THE RECENT PASSING of Anne B. Davis has put us to mind of those sitcoms of a now bygone era; a time when you could get into trouble for just saying words like pregnant, hell, damn or water-closet on the air. My, how things have changed! MOST ALL OF the attention concerning the death of Miss Davis, at 88 years of age, pertained to her portrayal as the droll housekeeper, Alice on THE BRADY BUNCH. Well, we "Boomers" seem to recall her equally humorous characterization of Glamor Photographer Bob Collins' (Bob Cummings) wise cracking secretary/receptionist, "Schultzie" on THE BOB CUMMINGS SHOW (1955-59).THE SHOW'S HIGHLY successful run on NBC owed the longevity to Anne's on screen wisecracking, loyalty and acting as 'mother hen' to her boss. We aren't alone in this evaluation; for Miss Davis claimed two Emmys for her thespianic acumen.AS FOR THE show, THE BOB CUMMINGS SHOW was the story of a former World War II Army Air Corps Pilot; who now operated a glamour photographic studio. This, of course, meant that there would be a plethora of 'gorgeous' models being constantly moved trough each episode.ON THE OTHER side of what can only be described as a dichotomy of fundamentals, we have Bob the family man. As the male protector of his widowed sister, Margaret MacDonald (Rosemary De Camp)and her teen-aged son, Chuck (Dwayne Hickman). Bob played big brother to the extreme; even in constantly warning Margaret that his old Air Force buddy, bachelor Paul Fonda (Lyle Talbot) was a 'Wolf!' IN BOLD CONTRAST we see Bob's behavior at the office; which usually wound up as make-out sessions between photographer and model. Quite often, as a concession to the latent voyeurism that lurks mildly in all, Schultzie would often sneak peek in on the photographic shoot.THIS LAST POINT brings us to one final conclusion about what the series was all about. It was a socially acceptable way of bringing a 1950's audience the commodity that always sells so well, namely S-E-X!

"The Bob Cummings Show" -- I knew it as "Love That Bob" in syndication -- was a mid-'50s TV show starring Bob Cummings, Ann B. Davis, Rosemary DeCamp, Dwayne Hickman, Joi Lansing, King Donovan, Lyle Talbot, Rose Marie, Nancy Kulp -- you couldn't ask for a better cast.Cummings was 45 when he started this show - playing a bachelor photographer, no less - but he could get away with it. While he wasn't a superstar in films, he was a star and later became a superstar in television, due to his comic timing, charm, and good looks. On the show, Rosemary DeCamp plays his sister, Hickman his nephew, Davis his secretary, and Kulp a strange woman who constantly throws herself at him. She's hilarious. Cummings occasionally played his grandfather as well.The comedy is wonderful, not only because of the lines, but because of the characters and the line readings. The show was probably considered a little risqué for the time -- after all, Bob had a lot of girlfriends -- but it was a more innocent time, at least as far as television was concerned so while there was some very veiled innuendo, that was about it.I loved going back in time with this show and seeing the cigarette commercials - wow. Amazing. The show is available on Netflix. Check it out.

Fairly good-bought some of those 3 episodes for a buck discs at Walmart today, and this was one of them. Pretty good show-Cummings seems to have been forgotten somewhat, mostly because you don't see this show on in repeats much, and his movies-well who can name one? I can't-though am sure he was a co-star or second lead in several.But the show-Rosemary De Camp as well-meaning sister, Nancy Culp, as well, Mrs. Drysdale, and Bob Cummings as a playboy photog/Air Force reserve guy-made for some pretty fun situations. I enjoyed seeing him play Gramps too-reminded me some of Dick Van Dyke's old men if you wanna know. Heck this show even has Rose Marie in it-you gotta know that the Van Dyke show was produced by some of the same people just watching it.Bob is funny, droll, gives these exxagerated takes, it's all good clean fun and worthy of checking out again.***

I watched this show on Nick-At-Night and I'm not sure why this was a big hit. It was a show about a fashion photographer and his adventures. The man's name is Bob Collins(Cummings) and he gets help from his assistant Schultzy(Davis). Bob is surrounded everyday by what they called back then, models. Today they would be laughed at and called fat. Robert Cummings is not what I'd call a really great looking guy. I could never understand why he was always getting dates with these "beauties". Poor Schultzy was always the "old maid" in the love game.This show had alot of "stars" in it, Other than former movie star Cummings and future Brady maid Ann B Davis. It had the future Dobie Gillis Dwayne Hickman, future Hillbilly's secretary Nancy Kulp , "Yankee Doodle Dandy" mother Rosemary DeCamp and famous B actor Lyle Talbot. If you get the chance to see this, watch it if only to see these guys back when.