Crap TV Flashbacks: Mr. Belvedere

Author: The Troll

Another classic show worthy of frying your brain, Mr. Belvedere. Mr. Belvedere is an American sitcom based on the Lynn Belvedere character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel Belvedere. Originally aired on ABC from March 15, 1985 until July 8, 1990.. Actually I was never aware that this was based upon a book, but Wiki has a detailed write up on the subject if you are interested here.

This show actually had people you have heard of before so it had that going for it. Like a lot of shows in that era they had washed up athletes taking on roles in a family. In this case it is the infamous Bob Euker playing the part of George Owens, a sportswriter (big stretch eh?). The series stars Christopher Hewett as Mr. Belvedere, who takes a job with an American family as a butler. Of course he was much more than a butler as you can imagine.

Much like every other show in the era some stranger rolls in off the street to fix every family problem that arises in a hilarious way. From finding the best acne treatment for the teenage daughter, to talking to the kids about all the lessons of life that only a stranger could do.

Of course these shows from back then had much better theme music than most you are going to get now. They are happy little tunes that aren’t just jacked songs from recording artists.

Mr. Belvedere Opening Theme and Closing Outro:

You really can’t mention the Mr. Belveder theme without at least mentioning the Family Guy take on the show. Not only am I going to mention it, but I am going to give you the video of Stewie of Family Guy doing Mr. Belvedere.