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Charlie Hauck
Charlie Hauck (October 26, 1941 – November 14, 2020) was an American comedy writer, producer and screenwriter. He is best known as producer of the classic Norman Lear-created sitcom ''Maude'' and as the creator of the American family sitcom television series ''The Hogan Family''. He is also one the co-creators of the short-lived sitcom television series '' The Associates'', which he created with James L. Brooks, Stan Daniels, Ed. Weinberger and Michael Leeson. Early life Hauck was born in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating from John Carroll University, in 1963, for the academic year 1963-64, Hauck taught English literature at Holy Name High School in Cleveland, Ohio. Hauck then moved to Pittsburgh and was hired as a reporter and bureau chef for BusinessWeek magazine. Career Hauck started his television writing career in 1974, after moving to Los Angeles, California where he found work writing for a Flip Wilson performance. In 1975, Hauck started working on the tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. maritime border with Canada, northeast of Cincinnati, northeast of Columbus, and approximately west of Pennsylvania. The largest city on Lake Erie and one of the major cities of the Great Lakes region, Cleveland ranks as the 54th-largest city in the U.S. with a 2020 population of 372,624. The city anchors both the Greater Cleveland metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and the larger Cleveland–Akron–Canton combined statistical area (CSA). The CSA is the most populous in Ohio and the 17th largest in the country, with a population of 3.63 million in 2020, while the MSA ranks as 34th largest at 2.09 million. Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River by General Moses Cleaveland, after whom the city was named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maude (TV Series)
''Maude'' is an American sitcom television series that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972, until April 22, 1978. ''Maude'' stars Bea Arthur as Maude Findlay, an outspoken, middle-aged, politically liberal woman living in suburban Tuckahoe, New York with her fourth husband, household appliance store owner Walter Findlay (Bill Macy). Maude embraces the tenets of women's liberation, always votes for Democratic Party candidates, and advocates for civil rights and racial and gender equality. However, her overbearing and sometimes domineering personality often gets her into trouble when speaking about these issues. The show was the first spin-off of ''All in the Family'', on which Arthur had made two appearances as Maude, Edith Bunker's favorite cousin. Like ''All in the Family'', ''Maude'' was a sitcom with topical storylines created by producers Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin. Unusual for an American sitcom, several episodes (such as "Maude's Night Out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimi Kennedy
Mary Claire "Mimi" Kennedy (born September 25, 1948) is an American actress, author, and activist. Best known for her roles in television sitcoms, Kennedy co-starred in numerous short-lived sitcoms before her role as Ruth Sloan on '' Homefront'' (1991–93). She received wider recognition with her roles in the Chuck Lorre created sitcoms; ''Dharma & Greg'' (1997–2002), and '' Mom'' (2013–2021). For her performance in the latter, Kennedy received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series. Kennedy has also appeared in various films, including; '' Pump Up the Volume'' (1990), ''Erin Brockovich'' (2000), '' In the Loop'' (2009), ''Due Date'' (2010), ''Midnight in Paris'' (2011), and ''The Five-Year Engagement'' (2012). Early life Kennedy was born in Rochester, New York, the daughter of Nancy Helen (née Colgan) and Daniel Gerald Kennedy. She got her start in theater with the Rochester Community Players, appearing in Agatha C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Cook
Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English actor, comedian, satirist, playwright and screenwriter. He was the leading figure of the British satire boom of the 1960s, and he was associated with the anti-establishment comedic movement that emerged in the United Kingdom in the late 1950s. Born in Torquay, he was educated at the University of Cambridge. There he became involved with the Footlights Club, of which he later became president. After graduating he created the comedy stage revue '' Beyond the Fringe'', beginning a long-running partnership with Dudley Moore. In 1961, Cook opened the comedy club The Establishment in Soho, Central London. In 1965, Cook and Moore began a television career, beginning with '' Not Only... But Also''. Cook’s deadpan monologues contrasted with Moore’s buffoonery. They received the 1966 British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance. Following the success of the show, the duo appeared together ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Two Of Us (1981 TV Series)
''The Two of Us'' is an American television sitcom starring Peter Cook and Mimi Kennedy that aired on CBS from April 6, 1981, to February 24, 1982. It is a remake of the British London Weekend Television, LWT sitcom ''Two's Company (British TV series), Two's Company'' (1975–1979). Synopsis Cook plays an English butler named Brentwood, who works for a single American mother, Nan Gallagher (Kennedy). Dana Hill played Nan's 12-year-old daughter, Gabby. Cast * Peter Cook as Robert Brentwood * Mimi Kennedy as Nan Gallagher * Oliver Clark as Cubby Royce * Dana Hill as Gabby Gallagher * Tim Thomerson as Reggie Cavanaugh Episodes Season 1 (1981) Season 2 (1981–82) External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Two of Us (1981 TV series), The 1980s American sitcoms 1981 American television series debuts 1982 American television series endings American television series based on British television series CBS original programming English-language television shows Television ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sitcom
