The People's Choice was a Syndication network sitcom series created by Irving Brecher, starring Jackie Cooper in the lead role.
The show aired from October 6, 1955 to September 25, 1958, lasting for three seasons & 104 episodes.
It was produced by Norden Productions and was primarily sponsored by The Borden Company.
Plot[]
The series was about Socrates "Sock" Miller, a former Marine and a young politician living in fictitious New City, California.
Sock has a basset hound named "Cleo", whose thoughts (voiced by Mary Jane Croft) and baleful observations of Sock's dilemmas, are recorded on the soundtrack for the viewers' amusement.
Cast[]
- Jackie Cooper as Socrates "Sock" Miller
- Patricia Breslin as Amanda "Mandy" Peoples Miller
- Paul Maxey as Mayor John Peoples
- Margaret Irving as Aunt Gus
- Dick Wesson as Rollo (1956-1958)
- Mary Jane Croft as Cleo (voice)