I Married Joan was a 1952-1955sitcom starring Joan Davis and Jim Backus. It aired on NBC. 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Joan Davis (born Madonna Josephine Davis June 29, 1907 in St. ... Jim Backus Jim Backus (February 25, 1913âJuly 3, 1989) was a radio, television and movie actor, and voice actor. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American radio and television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...
Like "I Love Lucy", "I MarriedJoan" featued an upstanding, sensible husband married to a wacky but well-meaning wife who caused problems everywhere she went.
In this case the husband was Brad Stevens, a domestic court judge.
Then the story would be acted out as the show progressed (in sydication most of the opening courtroom scenes are edited out.) Slapstick, physical comedy was at the core of the show and the crazier the stunts, the better.