‘Too Close For Comfort’ in October

Starring the late comedy veteran Ted Knight, “Too Close For Comfort: The Complete First Season” debuts on DVD on October 26, 2004 from Rhino Home Video and DLT Entertainment. Following the everyday exploits of a couple whose grown daughters live too close for comfort directly downstairs from them, the show marked the triumphant return to series television of Ted Knight (“Mary Tyler Moore Show”) as father and cartoonist Henry Rush. Also starring Nancy Dussault, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Lydia Cornell, J.M. J. Bullock and Audrey Meadows, “Too Close For Comfort” debuted on ABC in 1980 and quickly rose in the ratings to rival competitive shows such as “Happy Days” and “The Dukes of Hazzard.”

In the series, uptight father Henry Rush (Ted Knight) rents his downstairs apartment to his two very attractive college aged daughters (Lydia Cornell & Deborah Van Valkenburgh). While stressing about the goings-on downstairs, his overly friendly neighbor Monroe (J.M. J. Bullock) and ever-present mother-in-law (Audrey Meadows) drive him up the wall.

The three-disc DVD set includes all 19 original broadcast episodes, interviews, commentary and more.