Flatbush is an American sitcom that aired on CBS

CBS

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 for three weeks from February 26, 1979 to March 12, 1979.

Plot

The series followed five recent high school graduates living in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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, Presto, a cab driver, Socks, who worked in a clothing store, Figgy, a supermarket deliveryman, Joey, a plummer, and Turtle, who worked in his family's restaurant. Together they called themselves 'The Flatbush Fungos'.

Reception

The ethnic stereotypes in the series so offended the real-life Brooklyn Borough president that he publicly demanded it be canceled.

Cast

• Joseph Cali
  Joseph Cali
  Joseph Cali is an American actor.He is most remembered for playing Joey in the 1977 blockbuster movie Saturday Night Fever.Cali has appeared in TV and films such as 'Voices The Competition with Amy Irving...
  
   as Presto Prestopopolos
• Adrian Zmed as Socks Palermo
• Vincent Bufano as Turtle Romero
• Randy Stumpf as Joey Dee
• Sandy Helberg
  Sandy Helberg
  Sandy Helberg is an American actor.Born in Frankfurt, Germany, grew up in Toledo, Ohio, he moved to New York where he studied acting with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. Sandy did stand-up and was part of an improv group that worked clubs in Greenwich Village. He later moved to Los...
  
   as Figgy Figueroa
• Antony Pinzini as Esposito
• Helen Verbit as Mrs. Fortunato