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{{Short description|American television series}}
{{about|the 1967 American sitcom|other uses|He and She (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox television
| image                = He and she tv show.jpg
| caption              = Benjamin, Prentiss, and Cassidy, 1967
| genre                = [[Sitcom]]
| creator              = [[Leonard B. Stern|Leonard Stern]]
| starring             = [[Paula Prentiss]]<br />[[Richard Benjamin]]<br />[[Jack Cassidy]]<br />[[Hamilton Camp]]<br />[[Kenneth Mars]]
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 1
| num_episodes         = 26
| list_episodes        = #List of episodes
| executive_producer   = Leonard Stern
| producer             = Arne Sultan<br />Arnie Rosen
| theme_music_composer = [[Jerry Fielding]]
| camera               =
| company              = [[Talent Associates]] in association with [[CBS Productions]]
| runtime              = 
| network              = [[CBS]]
| first_aired          = {{start date|1967|09|06}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|1968|03|13}} 
}}

'''''He & She''''' is an American [[sitcom]] that aired on [[CBS]] as part of its 1967–68 lineup, originally sponsored by [[General Foods]] and [[Lever Brothers]].

''He & She'' is widely considered by broadcast historians to have been ahead of its time.<ref name="AV Club">{{citation |url=http://www.avclub.com/article/he-she-great-70s-sitcom-aired-1967-201967 |title=He & She: The Great '70s sitcom that aired in 1967 |publisher=[[The A.V. Club]] |last=VanDerWerff |first=Emily |date=March 10, 2014 |accessdate=October 6, 2019}}.</ref> Its sophisticated approach to comedy was viewed as opening doors to the groundbreaking [[MTM Enterprises|MTM]] family of sitcoms of the 1970s, beginning with ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'' in 1970. The character of Oscar was openly the pattern for the Ted Baxter character, for which creator Leonard Stern granted permission.<ref name="AV Club" />

==Synopsis==
''He & She'' stars real-life married couple [[Richard Benjamin]] and [[Paula Prentiss]] as Dick and Paula Hollister, a successful [[cartoon]]ist and his wife, a [[social work]]er. Hollister's cartoon "Jetman" had been so successful that it was now a network television series starring egomaniacal actor Oscar North ([[Jack Cassidy]]), as the titular Jetman. North constantly argues with Hollister over the interpretation and direction of the Jetman character. Folksinger-actor [[Hamilton Camp]] played the role of handyman Andrew Hummel at the apartment building where the starring characters lived, and [[Kenneth Mars]] played [[firefighter]] Harry Zarakartos, who would often drop in on the Hollisters' apartment via a plank connected to the firehouse across the alley.

Writers [[Chris Hayward]] and [[Allan Burns]], who created the series ''[[The Munsters]]'', were hired by executive producer [[Leonard B. Stern|Leonard Stern]] (co-writer and producer of ''[[Get Smart]]'') as story editors for ''He & She'', for which they won the 1968 [[Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]] for comedy writing.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061261/awards "He & She" (1967) - Awards<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The show received four other Emmy nominations that year, including nominations for Prentiss, Benjamin, and Cassidy. Burns would go on to be a writer and co-creator (among others) of ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'', of which ''He & She'' is considered a major forerunner. The show also earned three of the four [[Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Drama|Writers Guild]] nominations for Best Writing in a Comedy.

Despite the strong lead-in provided by ''[[Green Acres]]'' (a top-25 primetime show that season), ''He & She'' was cancelled after one season, although selected episodes were later [[rerun]] as a summer replacement series by CBS in 1970 following the cancellation of ''[[The Tim Conway Show (1970 TV series)|The Tim Conway Show]]''. Reruns later aired on the [[USA Network]] in 1985-86 and [[TV Land]] ran selected episodes of the series in 1998, but it has not been seen since then. Cast members, such as Richard Benjamin, felt that the ''Green Acres'' lead-in actually hurt the show because the two series were so different in their approaches, rural and urban, respectively. The series was also a pioneer in the portrayal of the working wife, which was not yet in vogue on television.

