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'''''Honest Al's A-OK Used Car and Trailer Rental Tigers''''' is a 1978 special intended to serve as a pilot for a comedy series.<ref>[http://www.hollywood.com/tv/honest-al-s-a-ok-used-car-and-trailer-rental-tigers-59525203/ Honest Al's A-OK Used Car and Trailer Rental Tigers at Hollywood.com] Retrieved 11 Jul '16</ref> The special aired in January 20, 1978 on ABC.<ref>[http://tinyurl.com/HonestAl1 St. Petersburg Times - Jan 9, 1978] Retrieved 11 Jul '16</ref>


'''''Honest Al's A-OK Used Car and Trailer Rental Tigers''''' is a 1978 special intended to serve as a pilot for a comedy series.<ref>[http://www.hollywood.com/tv/honest-al-s-a-ok-used-car-and-trailer-rental-tigers-59525203/ Honest Al's A-OK Used Car and Trailer Rental Tigers at Hollywood.com] Retrieved 11 Jul '16.</ref> The special aired in January 20, 1978 on ABC.<ref>[http://tinyurl.com/HonestAl1 St. Petersburg Times - Jan 9, 1978] Retrieved 11 Jul '16.</ref>
When the Tigers, a youth league football team lose, "Honest" Al, the owner of Honest Al's Used Cards and Trailer Rentals, becomes the team's new sponsor. The proposed series was to relate Al's misadventures as he tries to run a business and manage a group of kids. Other regulars are Franklin, his mechanic; Ethel, Franklin's aunt; and the Moody, Doc and Chicago.<ref>[http://tinyurl.com/HonestAl2 Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed] Retrieved 11 Jul '16</ref>
 
When the Tigers, a youth league football team lose, "Honest" Al, the owner of Honest Al's Used Cards and Trailer Rentals, becomes the team's new sponsor. The proposed series was to relate Al's misadventures as he tries to run a business and manage a group of kids. Other regulars are Franklin, his mechanic; Ethel, Franklin's aunt; and the Moody, Doc and Chicago.<ref>[http://tinyurl.com/HonestAl2 Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed] Retrieved 11 Jul '16.</ref>


No known prints or stills of the special have surfaced since its initial airing.
No known prints or stills of the special have surfaced since its initial airing.


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Latest revision as of 23:11, 9 May 2020

Honest Al's A-OK Used Car and Trailer Rental Tigers ad.JPG

Newspaper advertisement of the special.

Status: Lost

Honest Al's A-OK Used Car and Trailer Rental Tigers is a 1978 special intended to serve as a pilot for a comedy series.[1] The special aired in January 20, 1978 on ABC.[2]

When the Tigers, a youth league football team lose, "Honest" Al, the owner of Honest Al's Used Cards and Trailer Rentals, becomes the team's new sponsor. The proposed series was to relate Al's misadventures as he tries to run a business and manage a group of kids. Other regulars are Franklin, his mechanic; Ethel, Franklin's aunt; and the Moody, Doc and Chicago.[3]

No known prints or stills of the special have surfaced since its initial airing.

References