My Son Jeep is a short-lived American situation comedy

Situation comedy

A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...

 originally broadcast on the NBC

NBC

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 Radio and Television networks in 1953 (radio: January 25-June 14; television: July 4-September 22, with a "sneak preview" on June 3). Set in Grove Fall U.S.A, The program starred Martin Huston

Martin Huston

Martin W. Huston, also known as Marty Huston , was an American actor of primarily television and stage....

 (later Bobby Alford) as Jeffrey "Jeep" Allison, a mischievous ten-year-old boy reminiscent of Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace (U.S.)

Dennis the Menace is a daily syndicated newspaper comic strip originally created, written and illustrated by Hank Ketcham. It debuted on March 12, 1951 in 16 newspapers and was originally distributed by Post-Hall Syndicate...

. Jeep was the youngest of two children of Dr. Robert Allison, (Donald Cook

Donald Cook (actor)

Donald Cook was an American stage and film actor.Born in Portland, Oregon, he originally studied farming but later started business with a lumber company. He joined the Kansas Community Players and through this received an offer of stage work...

 and Paul McGrath

Paul McGrath

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 on radio, Jeffrey Lynn

Jeffrey Lynn

Jeffrey Lynn was an American actor.Born Ragnar Lind in Auburn, Massachusetts, Lynn was a school teacher before he began his acting career. He came to Hollywood and made his film debut in Out Where the Stars Begin...

 on television), a widower and small-town doctor.

The program was later revived as a 15-minute weeknight program on the CBS Radio Network

CBS Radio Network

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 (October 3, 1955-November 9, 1956).

Young Huston later appeared as Skipper Bradley in Johnny Weismuller's short-lived Jungle Jim

Jungle Jim (TV series)

Jungle Jim is a 26-episode syndicated adventure television series which aired from 1955-1956, starring Johnny Weismuller, as Jim "Jungle Jim" Bradley, a hunter, guide, and explorer in, primarily, Africa. The program should not be confused with Ramar of the Jungle, but is based on the Jungle Jim...

television series in the 1955-1956 season.