Claude's Crib
''Claude's Crib'' is an American comedy television series created by Claude Brooks and Linda M. Yearwood. The series stars Claude Brooks, Tembi Locke, Jennifer Aspen, Matt Champagne, Anthony Michael Hall, James Wong and Larry Hankin. The series aired on USA Network from January 5, 1997, to March 2, 1997. Cast * Claude Brooks as Claude * Tembi Locke as Kaylene * Jennifer Aspen as Julie * Matt Champagne as Bailey * Anthony Michael Hall Michael Anthony Hall (born April 14, 1968), known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor best known for his leading role as Johnny Smith in '' The Dead Zone'' from 2002 to 2007. He also rose to fame starring in films with ... as "Shorty" * James Wong as Desmond "Des" * Larry Hankin as Al Episodes References External links * {{USANetwork Shows 1990s American sitcoms 1997 American television series debuts 1997 American television series endings English-language television shows Television series by CBS ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tembi Locke
Tembekile "Tembi" Locke is an American actress who has appeared in television shows and film. She is best known as Dr. Grace Monroe on Syfy's series ''Eureka'' and as Dr. Diana Davis in ''Sliders''. Locke is also the author of the bestselling memoir, ''From Scratch,'' which was later adapted into a limited series by Netflix. Life and career Born to civil rights activist parents, she attended Alief Hastings High School in Houston. After high school, Locke lived for a time in Italy on a foreign exchange program. While there, she appeared several times on Italian television, including the ''Carnevale Di Venezia''. After returning to the United States, she graduated with an art history degree from Wesleyan University, in Connecticut. She speaks fluent Italian. Locke and her husband, Rosario "Saro" Gullo, a Sicilian chef, lived and worked in Los Angeles, California. Her husband died in 2012. They have one daughter who was 7 at the time of her father's death. She is a vegetarian, and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jennifer Aspen
Jennifer Aspen (born October 9, 1973) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Daphne Jablonsky in Fox teen drama series ''Party of Five'' (1998–2000), as Trina Hamilton in ABC family sitcom '' Rodney'' (2004–2006), as Kendra Giardi in the first season of the Fox musical comedy series ''Glee'' and as Sharon Peacham on ABC comedy-drama '' GCB'' (2012). Career Aspen made her debut in 1995, and later began playing guest-starring roles in number of television shows, like ''Hope and Gloria'', ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' and '' Married... with Children''. In 1996 she made her film debut with a co-starring role in the family comedy ''A Very Brady Sequel'' and horror film '' Sometimes They Come Back... Again''. She also guest-starred in ''Will & Grace'', ''Friends'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''Shark'', ''Boston Legal'', ''The Closer'', ''Criminal Minds'', ''Supernatural'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' and ''Private Practice''. Aspen had series regular role in the Fox teen d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anthony Michael Hall
Michael Anthony Hall (born April 14, 1968), known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor best known for his leading role as Johnny Smith in '' The Dead Zone'' from 2002 to 2007. He also rose to fame starring in films with John Hughes, which include the teen classics ''Sixteen Candles'', ''The Breakfast Club'', and '' Weird Science''. Hall diversified his roles to avoid becoming typecast as his geek persona, joining the cast of ''Saturday Night Live'' (1985–1986) and starring in films such as ''Out of Bounds'' (1986), ''Johnny Be Good'' (1988), ''Edward Scissorhands'' (1990) and ''Six Degrees of Separation'' (1993). After a series of minor roles in the 1990s, he starred as Microsoft's Bill Gates in the 1999 television film ''Pirates of Silicon Valley'' and starred in 2001 comedy ''Freddy Got Fingered''. He had the leading role in the USA Network series '' The Dead Zone'' from 2002 to 2007. In 2008, he appeared in a minor role in ''The Dark Knight''. In 20 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Larry Hankin
Larry Hankin (born ) is an American character actor, performer, director, comedian and producer. He is known for his major film roles as Charley Butts in '' Escape from Alcatraz'' (1979), Ace in '' Running Scared'' (1986), and Carl Alphonse in ''Billy Madison'' (1995). He had smaller roles as Doobie in ''Planes, Trains and Automobiles'', Sergeant Larry Balzak in ''Home Alone'', Mr. Heckles in ''Friends'', and Joe in ''Breaking Bad'' and '' El Camino''. Early life and career Hankin grew up in a Jewish family in Far Rockaway, Queens. He graduated from Far Rockaway High School and Syracuse University, where he befriended Carl Gottlieb. He was homeless at one point. Notable film and television roles Hankin was an early member of the Second City, training with improvisational theater legends Viola Spolin and Paul Sills, and in 1963 moved to San Francisco to co-found another influential improv troupe, The Committee. His first notable supporting role was as Pt. Romero in ''Viva Max! ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paramount Television
The original incarnation of Paramount Television was the name of the television production division of the American film studio Paramount Pictures, that was responsible for the production of Viacom television programs, until it changed its name to CBS Paramount Television on January 17, 2006, due to the Viacom split. History Desilu Productions Desilu Productions was an American production company founded and co-owned by husband and wife Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, best known for shows such as ''I Love Lucy'', ''Star Trek'', and ''The Untouchables''. Until 1962, Desilu was the second-largest independent television production company in the U.S. behind MCA Inc.'s Revue Productions until MCA bought Universal Pictures, and Desilu became and remained the number-one independent production company until it was sold in 1967. Ball and Arnaz jointly owned the majority stake in Desilu from its inception until 1962, when Ball bought out Arnaz and ran the company by herself for several ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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USA Network
USA Network (simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. It was originally launched in 1977 as Madison Square Garden Sports Network, one of the first national sports cable television channels, before being relaunched under its current name on April 9, 1980. Since then, USA steadily gained popularity through its original programming, a long-established partnership with WWE and, for many years, limited sports programming that increased significantly in 2022 after the shutdown of NBCSN. As of September 2018, USA Network is commercially available to about 90.4 million households (98% of households with pay television) in the US. History Madison Square Garden Sports Network (1977–1980) USA Network originally launched on September 22, 1977, as the Madison Square Garden Sports Network (not to be confused with the New York City-area regional ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rob Schiller
Rob Schiller is an American television director and producer. Since 1984, Schiller has amassed a number of directorial credits namely ''A Different World'', ''Ned and Stacey, Living Single'', ''Ellen'', ''Malcolm & Eddie'', ''The King of Queens'', ''Two and a Half Men'', '''Til Death'', ''Anger Management'', '' $#*! My Dad Says'' and other television series. In 1990 and 1991, Schiller won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team for directing soap opera '' Santa Barbara''. In 2010, Schiller directed the stage play ''Greater Tuna'' at Boulder's Dinner Theatre in Boulder, Colorado Boulder is a home rule city that is the county seat and most populous municipality of Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 108,250 at the 2020 United States census, making it the 12th most populous city in Color .... In 2011, Schiller's first feature film, ''And They're Off'' was released. [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1990s American Sitcoms
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1997 American Television Series Debuts
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1997 American Television Series Endings
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