965)
John Dehner	...	Commodore Cecil Wyntoon (26 episodes, 1964-1965)
Paul Ford	...	Sam Bailey (26 episodes, 1964-1965)
Sterling Holloway	...	Buck Singleton (26 episodes, 1964-1965)
Clint Howard	...	Stanley (26 episodes, 1964-1965)

Runtime:

30 min (26 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

This series was born out of CBS-TV president James T. Aubrey's discontent over the premise of "Gilligan's Island" (1964).

I was in Balboa today!

I remember this show very well. I never missed it. I love Paul Ford. The episode I remember best was a Halloween special in which someone tried to scare them by dressing up like Dracula and swooping in to declare "I stopped by to borrow a cup of blood!" At the very end, the little boy from next door (played by Clint Howard, who went on to "Gentle Ben" and played a small (adult) alien in Star Trek's "The Corbomite Maneuver") showed up in his Dracula costume for Halloween and said "My mother sent me over to borrow a cup of -- SUGAR." I was very taken with Balboa and Newport Beach as they were shown on the program and I always wanted to go there. Well, today I did! I wouldn't mind living there myself except it's probably very expensive and I'd end up combing the beach for a living too.