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Women In Prison (TV Series)
''Women in Prison'' is an American television sitcom created by Katherine Green which aired on Fox from October 11, 1987 to February 20, 1988. Synopsis Set in cell-block J of the Bass Women's prison in Wisconsin, the show focuses on the interactions among the prison inmates. The show's cast include Peggy Cass, Julia Campbell, Antoinette Byron, Blake Clark, Denny Dillon, C. C. H. Pounder, and Wendie Jo Sperber. Campbell stars as Vicki Springer, an overachieving yuppie, who was brought to Bass Women's Prison for supposedly shoplifting (she had been actually framed on the charge by her scheming no-good husband), where she had to deal with the inmates. Eve Shipley (Cass) was the old lady prisoner, having been there for almost 10 years and was kind of the old hand prisoner, helping others get used to the routine; Dawn Murphy (Pounder) was a bad tempered African-American woman who had murdered her abusive husband; and Bonnie Harper (Byron) was in for prostitution. Vickie, Eve, Dawn a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael G
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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] |
Porridge (1974 TV Series)
Porridge is a food made by heating or boiling ground, crushed or chopped starchy plants, typically grain, in milk or water. It is often cooked or served with added flavourings such as sugar, honey, (dried) fruit or syrup to make a sweet cereal, or it can be mixed with spices, meat or vegetables to make a savoury dish. It is usually served hot in a bowl, depending on its consistency. Oat porridge, or oatmeal, is one of the most common types of porridge. Gruel is a thinner version of porridge. Type of grains The term "porridge" is often used specifically for oat porridge (oatmeal), which is typically eaten for breakfast with salt, sugar, fruit, milk, cream or butter and sometimes other flavourings. Oat porridge is also sold in ready-made or partly cooked form as an instant breakfast. Other grains used for porridge include rice, wheat, barley, corn, triticale and buckwheat. Many types of porridge have their own names, such as congee, polenta, grits and kasha. Conventional uses P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pink Is In
''Pink Is In'' is a Canadian comedy television series about the barely functioning Chatsworth Hamilton Women's Prison. Created and produced by Lisa Crawford and co-created by Caroline Puzinas, the show follows the antics of both the staff and prisoners of the fictional institution. The series' main writer is Kim Lombard, who also plays the role of prison CEO, Pip Barnett. The show features an all-Canadian cast including Elley-Ray Hennessy, Trish Rainone, Jon Welch, Margaret Lamarre, Eileen Li, Victoria Kucher, Darren Stewart-Jones, Paige Locke and Natasha Bromfield. The series was filmed entirely in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and debuted on Bell Fibe's TV1 in January 2021. Award-winning Canadian actor Patrick McKenna joined the cast in 2021 as Colonel Kwoka. Pink Is In was nominated for the Toronto ACTRA Award for Series Ensemble in 2022 and 2023. Jayne Eastwood appears as a special guest star in the Pink Is In Christmas Special, A Pink & Green Christmas. As of 2023, Pink Is In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orange Is The New Black
''Orange Is the New Black'' (sometimes abbreviated to ''OITNB'') is an American comedy-drama streaming television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir '' Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison'' (2010), about her experiences at FCI Danbury, a minimum-security federal prison. Produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television, ''Orange Is the New Black'' premiered on Netflix on July 11, 2013. In February 2016, the series was renewed for a fifth, sixth, and seventh season. Its seventh and final season was released on July 26, 2019. As of 2016, ''Orange Is the New Black'' was Netflix's most-watched as well as its longest-running original series. It was widely acclaimed throughout its run, and has received many accolades. For its first season, the series garnered 12 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series, and Outstanding Dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birds Of A Feather (TV Series)
''Birds of a Feather'' is a British sitcom originally broadcast on BBC One from 16 October 1989 to 24 December 1998, then revived on ITV from 2 January 2014 to 24 December 2020. The series stars Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson, with Lesley Joseph, created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote many of the episodes. In the first episode, sisters Sharon and Tracey are brought together when their husbands are sent to prison for armed robbery. Sharon, who lives in an Edmonton council flat, moves into Tracey's upmarket house in Chigwell, Essex. Their next-door neighbour and later friend, Dorien, is a middle-aged married Jewish woman who is constantly having affairs with younger men. In the last two BBC series, the location is changed to nearby Hainault, London, before returning to Chigwell in series 10 (the first aired on ITV). The series' original run ended on 24 December 1998 after nine years, and returned just over 15 years later, on 2 January 2014, this time on ITV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Swartzwelder
