My Hero

The original broadcasts featured an elaborate opening sequence showing well-dressed people entering a theater, complete with a sponsor ID, but this was replaced by a much shorter opening for syndicated repeats, which shortened the running time.

Bob Cummings helped write and direct some episodes of the show in addition to starring as Robert Beanblossom.

A running gag showing smoke blowing out of Cummings' ears during a kiss was eventually dropped after adult viewers complained the show was becoming too slapstick, even though children reportedly loved the gag.

Producer Mort Greene later sued Cummings and his wife for $119,500, alleging he was stripped of all authority on the show yet blamed for the negative reviews it received; the case was settled out of court.

A sheriff attempting to serve Cummings with lawsuit papers at the RKO-Pathe studio gate in Culver City claimed Cummings drove off and dragged him down the street, thinking he was just an autograph seeker.

The Los Angeles Times initially predicted the show would rival I Love Lucy in popularity, while The New York Times accused it of being a copycat, saying 'Cummings brought a magnificent terribleness to his part.'

The Los Angeles Times later praised golfing scenes between Cummings and Reginald Denny as 'some of the best comedy seen on TV.'

Cummings reportedly turned down three film offers while making the show, and was later offered $250,000 for his share in the show but refused it.

Cummings later said he was 'a pretty unhappy lad' after the show's failure, blaming it on going to air without a sufficient backlog of scripts and on aiming the show too much at a fickle children's audience; he corrected both issues for his next, more successful series, The Bob Cummings Show.