BILLY LIAR {BILLY} {BILLY APPEARS ON "THE MERV GRIFFIN SHOW"} (TV)

Summary

One in this comedy series about a young man named Billy who prefers to live in a fantasy world rather than the real world. In this episode, Billy has six hours to replace the $75 dollars he took from petty cash at work to buy an engagement ring for a girl who reminds him of Linda Ronstadt. As he scrambles to come up with the cash, Billy imagines that he is having an affair with Miss American Dream, that he is a bank robber, that he is a famous songwriter appearing on the Merv Griffin show, that his father has an artificial leg, and that he has a brother that his parents keep chained in the attic. Meanwhile, Billy's parents confront him about his lies and try to get him to turn over a new leaf. Commercials deleted.

Details

• NETWORK: CBS
• DATE: March 12, 1979 8:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:25:00
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T89:0185
• GENRE: Comedy, fantasy/science fiction
• SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy, fantasy/science fiction; Comedy/Variety
• SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1979
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• John Rich … Producer, Director
• Dick Clement … Writer
• La Frenais, Ian … Writer, Theme Music by
• Keith Waterhouse … Based on a character created by
• Willis Hall … Based on a character created by
• Ray Kennedy … Theme Music by, Theme Music Composed and Performed by
• Steve Guttenberg … Cast, Billy Fisher
• Merv Griffin … Cast, Himself
• Lark Geib … Cast, Brenda
• James Gallery … Cast, George Fisher
• Peggy Pope … Cast, Alice Fisher
• Paula Trueman … Cast, Gran
• Michael Alaimo … Cast, Norval Shadrack
• Bruce Talkington … Cast, Arthur Milliken
• Gary Allen … Cast, the Funeral Customer
• Lois Areno … Cast, Miss American Dream
• Burt Armus … Cast, the Policeman
• Kathrine Baumann … Cast, the Bank Teller
• Roy London … Cast, the Bank Manager