That's Life (1968 TV series)

This article is about the 1968 ABC television series. For other uses, see That's Life (disambiguation).

That's Life is an American musical comedy television series that premiered on the American Broadcasting Company from 24 September 1968 to 1 April 1969. Starring Robert Morse^[3] (as Robert Dickson) and E. J. Peaker (as Gloria Quigley Dickson).

That's Life
Robert Morse as Robert Dickson (left) and E. J. Peaker as Gloria Quigley Dickson (right)
Genre	Musical comedy
Created by	Marvin Marx
Written by	Marvin Marx Bob Ellison Rod Parker Walter Stone
Directed by	Stan Harris
Starring	Robert Morse E. J. Peaker[1]
Composer	Walter Marks
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	26[2]
Production
Executive producer	Marvin Marx
Producer	Stan Harris
Production locations	Hollywood, Los Angeles, California New York City, New York
Editors	Al Pastor Mike Wenig Paul Henson
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Domar Productions
Original release
Network	American Broadcasting Company
Release	September 24, 1968 (1968-09-24) – April 1, 1969 (1969-04-01)

The series focused on the lives of Bobby and Gloria, from their first meeting through their marriage, as their lives progressed, through Gloria's pregnancy and childbirth, as well as Bobby's work experiences at the Miller Chalk Company. Characters often broke into song, in the manner of musical plays and movies. Songs included well-known numbers (for example, Morse doing a duet with an office computer on "Anything You Can Do," and guest star Ethel Merman with a rendition of "Think Pink" (from the movie Funny Face) and original tunes written for the program itself (a probable reason the episodes have never been released to home video, as rights would need to be secured for the songs; a handful of clips have been posted to YouTube).

Kay Medford had a recurring role as Gloria's mother, Mrs. Quigley, who was often antagonistic to Bobby; Agnes Moorehead (at the time a co-star of ABC's hit sitcom Bewitched) appeared as Bobby's mother in one episode.

Guest stars

• The Doodletown Pipers
• Shelley Berman
• George Burns
• Sid Caesar
• Tim Conway
• Rodney Dangerfield
• Paul Ford
• Robert Goulet
• Phil Harris
• Goldie Hawn
• Alan King
• Michele Lee
• Paul Lynde
• Guy Marks
• Kay Medford
• Ethel Merman
• Agnes Moorehead
• Tony Randall
• Dick Shawn
• Phil Silvers
• The Turtles
• Leslie Uggams
• Jackie Vernon
• Betty White

References

1. Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 415. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
2. "That's Life (1968)". TV.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 25 June 2015. ^{[dead link]}
3. Berkvist, Robert (2022-04-21). "Robert Morse, Impish Tony-Winning Comedy Star, Is Dead at 90". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-01-31.

External links

• That's Life at IMDb