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3rd Rock From The Sun (season 1)
The first season of '' 3rd Rock from the Sun'', an American television sitcom, began on January 9, 1996, and ended on May 21, 1996. It aired on NBC. The region 1 DVD was released on July 26, 2005. Cast and characters Main cast * John Lithgow as Dick Solomon * Kristen Johnston as Sally Solomon * French Stewart as Harry Solomon * Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tommy Solomon * Jane Curtin as Dr. Mary Albright Recurring cast * Simbi Khali as Nina Campbell * Elmarie Wendel as Mrs. Mamie Dubcek * Wayne Knight as Officer Don Leslie Orville * David DeLuise as Bug Pollone * Ian Lithgow as Leon * Danielle Nicolet as Caryn * Chris Hogan as Aubrey Pitman * Ileen Getz as Dr. Judith Draper * Shay Astar Shay Astar (born September 29, 1981) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter best known for portraying the teenage feminist August Leffler, a semi-regular character on the sitcom '' 3rd Rock from the Sun''. Career Astar played Elizab ... as August Leffler Episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Rock From The Sun
''3rd Rock from the Sun'' is an American television sitcom created by Bonnie and Terry Turner, which originally aired from January 9, 1996, to May 22, 2001, on NBC. The show is about four Extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrials who are on an expedition to Earth, the third planet from the Sun, which they consider to be a very insignificant planet. The extraterrestrials pose as a human family to observe the behavior of human beings. The show premiered three years after the film ''Coneheads (film), Coneheads'', which was also written by the couple and featured a similar premise of aliens arriving on Earth and assimilating into American society. ''Coneheads'' also starred Jane Curtin as one of the titular alien Coneheads and featured a supporting cast including Jan Hooks, Phil Hartman, Julia Sweeney and Laraine Newman, all of whom appeared as guest stars on ''3rd Rock from the Sun''. Overview The premise of the show revolves around an extraterrestrial research expedition hailing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Orville
Officer Donald Leslie "Don" Orville is a fictional character in the NBC sitcom ''3rd Rock from the Sun''. He is portrayed by Wayne Knight and works as a Police Sergeant in the fictional town of Rutherford, Ohio, though he is consistently referred to as "Officer" throughout the series. Work Although Don works as a police officer and later sergeant throughout the series, he is often shown to be somewhat incompetent. In ''The Physics of Being Dick,'' he lets Dick interrogate a criminal with him, despite it being highly illegal. When he is paged, he also never appears to know what any of the crime codes actually mean. Don is known to make a blunder of things, for example, in ''Stuck With Dick,'' when he thinks Mary's house has been broken into, he attempts to burst in through the front door and ends up shouting "Ass right there, freeze hole!" In ''Dick's Big Giant Headache, Part II'', he also claims to be always losing things, adding "I even lost a whole dead guy once”. As the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The state's capital and largest city is Columbus, with the Columbus metro area, Greater Cincinnati, and Greater Cleveland being the largest metropolitan areas. Ohio is bordered by Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the west, and Michigan to the northwest. Ohio is historically known as the "Buckeye State" after its Ohio buckeye trees, and Ohioans are also known as "Buckeyes". Its state flag is the only non-rectangular flag of all the U.S. states. Ohio takes its name from the Ohio River, which in turn originated from the Seneca word ''ohiːyo'', meaning "good river", "great river", or "large creek". The state arose from the lands west of the Appalachian Mountai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extraterrestrial Life
Extraterrestrial life, colloquially referred to as alien life, is life that may occur outside Earth and which did not originate on Earth. No extraterrestrial life has yet been conclusively detected, although efforts are underway. Such life might range from simple forms like prokaryotes to intelligent beings, possibly bringing forth civilizations that might be far more advanced than humankind. The Drake equation speculates about the existence of sapient life elsewhere in the universe. The science of extraterrestrial life is known as astrobiology. Speculation about the possibility of inhabited "worlds" outside the planet Earth dates back to antiquity. Multiple early Christian writers discussed the idea of a "plurality of worlds" as proposed by earlier thinkers such as Democritus; Augustine references Epicurus's idea of innumerable worlds "throughout the boundless immensity of space" (originally expressed in his Letter to Herodotus) in ''The City of God''. In his first century p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonnie And Terry Turner
Bonnie and Terry Turner are an American husband-and-wife team of screenwriters and producers. They are best known for creating the sitcoms ''3rd Rock from the Sun,'' ''That '70s Show,'' and its Netflix sequel ''That '90s Show''. From 1986 until 1992, the team were staff writers for ''Saturday Night Live''. Between 1987 and 1995, they were responsible for writing or screenwriting six films, including ''Coneheads'', ''Wayne's World'', ''Wayne's World 2'', ''Tommy Boy'', and ''The Brady Bunch Movie''. History Bonnie and Terry were part of a 1980s Atlanta comedy troupe whose members often appeared on the WTBS comedy TV show '' Tush''. Bonnie and Terry also worked as feature writers for (no relation) Ted Turner's new (at that time) CNN spinoff CNN Headline News. In the mid 1980s, they produced the WTBS Sunday morning magazine show ''Good News'' with host Liz Wickersham. Another comedy troupe member and good friend, Jan Hooks, after appearing in '' Pee-wee's Big Adventure'', land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Burrows
James Edward Burrows (born December 30, 1940), sometimes known as Jim "Jimmy" Burrows, is an American television director who has been working in television since the 1970s.Stated in interview on ''Inside the Actors Studio'' Burrows has directed over 50 television pilots and co-created the long-running television series '' Cheers''. He has also formed 3 Sisters Entertainment, a joint venture with NBC that is known for ''Will & Grace'' as well as the CBS Productions show '' Caroline in the City''. In 2016, Burrows directed his 1,000th TV episode, on NBC's ''Crowded''. Early life Burrows was born to a Jewish family in Los Angeles, California, the son of Ruth (Levinson) and Abe Burrows, a well-known composer, director and writer. James has one sister, Laurie Burrows Grad. When James was still a young child, his family moved to New York where James attended New York’s High School of Music & Art. Burrows is a graduate of Oberlin College and the graduate program of the Yale Scho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brains And Eggs
