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Reggie (TV Series)
''Reggie'' is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from August 4 until September 1, 1983; it was based on the British sitcom ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin''. Premise Middle-aged Reggie Potter worries about work and home life, while having sexy fantasies about his co-worker. Cast *Richard Mulligan as Reggie Potter *Barbara Barrie as Elizabeth Potter *Timothy Busfield as Mark Potter * Dianne Kay as Linda Potter Lockett *Timothy Stack as Tom Lockett *Chip Zien as C.J. Wilcox *Jean Smart Jean Elizabeth Smart (born September 13, 1951) is an American actress. After beginning her career in regional theater in the Pacific Northwest, she appeared on Broadway in 1981 as Marlene Dietrich in the biographical play '' Piaf''. Smart was l ... as Joan Reynolds Episodes References External links * {{IMDb title, 0085076, ReggieTV Guide 1983 American television series debuts 1983 American television series endings 1980s American sitcoms American television series based on Brit ... [...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] |
Timothy Stack
Timothy Clifton Stack (born November 21, 1954) is an American actor, producer and screenwriter. Life and career Education Timothy was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, the son of Joan and Tom Stack. He graduated from the Philadelphia-area University-preparatory school, prep school Germantown Academy in 1973 and graduated from Boston College in 1978. After graduating, Tim moved to Los Angeles and quickly joined the improvisational comedy group The Groundlings in 1979. On television The 1980s In 1986, he appeared in a five-episode arc of ''Punky Brewster,'' as rule-obsessed but unfeeling DCFS social worker Simon Chillings, originally charged with Henry's petition to adopt Punky, but who instead removes her from Henry's care, concerned Henry could not adequately support her after his business burns down and he is hospitalized with an ulcer. Convinced Punky would be permanently better off with another foster family, he places her with a wealthy couple, Jules and Tiffany Buckworth. U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Television Shows
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Television Series Based On British Television Series
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...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] |
1983 American Television Series Endings
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the subsequent lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 American Television Series Debuts
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the subsequ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Parnell
Thomas Christopher Parnell (; born February 5, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. He was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1998 to 2006 and played the role of Dr. Leo Spaceman on ''30 Rock''. In animation, he voices Cyril Figgis on the FX series ''Archer'', Jerry Smith on Adult Swim's ''Rick and Morty'', Doug on FOX's ''Family Guy'', and the narrator on the PBS Kids series ''WordGirl''. He also voices "The Progressive Box" in a series of advertisements by the Progressive Corporation. Early life Parnell was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to a Southern Baptist family. His father, Jack Parnell, was a radio personality in Memphis. He attended the Southern Baptist Educational Center, and graduated from Germantown High School. He decided to pursue acting as a career at age 17 and set his sights on being a theater actor. He attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts where he received his BFA in Drama. He moved to Houston, Texas after college to do an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorin Dreyfuss
Lorin Dreyfuss (sometimes known as Loryn Dreyfuss) is an American actor, film producer, and screenplay writer, born in New York City on December 4, 1944. He is the older brother of Richard Dreyfuss. His daughter is actress Natalie Dreyfuss. His nephew is Ben Dreyfuss. His family is Jewish. Filmography *''My Life in Ruins'', 2009, billed as Loryn Dreyfuss. *'' Clerks: The Animated Series'', 2000 as Old Jay. *''The Angry Beavers'', 1998 as Leonard Beaver. *'' Superman: The Animated Series'', voice of Ben Mardon. *'' Batman: The Animated Series'', voice of Salvo Smith. *'' Let It Ride'', 1989 as Grandstand Person. *''Moon Over Parador'', 1988 as First Dictator. *'' Dutch Treat'', 1987 as Norm. *'' Detective School Dropouts'', 1986 as Paul Miller. Writer *''Dutch Treat'', 1987 *''Detective School Dropouts'', 1986 *''Reggie'' (TV series), 1983 *'' Skatetown, U.S.A.'', 1979 *''Fantasy Island ''Fantasy Island'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Gene L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Landsberg
David Landsberg (September 3, 1944 – August 5, 2018) was an American actor, writer, and producer. He was sometimes credited as Dave Landsburg. He both acted in and co-wrote several comedies throughout the 1980s. Early life David Landsberg was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. His parents were Arthur and Sylvia Lansberg, who had two sons, David and his older brother Joseph. David attended Plainedge High School in North Massapequa, New York, and attended what was Hofstra College for two years before serving in the Signal Corps of the US Army in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968. He graduated from the University of Maryland in 1970 with a degree in business and marketing. Career Landsberg co-starred and co-wrote the 1986 action-comedy '' Detective School Dropouts'' with Lorin Dreyfuss. In 1987 they teamed up again for '' Dutch Treat''. Both films flopped at the box office. He acted in the films ''Shoot the Moon'' with Albert Finney and Diane Keaton, ''Loose Shoes'' with Bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Gittelsohn
Ellen Gittelsohn (born April 12, 1945, in New York City, New York) is an American television director. She has also been credited under the name Ellen Falcon, despite the popular belief that she and Ellen Falcon are two different people. Since the 1980s, Gittelsohn has amassed a number of television credits. Some of them include ''Designing Women'', ''The Cosby Show'', ''A Different World'', ''Newhart'', ''Mary'', ''Foley Square'', '' 227'', ''Roseanne'', '' Major Dad'', ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', ''Living Single'', ''Friends'', '' Reba'', ''Shake It Up'', ''Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place'', ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', ''Dharma & Greg'', '' One on One'', ''The Suite Life on Deck'', and ''Half & Half''. In 1984, Gittelsohn earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for the series ''Buffalo Bill William Frederick Cody (February 26, 1846January 10, 1917), known as "Buffalo Bill", was an American soldier, Bison hunting, bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bowab
John Bowab (born October 22, 1933) is an American director and producer of television and theatre. Career Bowab began his career in theatre, directing a number of stage productions, such as ''Mame (musical), Mame'' (1983), ''The Night of the Hunter (novel)#Screen and stage adaptations, The Night of the Hunter'' (2003), and most recently ''70, Girls, 70'' (2010). by Lee Melville, September 20, 2010 of ''LA Stage Times''.com In the late 1970s, he moved on to television, amassing a number of directing credits. Some of these include ''The Cosby Show'', ''Benson (TV series), Benson'', ''Bosom Buddies'', ''Gimme a Break!'', ''Small Wonder (TV series), Small Wonder'', ''It's a Living (1980 TV series), Making a Living'', ''Ful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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