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Opening theme
  
First episode date
  
17 September 1965

Theme song
  
Tammy

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Genre
  
Sitcom

Country of origin
  
United States

Final episode date
  
11 March 1966


Directed by
  
Leslie GoodwinsSidney Miller

Starring
  
Debbie WatsonDenver PyleDonald WoodsDorothy Green

Theme music composer
  
Jay LivingstonRay Evans

Network
  
American Broadcasting Company

Cast
  
Similar
  
Karen, Gidget, Love - American Style, The Virginian

Tammy the tv series


Tammy is an American sitcom, starring Debbie Watson in the title role. Produced by Universal City Studios, 26 color half-hour episodes were aired on ABC from September 17, 1965 to March 11, 1966.

Contents

Tammy was loosely based on the three Tammy films; Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) starring Debbie Reynolds; Tammy Tell Me True (1961); and Tammy and the Doctor (1963) both starring Sandra Dee. The films themselves were adaptations of novels by Cid Ricketts Sumner. The series was also partially influenced by other rural-themed TV sitcoms such as The Beverly Hillbillies. In particular, there are similarities between Tammy's Cletus Tarleton and The Beverly Hillbillies' Jethro Bodine.

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Synopsis

The premise of the program revolves around Tammy Tarleton, an 18-year-old country girl who moves back and forth between her country family, which lives on a bayou houseboat, and the wealthy Brents, who own a plantation and pancake business. Tammy is hired as a secretary by a powerful industrialist with a handsome young son. A high society dame who wants her own daughter to marry the son, repeatedly but unsuccessfully tries to smear Tammy’s reputation.

As with Gidget, there are many differences between the series and films that inspired it. In the movies, Tammy's full name is Tambrey Tyree, shortened to Tammy. The Tyree was changed to Tarleton. Also, Tammy Tyree had no family other than her grandfather, who was occasionally picked up by revenuers for fabricating "corn-likker".

Tammy lasted for one season (26 episodes), and was cancelled in 1966.

Main cast

  • Tammy Tarleton — Debbie Watson
  • Grandpa Lancelot TarletonDenver Pyle
  • Uncle Lucius — Frank McGrath
  • John BrentDonald Woods
  • Steven BrentJay Sheffield
  • Dwayne Whitt — George Furth
  • Cousin Cletus Tarleton — Dennis Robertson
  • Lavinia Tate — Dorothy Green
  • Gloria TateLinda Marshall
  • Peter Tate — David Macklin
  • Mrs. BrentDoris Packer
  • Tammy and the Millionaire

    In 1967, a cinema movie called Tammy and the Millionaire was released which included all the main TV cast (except Cletus Tarleton) and was a re-edit from four half-hour 1965 Tammy TV episodes.

    International airings

    Tammy was originally broadcast in several countries, including Japan, Germany, and Australia. The Tammy series was especially popular in Germany.

    References

    Tammy (TV series) Wikipedia