"The Corner Bar" (1972) TV series 1972-1973

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Directors:

Peter Baldwin
Rick Edelstein

Writers:

Norman Barasch (writer)
John Boni (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

21 June 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

The life and times of the patrons of Grants Toomb, a New York tavern owned (first season) by Harry Grant and (second season) by Mae and Frank...

Plot Keywords:

Tavern | Sitcom | Bar

Cast

Andrew Duncan

...

Prescott (2 episodes, 1972-1973)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Alan King Productions

One of kind

This show had a lot of charm, and an interesting history. This was a summer replacement series that ran on ABC. The exterior shot was of a bar across the street from the ABC studios in New York and the characters were loosely based on the bar's staff. The bar was a well known ABC hang out. At one time the bar even had an ABC extension. The bar's owner in the early days of ABC would lend the former NBC blue network money to meet the payroll. Some say that he also lent ABC to money to cover President Kennedy's funeral. It is said he lent the some $20,000 in cash, and he told them, "I am giving you cash, and I want it back in cash." The owner was hard drinking Irish man with foul mouth that lived in the poshest of streets, fifth ave. He was such a character they turned him into this show, but toned down for TV.