loved early TV comedies but  unfortunately was broadcast live and the vast majority of the  episodes were never recorded. This was a huge financial mistake that  would finally dawn on the bean counters at CBS after the success of  _"I Love Lucy" (1951)_ (qv). CBS (and sponsor Maxwell House Coffee)  finally relented to the added cost and the series was committed to  film at the very end of production (ironically not enough episodes  were filmed to enable profitable rerun syndication). Sadly, while  older fans remember this series fondly, most of the heart