Mr. T and Tina

Mr. T and Tina is probably not a show many people. It was a sitcom that ran for only five episodes on ABC from September 25, 1976 to October 30, 1976. The show was not a vehicle for actor and professional wrestler Mr. T, but instead centres on Taro Takahashi (Pat Morita), but instead a single father and inventor who moves from Tokyo to Chicago when his employer, Moyati Industries, wants him to set up a branch there. To care for his children,Sachi (June Angela) and Aki (Gene Profanato), he hires the bubbly and clumsy, but independent Tina Kelly (Susan Blanchard). Other recurring characters on the show included his landlady Mrs. Llewelyn (Miriam Byrd-Nethery), his somewhat stubborn Uncle Matsu (Jerry Fujikawa), Harvard the Handyman (Ted Lange), and his caustic sister-in-law Michi (Pat Suzuki).The roots of Mr. T and Tina actually go back to another sitcom, Chico and the Man. Among the concepts creator James Komack considered for Chico and the Man was a young Chicano living with an older…