''Flappers'' was a

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television

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airing on the

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from 1979 to 1981.Donn Downey, "Flappers full of silly frills". ''

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'', September 21, 1979. Set in a

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nightclub owned by May Lamb (

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) during the

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, it followed the people who work in and around the club.Robert Martin, "Star of Flappers has a not-so-secret desire". ''

'', July 14, 1979. The series was directed by Alan Erlich, and produced by Joseph Partington, with Jack Humphrey as executive producer.

Main cast

— May *Andrée Cousineau — Yvonne Marie *Denise Proulx — Francine *Michael Donaghue — Andy *Victor Désy — Oscar * Edward Atienza — Uncle Rummy * Robert Lalonde — Robert * Gail Dahms — Bunny * Derek McGrath — Sam McTaggart

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