Herbie the Matchmaker
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| Herbie, The Love Bug | |
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| Format | Sitcom |
| Directed by | Bill Bixby Charles S. Dubin Vincent McEveety |
| Starring | Kipp Lennon Dean Jones Patricia Harty Richard Paul Claudia Wells Douglas Emerson Nicky Katt Larry Linville |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 Minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Original run | March 17, 1982 – April 14, 1982 |
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| IMDb profile | |
Herbie the Matchmaker, also known as Herbie, The Love Bug, was a short-lived situation comedy that aired on CBS in the spring of 1982. The series was based on Walt Disney Productions' popular Herbie film series, about a Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own. It was cancelled after five episodes, and for the next fifteen years, would mark Herbie's last new appearance in either television or film.
[edit] Plot
Actor Dean Jones, who had appeared in two of the films, once again played the role of Jim Douglas. Here, he played Jim as an instructor at a driving school. He and Herbie stumble upon a bank robbery in progress. They manage to thwart the crime and rescue a young divorcée named Susan MacLane (Patricia Harty), who works at the bank and is a mother of three: Julie (Claudia Wells), Robbie (Douglas Emerson), and Matthew (Nicky Katt). Jim and Susan soon begin to fall in love, much to the consternation of her ex-boyfriend Randy Bigelow (Larry Linville). Randy's attempts to break them up are in vain; Jim and Susan get married in an episode that aired on April 7.
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