The Chicago Teddy Bears

The Chicago Teddy Bears is a short lived American sitcom that aired on CBS. The series was part of the networks 1971 fall lineup, premiering on September 17, 1971. Prohibition-era Chicago has always been fodder for plots about its intrigues, ever since it was contemporary; most of the resulting entertainment has centered around violent confrontations between criminal gangs and the police or between factions of gangsters and while it might occasio... more

The Chicago Teddy Bears is a short lived American sitcom that aired on CBS. The series was part of the networks 1971 fall lineup, premiering on September 17, 1971. Prohibition-era Chicago has always been fodder for plots about its intrigues, ever since it was contemporary; most of the resulting entertainment has centered around violent confrontations between criminal gangs and the police or between factions of gangsters and while it might occasionally contain comic elements functioning as comic relief, the bulk of it was generally unsentimental, as seen in The Untouchables. However, The Chicago Teddy Bears was basically a straight sitcom, where the threat of violence was mainly inferential rather than overt; unlike the group which inspired the show's title, the Chicago Bears, then and now the city's NFL team, these "bears" were not particularly aggressive. In The Chicago Teddy Bears, Linc McCray (Dean Jones) and his Uncle Latzi (John Banner) were partners in a speakeasy. As it was... less