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use new characters in each sketch, and stand-up comedy, where a comedian tells jokes and stories to an audience. Sitcoms originated in radio, but today are found mostly on television as one of its dominant narrative forms. A situation comedy television program may be recorded in front of a studio audience, depending on the program's production format. The effect of a live studio audience can be imitated or enhanced by the use of a laugh track. Critics disagree over the utility of the term "sitcom" in classifying shows that have come into existence since the turn of the century. Many contemporary American sitcoms use the single-camera setup and do not feature a laugh track, thus often resembling the dramedy shows of the 1980s and 1990s rather t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primetime Emmy
The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime Emmys are presented in recognition of excellence in American primetime television programming. The award categories are divided into three classes: the regular Primetime Emmy Awards, the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards to honor technical and other similar behind-the-scenes achievements, and the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards for recognizing significant contributions to the engineering and technological aspects of television. First given out in 1949, the award was originally referred to as simply the "Emmy Award" until the International Emmy Award and the Daytime Emmy Award were created in the early 1970s to expand the Emmy to other sectors of the television industry. The Primetime Emmy Awards generally air every September, on the Sun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network. It is the flagship property of the ABC Entertainment Group division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, California, on Riverside Drive, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network's secondary offices, and headquarters of its news division, are in New York City, at its broadcast center at 77 West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. It is the fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world and the youngest of the American Big Three television networks. The network is sometimes referred to as the Alphabet Network, as its initialism also represents the first three letters of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Another Day (TV Series)
''Another Day'' is an American situation comedy television series starring David Groh and Joan Hackett that aired for four episodes on CBS from April 8 to April 29, 1978.McNeil, Alex, ''Total Television: The Comprehensive Guide to Programming From 1948 to the Present'', New York: Penguin Books, 1996, p. 49.Brooks, Tim, and Earle Marsh, ''The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present, Sixth Edition'', New York: Ballantine Books, 1995, , p. 53. Synopsis Don Gardner is a rather traditional middle-class man who wants to support his family on his income alone. The Gardners finances, however, dictate that his wife Ginny also take a job, although even with her working full-time there never seems to be enough money to make ends meet. Don and Ginny have two children; teenaged Kelly is their uninhibited and outgoing daughter and 12-year-old Mark is their shy son. Dons complaining mother, Olive, lives with the family and spends most of her time criticizing ever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot L Baltimore
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Apple Pie (TV Series)
''Apple Pie'' is an American sitcom that aired for only two episodes on ABC on September 23 and September 30, 1978. Overview Rue McClanahan starred as Ginger-Nell Hollyhock, a single and lonely hairdresser who lives in Kansas City, Missouri, during the Great Depression year of 1933. When Ginger-Nell places classified ads in the local newspapers, she recruits a group of wacky relatives – a con-man husband, Fast Eddie Murtaugh; a tap-dancing daughter, Anna Marie Hollyhock; a son who wanted to fly like a bird, Junior Hollyhock; and a tottering old blind grandfather, Grandpa Hollyhock – all of whom come to live together for the laughs. Cast *Rue McClanahan as Ginger-Nell Hollyhock *Dabney Coleman as Fast Eddie Murtaugh * Jack Gilford as Grandpa Hollyhock * Caitlin O'Heaney as Anna Marie Hollyhock * Derrel Maury as Junior Hollyhock Episodes Reception When the sitcom '' Maude'' ended in April 1978, producer Norman Lear created ''Apple Pie'' as a star vehicle for Rue McClanahan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insight (American TV Series)
''Insight'' is an American religious-themed weekly anthology series that aired in syndication from October 1960 to 1983. ''Insight'' holds a unique place in the history of public service television programming. Produced by Paulist Productions in Los Angeles, it was an anthology series, using an eclectic set of storytelling forms including comedy, melodrama, and fantasy to explore moral dilemmas. The series was created by Catholic priest Ellwood E. "Bud" Kieser, the founder of Paulist Productions. A member of the Paulist Fathers, an evangelistic Catholic order of priests, he worked in the entertainment community in Hollywood as a priest-producer and occasional host, using television as a vehicle of spiritual enrichment. Many of the episodes of the series were videotaped at Television City Studios and then Metromedia Square. It was the longest-running syndicated weekly show until ''Soul Train'' took over in 1996, and ran until 2008 (only ''Entertainment Tonight'', ''Wheel Of For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
