# Lotsa Luck (1973) - TV Series - Complete

Lotsa Luck is an American sitcom that aired during the 1973–74 television season on the NBC Friday evening schedule. The series stars Dom DeLuise as bachelor Stanley Belmont who lives with his bossy mother ( Kathleen Freeman ), his sister Olive ( Beverly Sanders ) and her unemployed husband, Arthur ( Wynn Irwin ). Jack Knight stars as Stanley's best friend, Bummy. Lotsa Luck is based on the British London Weekend Television series On the Buses . The show centers around Stanley's frustration with his lazy, mooching brother-in-law, Arthur, who refuses to get a job, dresses like a slob (usually unshaven and wearing a bathrobe), is constantly smoking and eats like a horse. Stanley works at the lost-and-found department of the city bus company, supporting his entire family. Episode list Nº Title Directed by: Written by: Original air date 0 "The Family Flu" \[2\] Bill Persky Sam Denoff , Bill Persky Unaired Ma and Olive ( Beverly Sanders ) come down with the flu, ruining Stan and Bummy's double date plans. Then, Olive shares her flu bug with the family. 1 "Olive's Present" \[2\] Bill Persky Sam Denoff, Bill Persky September 10, 1973 Olive's foot gets stuck in the toilet tank after trying to stand on the broken tank lid. In trying to extricate it, however, Stanley ( Dom DeLuise ) ends up breaking the whole tank. When Stanley tries to avoid paying the stiff price for a new toilet and plans to use the money earmarked for Olive's birthday present in the process, she insists that he…

- Kind: TV
- Year: 1974
- By: Concept II Productions
- Genres: Comedy
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/lotsa-luck)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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