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The Pruitts of Southampton is an American situation comedy that aired during the 1966-67 season on the ABC network. The show was based on the novel House Party (1954) by Patrick Dennis. It was ABC's attempt to turn female stand-up comic Phyllis Diller into a sitcom comedienne very much in the style of Lucille Ball.
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Sep 12, 2006 · Phyllis Diller - The Pruitts of Southampton. CraigSD. 5.14K subscribers. 161. 67K views 17 years ago. 30 episodes in 1966-67. "Marvie-poo!" Will it ever come out on dvd? ...more.
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The Phyllis Diller Show: Created by David Levy. With Phyllis Diller, Reginald Gardiner, Grady Sutton, Pam Freeman. Follows the Pruitt family, who live like royalty in a huge mansion. The only slight problem: they are flat broke and live off the state.
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For reasons that don’t matter very much, the Pruitts were obliged to keep up appearances of wealth in their Long Island mansion while trying to reconcile themselves to the squalid life of a family with only eight rooms, one butler – Sturgis (Grady Sutton) – and one car.
Overview. An audit by the Internal Revenue Service about overdue taxes reveals that the supposedly incredibly wealthy Pruitts family is in fact broke. Presumably causing the economic depression, an improbably charitable IRS allows them to continue living in their mansion and maintaining the pretensions of great wealth.
The Pruitts of Southampton · Season 1 starring Phyllis Diller, Reginald Gardiner. The plot basically revolves around the Pruitt family living in Long Island, who live like royalty in a huge mansion. Slight problem is that they are flat broke & live off the state.
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