Watch The Hathaways Season 1 Episode 26: Elinor's Best Friend full HD on ComComHD Free

The Hathaways is a 26-episode ABC situation comedy that ran from October6,1961, to March30,1962, and starred Peggy Cass and Jack Weston as suburban Los Angeles "parents" to three performing chimps. Walter Hathaway, a real estate agent, is played by Weston. Elinore, Cass's wife, is the "mother" and booking agent for the Marquis Chimps, Candy, Charlie, and Enoch. In1960, the monkeys appeared on CBS's The Ed Sullivan Show and did some advertisements. Character actor Mary Grace Canfield played Mrs. Amanda Allison, a housekeeper; Barbara Perry played Elinore's friend and neighbor, Thelma Brockwood; and Harvey Lembeck played Jerry Roper, the chimps' theatrical agent. Mrs. Harrison, another neighbor, was played by Belle Montrose, the mother of comedian Steve Allen. The Brockwoods decide to buy the house next door despite their worries about having monkeys as neighbors. Joe Flynn appeared as Freddie Winkler in the third episode of the season, "Walter Takes a Partner," which aired on October 20. In "Candy's Tonsils," Vaughn Taylor played Dr. Dorsey, a veterinarian. In "TV or Not TV," Robert Q. Lewis portrays Barney Holt. Other episodes included "The Hathaways Sleep Out," "Grandma's Lamp," "TV or Not TV," "The Practical Joker," "Help Wanted," "The Shrewd Trader," "A Man for Amanda," and "Elinore's Best Friend."