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Mr. President (TV Series)
''Mr. President'' is an American sitcom created by Johnny Carson's company, Carson Productions, that starred George C. Scott and premiered on May 3, 1987. It was part of the Fox Broadcasting Company's premiere season of prime time entertainment, alongside '' Married... with Children'', ''The Tracey Ullman Show'', and ''Duet''. Plot The series centered around newly elected President Samuel Arthur Tresch, the former governor of Wisconsin. Others in the cast were Meg Tresch, Samuel's wife, who left him at the start of the second season, and Samuel's children, 16-year-old Cynthia and 12-year-old Nick. Charlie Ross was the Chief of Staff. Cast *George C. Scott ... President Samuel Arthur Tresch *Conrad Bain ... Charlie Ross, the President's Chief of Staff *Carlin Glynn ... First Lady Meg Tresch; she leaves the President at the beginning of the second season *Maddie Corman ... Cynthia Tresch, the President's youngest daughter * Susan Wheeler Duff ... Jennifer, the President's eldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Situation Comedy
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] |
Television
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.Diggs-Brown, Barbara (2011''Strategic Public Relations: Audience Focused Practice''p. 48 In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries. The availability of various types of archival st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s American Sitcoms
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 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 *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 American Television Series Endings
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicentennial on January 26; The 1988 Summer Olympics are held in Seoul, South Korea; Soviet troops begin their withdrawal from Afghanistan, which is completed the next year; The 1988 Armenian earthquake kills between 25,000-50,000 people; The 8888 Uprising in Myanmar, led by students, protests the Burma Socialist Programme Party; A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 103, causing the plane to crash down on the town of Lockerbie, Scotland- the event kills 270 people., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Piper Alpha rect 200 0 400 200 Iran Air Flight 655 rect 400 0 600 200 Australian Bicentenary rect 0 200 300 400 Pan Am Flight 103 rect 300 200 600 400 1988 Summer Olympics rect 0 400 200 600 8888 Uprising rect 200 400 400 600 1988 Armenian earthquake rect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 American Television Series Debuts
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing everyone except a little girl; The King's Cross fire kills 31 people after a fire under an escalator Flashover, flashes-over; The MV Doña Paz sinks after colliding with an oil tanker, drowning almost 4,400 passengers and crew; Typhoon Nina (1987), Typhoon Nina strikes the Philippines; LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 crashes outside of Warsaw, taking the lives of all aboard; The USS Stark is USS Stark incident, struck by Iraq, Iraqi Exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf; President of the United States, U.S. President Ronald Reagan gives a famous Tear down this wall!, speech, demanding that Soviet Union, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev tears down the Berlin Wall., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Zeebrugge disaster rect 200 0 400 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Noah
Peter Noah is an American television writer and producer. He served as an executive producer and regular writer for the NBC drama ''The West Wing''. Noah first became involved with the series as a consulting producer and regular writer for the fifth season and was promoted to supervising producer before the season's end. He continued in this role for the sixth season before becoming an executive producer for the seventh and final season. Along with his fellow producers he was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for three consecutive years (2004–2006) for his work on ''The West Wing''. In 2006 he was also nominated for the WGA award for best dramatic series. Noah went on to executive produce ''The West Wing'' star Jimmy Smits's next series ''Cane''. He has also written on '' The Firm'', ''Scandal'', ''Kingdom'' and ''Designated Survivor''. His brother is journalist Timothy Noah, and his nephew is Maroon 5 Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earl Boen
Earl Boen () is an American retired film, television and voice actor, best known as criminal psychologist Dr. Peter Silberman in ''The Terminator'' (1984), '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' (1991), '' Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' (2003) and '' Terminator: Dark Fate'' (2019, archive footage only). He is the only actor besides Arnold Schwarzenegger to appear in each of the first three ''Terminator'' films. Boen is also very active in the voice-over field. He is known for voicing characters such as Mr. Bleakman in ''Clifford the Big Red Dog'', Police Chief Kanifky in '' Bonkers'', the Narrator in ''World of Warcraft'', Señor Senior, Senior in ''Kim Possible'', and Captain LeChuck in the ''Monkey Island'' series. Early life Having started acting in the mid-1950s, Boen played roles on the stage with several repertory companies between 1965 and 1976 before moving to Hollywood. Career Boen is known to many TV viewers as the Harper family's pastor, the Rev. Lloyd Meechum on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeline Kahn
