''Open All Night'' is an American

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that aired on

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from November 28, 1981, to March 5, 1982. The show centered on Gordon Feester (

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) and his oddball family working in an all-night chain grocery store named 364 Store that is open everyday except Christmas.Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946 - Present (7th Edition), page 763, Ballantine Books, 1999 Store manager Feester lives in an apartment above the store with his wife, Gretchen, and his teenaged step-son, Terry. Robin is the tall ( night manager, and officers Steve and Edie often stop by for coffee and doughnuts, but are never able to catch shoplifters or other criminals. Despite a similar title and a setting, it has no connection to the British series ''

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was co-creator, writer, co-star and occasional director of the show.

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(better known for her

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persona) made a guest appearance on one episode.

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also made a guest appearance, and made a sly reference to his daytime talk show, which was canceled a year before.

Cast

Main

as Gordon Feester *

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as Gretchen Feester *

Sam Whipple Sampson E. Whipple (September 25, 1960 – June 3, 2002) was an American actor best remembered for his role as Dr. John Ballard on the TV series '' Seven Days''. His credits include ''The Doors'', ''Airheads'', ''This Is Spinal Tap '' ...

as Terry Hoffmeister *

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as Robin, the night manager *

as Officer Steve * Bever-Leigh Banfield as Officer Edie

Recurring

* Clyde Phillip Taylor as Dr. Cavanaugh, an eccentric regular customer *

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appeared occasionally as an unnamed regular customer who only ever seemed to ask for change

References

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*{{imdb title, id=0081913, title=Open All Night
Open All Night summary on TV.com
1981 American television series debuts 1982 American television series endings American Broadcasting Company original programming 1980s American sitcoms Television shows set in Cleveland