Calucci's Department aired from September until December 1973 on CBS.
This ethnic Situation Comedy created by Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna was scheduled at 8:00 on Fridays, opposite NBC's Sanford And Son, and thus it went nowhere.
Roly-poly comic James Coco, portayed Joe Calluci,the supervisor of a branch of the New York State Unemployment Office. Calluci had to cope with the problems of unemployed claimants, the frictions among various members of his staff ( who were carefully picked to represent every race, religion and creed imaginable), and the frustrations of government red tape. As if that wasn't enough, he was in love with his secretary Shirley ( Candy Azzara)-or at least infatuated with her-but the series was canceled before their relationship really developed. Apparently most Americans did not find an unemployment office very amusing.
A Review From Time Magazine
CALUCCI'S DEPT. CBS. Friday, 8-8:30 p.m. E.D.T. New York Stage and Film Actor James Coco (Last of the Red Hot Lovers) has the mournfully expressive eyes of a wise old beagle and the roundly appealing face of an anemone in full flower. As Calucci, the head of a local unemployment office, he mobilizes these attributes to create a sweet and believable character who does not need the script's occasional overkill in what the trade calls "heart" scenes. Samples: an oh-so-wistful, what's-life-all-about dialogue in a confessional in the first episode; a painfully prolonged avowal of friendship for Co-Star José Perez in another. The infectiously funny Perez, as one of Calucci's handful of oddball employees, is the show's second asset. He is a perfect foil for Coco's brand of gentle humor, and steals a star's share of the laughs himself with his ongoing search for "the Puerto Rican dream" —cars, girls, silk socks, "a big house overlooking San Juan harbor and golf every day with Trini Lopez and Cantinflas." It's a nice show.
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