Same. #StarTrek
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Just got The TV Writer's Guide by Margaret R. Weiss (1952), which contains a script from The Laytons, the first US TV show to star a black actor: Amanda Randolph, who played Martha, the Laytons' housekeeper and star of the show. I read it out loud to Chris and we both laughed.
I investigated a market research scheme that exploited poor, innocent classic sitcoms like City starring Valerie Harper. Check it out here: https://rerunrewind.com/p/scam-city #rerunrewind #sitcoms #classicsitcoms #scam #marketresearch
My latest guest post on @[email protected] profiles five of my favorite classic TV fashion icons. Read it here: https://featurepresentationvideo.substack.com/p/top-5-classic-tv-fashion-icons
This week in sitcom history, David Rounds made his last TV appearance, Night Court confused viewers with an additional episode after the finale, and Lee Grant's ill-fated sitcom aired its series finale. Read all about it here: https://www.rerunrewind.com/p/this-week-in-sitcom-history-may-29th
This Week in Sitcom History – May 29th-June 3rd
May 29th, 1983: David Rounds’s Final Role Before Groundbreaking Obituary The season seven episode of Alice, “Mel’s Cousin Wendy?,” aired on May 29th, 1983. It featured the final TV appearance of actor David Rounds before he passed away from cancer in December of that year. His
Today I further explored a theory I first posited on Facebook in 2020: Community is basically Recess for grown-ups. Find out why here: https://www.rerunrewind.com/p/community-is-basically-recess-for #sitcoms #classictv #tvshows #cartoons #recess #community
Community is basically Recess for grown-ups. Prove me wrong.
Recess was a fun little cartoon that aired for six seasons from 1997 to 2001. It followed the zany adventures of a ragtag group of misfits who became close friends at a fictional elementary school. Community was a silly sitcom that aired for six seasons from 2009 to 2015. It followed the zany adventures of a ragtag group of misfits who became close friends at a fictional community college.
This week in sitcom history, Michael J. Fox left Spin City, Mork & Mindy left the airwaves, and NewsRadio left the planet. Read all about it here: https://www.rerunrewind.com/p/this-week-in-sitcom-history-may-21st
This Week in Sitcom History - May 21st-27th
Thanks to Chris Meservey for researching this week’s significant sitcom happenings. May 23rd, 1997: NewsRadio Goes Where No Sitcom Has Gone Before The official season three finale of NewsRadio, “Space,” was the first of a series of fantasy episodes where the show explored a “what if” premise, like “What if WNYX was actually the Titanic?” and other crazy things like that. In this episode, instead of a radio station, WNYX is a space station in the distant future. The station is run by voice commands that rarely work, Matthew (Andy Dick) has an android girlfriend, Dave (David Foley) and Mr. James (Stephen Root) go over the books using virtual reality, and there are plenty cheeky references to sci-fi movies and TV shows, like
My latest guest post on @[email protected] is about the greatest show you never saw. #classictv #scifi #80s https://featurepresentationvideo.substack.com/p/automan-was-the-best-show-you-never?utm_medium=reader2
This week in sitcom history: over 30 shows ended, including Seinfeld, Cheers, Moesha, and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; Judy Winslow and John Burns got Chuck Cunninghamed; Quentin Kelly and Becky Conner were re-cast; and more! Read all about it here: https://www.rerunrewind.com/p/this-week-in-sitcom-history-may-14th
This Week in Sitcom History – May 14th-20th
Series Finale Fest This was a week of endings. Over 30 sitcoms aired their series finales between May 14th and May 20th, from obscure, short-lived jaunts to wildly-popular, long-running legends. Here are a few of the most significant. May 14th, 1998:
This week in sitcom history: Laverne & Shirley, The Golden Girls, Carroll O'Connor's TV career, and possibly Dan Conner's life all came to an end. Read all about it here: http://rerunrewind.com/p/this-week-in-sitcom-history-may-7th #sitcoms #sitcomhistory #classictv #rerunrewind
