The People's Choice
Overview
The People's Choice is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from 1955 to 1958, primarily sponsored by The Borden Company.
It stars Jackie Cooper as Socrates "Sock" Miller, an ex-Marine and a young politician in fictitious New City, California. Sock has a basset hound named "Cleo", whose thoughts, as she balefully observes Sock's dilemmas, are recorded on the soundtrack for the viewers' amusement. Cleo's real name was Bernadette. Much of Cleo's dialog consists of wisecracks. The popularity of the basset hound breed increased markedly with the run of the show. During the last season of The People's Choice, Croft began her eight-year role as Clara Randolph on ABC's The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. The versatile Croft had also been a semi-regular on Our Miss Brooks and I Love Lucy and a regular on The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy.
Episodes
S01E02 How Sock Met Mandy
S01E03 The Unseating of Councilman Sock
S01E04 Sock Plays Cupid
S01E05 Sock vs. Crutcher
S01E06 Sock's New Secretary
S01E07 Nature Study
S01E08 Sock Hires Mandy
S01E09 The Parting of Sock and Mandy
S01E10 Sock and the Beauty Contest
S01E11 Sock's Teenage Trouble
S01E12 The Christmas Story
S01E13 An Adventure of Sock
S01E14 Aunt Gus Leaves Sock
S01E15 Sock and Augie
S01E16 Sock, the Marriage Broker
S01E17 Sock, the Dedicated Councilman
S01E18 Sock Proposes to Mandy
S01E19 Sock, the Businessman
S01E20 The Domestic Relations
S01E21 Sock, the City Father
S01E22 Sock, the Escort
S01E23 Sock Strikes It Rich
S01E24 Sock and the Mayor's Romance
S01E25 Sock and the Syrene
S01E26 Sock and the Movie Offer
S01E27 Sock vs. Stone Kenyon
S01E28 Wedding Bells
S01E29 Sock and Captain Turner
S01E30 Sock and the Proxy Marriage
S01E31 Sock, the Budget Balancer
S01E32 Sock, the Fund Raiser
S01E33 Sock and the Lonely Hearts Club
S01E34 Sock and Mandy's Career
S01E35 Sock and the Mayor's Election
S01E36 Sock and the Peoples' Pageant
S01E37 Sock and Pierre's Job
Cast
Jackie Cooper
Socrates 'Sock' Miller
Patricia Breslin
Amanda 'Mandy' Peoples Miller
Mary Jane Croft
Cleo
Dick Wesson
Rollo 'Hex' Hexley
John Stephenson
Roger Crutcher
Paul Maxey
Mayor John Peoples
