Mr. Adams and Eve — Season 1, Episode 20: The Fighter
Comedy • 30 min • 2 seasons, 65 episodes • ★ 10.0/10
Episode synopsis
After Howard wins a prize fighter in a gin-rummy game, he decides to groom him for the ring. But Eve, insisting the pugilist comes under community property, has her own ideas about the training! She wants to make an actor out of their latest project.
About Mr. Adams and Eve
Mr. Adams and Eve is a CBS sitcom starring Howard Duff and his then wife, Ida Lupino, as a fictitious acting couple, Howard and Eve Adams, residing in Beverly Hills, California. In the television series, Lupino is known professionally as Eve Drake. The program aired sixty-six episodes from January 4, 1957, to July 8, 1958, with rebroadcasts continuing until September 23, 1958. Lupino was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Best Actress in a Continuing Role" for both seasons of Mr. Adams and Eve.