The Bill Dana Show
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The Bill Dana Show was a United States
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 comedy series starring Bill Dana and Jonathan Harris
Jonathan Harris
Jonathan Harris was an American stage and film character actor. Two of his best-known roles were as the timid accountant Bradford Webster in the TV version of The Third Man, and the comic villain Dr. Zachary Smith, in the 1960s sci-fi television series, Lost in Space...

. The plot followed the daily lifestyle of Latin American, Jose Jiminez, as a bellhop in a New York
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 hotel. The show, sponsored by Procter & Gamble
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, premiered on 22 September 1963 and ran for a season-and-a-half, before its run ended on January 17, 1965 (the following week, it was replaced by Branded).

The hotel was practically Jose's entire world; he lived in special bachelor headquarters provided for hotel employees, ate in the hotel kitchen, and had social contact only with employees and guests of the hotel. In his goodhearted naivete he saw only the good in the people around him. His biggest problems were his fellow bellhop Eddie {Gary Crosby
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Gary Evan Crosby was an American singer and actor. He may have become better known for writing a revealing memoir of his father, entertainment legend Bing Crosby, than for his own music and acting work. His mother was singer/actress Dixie Lee, Bing Crosby's first wife.-Personal life and...

), who was constantly trying to get Jose to wise up; the less-than-understanding hotel manager Mr. Phillips (Jonathan Harris
Jonathan Harris
Jonathan Harris was an American stage and film character actor. Two of his best-known roles were as the timid accountant Bradford Webster in the TV version of The Third Man, and the comic villain Dr. Zachary Smith, in the 1960s sci-fi television series, Lost in Space...

, who would soon play Dr. Smith on Lost in Space
Lost in Space
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) and the bumbling hotel detective
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 Byron Glick (Don Adams
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, in a predecessor to the character he would play on Get Smart
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). In the second season Maggie Peterson
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 played Susie, a waitress in the hotel's coffee shop.

Walter Mitty
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-like dream sequences were occasionally used to extricate Jose from the hotel environment.

The show was a spin-off from "Make Room For Daddy"
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, which showed him to be an elevator operator before he became a bellhop.

Dana did a cameo as Jose Jimenez on an episode of the "Batman" TV series. He introduces himself to Batman and Robin by saying "My name- Jose Jimenez".

Season 1

Episode # Episode title Original airdate
1-1 "You Got To Have Heart" (pilot) September 22, 1963
1-2 "The Hypnotist" September 29, 1963
1-3 "Jose, the Playboy" October 6, 1963
1-4 "Jose, the Opera Singer" October 13, 1963
1-5 "Jose, the Stockholder" October 27, 1963
1-6 "The Bank Hold-Up" November 3, 1963
1-7 "Honeymoon Suite" November 10, 1963
1-8 "Jose, the Agent" November 17, 1963
1-9 "The Poker Game" December 1, 1963
1-10 "Mr. Phillips' Watch" December 8, 1963
1-11 "Beauty and the Baby" December 29, 1963
1-12 "The Brat" January 5, 1964
1-13 "Jose's Dream Girl" January 12, 1964
1-14 "A Tip For Uncle Sam" January 19, 1964
1-15 "The Masquerade Party" January 26, 1964
1-16 "Jose's Four Amigos" February 2, 1964
1-17 "Eddie Gets Fired" February 9, 1964
1-18 "Speak For Yourself, Jose" February 16, 1964
1-19 "Jose, the Manager" February 23, 1964
1-20 "The Party In Suite 15" March 1, 1964
1-21 "Jose, the Matchmaker" March 15, 1964
1-22 "Jose's Hot Dog Caper" March 22, 1964
1-23 "The Hiring Of Jose" April 5, 1964
1-24 "The Astronaut" April 12, 1964
1-25 "Master Of Disguise" April 19, 1964
1-26 "Jose Resigns" April 26, 1964

Season 2

Episode # Episode title Original airdate
2-1 "Blood From Two Turnips" September 20, 1964
2-2 "Danny Thomas, I Love You" September 27, 1964
2-3 "Laughing Gas" October 4, 1964
2-4 "The Essay" October 11, 1964
2-5 "What Elephant?" October 18, 1964
2-6 "Jose on the Ledge" November 1, 1964
2-7 "Jose, the Flower Thief" November 8, 1964
2-8 "Jose's Inheritance" November 15, 1964
2-9 "The Suggestion Box" November 22, 1964
2-10 "We'll Get You For This" December 6, 1964
2-11 "Phillips, the Lover" December 13, 1964
2-12 "Tonsils For Two" December 20, 1964
2-13 "Glick, the Strongman" December 27, 1964
2-14 "Beauty and the Bellhop" January 3, 1965
2-15 "Jose, the Old Man" January 10, 1965
2-16 "The Court Jester" January 17, 1965
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