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- CreatorIan AbramsBob BrushPatrick Q. PageStarsKyle ChandlerShanesia DavisFisher StevensHis name is Gary Hobson. He gets tomorrow's newspaper today. He doesn't know how. He doesn't know why. All he knows is when the early edition hits his doorstep, he has twenty-four hours to set things right.Gary's name, Hobson, implies the nature of the show, a Hobson's choice. He receives information and is in a position to help, sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. The choice is to act or not, a Hobson's choice.
The newspaper used by Gary throughout the series was actually printed by the Chicago Sun-Times for each episode. - CreatorDonald P. BellisarioGlen A. LarsonStarsTom SelleckJohn HillermanRoger E. MosleyThe adventures of a Hawaii-based private investigator.
- CreatorGraham YostStarsTimothy OlyphantNick SearcyJoelle CarterEnforcing his own brand of justice, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, a strong-willed, quiet law-man haunted by his past, returns to his native town to see that justice is served to those in need.
- StarsGene BarryAllen JaffeAllison HayesBat Masterson roams The West and defends the innocent.
- CreatorJames GunnKathleen HiteStarsRory CalhounRegis PartonDuncan LamontThe Texan, a Civil War Veteran whose reputation of being the fastest gun in the west precedes him, roams across Texas from town to town, not looking for trouble, but trouble finds him.
- CreatorMike ClattenburgAaron McGruderStarsGerald 'Slink' JohnsonJohn WitherspoonCorey HolcombThe hijinks of a street-smart savior living in modern-day Compton, on a mission to spread love and kindness throughout the crime-ridden L.A. neighborhood with his small group of followers.
- CreatorChristina JenningsStarsPeter OuterbridgeConrad PlaDmitry ChepovetskyGeneticist David Sandstrom is the chief scientist at the prestigious virology/micro-biology NORBAC laboratory, a joint enterprise between the USA, Canada and Mexico for countering bio-terrorism.
- CreatorRoy HugginsStarsJack KellyJames GarnerRoger MooreBret and Bart Maverick are well-dressed gamblers who migrate from town to town always looking for a good game.
- CreatorJ. Michael StraczynskiLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsBae DoonaJamie ClaytonTina DesaiA group of people around the world are suddenly linked mentally, and must find a way to survive being hunted by those who see them as a threat to the world's order.
- CreatorJay DyerStarsPhil LaMarrKhary PaytonJohn DiMaggioDynamic duo Craig and Smokey are struggling to survive life in South Central L.A., dealing with family, friends and enemies.
- StarsAlfred HitchcockHinton PopeJimmy Joyce"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" was a continuation of the dramatic anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) hosted by the Master of Suspense and Mystery.
- CreatorJosh AppelbaumAndré NemecJeff PinknerStarsJames WolkKristen ConnollyNonso AnozieA team comes together and searches to find out what's causing a rash of violent animal attacks.
- CreatorDavid DortortFred HamiltonStarsLorne GreeneMichael LandonDan BlockerThe Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.
- CreatorGlenn DavisWilliam LaurinStarsCaterina ScorsoneVivica A. FoxMark ConsuelosTwo FBI agents - one guided by reason, and another by intuition - looking for missing people in Washington, D.C.Based on the series "1800 Where are you" by Meg Cabot
"This Dream is Real"
(Theme song)
Written by Gloria Reuben and Andy Chase
Performed by Gloria Reuben - CreatorSteven LilienElizabeth SarnoffBryan WynbrandtStarsSarah JonesJorge GarciaJonny CoyneIn 1963, all the prisoners and guards mysteriously disappear from Alcatraz. In the present day, they resurface and a secret agency are tasked with re-capturing them.Even though the show is set in San Francisco, and some of the pilot was filmed in the city and on Alcatraz itself, the producers of the show opted to film the rest in Vancouver, mainly because of the much more attractive production rebates than California and the city of San Francisco could offer, much to the chagrin of the San Francisco film industry.
