Joe and Sons
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Genre | Sitcom |
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Directed by | Peter Baldwin |
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Composer(s) | David Shire |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 14 |
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Executive producer(s) | Douglas S. Cramer |
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Running time | 30 min |
Production company(s) | Kukoff-Harris Partnership |
Distributor | CBS |
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Original network | CBS |
Original release | April 18, 1975 – January 13, 1976 |
Joe and Sons was a television series broadcast on CBS from September 9, 1975 to January 13, 1976. It ran for a total of 14 episodes, including the pilot.
Premise
The show focused on an Italian-American widower, Joe Vitale, who lived in Hoboken, New Jersey with his two teenage sons, Mark and Nick. Gus Duzik worked with him as a typical middle-class family worker at the Hoboken Sheet and Tube Company. Estelle was a cocktail waitress who lived in the apartment across the hall who helped Joe with his sons and liked to cook an occasional meal for the family.
Cast
- Richard S. Castellano as Joe Vitale
- Barry Miller as Mark Vitale
- Jimmy Baio as Nick Vitale
- Jerry Stiller as Gus Duzik
- Bobbi Jordan as Estelle
- Florence Stanley as Aunt Josephine
Episodes
Nº | Title | Original air date |
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0 | "Joe and Sons" | 18 April 1975 |
Series pilot: Joe is worried about the mysterious behavior of his older son, who has been coming home late and falling asleep in class. | ||
1 | "Mark's Doubt" | 9 September 1975 |
Blue collar worker Joe Vitale, a widower, has his hands full with two growing sons and an odd assortment of concerned friends, family and neighbors. A theological crisis begins the season, as the older boy declares his doubt in the existence of God. | ||
2 | "Nick's Book" | 23 September 1975 |
Joe is enraged when he discovers that his 12-year-old son's biology book contains an explicit section on sex education. | ||
3 | "Joe's Date" | 30 September 1975 |
The promise of romance has Joe in a fever of anticipation as he prepares for a reunion with the bombshell of his high school class. | ||
4 | "Carmela" | 7 October 1975 |
Joe worries when he learns that Mark is dating the daughter of wild Flora (Dimitra Arliss), a woman who had a dubious reputation in high school. | ||
5 | "Joe's Cruise" | 14 October 1975 |
During a pandemonium-filled morning, Joe must choose between attending an annual boat ride with Gus or chauffeuring his kids around the city. | ||
6 | "A Real Lady" | 21 October 1975 |
Josephine plays matchmaker, arranging a blind date between Joe and a widow who inherited a garbage-truck company from her husband. | ||
7 | "Uncle Charlie's Problem" | 4 November 1975 |
Joe willingly agrees to take Uncle Charlie after the sprightly old codger runs away from a retirement home. | ||
8 | "The Desperate Minutes" | 21 November 1975 |
Gus is suing the city of Hoboken for $2,000,000 for "bodily injuries and mental anguish" he suffered while riding a bus that collided with a car. | ||
9 | "Clothes Don't Necessarily Make the Man" | 2 December 1975 |
Nick claims to be studying ballet for cultural enrichment, but his Aunt Josephine is beginning to worry about her nephew's masculinity. | ||
10 | "Pot Luck" | 16 December 1975 |
A house plant left by Mark's long-haired friend is making Joe nervous; he's sure it's marijuana. | ||
11 | "Nick's Problem" | 23 December 1975 |
Nick, who has taken great pains to hide his bed-wetting from the others, finds himself the object of much concern when his secret is discovered. | ||
12 | "Thou Shalt Steal" | 6 January 1976 |
Gus fears for his life after running out of a crap game without paying up his losses. | ||
13 | "Jimmy Flynn's Wake" | 13 January 1976 |
Joe is trapped into holding a wake at his house for Gus's lately departed friend even though he never even knew the guy. |
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