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tv star collector · 03-31-2006, 06:45 PM

Dom DeLuise was nominated for a Golden Globe for his role as Stan Belmont on
the short-lived NBC sitcom LOTSA LUCK. Carl Reiner, by the way, was one of
the creators of the show.

Lamont · 03-31-2006, 09:38 PM

That Deluise should have been a bigger star

he is so funny a comic actor
and he did so well in Fatso in a serious role

i have always said that if he was around back in the 50s he would have been a huge star like Gleason

TV Knowledge Fan · 04-03-2006, 04:36 PM

...but "LOTSA LUCK" was actually adapted from a British comedy called "ON THE BUSES"- Reiner merely reworked the show (with Bill Persky & Sam Denoff, his old writing buddies from "THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW") for an American audience. NBC, however, had no patience in waiting for ther show to become a "hit" (especially when it was on opposite "GUNSMOKE"!!), and dumped it at the end of the 1973-'74 season. Big mistake...NBC didn't have another hit sitcom for the rest of the decade!!!

03-31-2006, 06:45 PM	#1
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04-03-2006, 04:36 PM	#3
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	Carl Reiner may have been one of the "creators".. ...but "LOTSA LUCK" was actually adapted from a British comedy called "ON THE BUSES"- Reiner merely reworked the show (with Bill Persky & Sam Denoff, his old writing buddies from "THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW") for an American audience. NBC, however, had no patience in waiting for ther show to become a "hit" (especially when it was on opposite "GUNSMOKE"!!), and dumped it at the end of the 1973-'74 season. Big mistake...NBC didn't have another hit sitcom for the rest of the decade!!!