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What A Country! (film)
''What a Country!'' is an American sitcom starring Garrett M. Brown and Yakov Smirnoff that aired in Broadcast syndication#Types, first-run syndication from September 27, 1986, to May 23, 1987. The series is based on the British sitcom ''Mind Your Language'' and was intended as a showcase for Ukrainians, Ukrainian-American comedian Yakov Smirnoff, whose catchphrase provided the show's title. Five years previously in 1981, an episode of sitcom ''Diff'rent Strokes'' titled "Almost American" had served as a backdoor pilot for a US version of ''Mind Your Language'' but it was not picked up for a series. Synopsis ''What a Country!'' is set in a class of recent immigrants to the United States who are trying to pass the citizenship test. Their teacher, Taylor Brown (played by Garrett M. Brown), is a part-time substitute teacher looking for a high school soccer coaching job, while the students are: # Nikolai (a Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian-Soviet taxi driver), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mind Your Language
''Mind Your Language'' was a British sitcom that premiered on ITV in 1977. It was produced by London Weekend Television and directed by Stuart Allen. Three series were made by London Weekend Television between 1977 and 1979, and it was briefly revived in 1985 (or 1986 in most ITV regions) with six of the original cast members. The series shows people of different countries with different social background, religions, and languages existing in the same classroom, learning English as a foreign language. Summary The show is set in an adult education college in London and focuses on the class in ESL (English as a Second Language) taught by Mr Jeremy Brown, who teaches a group of enrolled foreigners. Episodes Cast and characters Series 1–3 * Barry Evans (42 episodes) as Jeremy Brown, the ESL teacher and focal point of most of the series. He is a good-natured, earnest single man in his thirties who lives alone (apart from his Siamese cat Josephine, whom he mentions in "T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