John Joseph Swartzwelder Jr. (born February 8, 1949) is an American comedy writer and novelist, best known for his work on the animated television series ''The Simpsons''. Born in Seattle, Washington, Swartzwelder began his career working in advertising. He was later hired to work on comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' in the mid-1980s as a writer. He later contributed to fellow writer George Meyer's short-lived '' Army Man'' magazine, which led him to join the original writing team of ''The Simpsons'', beginning in 1989. He worked on ''The Simpsons'' as a writer and producer until 2003, and later contributed to ''The Simpsons Movie''. He wrote the largest number of ''Simpsons'' episodes (59 full episodes, with contributions to several others) by a large margin. After his retirement from the show, he began a career as a writer of self-published absurdist novels. He has written more than eleven novels, the most recent of which, ''The Spy With No Pants'', was published in Decem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Kelton
Kevin Kelton is an American television writer and producer whose credits include ''Saturday Night Live'', ''Night Court'', ''Boy Meets World'' and other network series. He has also written articles and essays for '' National Lampoon''. Kelton is the younger brother of the comedian Bobby Kelton,Associated Pres"Kelton isn't funny, his material is" ''The Lewiston Journal'', Lewiston, Maine, 10 December 1983, Retrieved on 23 April 2012 who appeared regularly on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' during the 1970s and 1980s. Kevin now teaches TV and Film writing for the UCLA Extension Writers' Program. Television Kelton's first TV writing job was on the syndicated game show '' Face the Music''. He segued to sketch comedy, joining the writing staff of the ABC late-night sketch show '' Fridays!''. He went on to write for a string of sketch comedy series before being hired by ''Saturday Night Live'' as a staff writer at the beginning of the 1983–84 season. During this time, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Singletary
Tony Singletary is an American television director. In 1977, he began his career as a stage manager on the sitcom ''What's Happening!!'', then stage-managed for ''Good Times'' and ''The Jeffersons''. He made his directorial debut on the series '' Busting Loose'' starring Adam Arkin. Throughout his career he amassed a number of television credits, namely ''The Cosby Show'', ''Charles in Charge'', '' One Day at a Time'', '' Who's the Boss'', ''Diff'rent Strokes'', ''Silver Spoons'', ''Gimme a Break!'', ''Martin'', '' Married... with Children'', and '' 227'' among other series. In 1998, he directed his first and only film, ''High Freakquency'' starring John Witherspoon. The last television series he directed was the Nickelodeon sitcom ''Just Jordan ''Just Jordan'' is an American television sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon as a part of the network's TEENick lineup. The series debuted on January 7, 2007, and was canceled on August 23, 2008, with 29 episodes produced. Since the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Mecchi
Irene Mecchi (born September 21, 1949) is an American screenwriter and playwright, whose prominent works include screenplays for several Walt Disney Animation Studios, Disney animated films. She co-authored the screenplays for ''The Lion King'' (1994), ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film), The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1996), and ''Hercules (1997 film), Hercules'' (1997). With co-author Roger Allers, she received a 1998 Tony Award, Tony nomination for writing the book for ''The Lion King (musical), The Lion King'' stage musical. Biography Mecchi was born in the third generation of her family that lived in San Francisco, California. She attended the University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in theater. Early into her career, her aspirations to direct theater led her to study at the American Conservatory Theater, where her instructor, Joy Carlin, was impressed with her writing and encouraged her to pursue it on a full-time basis. She agreed. Her fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Gilliland
Eric Raymond Gilliland is an American television producer, writer, actor and whistler. Early life Gilliland was born and raised in Glenview, Illinois, United States. He graduated from Glenbrook South High School in 1980 and from Northwestern University School of Communication in 1984. Television Film Music Gilliland is an accomplished whistler. His whistling has appeared on Sam Winch's ''The Lullabadeer'', a number of Sumack albums, and on the soundtrack for an episode of '' Penn & Teller: Bullshit!''. He also provided whistling accompaniment to Martha Plimpton's performance of Thunder Road on NPR's Studio 360 ''Studio 360'' was an American weekly public radio program about the arts and culture hosted by novelist Kurt Andersen and produced by Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and ''Slate'' in New York City. The program's stated goal was to "Get inside the c .... References External links * screen writers colony profileYouTube channel of "vlogs" {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilliland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Sacks
David Sacks is an American television writer and producer. Biography He attended Harvard College, graduating with a degree in Government. While there he began his comedy writing career as an editor of the school's humor magazine, ''The Harvard Lampoon''. Upon graduating, Sacks moved to Los Angeles and began writing for television. His writing and producing credits include seasons five and six on ''The Simpsons'', for which he won an Emmy Award, ''3rd Rock from the Sun'', for which he received a Golden Globe Award, ''Malcolm in the Middle'', ''The Tick'', ''Pound Puppies'', ''Regular Show'' on Cartoon Network, ''Murphy Brown'', and created and executive produced '' Lewis Black's The Root of All Evil'' for Comedy Central. In 2013, Sacks produced a weekly podcast Spiritual Tools for An Outrageous World available on iTunes and Stitcher.com. He executive produced and cowrote Nickelodeon's ''Pig Goat Banana Cricket'' with series co-creator Johnny Ryan, and was executive producing and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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