
Harrigan and Son is an ABC sitcom about a father-and-son team of lawyers, played by Pat O'Brien and Roger Perry as Jim Harrigan, Sr., and Jim, Jr. In supporting roles, as secretaries, are Georgine Darcy as Gypsy and Helen Kleeb as Miss Claridge. The series aired 34 episodes at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on Fridays from October 14, 1960, to September 29, 1961. It preceded ABC's cartoon series, The Flintstones. Its competition was the second half of the CBS Western, Rawhide. For the first half of the season, Harrigan and Son aired opposite the detective series Dan Raven, starring Skip Homeier. The series premiere is titled "Junior Joins the Law Firm". The finale is called "The Testimonial". Harrigan and Son was owned and produced by Desilu Production. A running gimmick in the show consisted of Harrigan, Sr., commenting on some situation in Latin, Harrigan, Jr., replying, "Which means?", and Harrigan, Sr., translating his comment, usually humorous, into English. The closing of show featured O'Brien and Perry, in silhouette behind the credits, singing the old George M. Cohan song, "Harrigan".
Air Date: 1960-10-14
James Jr. prepares to fight to defend a contested will. James Sr. tries to convince him it would be wiser to settle o...
Air Date: 1960-10-21
The young men assuming the management of Pyramid Industries have some ideas about expansion that founder Lionel Wilto...
Air Date: 1960-10-28
It's Harrigan vs. Harrigan when senior discovers that junior has taken the case of a well-known accident faker named ...
Air Date: 1960-11-04
When James Jr. dates Monica Nelson, a nightclub performer, father disapproves-unaware that his son is mixing some bus...
Air Date: 1960-11-11
Junior thinks his case in a small New England court is all sewed up, until he finds out that the judge, the bailiff a...
Air Date: 1960-11-18
A shabby character named Nippy is highly insulted when an artist paints him as a derelict. He implores the Harrigan f...
Air Date: 1960-12-02
Miss Claridge finds romance, and her daydreaming is cutting down her typing speed too much to suit Harrigan Sr. Thing...
Air Date: 1960-12-09
Actress Lillian Lovely's performance bowls James Sr. over (she reminds him of his late wife), but the critics don't t...
Air Date: 1960-12-16
Matt Collins' company is being sued. The charge: producing a defective water heater. Matt wants to make a settlement,...
Air Date: 1960-12-23
Mr. Nibley was hired to exterminate the bugs in an apartment house, but the owners have proof that the little creatur...
Air Date: 1960-12-30
Tilly Cortland is a will-changing millionairess who dominates the first half of the show delightfully. Harrigan and s...
Air Date: 1961-01-06
An attractive member of high society named Cynthia drops in to take an old friend, Miss Claridge, out to lunch. When ...
Air Date: 1961-01-13
Junior's interviewed on TV after he wins an important tax case. It turns out to be good publicity.
Air Date: 1961-01-20
Grant Hazelton, playboy and college chum of Junior's, asks the latter to handle his legal affairs. Harrigan Sr. doesn...
Air Date: 1961-01-27
Neighbor Harold Calvin sues Harrigan Sr. for damages. Seems smoke from Harrigan's fireplace got in Calvin's eyes, nos...
Air Date: 1961-02-03
Charlie Finley, after 20 years of marriage wants to divorce his wife. It seems she's spending too many evenings at a ...
Air Date: 1961-02-10
Senior's old friend Gimpy talks the lawyer into investing in his taxi. Then Gimpy has a difference of opinion with a ...
Air Date: 1961-02-17
The city has condemned shoemaker Silas Marner's property, and nobody wants to take the man's case.
Air Date: 1961-02-27
Junior visits night court to attend to a routine matter and finds a familiar face. A distinguished gentleman is charg...
Air Date: 1961-03-03
Buddy Wilson and his wife Bernice have worked up a nightclub act and want the Harrigan firm to have it copyrighted. T...
Air Date: 1961-03-10
Patrick O'Toole is arrested for drunken driving. But he tells Harrigan Sr. that he took the pledge a long time ago, a...
Air Date: 1961-03-17
Actress Lillian Lovely, a Hungarian citizen, is facing deportation for failing to renew her visa. She wants Harrigan ...
Air Date: 1961-03-24
A boxer named Brennan tells Harrigan Sr. that he won his last fight too easily. But there's no way to prove that the ...
Air Date: 1961-03-31
Junior becomes a candidate for a state Senate seat. Harrigan Sr., unaware of this, endorses the candidate of the oppo...
Air Date: 1961-04-07
Robert Fenton has changed his name and leads an inconspicuous life. When a scandal sheet columnist digs up the past a...
Air Date: 1961-04-14
Junior prevails upon Harrigan Sr. to agree to address a graduating class at Harvard Law School.
Air Date: 1961-04-21
Senior goes to Hollywood on his vacation, and visits a movie studio. He notices some errors in legal procedure on one...
Air Date: 1961-04-28
Fern Williams, Junior's latest girlfriend, is quite high up on the social register. But this doesn't mean she's immun...
Air Date: 1961-05-05
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Air Date: 1961-05-12
A series of legal setbacks convince Harrigan Sr. that it's time to retire. But the most practical place to write his ...
Air Date: 1961-05-19
Senior has known Rose Kowalski ever since she was a tot. Now she's a nightclub singer and wants to legally change her...
Air Date: 1961-05-26
While Senior's apartment is being renovated, Junior invites his Dad to spend a week at his apartment. The first eveni...
Air Date: 1961-09-22
The first of two new shows before this series leaves the air. Merrill Davis, a long time client of Harrigan Sr., is k...
Air Date: 1961-09-29
A group of Senior's clients (who got legal service although they couldn't afford the fee) get together to show their ...