The Cara Williams Show

Although Cara's boss, Mr. Burkhardt, finds the scatterbrained Cara indispensable because only she can find anything in her incredibly complicated filing system,[2] Fenwick Industries strictly prohibits its employees from marrying one another, so to keep their jobs the newlyweds conceal their marriage from Mr.Touting her as the next wacky redhead in the mold of Lucille Ball — a November 1964 TV Guide article described her as having a "feminine" comedy style like Ball′s that contrasted with the “masculine mannerisms” of Carol Burnett and Martha Raye, although Williams did not acknowledge any similarity to Ball[4] — CBS returned her to prime-time television to star in her own show, the eponymous The Cara Williams Show, for the 1964–1965 season.[3] In depicting a previously divorced, childless, two-income married couple, the show was ahead of its time when it premiered in September 1964.[5] Keefe Brasselle created and developed The Cara Williams Show and co-produced it with Phil Sharpe."[citation needed] The Cara Williams Show ran for a single season, airing on Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. throughout its original September 1964–April 1965 run.
Clockwise from top: Cast members Frank Aletter , Cara Williams , and Paul Reed in a promotional photograph for The Cara Williams Show .
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