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Created by
  
Ron Clark & Tim Conway

Starring
  
Tim Conway

First episode date
  
15 March 1983

Network
  
CBS

Number of episodes
  
5

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Genre
  
Parody Comedy

Directed by
  
Michael Preece

Country of origin
  
USA

Final episode date
  
12 April 1983

Number of seasons
  
1

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Theme music composer
  
Hughie Cannon Peter Matz

Cast
  
Tim Conway, Billy Barty, Joe Regalbuto, Dick Christie, Bill Henderson

Similar
  
The Associates, Mama's Family, Baby Makes Five, Police Squad!, Dreams

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Ace Crawford, Private Eye is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from March to April 1983. The series parodied the “hard-boiled detective” genre.

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Synopsis

Tim Conway stars as a trench-coated private detective who always solves the case and catches the bad guy, despite his constant bumbling. The show was broadcast on Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET. Only five episodes were aired.

Cast and characters

In addition to Tim Conway as Ace Crawford, the cast included:

  • Joe Regalbuto as Toomey, a CPA and Conway’s assistant; he always saw Crawford as a hero, and thought that his bumbling was simply some kind of cunning strategy.
  • Billy Barty as Inch, owner and bartender of The Shanty, a wharfside bar where Crawford hangs out.
  • Shera Danese as Luana, a singer at The Shanty who lusted after Crawford.
  • Bill Henderson as Mello, a blind jazz musician at The Shanty.
  • Dick Christie as Detective Lieutenant Fanning, who was always mystified as to how Crawford solved every case.

    • Format

    In each half-hour episode, Crawford would be hired for, or otherwise find himself involved in, a case in which criminals were taking advantage of innocent citizens. He would then approach the case using Conway’s trademark comedy style; in one episode he was disguised as a feeble old man, in another he was using a children's toy microphone as a “wire,” et cetera. In spite of the slapstick results of his actions, Crawford would always emerge triumphant.

    Every episode ended the same way: Crawford would leave The Shanty at night and walk along the wharf, vanishing into the fog... and then audibly fall into the water.

    Each episode was on film (as opposed to videotape), and had a laugh track.

    Availability

    In 1989, a VHS videocassette was released, containing the first three episodes. This videocassette is currently out of print, and this show has not yet been released on DVD.

    References

    Ace Crawford, Private Eye Wikipedia
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