In a late interview, Mary Grace Canfield said show creator Jay Sommers was constantly having fights with network executives over her character role, Ralph Monroe, the female construction worker. The executives were worried about people, especially men, believing that a woman could be a blue collar worker. In her first appearance on the show in La fattoria dei giorni felici: How to Enlarge a Bedroom (1965), her character's brother Alf Monroe (played by Sid Melton) also says that men generally can't believe a woman could be a blue collar worker, and explains that's why he calls his sister "Ralph" and why they refer to themselves as the Monroe "Brothers." Ralph's real (female) name is never mentioned in the show, though there are several episodes where she tries (with comedic effect) to be more feminine, with no luck. She even marries scatterbrained county agent Hank Kimball (Alvy Moore) in one episode, but the wedding is annulled and Hank explains he doesn't want to be associated with a woman who has a man's name.
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