Airs Next: NBC at Tuesday 8:00 PM (30 min.)
Status:
Ended
Premiered:
September 13, 1966
Last Aired:
August 29, 1967
Show Category:
Comedy
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Peter Christopher is a young executive at Brahms Baby Food whose boss only promotes married men. This is Peter's problem, how to remain a bachelor while enjoying the benefits of marriage at his work. Peter shares his problem with his friend Greta, a hat check girl at a local night club he frequents. Greta gives Peter an idea when she...
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add »Peter's mother calls him while he's with a date and announces she's coming over to stay for a while because of the paint fumes in her apartment. They say they have dinner plans and she plays the martyr, telling them to go out. She then inspects the apartment and takes a phone call from one of Peter's girlfriends, informing her Peter is out with his wife. She has Greta exhausted doing housework during the day and Peter's social life is in ruins. Peter suggests they need to be alone and his mother mentions her doctor and implies she doesn't have long to live. Peter checks with her doctor who says his mother is a hypochondriac. She finally packs to leave and as Peter kisses her goodbye she can feel he has a fever. She decides she will stay and nurse him back to health. The man-in-the-middle attempts to set up a sun chair on his fire escape landing.
Aired: May 9, 1967
| 29. Oil Be Seeing You | April 25, 1967 | 0 Reviews | 5.05 |
| 28. An Affair To Forget | April 18, 1967 | 0 Reviews | 8.50 |
| 27. My Occasional Brother's Keeper | April 11, 1967 | 0 Reviews | 4.55 |
| 26. The Secret Powdered Milk Affair | April 4, 1967 | 0 Reviews | 5.55 |
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7.0
"Ahead of its time"Good It was OK. Not good but just OK. Continue » Posted Jun 10, 2006 8:05 am PST |
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10.0
"Personal favorite"Perfect A young executive in the 60's needs to find a way to enjoy the office benefits of being married while still reatining his bachelorhood. His solution is an Occasional Wife who lives two floors above him. Continue » Posted Jun 16, 2005 3:55 pm PST |
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Show Vital Stats
Show: Occasional Wife
Popularity Rank: 6,511 of 17,587
Ratings Rank: 10,247 of 17,587 (
11)
Show Reviews: 2
People Tracking: 2
Popularity Rank: 6,511 of 17,587
Ratings Rank: 10,247 of 17,587 (
11)
Show Reviews: 2
People Tracking: 2
Show
Score: 5.5 Mediocre 10 votes
Score: 5.5 Mediocre 10 votes
perfect: 2 (20%)
bad: 2 (20%)
poor: 2 (20%)
mediocre: 2 (20%)
Other: 2 (20%)
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