Me and the Chimp

Me and the Chimp is an American television situation comedy which aired for one season during 1972 on CBS. The series was created by Garry Marshall and Thomas L. Miller and was produced by Alan Rafkin for Paramount Television.nMike Reynolds (Ted Bessell) is a dentist who lives with his wife (Anita Gillette), two children (Scott Kolden and Kami Cotler), and a chimp named Buttons, a washout from the space program (though unknown to Ted and his family until an old army sergeant visits).nEpisodes revolve around Buttons' doings or undoings, such as extending the line Ted drew on a map (to mark their driving route) onward to a ghost town, and stealing an alarm clock which gets Ted arrested for public indecency (in his pajamas).nThe series was created by Garry Marshall and Thomas L. Miller, both of whom are known for their work on Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley. Bessell originally refused to participate when the title was first given as "The Chimp and I".nThe chimpanzee who portrayed...