Apple Pie (TV series)
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Created byNorman Lear
Written byCharlie Hauck
Sy Rosen
Bill Davenport
Arthur Julian
Sy Rosen
Bill Davenport
Arthur Julian
Directed byPeter Bonerz
| Apple Pie | |
|---|---|
 Promotional photo, (from left to right: Jack Gilford, Rue McClanahan, Dabney Coleman) | |
| Created by | Norman Lear |
| Written by | Charlie Hauck Sy Rosen Bill Davenport Arthur Julian |
| Directed by | Peter Bonerz |
| Starring | Rue McClanahan Dabney Coleman Jack Gilford Caitlin O'Heaney Derrel Maury |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (6 unaired) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Charlie Hauck |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | T.A.T. Communications Company |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 23 – September 30, 1978 |
Apple Pie is an American sitcom that aired for only two episodes on ABC on September 23 and September 30, 1978.
Rue McClanahan starred as Ginger-Nell Hollyhock, a single and lonely hairdresser who lives in Kansas City, Missouri, during the Great Depression year of 1933. When Ginger-Nell places classified ads in the local newspapers, she recruits a group of wacky relatives – "a con-man husband, Fast Eddie Murtaugh; a tap-dancing daughter, Anna Marie Hollyhock; a son who wanted to fly like a bird, Junior Hollyhock; and a tottering old blind grandfather, Grandpa Hollyhock – all of whom come to live together for the laughs."[1]
Cast
- Rue McClanahan as Ginger-Nell Hollyhock
- Dabney Coleman as Fast Eddie Murtaugh
- Jack Gilford as Grandpa Hollyhock
- Caitlin O'Heaney as Anna Marie Hollyhock
- Derrel Maury as Junior Hollyhock
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "Pilot" | Peter Bonerz | Lawrence J. Cohen, Fred Freeman & Charlie Hauck | Unaired | |
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When an FBI agent shows up at the Hollyhock house looking for a bank robbery suspect, Grandpa Hollyhock and the family thinks it's a laughing matter. | |||||
| 2 | "Fast Eddie Slows Down" | Peter Bonerz | Charlie Hauck | September 23, 1978 | |
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In need of mortgage money, Ginger-Nell advertises for a head of household to pay the bill. | |||||
| 3 | "Ginger-Nell Goes Hollywood" | Peter Bonerz | Charlie Hauck | September 30, 1978 | |
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A fast-talking door-to-door salesman (Ken Berry) tells Ginger-Nell she's going to be a star. | |||||
| 4 | "Rich Man, Poor Girl" | Peter Bonerz | Sy Rosen | Unaired | |
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Anna Marie falls in love with a wealthy snob (William Schallert) and Ginger-Nell fears he will take advantage of her. | |||||
| 5 | "The Tornado" | Peter Bonerz | Bill Davenport | Unaired | |
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A tornado hits town and the Hollyhock family seeks shelter in their cellar. | |||||
| 6 | "Ginger-Nell Loses Her Touch" | Peter Bonerz | Arthur Julian | Unaired | |
| 7 | "A Man from Ginger-Nell's Past" | Peter Bonerz | Arthur Julian | Unaired | |
| 8 | "They Walk Among us" | Peter Bonerz | Sy Rosen | Unaired | |