==List of episodes==
[[File:Richard Benjamin Paula Prentiss He & She.jpg|thumb|Scene from the show's first episode]]
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! style="background:#FFD700;"| Directed by
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! style="background:#FFD700; width:135px"| Original air date
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=1
 |Title=The Old Man and the She
 |DirectedBy=[[Leonard B. Stern|Leonard Stern]]
 |WrittenBy=Leonard Stern,<br> Arne Sultan
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|09|06}}
 |ShortSummary=Paula enlists the help of Dick in aiding the cause of an elderly Greek gentleman who faces deportation.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=2
 |Title=The Second Time Around
 |DirectedBy=Leonard Stern
 |WrittenBy=Jim Parker,<br> [[Arnold Margolin]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|09|13}}
 |ShortSummary=On their 6th anniversary, Dick and Paula plan a big second wedding, but confusion ensues with the presence of two best men.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=3
 |Title=How to Fail in Business
 |DirectedBy=Leonard Stern
 |WrittenBy=[[Martin Ragaway|Martin A. Ragaway]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|09|20}}
 |ShortSummary=Dick and Paula decide to purchase their apartment building, but are soon inundated with complaints from their neighbors.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=4
 |Title=The Phantom of 84th Street
 |DirectedBy=[[Jay Sandrich]]
 |WrittenBy=Arnold Margolin,<br> Jim Parker
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|09|27}}
 |ShortSummary=Oscar's $65,000 painting is stolen from Dick and Paula's apartment, while a friend inexplicably gives Paula a herd of goats.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=5
 |Title=One of Our Firemen is Missing
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Austin Kalish,<br> Irma Kalish
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|10|04}}
 |ShortSummary=Instead of working at the firehouse, Harry decides to help Dick and Paula, but is then dismissed from his job as a result.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=6
 |Title=Before You Bury Me Can I Say Something?
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Jim Parker,<br> Arnold Margolin
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|10|11}}
 |ShortSummary=After undergoing his routine physical, Dick mentions to Paula that he is having his will drawn up, leading to frenzied explanations that he is in good health.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=7
 |Title=Dick's Van Dyke
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=[[Allan Burns]],<br> [[Chris Hayward]]
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|10|18}}
 |ShortSummary=As part of a bet stemming from a 10-day vacation, Richard and his friends sport beards upon their return and try to see who can keep their facial hair the longest.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=8
 |Title=The Background Man
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Allan Burns,<br> Chris Hayward
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|10|25}}
 |ShortSummary=Dick hires an attractive, but klutzy woman to help him draw his comic strip and Paula develops pangs of jealousy over the new business arrangement.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=9
 |Title=Vote Yes or No
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Chris Hayward,<br> Allan Burns
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|11|01}}
 |ShortSummary=Dick and Paula are at odds when he and his boss campaign against an increase in pay for firemen, causing Paula to picket his offices.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=10
 |Title=He and She vs. Him
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Chris Hayward,<br> Allan Burns
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|11|08}}
 |ShortSummary=Suffering from writer's block, Dick is subsequently sued for plagiarism by a comic book rival, who also happens to be a former boyfriend of Paula's.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=11
 |Title=The Coming-Out Party
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Chris Hayward,<br> Allan Burns
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|11|15}}
 |ShortSummary=Paula's friend Dorothy begins dating Dick's dentist, Dr. Krillman, but the two end their relationship the night before Dick's tonsillectomy. Guest stars [[John Astin]] and [[Mariette Hartley]].
''Note'': In 1968, this episode won the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Comedy Series|Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing Comedy Series]].<ref name="Brooks and Marsh">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Outstanding+Writing+Achievement+in+Comedy+Allan+Burns+and+Chris+Hayward%22&pg=PA1637 |first1=Tim |last1=Brooks |author-link1=Tim Brooks (historian) |first2=Earle |last2=Marsh |year=2007 |edition=9 |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present |page=1637 |publisher=Random House Publishing |location=New York |isbn=978-0-345-49773-4 |access-date=2024-06-02 |archive-date=2024-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002134134/https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Outstanding+Writing+Achievement+in+Comedy+Allan+Burns+and+Chris+Hayward%22&pg=PA1637#v=onepage&q=%22Outstanding%20Writing%20Achievement%20in%20Comedy%20Allan%20Burns%20and%20Chris%20Hayward%22&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=12
 |Title=Deep in the Heart of Taxes
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Joe Bondaduce
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|11|22}}
 |ShortSummary=Dick and Paula are audited by the IRS, with Dick unaware that Paula has kept him in the dark about her undeclared horse racing winnings.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=13
