Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice 

Bob and Carol Sanders are a young couple who are definitely part of the hip generation. Their slightly older friends Ted plus wife Alice Henderson are a little stodgy and shocked by things like swimming in the buff.

Creator:

Larry Rosen

Stars:

Robert Urich, Anne Archer, David Spielberg

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Robert Urich	...	Bob Sanders 12 episodes, 1973
Anne Archer	...	Carol Sanders 12 episodes, 1973
David Spielberg	...	Ted Henderson 12 episodes, 1973
Anita Gillette	...	Alice Henderson 12 episodes, 1973
Jodie Foster	...	Elizabeth Henderson 5 episodes, 1973
Brad Savage	...	Sean Sanders 5 episodes, 1973

Storyline

Bob and Carol Sanders are a young couple who are definitely part of the hip generation. Their slightly older friends Ted plus wife Alice Henderson are a little stodgy and shocked by things like swimming in the buff.

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Plot Keywords:

sitcom | remake | based on film | character name in title | 

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Taglines:

The comedy's great when bold Bob & Carol try to bring timid Ted & Alice up-to-date on today's liberated lifestyles.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 September 1973 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Screen Gems Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (12 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although 12 episodes were produced, ABC canceled the program after 7 aired. The complete series was later run on the USA network in the 1980s.

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Connections

Spoofed in Switchcraft (1973)

User Reviews

Promising opportunity completely wasted...

Having watched four episodes of the television-sitcom version of Paul Mazursky's "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice", I'm probably one-up on home audiences from 1973. ABC canceled the program early, and it's clear why: the casting just isn't right. The swinging couple (Robert Urich and Anne Archer) would be far better suited portraying the squares, while knotted-up David Spielberg and grating Anita Gillette seem as if they could get pretty kinky (given the right amount of alcohol). Mazursky, Larry Tucker, and other notable writers worked on the scripts, but without the proper actors this just looks like a sanitized sham. The fussily-decorated sets are huge compared to the sitcom sets of today, but since this is a dialogue-driven show it's simply a waste of space. 11-year-old Jodie Foster (as Spielberg and Gillette's daughter) brightens the proceedings, but the grown-ups look fairly clueless.