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The Crew (1995 TV Series)
''The Crew'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on Fox from August 31, 1995, to June 30, 1996. Premise The show follows the lives of a group of flight attendants working for the fictitious Regency Airlines. Jess Jameson and Maggie Reynolds work together and are roommates in the trendy South Beach section of Miami Beach, Florida. Their other friends include Paul, who is gay; Randy, a southern ladies' man; Lenora, a former flight attendant; MacArthur, the bartender of Mambo Mambo, the restaurant at which the cast socialize; and Captain Rex Parker. Cast *Rose Jackson as Jess Jameson *Kristin Bauer as Maggie Reynolds * David Burke as Paul Steadman *Charles Esten as Randy Anderson *Dondré Whitfield as MacArthur 'Mac' Edwards *Christine Estabrook as Lenora Zwick, Flight Crew Supervisor *Lane Davies as Captain Rex Parker Production history The series was created by Marc Cherry, Jamie Wooten, John Pardee and Joey Murphy, with Cherry and Wooten as executive producers. ... [...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 rathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Coleman (musician)
Lisa Coleman (born August 17, 1960) is an American musician. She primarily plays piano and keyboards. She was a member of Prince's backing band The Revolution from 1979 to 1986. Coleman is one half of the musical duo Wendy & Lisa, formed with Wendy Melvoin in 1986. Early life Coleman was born the middle of three children in Los Angeles, California. Her mother was Mexican-American visual artist Marylou Ynda-Ciletti (April 4, 1936 – November 17, 2013). Coleman's father, Gary L. Coleman (born 1936), is an Anglo-American session musician, who in the 1960s and 1970s was part of the collective The Wrecking Crew and befriended fellow musician Mike Melvoin. Their families became close with each other and often played and recorded music together. Lisa formed a close relationship with Melvoin's daughter Wendy, saying once "we've been familiar with one another since we were in diapers". Career At age 12, Coleman got her professional start as a keyboardist in the bubblegum pop ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Bearse
Amanda Bearse (born August 9, 1958) is an American actress, comedian and director. She starred in the 1985 supernatural horror film ''Fright Night'', and later starred as Marcy Rhoades D'Arcy in the Fox sitcom '' Married... with Children'' (1987-1997). Bearse later began working as television director, directing over 90 episodes of comedy series. Early life Bearse grew up in Winter Park, Florida. After she graduated from Winter Park High School in 1976, her family moved to Atlanta. She attended Rollins College, Birmingham Southern College and Young Harris College, where she received an associate of arts degree. Bearse studied acting at New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse under instructor Sanford Meisner. Career Bearse made her television debut playing the role of Amanda Cousins in the ABC daytime soap opera ''All My Children'' from 1982 to 1983. The following year, she had small role in the comedy film ''Protocol'' starring Goldie Hawn, and later landed a role in the sex come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Widdoes
James Widdoes (born November 15, 1953, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), sometimes billed as Jamie Widdoes, is an American actor and director. Early life Widdoes graduated from The Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut, in 1972, and is a member of their Board of Trustees. He began his acting career during college, starring in a production of ''The New Amen Show'' at the Diners Playhouse in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1974. He next attended Skidmore College in 1972 and then transferred to New York University's Tisch School of Arts, graduating in 1976 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. While in New York, he roomed with such soon-to-be famous actors as Michael O'Keefe from '' Caddyshack'' and '' The Great Santini.'' He then began performing on New York City stages in productions such as the 1977 Equity Library Theatre revival of '' Wonderful Town'' and the 1982 Broadway musical '' Is there life after high school?'' His role in this last production won him a Theatre World Award. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Levine (director)
Richard Levine is a writer, director, actor and producer. He wrote and directed the film ''Submission'' (2017), starring Stanley Tucci, Kyra Sedgwick and Addison Timlin. The film is based on the best selling novel ''Blue Angel'', by Francine Prose and premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival. His first film, '' Every Day'' (2010), starring Liev Schreiber, Helen Hunt, Eddie Izzard and Brian Dennehy, was a ''New York Times'' critic's pick. Levine and his writing partner, Lynnie Greene, most recently wrote and executive produced the Epix series, ''The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair'', starring Patrick Dempsey, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud as well as the Amazon Video pilot, '' The Interestings'' directed by Mike Newell. He was a writer, director and executive producer of the Golden Globe Award winning series, ''Nip/Tuck,'' for all of its seven seasons as well as the Golden Globe Award nominated series, ''Boss,'' starring Kelsey Grammer. He wrote for and produced the Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynnie Greene
