| Surfside 6 | |
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 Margarita Sierra, Troy Donohue, Lee Patterson, Diane McBain and Van Williams in Surfside 6 |
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| Format | Private detective series |
| Created by | William T. Orr and Hugh Benson |
| Starring | Lee Patterson Troy Donohue Van Williams Diane McBain Margarita Sierra |
| Theme music composer | Jerry Livingston and Mack David |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. Margarita Sierra ( January 5, 1936 - September 6, 1963) was a nightclub singer and television star as Cha Cha O'Brien on Surfside 6 Troy Donahue ( January 27, 1936 – September 2, 2001) was an American Actor, known for being a Teen idol. Lee Patterson ( March 31 1929, Vancouver British Columbia &mdash February 14 2007) was a Canadian Movie and Diane McBain (born May 18[[ 941]] is an American actress who as a Warner Brothers contract player reached a brief peak of popularity during the early Van (Van Zandt Williams is a former American Actor (born February 27, 1934, in Fort Worth Texas) best known for his brief A private investigator or private detective (often shortened to PI or private eye) is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake William T Orr ( 27 September 1917 - 25 December 2002) was principally a Television producer, most associated with a string of Lee Patterson ( March 31 1929, Vancouver British Columbia &mdash February 14 2007) was a Canadian Movie and Troy Donahue ( January 27, 1936 – September 2, 2001) was an American Actor, known for being a Teen idol. Van (Van Zandt Williams is a former American Actor (born February 27, 1934, in Fort Worth Texas) best known for his brief Diane McBain (born May 18[[ 941]] is an American actress who as a Warner Brothers contract player reached a brief peak of popularity during the early Margarita Sierra ( January 5, 1936 - September 6, 1963) was a nightclub singer and television star as Cha Cha O'Brien on Surfside 6 Jerry Livingston (born March 25, 1909 in Denver, Colorado, died on July 1, 1987) was an American Songwriter Mack David ( July 5, 1912 - December 30, 1993) was an American lyricist and songwriter best known for his work in film and television in the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of episodes | 74 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
William T. The following is a list of episodes for the 1960 detective television series Surfside 6: Season one Season two Orr |
| Producer(s) | Jerry Davis Charles Hoffman Ed Jurist Joel Rogosin Tom McKnight Mack David |
| Supervising producer(s) |
Howie Horwitz Joel Rogosin |
| Location(s) |  California |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Picture format | 1. Jerome Davis (born January 5, 1924) is a former professional American football Defensive back for the Chicago Cardinals Charles Hoffman ( September 28, 1911 - April 8, 1972) was a film and television writer and film producer Mack David ( July 5, 1912 - December 30, 1993) was an American lyricist and songwriter best known for his work in film and television in the California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. 33 : 1 monochrome |
| Audio format | monaural |
| Original run | October 6, 1960 – June 25, 1962 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Bourbon Street Beat |
| Related shows | 77 Sunset Strip Hawaiian Eye |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
Surfside 6 is an ABC television series (1960–1962) about a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat, featuring Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield, II, Van Williams as Kenny Madison (a character recycled from Bourbon Street Beat, a similar series that had appeared in exactly the same time slot the season before), and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Monochrome comes from the Greek μονόχρωμος ( monochromos) meaning “of one color” which is a combination Monaural (often shortened to mono) sound reproduction is single-channel Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus The year 1960 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1960. Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians The year 1962 in television involved some significant eventsBelow is a list of Television -related events in 1962. Bourbon Street Beat is a 77 Sunset Strip is Hawaiian Eye is an American The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A houseboat is a Boat that has been designed or modified to be used primarily as a Human Dwelling. Troy Donahue ( January 27, 1936 – September 2, 2001) was an American Actor, known for being a Teen idol. Van (Van Zandt Williams is a former American Actor (born February 27, 1934, in Fort Worth Texas) best known for his brief Bourbon Street Beat is a Lee Patterson ( March 31 1929, Vancouver British Columbia &mdash February 14 2007) was a Canadian Movie and Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was parked next to their houseboat. Diane McBain (born May 18[[ 941]] is an American actress who as a Warner Brothers contract player reached a brief peak of popularity during the early Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Margarita Sierra ( January 5, 1936 - September 6, 1963) was a nightclub singer and television star as Cha Cha O'Brien on Surfside 6
Description and theme song
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. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and 77 Sunset Strip is A. ), Hawaiian Eye (set in Hawaii), and the aforementioned Bourbon Street Beat (set in New Orleans). Hawaiian Eye is an American The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana Plots, scripts (changing the names and locales), characters, and almost 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.
Surfside 6 had a memorable theme song, written by Jerry Livingston and Mack David. Jerry Livingston (born March 25, 1909 in Denver, Colorado, died on July 1, 1987) was an American Songwriter Mack David ( July 5, 1912 - December 30, 1993) was an American lyricist and songwriter best known for his work in film and television in the The theme has been parodied in popular culture, most recently on Family Guy. Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other In the episode "Fore Father", Stewie sang the theme to Brian, as Stewie worked on a papier-mâché model of the houseboat from Surfside 6:
- Surfside 6!
- Who lives there?
- Surfside 6!
- Young bachelors?
- In Miami Beach!
The lyrics varied from week to week, but "Surfside 6" and "In Miami Beach!" stayed intact. "Fore Father" is an episode from the second season of the FOX animated series Family Guy. Stewart Gilligan "Stewie" Griffin, is a Fictional character in the animated series Family Guy. Papier-mâché ( French for 'chewed-up paper' because of its appearance sometimes called paper-mâché, is a construction material that consists of pieces of When the women would be introduced, the melody picked up with back-up singers singing "Cha Cha Cha" when the announcer introduced Margarita Sierra, who vamped exaggeratedly and winked at the camera during this brief weekly sequence.
In its first season, Surfside 6 was paired opposite the CBS sitcoms Bringing Up Buddy and The Danny Thomas Show and NBC's Western Tales of Wells Fargo starring Dale Robertson. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Bringing Up Buddy is a 39-episode Situation comedy Television series which aired on CBS during the 1960–1961 season The Danny Thomas Show (known as Make Room for Daddy during the first four seasons is a Sitcom which ran from 1953 to 1957 The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. Tales of Wells Fargo was a successful TV western series that ran from 1957 to 1962. Dale Robertson (born Dayle Lamoine Robertson on July 14, 1923) is an American actor best known for his starring roles on television In the second year, Surfide 6 competed against Danny Thomas and The Andy Griffith Show on CBS and NBC's short-lived 87th Precinct, a series about a New York City police precinct. The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised by CBS between October 3 1960 and April 1 The 87th Precinct is a series of Police procedural novels and stories written by Ed McBain. The City of New York A precinct is a space enclosed by the walls or other boundaries of a particular place or building or by an arbitrary and imaginary line drawn around it
Episode list
See List of Surfside 6 episodes
External links
- Surfside 6 at Thrilling Detective website
- Surfside 6 at Classic TV Hits website
- Surfside 6 at the Internet Movie Database
- Surfside 6 at TV.com
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