Me and the Chimp


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Episodes: 13

Seasons: 1

Show dates: January 13 – April 27, 1972

Performers include: Ted Bessell, Anita Gillette

Description: Mike Reynolds is a dentist who lives with his wife, two children, and a chimpanzee named Buttons, who is a washout from the space program (a fact unknown to Mike and his family until an old army sergeant visits). Episodes revolve around Buttons' doings or undoings, such as extending the line Mike drew on a map (to mark their driving route) onward to a ghost town, and stealing an alarm clock which gets Mike arrested for public indecency (in his pajamas).
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