Aired: 1975
DAD: Pete Karras (Alex Rocco) / widower
DAD’S JOB: Photographer
KIDS: John (Vincent Van Patten) (16), Endy (Leif Garrett) (15)
WHERE’S MOM?: Dead
STAND-IN “MOM”: None
Let’s try analogies on this one — picture Jonny Quest without Race Bannon; make Dr. Quest a freelance photographer; give him a Winnebago instead of a jet; and make Hadji blonde. Another of the many “Dad takes kids on the road with him” dramas. This one went neck-and-neck with Sunshine and was cancelled the same month.
Vincent Van Patten and Leif Garrett – how blonde is THAT?