 |Title=Don't Call Us
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Chris Hayward,<br> Allan Burns
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|11|29}}
 |ShortSummary=After Dick and Paula get an unlisted phone number, Paula forgets it, which makes them unreachable in an emergency and prevents their attendance at a party for Princess Grace.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=14
 |Title=North Goes West
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Chris Hayward,<br> Allan Burns
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|12|13}}
 |ShortSummary=After Oscar decides to move to California for the ''Jetman'' TV show, Dick and Paula make plans to move until Oscar throws a going-away party for himself.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=15
 |Title=Easy Way Out
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Arnold Margolin
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|12|20}}
 |ShortSummary=Paula's poker party is unexpectedly raided by the police, resulting in Oscar running away to protect his reputation.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=16
 |Title=Poster Boy
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Jim Parker,<br> Arnold Margolin
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1967|12|27}}
 |ShortSummary=When a wanted poster of a neighborhood burglar closely resembles the apartment handyman Andrew, he becomes the chief suspect in Oscar's eyes.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=17
 |Title=45 Midgets From Broadway
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Arnold Margolin,<br> Jim Parker
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|01|03}}
 |ShortSummary=When ''Jetman'' is made into a Broadway musical, Oscar is cast in the lead, but is a disaster, resulting in Dick, Paula and the show's backers brainstorming to fix the show.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=18
 |Title=A Rock by Any Other Name
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay
 | s = [[Treva Silverman]],<br> Peter Meyerson;
 | t = Milt Rosen,<br> Arne Sultan
 | slabel = {{abbr|S|Story by}}
 | tlabel = {{abbr|T|Teleplay by}}
 }}
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|01|10}}
 |ShortSummary=After Harry loses a rock that Paula gave Dick the day he proposed on Cape Cod, Dick has a copy made, but then the original is found in the same place.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=19
 |Title=Goodman, Spare That Tree
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Allan Burns,<br> Chris Hayward
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|01|24}}
 |ShortSummary=Paula's cousin from Texas arrives with an olive tree that she insists will make a fortune, but authorities have other plans.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=20
 |Title=The White Collar Worker
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Jim Parker,<br> Arnold Margolin
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|01|31}}
 |ShortSummary=After a penniless, uninsured minister hits Dick and Paula's new car, he offers to do handiwork for the couple, which leads to disaster.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=21
 |Title=Along Came Kim
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Arne Sultan,<br> Milt Rosen
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|02|07}}
 |ShortSummary=Dick and Paula's Korean foster son comes for a visit, but he confuses Harry for his foster father, leading to havoc.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=22
 |Title=What Do You Get for the Man Who Has Nothing?
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Chris Hayward,<br> Allan Burns
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|02|14}}
 |ShortSummary=Oscar entertains Harry for three days so that Dick and Paula can redecorate Oscar's apartment for a surprise birthday party.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=23
 |Title=Dog's Best Friend
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Milt Rosen
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|02|21}}
 |ShortSummary=Dick and Paula agree to watch a couple's dog after the latter's marriage breaks up, but the dog proceeds to drive Dick crazy.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=24
 |Title=It's Not Whether You Win or Lose, It's How You Watch the Game
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Peggy Elliott,<br> Ed Scharlach
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|02|28}}
 |ShortSummary=After a misunderstanding, Dick and Paula forfeit 30 tickets that were reserved for the Northwestern-Michigan State game, causing them to scramble for replacements.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=25
 |Title=Knock, Knock, Who's There? Fernando, Fernando Who?
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy=Allan Burns,<br> Chris Hayward
 |OriginalAirDate={{start date|1968|03|06}}
 |ShortSummary=While Dick is out of town, Harry jumps to conclusions when he sees [[Fernando Lamas]] massaging Paula's leg.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber=26
 |Title=What's in the Kitty?
 |DirectedBy=Jay Sandrich
 |WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay
 | s = Paul Mason;
 | t = Milt Rosen,<br> Arne Sultan,<br> Leonard Stern
 | slabel = {{abbr|S|Story by}}
 | tlabel = {{abbr|T|Teleplay by}}
 }}
 |OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1968|3|13}}
 |ShortSummary=Dick and Paula host his boss for a dinner party, but the trio endures a sick cat, a poison scare and a mouse.
 |LineColor=FFD700
}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
* Brooks, Tim, and Marsh, Earle, ''[[The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows]]''
* Smith, Tracey, "He & She", ''Television Chronicles'' magazine, July 1997.

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0061261}}

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