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===Trivia=== | ===Trivia=== | ||
Series creator James Komack has previously created | Series creator James Komack has previously created Chico and the Man, which for a time was conceived to have a Chicano and Japanese American lead. When that proved difficult, he saved the character for another time. | ||
The first pilot episode was filmed with | The first pilot episode was filmed with George Takei in the lead role, but when ABC decided to target a less sophisticated audience at an earlier timeslot, a new pilot was ordered with Pat Morita in the lead. | ||
June Angela and Gene Profanato, the actors portraying the children, were real-life siblings from an Italian father and Japanese mother. After the show was cancelled, they were hired for the successful 1977 Broadway revival of The King & I starring Yul Brynner and Constance Towers. Angela played Tuptim and Profanato played the King's son, Prince Chulalongkorn. | |||
Morita went on to portray the father of a character played by June Angela again (with Cloris Leachman as her mother) in the televised presentation of the play Blind Alleys, which aired in 1985. | Morita went on to portray the father of a character played by June Angela again (with Cloris Leachman as her mother) in the televised presentation of the play Blind Alleys, which aired in 1985. | ||