Little-known fact:
This was the pilot film for Sam Benedict; that's why it was filmed in color.
The decision to make the series in Black&White was made after the sale to NBC (probably budgetary).
Also: Am I the only one who noticed that the main guest star - Nancy Kelly ("The Bad Seed") - was Edmond O'Brien's former wife?
I can't find out whether this fact was publicized at the time the show aired ... In 1962, Sam Benedict was what would nowadays be called a "bubble show": NBC put it on Saturday night, against Jackie Gleason's newly-revived variety show, plainly expecting it to at least run a good second place; exactly what happened, nobody remembers ...
The decision to make the series in Black&White was made after the sale to NBC (probably budgetary).
Also: Am I the only one who noticed that the main guest star - Nancy Kelly ("The Bad Seed") - was Edmond O'Brien's former wife?
I can't find out whether this fact was publicized at the time the show aired ... In 1962, Sam Benedict was what would nowadays be called a "bubble show": NBC put it on Saturday night, against Jackie Gleason's newly-revived variety show, plainly expecting it to at least run a good second place; exactly what happened, nobody remembers ...