Szysznyk
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{{Infobox television
| image =
| caption =
| creator = Jim Mulligan
Ron Laundry
| runtime = 30 minutes
| starring = Ned Beatty
Olivia Cole
Leonard Barr
Thomas Carter
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 15 (4 unaired)
| company = Four's Company Productions
Paramount Television
| network = CBS
| first_aired = {{start date|1977|8|1}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1978|1|25}}
}}
Szysznyk (pronounced SIZ-nik) is an American sitcom produced by Paramount Television. Originally broadcast on CBS as a summer replacement series, five episodes were aired during August 1977, followed by ten more during the 1977-78 television season. The series starred Ned Beatty as Nick Szysznyk.
Plot
Retired Marine Nick Szysznyk is a supervisor at a Washington, D.C. community center.[http://tv.nytimes.com/show/160321/Szysznyk/overview Overview of Szysznyk] at The New York Times
The ongoing punchline of the show was that people meeting Szysznyk for the first time almost invariably mispronounced his surname. An example from one episode included a narcotics detective who pronounced his name "Sneeze-wick".
Cast
- Ned Beatty as Nick Szysznyk
- Olivia Cole as Ms. Harrison
- Leonard Barr as Leonard Kriegler
- Thomas Carter as Ray Gun
=Guest stars=
- Susan Lanier as Sandi Chandler (two episodes)
Episode list
=Season 1 (1977)=
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=Season 2 (1977–78)=
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