Szysznyk


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Episodes: 15 (4 unaired)

Seasons: 2

Show dates: August 1, 1977 – January 25, 1978

Performers include: Ned Beatty, Scott Colomby, Barry Miller

Description: A former Marine named Nick Szysznyk takes over running an inner city playground in Washington, D.C. In this fish out of water comedy, he has to learn how to deal with the city bureaucracy as well as his co-workers. 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".
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