A Day in the Woods

It's Higgins, Sir is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_broadcasting" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">radio</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_comedy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">comedy</a> program in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">United States</a> with Harry McNaughton as the title character. It had a limited run on NBC in 1951 as a summer replacement for The Bob Hope Show. The program's premise was that among an American family's bequests from a British relative was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">butler</a>, Higgins. Episodes "focused on the attempts of the English butler to adjust to life in America and to his new employers, and of the family to adjust to having a butler."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Higgins,_Sir#cite_note-terrace-4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">]</a>O thers in the cast besides McNaughton were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinton_Hayworth" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Vinton Hayworth</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Allenby" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Peggy Allenby</a>, Charles Nevil, Pat Hosley, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Alexander" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Denise Alexander</a>, Ethel Wilson and Adelaide Klein.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Higgins,_Sir#cite_note-terrace-4" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">[4]</a> One website commented, "It's McNaughton that drives the programme with his fantastic comedic timing, and the rest of the cast does an amazing job in helping him to shine."Although Higgins didn't last beyond the summer of 1951, two subsequent television programs had links to the show. A website pointed out the connections:

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It's Higgins, Sir is a radio comedy program in the United States with Harry McNaughton as the title character. It had a limited run on NBC in 1951 as a summer replacement for The Bob Hope Show. The program's premise was that among an American family's bequests from a British relative was a butler, Higgins. Episodes "focused on the attempts of the English butler to adjust to life in America and to his new employers, and of the family to adjust to having a butler."]Others in the cast besides McNaughton were Vinton Hayworth, Peggy Allenby, Charles Nevil, Pat Hosley, Denise Alexander, Ethel Wilson and Adelaide Klein.[4] One website commented, "It's McNaughton that drives the programme with his fantastic comedic timing, and the rest of the cast does an amazing job in helping him to shine."Although Higgins didn't last beyond the summer of 1951, two subsequent television programs had links to the show. A website pointed out the connections:

It's Higgins, Sir&nbsp;is a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_broadcasting" rel="noopener noreferrer">radio</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_comedy" rel="noopener noreferrer">comedy</a>&nbsp;program in the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" rel="noopener noreferrer">United States</a> with Harry McNaughton as the title character. It had a limited run on NBC in 1951 as a summer replacement for&nbsp;The Bob Hope Show. The program's premise was that among an American family's bequests from a British relative was a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler" rel="noopener noreferrer">butler</a>, Higgins. Episodes "focused on the attempts of the English butler to adjust to life in America and to his new employers, and of the family to adjust to having a butler."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Higgins,_Sir#cite_note-terrace-4" rel="noopener noreferrer">]</a>O thers in the cast besides McNaughton were&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinton_Hayworth" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vinton Hayworth</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Allenby" rel="noopener noreferrer">Peggy Allenby</a>, Charles Nevil, Pat Hosley,&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Alexander" rel="noopener noreferrer">Denise Alexander</a>, Ethel Wilson and Adelaide Klein.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Higgins,_Sir#cite_note-terrace-4" rel="noopener noreferrer">[4]</a> One website commented, "It's McNaughton that drives the programme with his fantastic comedic timing, and the rest of the cast does an amazing job in helping him to shine."Although&nbsp;Higgins&nbsp;didn't last beyond the summer of 1951, two subsequent television programs had links to the show. A website pointed out the connections:

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