Ben Casey

Ben Casey
Vince Edwards as Ben Casey and guest star Kathleen Nolan, 1964
Created byJames Moser
StarringVince Edwards
Sam Jaffe
Bettye Ackerman
Nick Dennis
Jeanne Bates
Don Spruance
Franchot Tone
John Zaremba
Ben Piazza
Jim McMullan
Gregory Morton
Stella Stevens
Marlyn Mason
Harry Landers
Linda Lawson
Theme music composerDavid Raksin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes153 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companyBing Crosby Productions
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseOctober 2, 1961 (1961-10-02) –
March 21, 1966 (1966-03-21)
Related
  • The Return of Ben Casey (TV movie, 1988)

Ben Casey is an American medical drama television series that aired on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe said "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity."[1] Neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff served as a medical consultant for the show.

Plot

The series stars Vince Edwards as medical doctor Ben Casey, the young, intense, and idealistic neurosurgeon at County General Hospital. His mentor is chief of neurosurgery Doctor David Zorba, played by Sam Jaffe, who, in the pilot episode, tells a colleague that Casey is "the best chief resident this place has known in 20 years." In its first season, the series and Vince Edwards were nominated for Emmy awards. Additional nominations at the 14th Primetime Emmy Awards on May 22, 1962 went to Sam Jaffe, Jeanne Cooper (for the episode "But Linda Only Smiled"), and Joan Hackett (for the episode "A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness"). The show began running multi-episode stories, starting with the first five episodes of season four; Casey developed a romantic relationship with Jane Hancock (Stella Stevens), who had emerged from a coma after 15 years. At the beginning of season five (the last season), Jaffe left the show, and Franchot Tone replaced Zorba as the new chief of neurosurgery

Vince Edwards as Ben Casey with guest star Sammy Davis, Jr. in the television show Ben Casey (1963)

Cast

Production notes

Creator James E. Moser based the character of Ben Casey on Dr. Allan Max Warner,[1] a neurosurgeon whom Moser met while researching Ben Casey. Warner served as the program's original technical advisor in 1961. According to an article in TV Guide (September 30 – October 6, 1961), he worked with the actors to show them how to handle medical instruments,

Ben Casey had several directors, including Irvin Kershner and Sydney Pollack. Its theme music was written by David Raksin, and it is played in 5/4 time signature; a version performed by pianist Valjean was a Billboard Top 40 hit in the United States, peaking at number 28 on 23 June 1962.

Filmed at the Desilu Studios, the series was produced by Bing Crosby Productions.

Spin-off

Main article: Breaking Point (1963 TV series)

Vince Edwards appeared on the television series Breaking Point as Ben Casey. The episode was "Solo for B-Flat Clarinet" and debuted 16 September 1963. Both Ben Casey and Breaking Point were produced by Bing Crosby Productions.[2][3][4] Cast members of Breaking Point also had guest roles on Ben Casey.

Episodes

Main article: List of Ben Casey episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
132October 2, 1961 (1961-10-02)May 28, 1962 (1962-05-28)
231October 1, 1962 (1962-10-01)May 13, 1963 (1963-05-13)
333September 9, 1963 (1963-09-09)April 22, 1964 (1964-04-22)
431September 14, 1964 (1964-09-14)May 17, 1965 (1965-05-17)
526September 13, 1965 (1965-09-13)March 21, 1966 (1966-03-21)
Original run

The most frequent time slot for the series is in bold text.

  • Monday at 10–11 p.m. on ABC: October 2, 1961 – May 13, 1963; September 14, 1964 – March 21, 1966
  • Wednesday at 9–10 p.m. on ABC: September 9, 1963 – April 22, 1964

Home media

On October 9, 2019, CBS Home Entertainment released the first season on DVD in 2 volume sets.[5][6]

DVD name No. of
episodes 		Release date
Season 1, Volume 1 16 October 9, 2019
Season 1, Volume 2 16 October 9, 2019

Reception

Due to the combination of The Beverly Hillbillies and The Dick Van Dyke Show, Ben Casey returned to its original Monday-night time slot in the fall of 1964, remaining there until its cancellation in March 1966. Daytime repeats of the series aired on ABC's weekday schedule from 1965 through 1967.

