ISO: THE ASSOCIATES (1979-80) [UPDATE: Found!]

[upperco]

I am happy to say that I have tracked down all 13 episodes!

Here are some of the highlights in my collection:

THE GEORGE BURNS & GRACIE ALLEN SHOW -- Filmed Years (238/239)
OUR MISS BROOKS (127/130)
DECEMBER BRIDE (120ish/157)
DATE WITH THE ANGELS (30/33)

ANGEL (31/33)
HEY, LANDLORD! (16/31)
HE & SHE (25/26)
MY WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT (26/26)

THE NEW DICK VAN DYKE SHOW (71/72)
THE PAUL LYNDE SHOW (23/26)
BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE (12/12)
PAUL SAND IN FRIENDS AND LOVERS (1/15)
FAY (4/10)
PHYLLIS (48/48)
DOC (1/31)
THE TONY RANDALL SHOW (42/44)
THE BETTY WHITE SHOW (14/14)
SANFORD ARMS (4/8)
THE ROPERS (28/28)
ARCHIE BUNKER'S PLACE (97/97)
THE ASSOCIATES (12/13)

SANFORD (26/26)
FILTHY RICH (15/15)
AMANDA'S BY THE SEA (13/13)
THREE'S A CROWD (22/22)
MARY (13/13)
ALL IS FORGIVEN (9/9)

THE GOLDEN PALACE (24/24)

[bencasey]

Have them but your trade list doesn't have anything on it that I need.

[upperco]

Hi bencasey,

Thanks to a generous member with whom I made a trade, I am now in need of only one other episode. Do you have it -- #13: "The Out Of Town Trip"?

Let me know, because if the sitcoms in my trade list (including the recent additions) don't strike your fancy, I may have some other stuff that could interest you!

[Smilings]

More info on
Episode 13 of 1979 Martin Short lawyer sitcom THE ASSOCIATES.

13 "The Out of Town Trip" Tom Trbovich Rich Reinhart Unaired
The associates defend the head of a tire company accused of misusing funds, while Leslie quits the firm thinking it represents criminals.

This was a funny show from creative team behind Taxi.

The Associates (1979)
aired from: Sep 1979 to: Apr 1980
13 eps ABC (US) 30 min
regulars:
Wilfrid Hyde-White as Emerson Marshall
Joe Regalbuto as Eliot Streeter
Alley Mills as Leslie Dunn
Martin Short as Tucker Kerwin
Shelley Smith as Sara James
Tim Thomerson as Johnny Danko

[TMC]

http://thiswastv.com/2012/07/31/1970...he-associates/

The lead character was Tucker, played by a young Martin Short—so young that he was still pronouncing “about” as “aboot,” proving all the Canadian stereotypes to be shamefully true. In the first episode, Tucker is drafted out of Harvard Law School to be an associate at a major law firm. On the first day, he meets the other new associates, the gorgeous blonde blueblood Sara (Shelley Smith) and Leslie (Alley Mills) a Hollywood homely working class woman with a ton of student loans to pay off. (This sets up a classic Betty and Veronica situation throughout the show: Short pursues the unattainable Sara while mostly ignoring Leslie’s crush on him.) And he meets Mr. Marshall (Wilfrid Hyde-Whyte), the elderly, dotty, rambling, but unexpectedly sharp senior partner, who is sort of like Latka and Reverend Jim combined and turned into an old British man—whenever a scene is slow, bring on Whyte to deliver a funny line or a rambling monologue. The role of Louie DePalma-esque creep is filled by the unctuous Elliot Streeter (Joe Regalbuto), who believes unconditionally in all the evil lawyer stuff that the other characters have moral qualms about. And as the token blue-collar guy, there’s Johnny Danko (Tim Thomerson), the disco-suited gofer and office stud.

[upperco]

I have just tracked down that elusive final episode. My collection is now complete. Anyone interested, please PM me!