Surfside 6 was a television series (1960-1962) about a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat, featuring Van Williams as Kenny Madison (a character recycled from Bourbon Street Beat, a similar series that had appeared the the same time slot the season before), Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne, and Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II. Diane McBain also starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was parked next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami hangout. Location of Miami Beach in Miami-Dade County, Florida. ... Van (Van Zandt) Williams is an American actor (born February 22, 1934, in Fort Worth, Texas) best known for his brief yet world famous television role as Britt Reid aka Green Hornet with the late Bruce Lee as his sidekick Kato, in the 1966-1967 ABC The Green Hornet television... Bourbon Street Beat was a private detective series which ran on the American Broadcasting Company from 1959 through 1960. ... Lee Patterson (born March 31, 1929 in Vancouver, British Columbia), is a Canadian television actor. ... Troy Donahue Troy Donahue (born January 27, 1936 in New York City; died September 2, 2001 in Santa Monica, California) was an American actor, known for being a teen idol. ...

Surfside 6 was one of four detective TV series produced by Warner Brothers around that time, the others being 77 Sunset Strip (set in L.A.), Hawaiian Eye (set in Hawaii), and the aforementioned Bourbon Street Beat (set in New Orleans). Plots, scripts (changing the names and locales), characters, and everything else crossed over from one series to another, not a difficult feat since they were all actually shot on the studio's backlots in Los Angeles. Warner Bros. ... 77 Sunset Strip was one of the most popular of the detective television shows in early television. ... Hawaiian Eye was an American television series that ran from October 1959 to September 1963 on the American Broadcasting Company television network. ... Bourbon Street Beat was a private detective series which ran on the American Broadcasting Company from 1959 through 1960. ...

Surfside 6 had a memorable theme song, written by Jerry Livingston and Mack David, who composed themes for many ABC television series of the time. The catchy theme has been parodied in popular culture, most recently on Family Guy, in which Stewie sang the theme to himself: This article needs to be wikified. ... Mack David (born July 5, 1912) was an American lyricist and songwriter, best known for his work with movies and television in the 1960s, particularly his work on the Disney films Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland. ... Family Guy is an American animated television series and sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane for FOX in 1999. ... Stewie dispenses of his second greatest adversary, Mr Rogers! Stewart Stewie Gilligan Griffin, voiced by Seth MacFarlane, is a character in the animated television series Family Guy. ...

Surfside 6!

Who lives there?

Surfside 6!

Young bachelors?

In Miami Beach!

The actual lyrics varied from week to week, but "Surfside 6" and "In Miami Beach!" stayed intact. When the women would be introduced, the melody picked up with back-up singers singing "Cha Cha Cha" when the announcer introduced Margarita Sierra.