Madeline Gail Kahn (''née'' Wolfson; September 29, 1942 – December 3, 1999) was an American actress, comedian and singer, known for comedic roles in films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and Mel Brooks, including '' What's Up, Doc?'' (1972), ''Young Frankenstein'' (1974), ''High Anxiety'' (1977), ''History of the World, Part I'' (1981), and her Academy Award–nominated roles in '' Paper Moon'' (1973) and '' Blazing Saddles'' (1974). Kahn made her Broadway debut in '' Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1968'', and received Tony Award nominations for the play ''In the Boom Boom Room'' in 1974 and for the original production of the musical ''On the Twentieth Century'' in 1978. She starred as Madeline Wayne on the short-lived sitcom ''Oh Madeline'' (1983–84) and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1987 for an ''ABC Afterschool Special''. She received a third Tony Award nomination for the revival of the play '' Born Yesterday'' in 1989, before winning the 1993 Tony Award for Best Actress in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andre Gower
Jon Andre Gower (born April 27, 1973) is an American television and film actor. Life and career Born in Los Angeles, California, Gower began his career at the age of five years as a child actor. His first substantial role was as Brookes Prentiss on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' from 1981 to 1982. He continued with guest starring roles on ''The A-Team'', ''T. J. Hooker'', and ''The Wizard''. In 1986, he starred with Oscar-nominated Piper Laurie in an episode of ''The Twilight Zone'', " The Burning Man". In 1987, Gower starred in the comedy/horror film ''The Monster Squad''. Later that year, he starred for two seasons on the Fox series '' Mr. President'' with George C. Scott. From 1988 to 1989, Gower had a recurring role on ''The Hogan Family''. Gower currently coaches actors and others entering the entertainment industry. On November 5, 2014, Gower appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor Podcast. Since 2016, Gower and one of his ''The Monster Squad'' c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maddie Corman
Maddie Corman (born Madeleine Cornman; August 15, 1970) is an American actress. She has appeared in over 25 films, including ''Seven Minutes in Heaven'', '' Some Kind of Wonderful'', ''The Adventures of Ford Fairlane'' and ''A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood''. Life and career Corman was born Madeleine Cornman in Manhattan, New York.VOWS; Maddie Corman and Jace Alexander ''New York Times''. Archives. September 13, 1998 She began her career as a in the 1980s, at the age of 14. Corman's first television appearance was in the 1985 '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlin Glynn
Carlin Glynn (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer and retired actress. She is the mother of actress Mary Stuart Masterson. Life and career Glynn was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Mirabeau B. Lamar High School in Houston, Texas. Mesinger, Maxine.Lamar High marks 50th anniversary" ''Houston Chronicle''. Friday August 7, 1987. Houston 1. Retrieved on October 13, 2012. A life member of The Actors Studio, Glynn made her belated but Tony-winning Broadway debut - as 1979's Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical - portraying "Mona Stangley" in the original production of ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas'', a musical comedy adapted by Glynn's husband and fellow Studio member, Peter Masterson, from a non-fiction article published in ''Playboy'', in collaboration with the article's author, Larry L. King, and songwriter Carol Hall, and developed at length in workshop performances at the Studio. Glynn's award-winning performance would be reprised in the 1982 reviva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conrad Bain
Conrad Stafford Bain (February 4, 1923 – January 14, 2013) was a Canadian-American comedian and actor. His television credits include a leading role as Phillip Drummond in the sitcom ''Diff'rent Strokes'', as Dr. Arthur Harmon on '' Maude'', and as Charlie Ross in '' Mr. President'' (1987–1988). Early life Conrad Bain was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, the son of Jean Agnes (née Young) and Stafford Harrison Bain, who was a wholesaler. He was an identical twin. His twin, Bonard Bain, was also an actor. He studied at the Banff School of Fine Arts before serving in the Canadian Army during World War II. He later studied in New York at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, graduating in 1948; one of his classmates was comedian Don Rickles. Bain became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1946. Career After a stint at the Stratford Festival in Canada, Bain had further success as a stage actor in the 1956 revival of Eugene O'Neill's ''The Iceman Cometh''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
