The Dumplings (TV series)
The Dumplings is an American sitcom starring James Coco and Geraldine Brooks that aired on NBC during the 1975–76 television season.[2][3] The series was based on a syndicated comic strip of the same name by Fred Lucky that ran in newspapers from 1975 to 1977.[4] Joe and Angela Dumpling are a very happily married and overweight couple who are very much in love with each other and with life, never have a bad thing to say about one another, and exude good cheer and enthusiasm.They operate Dudley's Take-Out, a luncheonette on the ground floor of a Manhattan skyscraper owned by the Bristol Oil Company.Charles Sweetzer, who works upstairs as executive vice president of Bristol Oil, is a regular customer, as are New York city councilman Frederic Steele, Mr. Sweetzer's secretary Bridget McKenna[3][5][6] (or Norah McKenna, according to some sources[1][2][7]), and Angela's sister Stephanie.