Photo: Adrian Zmed

Flatbush is an American sitcom that aired on CBS for only three weeks
from February 26, 1979 to March 12, 1979, The series followed five high 
school graduates living in an Italian section of Brooklyn. They are called
‘The Flatbush Fungos’.

The sitcom was criticized for its ethnic stereotypes, but it was the lack of 
laughs (and viewers) that caused CBS to cancel it after only airing three episodes. 

One of the stars of the series was Joseph Cali who portrayed Presto
Prestopopolos  He is most remembered for playing Joey in the 1977 film 
Saturday Night Fever.

Joseph Cali

 
  
  Robert George Young (February 22, 1907 – July 21, 1998)

Robert Young appeared in minor roles in silent films and toured with a
stock company before being discovered by an MGM talent scout. He
was in over 100 films between 1932 and 1951 and later played leading
roles in the series, Father Knows Best which ran on NBC radio from
1949 to 1954 and on CBS television from 1954 to 1960. and Marcus
Welby, M.D.on ABC-TV from 1969 to 1976.
 

Robert Young with Jean Vander Pyl on radios “Father Knows Best”

The TV cast of “Father Knows Best”

Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart performed "I’ll Blow You A Kiss in the Wind"
on ABC-TV’s “Bewitched” in one of several TV series appearances. 

Private Secretary (also known as Susie) aired from February 1,
1953 to September 10, 1957 on CBS, alternating with The Jack
Benny Program on Sundays at 7:30pm EST. The series stars
Ann Sothern as Susan Camille "Susie" MacNamara, devoted
secretary to handsome talent agent Peter Sands, played by
Don Porter.

     Russell David Johnson (November 10, 1924 – January 16, 2014)

Actor Russell Johnson, who played The Professor on the CBS television
sitcom series "Gilligan’s Island," has died. Johnson’s agent that the actor
passed away at his home in Washington State Thursday morning from
kidney failure, with his wife and daughter by his side. He was the last
surviving male cast member of the show that ran from 1964 to 1967.