Szysznyk

Szysznyk (pronounced SIZ-nik) is an American sitcom produced by Paramount Television. Originally broadcast on CBS as a summer replacement series, five episodes were aired during August 1977, followed by ten more during the 1977-78 television season. The series starred Ned Beatty as Nick Szysznyk.

Szysznyk
Created by	Jim Mulligan Ron Laundry
Starring	Ned Beatty Olivia Cole Leonard Barr Thomas Carter
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	15 (4 unaired)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Four's Company Productions Paramount Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	August 1, 1977 (1977-08-01) – January 25, 1978 (1978-01-25)

Susan Lanier, Olivia Cole and Ned Beatty in a scene from the show.

Plot

Retired Marine Nick Szysznyk is a supervisor at a Washington, D.C. community center.^[1]

The ongoing punchline of the show was that people meeting Szysznyk for the first time almost invariably mispronounced his surname. An example from one episode included a narcotics detective who pronounced his name "Sneeze-wick".

Cast

• Ned Beatty as Nick Szysznyk
• Olivia Cole as Ms. Harrison
• Leonard Barr as Leonard Kriegler
• Thomas Carter as Ray Gun

Guest stars

• Susan Lanier as Sandi Chandler (two episodes)

Episode list

Season 1 (1977)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"Welcome to the Club"	Unknown	Jim Mulligan & Ron Landry	August 1, 1977 (1977-08-01)
2	2	"Little Puff"	Unknown	Michael Elias	August 8, 1977 (1977-08-08)
3	3	"To the Lighthouse"	Unknown	Jim Mulligan & Ron Landry	August 15, 1977 (1977-08-15)
4	4	"North by Northeast"	Unknown	Jim Mulligan & Ron Landry	August 22, 1977 (1977-08-22)
5	5	"Draft Choice"	Unknown	Michael Elias	August 29, 1977 (1977-08-29)

Season 2 (1977–78)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
6	1	"Ball Three"	Unknown	Alan Rosen & Fred Rubin	December 7, 1977 (1977-12-07)
7	2	"Street Gang"	Unknown	Barry Kemp	December 14, 1977 (1977-12-14)
8	3	"Beef Encounters"	Unknown	April Kelly & George Geiger	December 21, 1977 (1977-12-21)
9	4	"Run, Jenny, Run"	Unknown	Jim Mulligan & Ron Landry	December 28, 1977 (1977-12-28)
10	5	"Fortwengler's Wedding"	Unknown	David Dozer & Janet Coleman	January 4, 1978 (1978-01-04)
11	6	"You Stomped on My Heart"	Unknown	Howard Albrecht & Sol Weinstein	January 25, 1978 (1978-01-25)
12	7	"Youth of the Year"	TBD	Alan Rosen & Fred Rubin	UNAIRED
13	8	"Hell on Wheels"	TBD	Jim Mulligan & Ron Landry	UNAIRED
14	9	"Norton's Head Trip"	TBD	Michael Weinberger	UNAIRED
15	10	"A Star is Burned"	TBD	Craig Haffner & Richard Jones	UNAIRED

References

1. Overview of Szysznyk at The New York Times

External links

• Szysznyk at IMDb