"Brains and Eggs" is the pilot episode of the American sitcom ''3rd Rock from the Sun''. The episode, which originally aired on NBC on January 9, 1996, depicts an extraterrestrial research expedition coming to Earth in the guise of what they think is a typical human family. Plot In the town of Rutherford, Ohio, the aliens appear in their human forms aboard a 1963 Rambler convertible. The High Commander has become family patriarch Dick Solomon, the Security Officer is his sister Sally and the Information Officer (who is actually the oldest of the aliens) has become Tommy, Dick's teenage son. Another alien, who has no obvious purpose yet, has taken on the form of Dick's brother Harry. The first discovery they all make is that none of them can swivel their heads around a hundred and eighty degrees and thus cannot lick their backs. Shortly thereafter, Dick scrounges up a job as a physics professor at nearby Pendelton State University and the aliens rent a loft apartment from Mrs. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Leffler
Below is a list of characters in the U.S. television comedy series ''3rd Rock from the Sun'': Cast Main characters Dr. Richard "Dick" Solomon (Portrayed by John Lithgow; seasons 1-6) Though the High Commander and head of the expedition to Earth, Dick is often the most childlike member of the group, being the youngest of the crew, despite being the oldest family member (at least appearing to be the oldest due to his body). Much of the behavioral or societal-based troubles faced by the crew in their mission while on Earth frequently arise from some juvenile act perpetrated by Dick, troubles which in turn are forced to be overcome by the entire troupe with a great deal of reluctance. Salome "Sally" Solomon (Portrayed by Kristen Johnson; seasons 1-6) With a rank of lieutenant, Sally is the security officer and second-in-command. She has been called Dick's sister, but was sometimes introduced as Tommy's sister earlier in the series, and, on one occasion, claimed to be his mother, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shay Astar
Shay Astar (born September 29, 1981) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter best known for portraying the teenage feminist August Leffler, a semi-regular character on the sitcom '' 3rd Rock from the Sun''. Career Astar played Elizabeth in the Halloween comedy film '' Ernest Scared Stupid'' (1991), Paula Kelly in the ''Boy Meets World'' episode "I Am Not a Crook", and Isabella, the imaginary friend of a young girl aboard the ''Enterprise'' in the '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' episode "Imaginary Friend Imaginary friends (also known as pretend friends, invisible friends or made-up friends) are a psychological and social phenomenon where a friendship or other interpersonal relationship takes place in the imagination rather than physical reality. ..." in 1992. In 1996, she voiced Andrea on the cartoon series '' The Oz Kids''. Astar released her first EP, ''Blue Music EP'', on May 24, 2010. This was followed by her full-length debut, ''Blue Music'' on September 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Draper
Below is a list of characters in the U.S. television comedy series ''3rd Rock from the Sun'': Cast Main characters Dr. Richard "Dick" Solomon (Portrayed by John Lithgow; seasons 1-6) Though the High Commander and head of the expedition to Earth, Dick is often the most childlike member of the group, being the youngest of the crew, despite being the oldest family member (at least appearing to be the oldest due to his body). Much of the behavioral or societal-based troubles faced by the crew in their mission while on Earth frequently arise from some juvenile act perpetrated by Dick, troubles which in turn are forced to be overcome by the entire troupe with a great deal of reluctance. Salome "Sally" Solomon (Portrayed by Kristen Johnson; seasons 1-6) With a rank of lieutenant, Sally is the security officer and second-in-command. She has been called Dick's sister, but was sometimes introduced as Tommy's sister earlier in the series, and, on one occasion, claimed to be his mother, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ileen Getz
Ileen Getz (August 7, 1961 – August 4, 2005) was an American actress, most recognized for her role as Dr. Judith Draper in the television series '' 3rd Rock from the Sun.'' Professional life Getz began working professionally at The Practical Theatre Company while still in college. After graduating from Northwestern University, she became a company member of the Econo-Art Theatre Company, and worked in other Chicago, Illinois, theaters. She began her television work in 1995, with appearances on shows such as '' Law & Order'' and '' Seinfeld''. In 1996, Getz became a recurring cast member on ''3rd Rock from the Sun'', playing a professor of women's studies with no personality. Her film career included minor roles in such films as ''Celebrity'', '' Lovely and Amazing'', ''The Station Agent'', ''Changing Lanes'', and the posthumously-released ''Friends with Money'' and ''East Broadway''. Getz also worked in New York City theatre, on Broadway ( Jake's Women), and at Lincoln Center ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Hogan (actor)
Christopher Hogan is an American actor and comedian, most notable for his membership in the recurring cast of comedians on ''MADtv'' and for the character of Aubrey Pitman, one of Dick Solomon's students, on ''3rd Rock from the Sun''. Early life Hogan grew up in Eastchester, New York, and went to Trinity College, in Hartford, Connecticut, graduating in the class of 1985. While at Trinity, he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. Career ''MADtv'' Hogan joined the cast of ''MADtv'' in 1997, as a repertory performer, for the third season. He is remembered for playing characters who could only wrestle the infamous response, "He looka like a man" from Alex Borstein's Ms. Swan, whether it would be a fast food clerk, a police officer, or his Fox Mulder character. Hogan's other characters included Miguel O'Reilly (New at Six), Vonda Parker (Parker Sisters), and public accountant Milton Cladwell. However, Hogan is most remembered for succeeding David Herman as the colorful E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
