Barbara Stuart appeared nine times in the first season as Alice, a friend of Gladys's. The older woman was a close equivalent of Ethel Mertz. (By coincidence or not, this show was produced in the 2-year period after the end of production of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour and before the premiere of The Lucy Show.)Īside from leading man Pete, the character of Hilda Crocker, played by character actress Verna Felton, was the sole carryover from the Bride series. Not only was the show occupying the time slot that once belonged to another wacky redhead, Lucille Ball, but its premise was a variation on that of I Love Lucy, focusing on a level-headed, wise-cracking, and often sarcastic husband (combining elements of both Ricky Ricardo and Fred Mertz) and his sincere, ingenuous, and frequently in-hot-water wife. In this spin-off series, she was seen, and heard, in the form of redheaded comedian Cara Williams. In the popular 1950s Spring Byington sitcom December Bride, Pete Porter (Harry Morgan) was the next-door neighbor who spent most of the time complaining about his scatterbrained wife Gladys, who never was seen.

The last episode aired on September 10, 1962. Pete and Gladys is an American situation comedy broadcast by CBS on Monday night at 8:00pm Eastern and Pacific time for two seasons, beginning on September 19, 1960.

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