Show Notes and Video Playlist: Episode 13-12: Too Close for Comfort

*Thank you for listening to this week's episode, in which we discuss the 6-season sitcom Too Close for Comfort, which ran on ABC for 3 seasons, then moved to first-run syndication for 3 more.

*Keep It in the Family is available on an unofficial basis on YouTube. It aired for 5 "series" from 1980 to 1983 on ITV.

*What a Country! ran for a mere 26 episodes.

*Too Close has 129 total episodes, including the sixth season which aired as The Ted Knight Show.

*The complete series is available on DVD and as of now on Tubi and Pluto. It also airs weekdays on Antenna TV.

*Hamilton Camp plays Mr. Wainwright. Deena Freeman is April.

*Ted Knight died at age 62.

*The episode with Jim Davis (creator of Garfield) is in the show's sixth season: "Garfield the Cat Joins the Marin Bugler." I suppose you could have guessed that after looking at a list of episode titles.

*Go to the end of the third season for the two backdoor pilots Mike mentions: "Don't Rock the Boat" and "Family Business." The former features Dick Van Patten--that's right, our beloved DVP--as an old Navy buddy of Henry who marries a woman half his age. Lanie Kazan headlines the latter episode as the head of a family-run construction outfit.

*Ted Knight and Gavin MacLeod were very good friends in real life.

*Nancy Dussault was nominated for two Tonys in the 1960s. She co-hosted Good Morning America from the show's inception in 1975 until early 1977. She also appears in ABC's Night of 100 Stars special, which we talk about here.

*Barry Blitzer worked on The Phil Silvers Show, Get Smart, and The Love Boat among other classic series.

*The agent who speaks at the end of this episode is played by Rene Le Vant. One of his most interesting credits is doing "additional voices" in multiple episodes of The Flintstone Kids.

*To hear more of why we like Leonard Lightfoot so much, check out our Silver Spoons episode.

*Season 4's "Shipmates" is the episode with Henry's old Navy colleague--not DVP, but another one.

*"Quick on the Draw," also in Season 4, sees Henry break his arm and hire another cartoonist. Sara dates the baseball player in "High and Inside," which is in--you guessed it--Season 4.

*Please enjoy this episode's video playlist, with promos, intros, commercials, and more! Click below to go right to it, or you can always visit our official YouTube page for all of our past episodes and similar lists for each one of them!