Desc: The Fess Parker Show: Directed by Don Weis. With Fess Parker, Cindy Eilbacher, Dawn Lyn, Michelle Stacy. Fess Hamilton is a recently widowed man who must cope with three feisty daughters. His best friend Boomer is also recently widowed and tries to raise three young sons. In the pilot, he must cope with his eldest daughter dating an unsavory boy, his youngest daughter being duped by a conman and clothes that need mending.