Nielsen ratings

NOTE: The highest average rating for the series is in bold text.

Season Rank Rating
1) 1961–1962 #18 23.7
2) 1962–1963 #7 28.7 (tied with The Danny Thomas Show)
3) 1963–1964 not in the top 30
4) 1964–1965
5) 1965–1966

Television series tie-ins

Comics

Both a comic strip and a comic book were based on the television series. The strip was developed and written by Jerry Capp (né Caplin) and drawn by Neal Adams.[7][8] The daily comic strip began on November 26, 1962, and the Sunday strip debuted on September 20, 1964. Both ended on July 31, 1966 (a Sunday).[citation needed] The daily strip was reprinted in The Menomonee Falls Gazette.[citation needed] The comic book was published by Dell Comics for 10 issues from 1962 to 1964. All had photo covers, except for that of the final issue, which was drawn by John Tartaglione.[citation needed]

Novels

From 1962 through 1963, the paperback publisher Lancer Books issued four original novels based on the series. They were Ben Casey by William Johnston,[9] A Rage for Justice by Norman Daniels,[10] The Strength of His Hands by Sam Elkin,[11] and The Fire Within, again by Daniels,[12] small-print standard mass-market size paperbacks of 128 or 144 pages each.[citation needed] The covers of the books featured photographs of Edwards as Casey, or in the case of the third novel, a drawing of a doctor with Edwards' appearance.[13]

1988 television film The Return of Ben Casey

In 1988, the TV movie The Return of Ben Casey, with Vince Edwards reprising his role as Casey,[14][15] aired in syndication. Harry Landers was the only other original cast member to reprise his role (as Dr. Ted Hoffman). The film was directed by Joseph L. Scanlan.[14][15] The pilot was not picked up by the major networks to bring the series back.[16]

In 1962, the series inspired the semicomic rock song "Callin' Dr. Casey", written and performed by songwriter John D. Loudermilk. In the song, Loudermilk refers to the TV doctor's wide-ranging medical abilities and asks whether Casey has any cure for heartbreak. The song reached number 83 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[17]

During the Vietnam War, the term "Ben Casey" was used by American troops as slang for a medic.[18][19]

In the popular Japanese medical drama Doctor-X: Surgeon Michiko Daimon the office cat is named Ben Casey.

In season 6, episode 32 of Leave It to Beaver, after his plans fall through on a Saturday night, Beaver Cleaver says that it would be “just me and Ben Casey”, and Wally corrects him and says that “Ben Casey is on Monday night”.

There is a street named Ben Casey Drive in San Antonio, Texas.[20]

Parodies

Cleveland, Ohio's late-night movie program The Hoolihan and Big Chuck Show and its successor program The Big Chuck and Lil' John Show regularly aired comedy skits under the title "Ben Crazy" that parodied Ben Casey. The skits opened with a spoof of the chalkboard sequence, adding one more symbol at the end — a dollar sign ($), accompanied by a laugh track. "Big Chuck" Schodowski, one of the hosts of the show, said that the skits continued to air for so many years after the 1966 cancellation of Ben Casey that younger viewers probably did not recognize the opening and that real-life doctors would send in ideas for skits, some of which were used on the show.[21][22]

Dickie Goodman released a novelty song in 1962 titled "Ben Crazy" that parodied Ben Casey as "Ben Crazy" and Dr. Zorba as "Dr. Smorba", and it parodied Dr. Kildare, the main character on another popular 1960s medical drama series. Goodman's recording used his "break-in" technique of sampling lines from then-popular songs to "answer" comedic questions; it sampled the Ben Casey title sequence and theme. The record reached number 44 on the Billboard Hot 100.[23] [24]

The Flintstones featured several parodies of Ben Casey:

  • "The Blessed Event" (season three, episode 23, 1963) features the birth of Pebbles Flintstone. While wandering around the hospital looking for the maternity ward, Fred Flintstone runs into caricatures of Ben Casey and Dr. Zorba. They help Fred on his way, and then walk into a TV studio (which is inexplicably in a hospital), as Fred remarks that they seemed awfully familiar.[25]
  • "Ann-Margrock Presents" (season four, episode 1, 1963) features a dentist named Ben Cavity, who is a parody of Ben Casey.
  • "Monster Fred" (season five, episode two, 1964) featured a mad doctor character named "Len Frankenstone" (voiced by Allan Melvin) and his associate "Dr. Zero" (voiced by Doug Young). These characters were parodies of Ben Casey and Dr. Zorba.[26]

In "My Husband Is Not a Drunk", a 1962 episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, a hypnotized Rob addresses the bald Mel Cooley as "Dr. Zorba", a rare instance of the show referencing another TV series.

