''The Crew'' is an American

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television series that aired on

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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

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section of

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. 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 *

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as Randy Anderson *

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as MacArthur 'Mac' Edwards *

Christine Estabrook Christine Estabrook (born Mary Christine Estabrook; September 13, 1952) is an American actress, known for her roles on the television series '' The Crew'', '' Nikki'', '' Desperate Housewives'' and ''American Horror Story''; she had a recurring ...

as Lenora Zwick, Flight Crew Supervisor *

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as Captain Rex Parker

Production history

The series was created by

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, Jamie Wooten,

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and

Joey Murphy Joey Murphy is an American screenwriter and television producer. Murphy has written episodes of the cartoon, '' Doug'', '' The Crew'', and Cybill Shepherd's sitcom, ''Cybill'', the last two for which he also served as producer. He also collabora ...

, with Cherry and Wooten as executive producers. Music production team

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and Lisa Coleman, aka

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(formerly of Prince & The Revolution), produced and sang the opening title for the series.

Episodes

External links

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