"Holmes and Yo-Yo" (1976)TV series 1976-1977

Directors:

John Astin
Reza Badiyi

Writers:

Richard Freiman (writer)
Lee Hewitt (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

25 September 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot:

Det. Alexander Holmes has no luck with his partners. They always end up at the hospital or the morgue...

Plot Keywords:

Buddy | Police | Robot | Slapstick | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

John Abbott	...	Montecito (1 episode, 1976)
Frank Aletter		(1 episode, 1976)
Madison Arnold	...	Karl Kincaid (1 episode, 1976)
Doyle Baker	...	Cobb (1 episode, 1976)
Dick Balduzzi	...	Musician (1 episode, 1976)
Barbara Barnett		(1 episode, 1976)
Harry Basch	...	Tony Papas (1 episode, 1976)
Stanley Brock	...	Hugo Clarke (1 episode, 1976)
James T. Callahan	...	Weston (1 episode, 1976)
Cordy Clark	...	Doris (1 episode, 1976)
Mark Patrick Costello	...	Kid on Bike (1 episode, 1976)
Yvonne Craig	...	Sherri (1 episode, 1976)
Phil Diskin	...	Customer (1 episode, 1976)
Denise Duclous	...	Security Woman (1 episode, 1976)
Angus Duncan		(1 episode, 1976)
Stefan Gierasch	...	Monty Logan (1 episode, 1976)
Louis Guss	...	Saul Barstow (1 episode, 1976)
Robert Hackman	...	Doorman (1 episode, 1976)
Robert H. Harris	...	Ben Barstow (1 episode, 1976)
Bobby Herbeck		(1 episode, 1976)
Doris Hess		(1 episode, 1976)
Lew Horn	...	Dr. Rubin (1 episode, 1976)
Anthony James	...	Eric Kiley (1 episode, 1976)
Gordon Jump		(1 episode, 1976)
Jay Leno	...	Gas Station Attendant (1 episode, 1976)
Paul Lichtman	...	Doctor (1 episode, 1976)
Dorothy Love	...	Darlene (1 episode, 1976)
Sarah Jane Miller	...	Mrs. Powers (1 episode, 1976)
King Moody		(1 episode, 1976)
Richard Paul	...	Claude (1 episode, 1976)
Richard Roat	...	Roger Thornhill (1 episode, 1976)
Marilyn Seven	...	Patty Sheldon (1 episode, 1976)
Gloria Stroock	...	Mrs. Thornhill (1 episode, 1976)
Augie Tribach		(1 episode, 1976)
John Tuell	...	Big Dude (1 episode, 1976)
Len Wayland	...	Father Clarke (1 episode, 1976)
Dick Yarmy		(1 episode, 1976)
Howard George		(1 episode, 1977)
Natalie Schafer		(1 episode, 1977)

Also Known As:

Holmes and Yoyo

Runtime:

30 min (13 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Universal TV

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Gilmore Girls: Application Anxiety (#3.3)" (2002)

Producers repackage earlier GET SMART effort.

An attempt from the producers of GET SMART to repackage a gimmick from that TV show, namely a robotic crime fighter (Yo-Yo) who literally does what he is told by his partner (Holmes...get it?). Sample joke: Holmes/Smart: "Hop to it." Yo-Yo/Hymie: (starts hopping). In GET SMART it made for a nice diversion but in Holmes and Yo-Yo it was the entire show and way too much of a good thing. GET SMART's Richard Gautier was a perfect mime as Hymie the Robot and had Don Adams as a straight man, whereas Richard B. Shull as Det. Holmes and John Schuck as Yo-Yo just never nailed their roles. Also the jokes were stale sitcom jokes, not the sharp satire of the producer's previous effort. John Schuck was much better the same year opposite Sharon Gless in TURNABOUT, a TV sitcom about a husband and wife who magical find themselves in each other's bodies (a concept that would be used many times again in theatrical films but never as perfectly cast as TURNABOUT). Holmes and Yo-Yo had the talent, it's just that no one tried to make a good show.