The first dozen or so episodes of the “Topper” series have some fairly witty scripts. But it does go downhill into sheer silliness after that. And like a lot of early-tv fare, it’s really, really low-budget, and they sure ground out the episodes (39 each season) back then. Despite it all, the top-flight performers still made it reasonably fun. Same producers, I believe, who also made the “Mr. and Mrs. North” tv-series.
“the Mr. and Mrs. North tv-series.”
I had to look that one up. I was too young to have seen it and I don’t recall ever hearing about it before.
I can barely remember Our Miss Brooks. With Richard Crenna who looked 17 but in fact had been an infantryman at the Battle of the Bulge.
Another show I recall enjoying was The Millionaire.
“In this hit 1950’s TV series, a millionaire indulges himself giving away one million dollars apiece to persons that he has never met. “