Season 6 • Episode 20
LatestA Philadelphia heiress hires Stu to find her long-lost mother.
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.
Acting
Edd Byrnes accidentally stealing the show as Kookie.
Production
Pure 1958 Hollywood backlot fantasy Los Angeles.
Costume
Slim suits that would make your tailor weep.
Creator
Roy Huggins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Edd Byrnes released a chart-topping novelty song 'Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)' in 1959, making him briefly bigger than the show itself.
Roy Huggins later created The Fugitive and The Rockford Files—basically, he invented the template for every cool TV detective that followed.
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