
Billy
Billy is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from February to April 1979. The series was based on Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall's 1960 British play Billy Liar.
Cast

Steve Guttenberg
Billy Fisher

Peggy Pope

Paula Trueman
Seasons
E1The Letter
Feb 26, 1979
Premiere - A nineteen-year-old (Steve Guttenberg) with ""Walter Mitty"" flights of fancy finds himself constantly caught between his fantasies and the hard realities of life. Comedian Don Adams makes a special appearance in the premiere episode, in which Billy sees his career in the funeral home leading no where. So, he applies for a job as a radio announcer and anxiously awaits his interview at the radio station. Meanwhile, he's in trouble at the mortuary. Mr Shadrack learns that Billy borrowed the hearse the night before to take his girlfriend, Ginny, to a drive in movie. Billy's imagination is heightened when he envisions his family as rolling in wealth, pictures himself as a broadcasting executive, uses a machine gun on his boss and then faces a firing squad himself.
E2The Masked Doctor
Mar 5, 1979
George (James Gallery) falls off a ladder that Billy is supposed to be holding — but isn't — and spends a painful recuperation in a hospital. Trying to impress a pretty nurse, Billy dons a doctor's uniform - and is promptly assigned his father as a patient. Stephanie: Michelle O'Brien, Nurse Bayliss: Mary Betten
E3Billy Liar
Mar 12, 1979
Billy's fantasies take him into the exciting worlds of show biz and glamour. Billy's fantasy life hits new heights when he pictures himself as a superstar guest on The Merv Griffin Show, and has a sexy encounter with a gorgeous beauty queen.
E4Computer Dating
Mar 24, 1979
Billy and Arthur fill out applications for a computer dating service. Billy (Steve Guttenberg) claims honesty is not always the best policy in computer dating and tells him he must stretch the truth a little if he wants to attract the gorgeous girls. He falsifies several applications while Arthur (Bruce Talkington) sticks to the truth.
E5Fathers and Sons
Mar 31, 1979
In an effort to improve their relationship, Billy and George (James Gallery) go backpacking. But, things get claustrophobic when they go camping with a father and son with whom they have nothing in common. Guest Star Lou Ferrigno appears as the Incredible Hulk. Hal: Doug Rowe, Gary: Robert Clotworthy, Gino: Freddie Castellano.
E6Brief Encounter
Apr 21, 1979
Disco romance strikes Billy and Arthur. They meet the same pretty girl at a disco but neither knows they're romancing the same girl. Guest staring Larry Csonka.
E7The Prize
Apr 28, 1979
Billy imagines meeting the girl of his dreams (Suzanne Somers) when his date to the Mortician's Ball wins a trip (two tickets) to Hollywood.
Storyline
Billy is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from February to April 1979. The series was based on Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall's 1960 British play Billy Liar.
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