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Guestward, Ho! is an American sitcom which aired on the ABC network in the 1960-1961 television season. It was based on the 1956 comic memoir of the same title by New Mexico dude ranch operator Barbara "Babs" Hooton, written in cooperation with Auntie Mame author Patrick Dennis. The series altered the characters' family name from "Hooton" to "Hooten."
Original Release
09/29/1960 on ABC
US Release
09/29/1960
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Joanne Dru | Babs Hooten |
| J. Carrol Naish | Hawkeye |
| Mark Miller | Bill Hooten / Bill Hooton |
| Flip Mark | Brook Hooten / Brook Hooton / Brook |
| Earle Hodgins | Lonesome |
| Anthony C. Montenaro | Rocky / (as Tony Montenaro Jr.) |
| Jolene Brand | Pink Cloud |
| Bella Bruck | Mrs. Crazy Horse |
| Leonid Kinskey | Nikita Kornoloff |
| Michael Hinn | Jack Sanford / Johnson |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hootens Buy a Ranch | Thursday, 29 September 1960 |
| 2 | You Can't Go Home Again | Thursday, 06 October 1960 |
| 3 | The Lost Tribe | Thursday, 20 October 1960 |
| 4 | Babs Meets Phyllis Brady | Thursday, 27 October 1960 |
| 5 | Babs and the Cow | Thursday, 03 November 1960 |
| 6 | The Hootens Fire Lonesome | Thursday, 10 November 1960 |
| 7 | Bab's Mother | Thursday, 17 November 1960 |
| 8 | The Thanksgiving Story | Thursday, 24 November 1960 |
| 9 | Babs' Vanity | Thursday, 01 December 1960 |
| 10 | Babs and the Lion | Thursday, 08 December 1960 |
| 11 | The Matchmaker | Thursday, 15 December 1960 |
| 12 | The Christmas Spirit | Thursday, 22 December 1960 |
| 13 | The Model Mother | Thursday, 29 December 1960 |
| 14 | Injun Bill | Thursday, 05 January 1961 |
| 15 | The Social Director | Thursday, 12 January 1961 |
| 16 | Frontier Week | Thursday, 19 January 1961 |
| 17 | Too Many Cooks | Thursday, 26 January 1961 |
| 18 | Dimples Goes Hollywood | Thursday, 02 February 1961 |
| 19 | No Vacancy | Thursday, 09 February 1961 |
| 20 | Manhattan Merry-Go-Round | Thursday, 16 February 1961 |
| 21 | Bill, the Candidate | Thursday, 23 February 1961 |
| 22 | Babs, the Guest | Thursday, 02 March 1961 |
| 23 | Hawkeye's First Love | Thursday, 09 March 1961 |
| 24 | Hawkeye, the Mother | Thursday, 16 March 1961 |
| 25 | Hawkeye's Stadium | Thursday, 23 March 1961 |
| 26 | The Honorary Indian | Thursday, 30 March 1961 |
| 27 | The Hootens Build a Barbecue | Thursday, 06 April 1961 |
| 28 | Hooten's Statue | Thursday, 13 April 1961 |
| 29 | Two Guests from the East | Thursday, 20 April 1961 |
| 30 | Bill, the Fireman | Thursday, 27 April 1961 |
| 31 | Babs, the Manager | Thursday, 04 May 1961 |
| 32 | Lonesome's Gal | Thursday, 11 May 1961 |
| 33 | The Wrestler | Thursday, 18 May 1961 |
| 34 | The Hootons Versus Hawkeye | Thursday, 25 May 1961 |
| 35 | Hooten's Second Car | Thursday, 01 June 1961 |
| 36 | The Wild West Show | Thursday, 08 June 1961 |
| 37 | The Beatniks | Thursday, 15 June 1961 |
| 38 | No Place Like Home | Thursday, 22 June 1961 |
Directors
Writers
Arthur Julian, Ronald Alexander, Roland Alexander, Barbara Hooton, Patrick Dennis
Creators
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Joanne Dru | Babs Hooten |
| J. Carrol Naish | Hawkeye |
| Mark Miller | Bill Hooten / Bill Hooton |
| Flip Mark | Brook Hooten / Brook Hooton / Brook |
| Earle Hodgins | Lonesome |
| Anthony C. Montenaro | Rocky / (as Tony Montenaro Jr.) |
| Jolene Brand | Pink Cloud |
| Bella Bruck | Mrs. Crazy Horse |
| Leonid Kinskey | Nikita Kornoloff |
| Michael Hinn | Jack Sanford / Johnson |
| Iron Eyes Cody | Jury foreman / Crazy Horse |
| Robert Strauss | Construction Foreman |
| Carole Mathews | Phyllis Brady |
| Aneta Corsaut | Mrs. Bennet |
| Natalie Schafer | Mrs. Crawford |
| Vivian Vance | Babs |
| Stafford Repp | Mr. Bailey |
| Robert Foulk | Farmer |
| Eddie Little Sky | Running Deer |
| Alan Hewitt | Harvey Sutter |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Cy Howard | Executive Producer |
| Claudio Guzmán | Producer |
| David Heilweil | Producer |
| Jerry Thorpe | Producer |
