Peck's Bad Girl

Peck's Bad Girl

1959
Peck's Bad Girl
Peck's Bad Girl

Peck's Bad Girl

7.7 | en | Comedy

Peck's Bad Girl is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from May 5 to August 4, 1959. The series centers on the misadventures of 12 year-old Torey Peck, played by Patty McCormack.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP14  Treehouse of the Steven Peck's
Aug. 04,1959
Treehouse of the Steven Peck's

City hall, the neighbors, and a bird-watcher's society object when the Peck's put up a tree house in their back yard.

EP13  The Breadwinner
Jul. 28,1959
The Breadwinner

(TVG) Jane Withers appears as a guest star in ""The Breadwinner."" Convinced that it's time she earned a living of her own, Torey decides to advertise in the newspapers for a baby-sitting job. Her first customer is actress Jane Withers. TV Guide says that this is the last show of the series in it's July 25-31 issue.

EP12  Slumber Party
Jul. 21,1959
Slumber Party

Tory Peck invites her friends over for a slumber party. All the girls think Dad is the greatest. But, after Tory is disillusioned that her Dad isn't perfect, she realizes that it's okay anyway.

EP11  unknown
Jul. 14,1959
unknown

Torey Peck creates quite a problem in the Peck household when she decides her father doesn't really love her and is partial to her younger brother, Roger.

EP10  The Picnic
Jul. 07,1959
The Picnic

Eager to be accepted by a ""sophisticated"" crowd, Torey Peck accepts a date with a smooth-talking 15-year-old boy instead of with Norman, her classmate. (TVG) Torey is anxious to be accepted as ""one of the crowd"" in an older group.

EP9  Lady Bountiful
Jun. 30,1959
Lady Bountiful

Torey Peck abandons her selfish ambitions when she becomes concerned over the plight of a poor little girl whom she dislikes. (TVG) - Torey is too busy thinking about herself to bother being nice to Nancy Hogan, who just doesn't fit into Torey's group of friends.

EP8  Feet of Clay
Jun. 23,1959
Feet of Clay

Torey's girlfriends decide her father is as charming as their movie idols, until he consents to take them dancing.

EP7  Spare the Rod
Jun. 16,1959
Spare the Rod

Steve and Jennifer Peck learn a lesson in child behavior when they follow the advice of a prudish aunt and consult a child psychologist about raising the youngsters.

EP6  Society vs Torey Peck
Jun. 09,1959
Society vs Torey Peck

A pledge of secrecy becomes a dilemma for Torey Peck when she is torn between loyalty to her best friends and duty to her girls' club.

EP5  unknown
Jun. 02,1959
unknown

Torey Peck suspects her mother is falling in love with Jacques Bergerac, a visitor to her home, and sets about to break up the imagined romance.

EP4  The Pet Rabbit
May. 26,1959
The Pet Rabbit

Torey Peck puts her family in a spin when she envisions her brother, Roger, as a potential delinquent.

EP3  Lips That Touch Lipstick
May. 19,1959
Lips That Touch Lipstick

Torey Peck faces a crisis when her father objects to her wearing lipstick to a party.

EP2  The Big Fib
May. 12,1959
The Big Fib

In an effort to impress her rich new neighbors, Torey Peck invents a story that involves her parents in an embarassing and confusing set of circumstances connected with an imagined trip to Europe. (TVG) Torey Peck meets Francesca, the little girl who has just moved in next door. Francesca tells Torey that her parents are on a trip.

EP1  unknown
May. 05,1959
unknown

Torey Peck momentarily forsakes her boy friend and has a school-girl crush on her art teacher.

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Peck's Bad Girl is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from May 5 to August 4, 1959. The series centers on the misadventures of 12 year-old Torey Peck, played by Patty McCormack.

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margot For a program that disappeared nearly as fast as it was mounted, Peck's Bad Girl has remarkable staying power in the memories of those who caught some of its few episodes. It is best described as a deconstructionist parody of family-life sitcoms of the 1950s (Bachelor Father, Father Knows Best, etc.). The script would set up a routine situation (Torey adopting a stray cat, parents taking separate vacation), and quickly blow it up to absurd proportions.At points in the narrative, Torey Peck (Patty McCormick, she of the blond fringe and pigtails, a few years on from the Coppertone billboard and 'The Bad Seed') would stand against a blackout background and give droll Hitchcockian commentary on the proceedings.None of this was totally original conceptually; the Burns and Allen show also featured absurdist plots with running commentary by a principal (George would watch the latest scene on the TV in his den and then tell you what he thought); Dwayne Hickman in Dobie Gillis also gave frequent commentary, away from the action and in front of Rodin's Thinker; the cartoon show Rocky and His Friends consisted of nothing but endless parodies and knowing winks. What distinguished Peck's Bad Girl was that it didn't shout 'sitcom' at you. Its presentation was closer to that of a soap opera. Someone tuning into it for the first time might not immediately realize it was a comedy. All good excuses for the show not surviving. It also occurs to me that the notion of a child narrator of 11 or 12--and a highly stylized female child at that--may have been off-putting to a lot of people.