Funny Face and The Sandy Duncan Show are two sitcoms aired by CBS starring Sandy Duncan as part of its 1971 and 1972 fall lineups, respectively. Both series were created and produced by Carl Kleinschmitt.
In Funny Face, Sandy Stockton is a young UCLA student from Taylorville, Illinois majoring in education and making ends meet by working part-time as an actress in TV commercials for the Prescott Advertising Agency. She was also befriended by neig...
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Funny Face and The Sandy Duncan Show are two sitcoms aired by CBS starring Sandy Duncan as part of its 1971 and 1972 fall lineups, respectively. Both series were created and produced by Carl Kleinschmitt.
In Funny Face, Sandy Stockton is a young UCLA student from Taylorville, Illinois majoring in education and making ends meet by working part-time as an actress in TV commercials for the Prescott Advertising Agency. She was also befriended by neighbor Alice McRaven (Valorie Armstrong) and her landlords, Pat and Kate Harwell (Henry Beckman; Kathleen Freeman). Nita Talbot played another friend, Maggie Prescott. The show was a part of the CBS 1971 Saturday night lineup which included All in the Family and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Despite ranking #8 in the Nielsen Ratings for the 1971-72 season, it was canceled less than three months after its premiere, because Duncan had to undergo surgery for a brain tumor behind her left eye. CBS returned the Sandy Stockton character and Miss Duncan...
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