In Who's Minding the Store? (1963), Jerry Lewis watches Ben Casey on TV.

The veterinarian in The Simpsons, first introduced in the episode "Dog of Death" performing surgery on Santa's Little Helper, was based on Ben Casey.[27] In addition, the Springfield Hospital motif played at the start of a Hospital-based scene is based on the opening of the Ben Casey musical theme.

In his song "One Hippopotomi", a parody of "What Kind of Fool Am I?" by Anthony Newley, Allan Sherman sings the lyrics: "When Ben Casey meets Kildare, that's called a paradox."

In the 1966 Batman episode “Rats Like Cheese”, the Dynamic Duo are brought to a hospital because Mr. Freeze froze them solid. Chief O’Hara refers to the Ben Casey-lookalike doctor as Vince. Dr. Vince yells back in Ben Casey fashion that he’s doing all he can.

References

  1. ^ a b Bowie, Stephen (August 5, 2013). ""Man. Woman. Birth. Death. Infinity." The dark medical drama Ben Casey". The A.V. Club. Chicago: Onion, Inc. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
  2. ^ Inman, Julia (August 1, 1963). "Vince Edwards Happy About His New Scripts". The Indianapolis Star. p. 27. Retrieved April 10, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Buhle 2005, p. 34.
  4. ^ Spigel & Curtin 1997, p. 144.
  5. ^ Ben Casey, Season 1, Volume 1
  6. ^ Ben Casey, Season 1, Volume 2
  7. ^ Lent 2006, p. 36.
  8. ^ Cooke 2000, pp. 50–55, 101–109.
  9. ^ Johnston, William (1962). Ben Casey (Paperback ed.). New York City: Lancer Books. ASIN B000BKINE4.
  10. ^ Daniels, Norman (1962). Ben Casey:A Rage For Justice (1st ed.). New York City: Lancer Books. ASIN B002DGL6XE.
  11. ^ Elkin, Sam (1963). The Strength of His Hands (Ben Casey: TV Tie-In) (Paperback ed.). New York City: Lancer Books. ASIN B000AQH6WY.
  12. ^ Daniels, Norman (1963). Ben Casey: The Fire Within (1st ed.). New York City: Lancer Books. ASIN B000IZV4A2.
  13. ^ "Ben Casey Books". Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  14. ^ a b "The Return of Ben Casey". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved July 17, 2016.
  15. ^ a b "The Return of Ben Casey". Hollywood.com. Boca Raton, Florida. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  16. ^ Grimes, William (March 16, 1996). "Vince Edwards, 67, the Doctor In the Hit TV Series 'Ben Casey'". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved January 10, 2008.
  17. ^ "'Callin' Dr. Casey' by John D. Loudermilk 1962". Song–database. Bristol, Virginia: Song://Database. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  18. ^ Wise 2004, p. 264.
  19. ^ Anonymous (November 5, 2013). "A Grunt's Glossary". How Goes the Battle. Blogger. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  20. ^ Brown, Merrisa (September 30, 2014). "San Antonio street names and groupings". mysanantonio.com.
  21. ^ Watson 1991, p. 81.
  22. ^ Schodowski & Feran 2008, p. 175.
  23. ^ "'Ben Crazy' by Dickie Goodman (Dickie Goodman and Dr. I.M. Ill) 1962". Song–database. Bristol, Virginia: Song://Database. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  24. ^ "'Crazy' Man Crazy". Billboard. Cincinnati, Ohio: Prometheus Global Media. June 16, 1962. p. 5. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  25. ^ "Flintstones, The: The Blessed Event {Dress Rehearsal} (TV)". The Paley Centre for Media. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
  26. ^ Forry 1990, p. 127.
  27. ^ Groening 1997, p. 84.

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