It's a Man's World Chicago Gains a Number (Season 1, Episode 11)
TV Episode | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

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It's a Man's World

Chicago Gains a Number (Season 1, Episode 11)

TV Episode | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Tom-Tom is expelled from college for failing to take makeup exams. Frustrated by the bureaucracy, during which we're given a prescient tech babble about flowcharts and computers, somebody was doing their homework, he quits school to head ...See moreTom-Tom is expelled from college for failing to take makeup exams. Frustrated by the bureaucracy, during which we're given a prescient tech babble about flowcharts and computers, somebody was doing their homework, he quits school to head back home to Chicago. By this point in the series it was becoming apparent that Ted Bessell was stealing the show. Certainly, Glenn Corbett had all the classic leading man requisites, which he would display to good effect in the next decade, but Bessell was clearly the guy who could charm the camera. Dawn Wells shows up again, this time sans her paratrooper boyfriend and is working at the college registrar's office as a key punch operator (remember those) rather than the local newspaper. This one is a showcase for Bessell, who puts on a virtual one man show as he explores his life and we learn about his wealthy, disconnected family. He even does some rare breaking the fourth wall and talking directly to the camera. Again, this is a major departure from the typical show, if such a thing existed. We come to understand who Tom-Tom is, that he's not just a goof off, that he's trying desperately not to become his father and get buried alive in a soul killing job. We understand finally, that he wants to be a writer. It's good, but not the rollicking fun of something like Molly Pitcher and the Green Eyed Monster or Driving Over to Exeter. A sad, introspective outing. The show truly was an anthology, which is always a hard sell with a television audience. Written by The Mystic Hedgehog See less

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20 cast members

Name	Known for
Glenn Corbett Wes Macauley Wes Macauley See fewer	Chisum (1970)
Ted Bessell Thomas A. 'Tom-Tom' DeWitt Thomas A. 'Tom-Tom' DeWitt See fewer	The Tracey Ullman Show (1987)
Michael Burns Howie Macauley Howie Macauley See fewer	The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968)
Randy Boone Vern Hodges Vern Hodges See fewer	The Virginian (1962)
Harry Harvey Houghton Stott (as Harry Harvey Sr.) Houghton Stott (as Harry Harvey Sr.) See fewer	The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Karl Swenson Mr. DeWitt Mr. DeWitt See fewer	The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Kathryn Givney Mrs. DeWitt Mrs. DeWitt See fewer	Daddy Long Legs (1955)
Anne Anderson Marilyn Marilyn See fewer	True Colors (1990)
Dawn Wells Molly Molly See fewer	Gilligan's Island (1964)
Jeanine Cashell Alma Jean Dobson Alma Jean Dobson See fewer	It's a Man's World (1962)
Scott White Mr. Dobson Mr. Dobson See fewer	It's a Man's World (1962)
Betsy Jones-Moreland Miss Dugan (as Betsy Jones Moreland) Miss Dugan (as Betsy Jones Moreland) See fewer	Last Woman on Earth (1960)
Chet Stratton Frank DeWitt Frank DeWitt See fewer	Hawaiian Eye (1959)
Meg Wyllie Mrs. Kling Mrs. Kling See fewer	The Last Starfighter (1984)
Elisabeth Talbot-Martin Mrs. Ryder (as Elizabeth Talbot Martin) Mrs. Ryder (as Elizabeth Talbot Martin) See fewer	Peter Gunn (1958)
Alexander Lockwood Will Ryder Will Ryder See fewer	Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Elizabeth Harrower Mrs. Overhill Mrs. Overhill See fewer	Days of Our Lives (1965)
Mary Lee Dearring Miranda Overhill Miranda Overhill See fewer	Fireside Theatre (1949)
Elsie Baker Mrs. Prescott Mrs. Prescott See fewer	Beatrice Fairfax (1916)
Howard Hoffman Winters Winters See fewer	House on Haunted Hill (1959)