<P> After the first season , Bishop decided to fully change the format of the series . In addition to the format changing , The Joey Bishop Show began filming in front of a live audience and also featured an entirely different supporting cast . In the second incarnation , Joey Barnes is the host of a New York City talk / variety television show . Abby Dalton joined the cast as Joey 's new wife Ellie ( whom Joey called `` Texas '' because she hailed from Texas ) and the two live at the Carlton Arms , a posh Manhattan apartment building . Towards the end of season two , Ellie discovers she is pregnant with the couple 's first child . Their son , Joey Barnes , Jr. ( played by Dalton 's real son Matthew David Smith ) , was born in the season - two finale `` The Baby Cometh '' . Also joining the cast was Guy Marks , who portrayed Freddie , Joey 's manager . Marks left the series after 19 episodes and Corbett Monica joined the cast as Larry Corbett , Joey 's head writer . The supporting cast also includes Mary Treen as Hilda , the Barnes ' maid and baby nurse , with whom Joey frequently trades insults . Joe Besser portrayed Mr. Jillson , the building 's henpecked super who lives in fear of his wife , Tantalia ( who is never seen but often heard ) . </P>
<P> After the first season , Bishop decided to fully change the format of the series . In addition to the format changing , The Joey Bishop Show began filming in front of a live audience and also featured an entirely different supporting cast . In the second incarnation , Joey Barnes is the host of a New York City talk / variety television show . Abby Dalton joined the cast as Joey 's new wife Ellie ( whom Joey called `` Texas '' because she hailed from Texas ) and the two live at the Carlton Arms , a posh Manhattan apartment building . Towards the end of season two , Ellie discovers she is pregnant with the couple 's first child . Their son , Joey Barnes , Jr. ( played by Dalton 's real son Matthew David Smith ) , was born in the season - two finale `` The Baby Cometh '' . Also joining the cast was Guy Marks , who portrayed Freddie , Joey 's manager . Marks left the series after 19 episodes and Corbett Monica joined the cast as Larry Corbett , Joey 's head writer . The supporting cast also includes Mary Treen as Hilda , the Barnes ' maid and baby nurse , with whom Joey frequently trades insults . Joe Besser portrayed Mr. Jillson , the building 's henpecked super who lives in fear of his wife , Tantalia ( who is never seen but often heard ) . </P>
who played jillson on the joey bishop show
who played jillson on the joey bishop show
Joe Besser
Joe Besser