The Bob Cummings Show, also known as Love That Bob, was an American television sitcom which was produced from 1955 to 1959. The program began with a half-season run on NBC, then ran for two full seasons on CBS, and returned to NBC for its final two seasons. It starred Robert Cummings as a dashing young Hollywood photographer, Air Force reserve officer, and "ladies man," Bob Collins. The character's interest in aviation and photography mirrored Cummings' own in real life. The program was later rerun in the daytime hours on ABC and then syndicated under the title Love That Bob. The series also starred Rosemary DeCamp. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the television network. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... ... A photographer at the Calgary Folk Music Festival Paparazzi at the Tribeca Film Festival A photographer is a person who takes a photograph using a camera. ... “The U.S. Air Force” redirects here. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... Rosemary DeCamp (November 14, 1910-February 20, 2001) was a television and movie actress. ...

The Bob Cummings Show was important in the development of several television careers. One of the co-writers was Paul Henning, later the producer of major 1960s hits such as The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, and Green Acres. Regulars in the show included Ann B. Davis, later the long-suffering maid "Alice" on The Brady Bunch. Henning apparently remembered cast members Nancy Kulp and Joi Lansing favorably; both had long running roles on The Beverly Hillbillies, Miss Kulp as "Miss Hathaway" (secretary to banker Milburn Drysdale) and Miss Lansing as "Gladys". Paul Henning (September 16, 1911 – March 25, 2005) was an American producer and writer, most famous for the successful sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies, but was crucial in the development of several rural comedies for CBS. Henning was born on a farm and grew up in Independence, Missouri. ... A Television producer oversees the making of television penis programs. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from 1960 to 1969, inclusive. ... For the 1993 film, see The Beverly Hillbillies (film) The Beverly Hillbillies was an American television program about a hillbilly family living in Southern California. ... Petticoat Junction was an American situation comedy that was produced by Filmways, Inc. ... This article is about the television series. ... Ann B. Davis as Alice on The Brady Bunch Ann Bradford Davis (born May 5, 1926 in Schenectady, New York) is a American television actress. ... A maidservant or in current usage maid is a female employed in domestic service. ... The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ... Nancy Kulp (center) in The Beverly Hillbillies, along with costars Max Baer, Jr. ... Joi Lansing was the screen name of Joyce Wassmansdoff, born in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 6, 1928. ... Jane Hathaway is a fictional character in the 1960s television comedy, The Beverly Hillbillies, as well as its 1993 movie remake. ... For other uses, see Secretary (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Bank (disambiguation). ... Milburn Drysdale was a fictional character in the sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies as well as the 1993 movie of the same name. ...

However, perhaps the biggest career boost was that received by young Dwayne Hickman, a student at Loyola University in Los Angeles, who appeared as Bob's nephew and became a favorite with young women in the audience. The fall after The Bob Cummings Show ended, he was cast as the lead in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Dwayne Hickman (born May 18, 1934) is an American actor and television executive. ... Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic Jesuit university in Los Angeles, California, USA. The University is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities and one of five Marymount institutions of higher education. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: , State County Settled 1781 Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis was a situation comedy which ran on CBS from 1959 to 1963. ...

This program represented the height of Cummings' television career. Although he made many further appearances as a guest star and again starred in a series in the early 1960s, My Living Doll, he never again achieved the success on television that he had with this program, which was rerun in off hours until black and white television series lost almost all of their audience in the 1970s and were retired from syndicated distribution in large measure. However, reruns, using the Love that Bob title, were seen on the CBN Cable Network in the mid-'80s and the show remains in syndication on many smaller stations and networks to this day; the episodes appear to have fallen into the public domain. My Living Doll was an American comedy television series that aired for 26 episodes from September 27, 1964 to September 8, 1965. ... Black-and-white is a broad adjectival term used to describe a number of monochrome forms of visual arts. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... ABC Family is an American cable television network currently owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...

External links

• The Bob Cummings Show at the Internet Movie Database
• The Bob Cummings Show at TV.com
• The Bob Cummings Show (Love That Bob) website from Vintage TV & Movies