Laura Lyn "Lynnie" Greene, also known as Lyn Greene (born May 21, 1954) is an actress, writer, director and producer in the television industry. In addition to her work as a producer, she is possibly best known as an actress for appearing as Young Dorothy in '' The Golden Girls.'' Career Greene grew up in Newton, Massachusetts. In 1977 she co-starred with another newcomer, Bess Armstrong, in the short-lived CBS comedy '' On Our Own''. She played a recurring role in '' The Golden Girls'' during flashbacks, as a younger version of Bea Arthur's character, Dorothy Zbornak, appearing in four episodes overall. She originated the role of Emma Goldman in the original off-Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's '' Assassins'' in 1990–91, as well as recreating the role of Comrade Charlotte in the 1987 reworking of Kander & Ebb's ''Flora the Red Menace''. Writing and producing Greene was previously a writer and an executive producer on the series ''Nip/Tuck'', BOSS and the ABC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian McLaughlin
Christian McLaughlin (born September 29, 1967 in Houlton, Maine) is a television writer, producer, and author. McLaughlin is a graduate of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas. He gained notoriety in his early twenties with the publication of his novels, ''Glamourpuss'' and ''Sex Toys of the Gods''. Television credits McLaughlin worked as a script writer on: *''The Parent 'Hood'' *''Clueless'' *'' The Crew'' *'' Married... with Children'' *'' Grown Ups'' *''The Bold and the Beautiful'' *'' Brandy & Mr. Whiskers'' *''Drawn Together'' *''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'' *''Desperate Housewives'' *'' Hot Properties'' *''The Young and the Restless'' *'' Jessie'' *''Corn & Peg'' He served as a creative consultant for the 2004 Fox reality special '' Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay'' but the special was pulled from the schedule before airing following complaints from media watchdog GLAAD. McLaughlin responded to the criticism, saying, "It's unfortunate that a group as well-intenti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Ahern
Valerie Ahern is an American television screenwriter and producer. She has written episodes for a number of television series since 1995 including ''The Young and the Restless'' (July 27, 2007 – November 29, 2007; April 4, 2008 – July 7, 2008), ''Clueless'', '' Desperate Housewives'', '' Corn & Peg'', ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'', ''Drawn Together'', '' Brandy & Mr. Whiskers'', ''The Parent 'Hood'', '' Renovate My Family'', '' Hot Properties'', ''Spyder Games ''Spyder Games'' was an American television series that was broadcast on MTV from June 18 to September 20, 2001. MTV's second and last foray into the soap opera format following the run of the anthology series '' Undressed'', the series was orig ...'' ( head writer) and '' The Crew''. Ahern has served as executive story editor for many episodes of ''Clueless'' and story editor for '' Married... with Children''. She has also produced an additional five episodes of ''Hot Properties''. Her writing partner is Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Drake (director)
James R. Drake (December 2, 1944 – January 10, 2022) was an American film and television director. Drake's career began in 1974, working as an associate director for the Norman Lear-produced sitcoms ''All in the Family'' and '' Good Times''; he made his lead directorial debut in the syndicated comedy/soap opera spoof series '' Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'', which was executive produced by Lear. His other television works include '' Sanford'', '' Gimme a Break!'', ''We Got It Made'', '' The Facts of Life'', ''Newhart'', ''Night Court'', '' The Golden Girls'', ''Dave's World'', ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'', its spin-off, ''The Suite Life on Deck'', and other series.James R. Drake, Class of 1963 wauwatosa.k12 His film credits include '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Schlattmann
Timothy (Tim) Schlattmann is a three-time Emmy award nominee television writer and producer. Nebraska born and raised, this former disc jockey A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile ... and college professor's writing credits include ABC's number one hit '' Roseanne'', Fox's '' Get Real'', the WB's '' Smallville'', the feature '' XCU: Extreme Close-Up'', and the critically acclaimed '' Dexter'' for Showtime. As an Executive Producer since 2012, Tim Schlattmann completed the eighth and final season of ''Dexter'' and authored " Dexter Early Cuts: Dark Echo", an ongoing web series for Showtime. He has served as an Executive Producer on CBS's " Under The Dome". Dexter Schlattman joined the crew of the Showtime drama series ''Dexter'' as a story editor for the first sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxine Lapiduss
Maxine Lapiduss is an American comedian-singer, television comedy writer, director, producer, entrepreneur, and branding strategist. She is a graduate of Taylor Allderdice High School and the Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama, both in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where she was born and raised. Lapiduss wrote and produced many notable comedy series including ''Dharma & Greg'', ''Ellen'', '' Roseanne'', ''Home Improvement'' and more. Storyverse Studios Lapiduss is the co-founder and CEO of Storyverse Studios, an entertainment company founded in Los Angeles in 2014. Storyverse develops and produces story-driven properties within a multi-platform universe of entertainment. Their first property, ''Find Me I'm Yours'', launched on November 3, 2014, and begins as a media rich ebook, written and designed by writer/artist/web innovator, Hillary Carlip, and published by Rosetta Books. The romantic comedy novel is filled with hand-written lists, Instagram-style photos, videos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Day
Linda Day (August 12, 1938 – October 23, 2009)''Hollywood Reporter'' obituary was an American , working primarily in situation comedies. Day was born as Linda Gail Brickner in , the daughter of Roy Brickner, a film editor. At the age of 67, she married her childhood sweetheart, L. Steve Varnum, in Texas. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
