Angel (1960 TV series)

Angel is an American sitcom that aired on CBS during the 1960–61 television season. The series was created and executive produced by Jess Oppenheimer, and stars Annie Fargé as the title character.

Synopsis
Angelique "Angel" Smith, a pretty, young, scatterbrained Frenchwoman, comes to the United States and marries a young architect, John Smith. With her distinct French accent, Angel gets into various problems with the culture, language, and procedures in her new country.

Background
Although it had much less slapstick comedy, Angel was somewhat akin to two other CBS sitcoms, I Love Lucy (already concluded) and Pete and Gladys, a spin-off of CBS's December Bride (also already concluded). The series co-starred Doris Singleton as Angel's sympathetic friend Susie and Don Keefer as Susie's husband George, roughly akin to the Ethel and Fred roles from I Love Lucy.

Co-sponsored by General Foods (Post Cereals) and Johnson's Wax, Angel was initially broadcast at 9 pm Eastern on Thursday evenings between October 6, 1960, and April 13, 1961. On April 19, it moved to Wednesdays in the same time slot for the remaining first-run episodes, and then summer reruns.

Reception and cancellation
Earlier, Time had commented that Fargé "triumphantly resists being merely Lucille Ball with a French accent. She is easily the brightest newcomer to situation comedy—small, pert, winsome, and somehow giving the impression of being attractively feathered." Despite the good personal reviews, Fargé left U.S. television within a few years for a career in France, where she was often credited as "Annie Fargue".

Guest stars

 * Denise Alexander
 * Madge Blake
 * Mel Blanc
 * Bobby Diamond
 * Ross Elliott
 * Stuart Erwin
 * James Garner
 * Ned Glass
 * Gale Gordon
 * Jonathan Hole
 * Dennis Holmes
 * Lamont Johnson


 * Joseph Kearns
 * Tommy Kirk
 * Dayton Lummis
 * Howard McNear
 * Don Megowan
 * Stafford Repp
 * Hanley Stafford
 * Lyle Talbot
 * Minerva Urecal
 * Herb Vigran
 * Jesse White
 * Mary Wickes
 * Frank Wilcox