Remembered today mainly for two films that first brought Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis to the big screen, My Friend Irma originated from a long-running radio situation comedy created by Cy Howard. The franchise eventually expanded to include a television series, two movies, a comic strip, and a Marvel/Atlas comic book series.
Across all these versions, the storyline follows the misadventures of Irma Peterson, a beautiful but ditzy stenographer, and her roommate Jane Stacy, a sensible secretary, as they navigate life in New York City. Other characters include Irma's boyfriend Al, a lazy schemer, Jane's boss, millionaire Richard Rhinelander III, and upstairs neighbor Professor Kropotkin, a violinist. Actress Marie Wilson portrayed Irma on radio, television, and film.
Howard was an accomplished director, producer, and screenwriter, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. According to the book The Secret History of Marvel Comics, CBS Assistant Director of Publicity Arthur Perles arranged for Marvel to license My Friend Irma for comic books, along with other CBS radio properties Suspense and Casey, Crime Photographer.
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