- CreatorJohn HawkesworthStarsJeremy BrettDavid BurkeRosalie WilliamsSherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve the mysteries of copper beeches, a Greek interpreter, the Norwood builder, a resident patient, the red-headed league, and one final problem.Closing credits show some of Sidney Paget's illustrations for the stories originally published in the Strand Magazine.
Jeremy Brett,famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in the television series "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (1984) and "The Return of Sherlock Holmes" (1986).Was shocked to learned that his Sherlock Holmes was very popular with children (who saw him as a superhero), he was troubled with the fact that Holmes is a cocaine user. In response, he sought and obtained permission from Arthur Conan Doyle's daughter to have Holmes overcome and abandon his addiction, signified with Holmes burying his syringe in the episode "The Devil's Foot."
Brett was left-handed. The character of Sherlock Holmes was right handed. A hand double was used whenever Holmes had to write something close up. - StarsScott ForbesWilliam SchallertJohn LaingThe adventures of frontier hero Jim Bowie are brought to life in this popular children's television series."Jim Bowie"
Written by Ken Darby
Performed by The King's Men - CreatorDavid LevyStarsJohn AstinCarolyn JonesJackie CooganThe misadventures of a blissfully macabre but extremely loving family.[Gomez and Morticia have just recently met]
Gomez: Has anyone ever told you, you have the softest brown eyes?
Morticia: No. Besides, my eyes are blue.
Gomez: No wonder nobody's ever told you!
Charles Addams never named his characters, but he had to come up with names for the characters on the TV show (it was one of the few contributions he made to the series). Within a week he decided on all of them - except for Mr. Addams, who almost wound up being called Repelli (for "repellent") instead of Gomez.
It took Carolyn Jones two hours every day to put on Morticia's make-up. Topping it all off, she wore a wig made of human hair.
Cousin Itt's voice was done by producer Nat Perrin, who recited gibberish into a tape recorder and played it back at a higher speed.
Thing, the disembodied hand/arm limb, was usually played by Ted Cassidy. When Lurch had to be on camera at the same time as Thing, however, associate producer Jack Voglin lent his hand. A third actor also played Thing on occasion, but his identity is not known.
Jackie Coogan was originally rejected as Uncle Fester. He went home, shaved his head, and did his own Fester makeup and costume. This won him the part.
The Addamses often refer to the many cousins of their extended family. Cousins named are Blah, Bleak, Bleep, Blink, Blob, Cackle, Caliban, Clot, Creep, Crimp, Cringe, Curdle, Droop, Farouk, Fungus, Goop, Gripe, Grisly, Grope, Imar, Manuel, Melancholia, Nanook, Plato, Slimey, Slosh, Slump, Trivia, Turncoat, and Vague.
Carolyn Jones not only played Morticia, she also played Morticia's older blonde- and daisy-haired sister, Ophelia.
Gomez originally was engaged to Morticia's sister, Ophelia, in a arranged marriage. A few days before the wedding, however, he met and fell in love with Morticia and wound up marrying her instead.
In the pilot, Ted Cassidy, who plays Lurch, ad-libbed the famous line, "You rang?" Originally, Lurch didn't have lines. But the line got a wave a laughter and Cassidy got more dialog.
This show and its rival series, The Munsters, both debuted within a week of one another in September 1964. At the end of that year's TV season, The Munsters ranked #18 in the Nielsens, with a rating of 24.7, while this show came in at #23, with a 23.9 rating. At the time, Nielsens indicated what percentage of American TV households tuned in to any given program. By the end of the following year, both series were canceled. - StarsJudi DenchGeoffrey PalmerMoira BrookerThe Korean War, and a long lost letter, separate the lives of young lovers Jean Pargetter and Lionel Hardcastle, whose paths cross again by happenstance.The man and woman in the photographs in the opening of the show, who are supposed to be Jean (Judi Dench) and Lionel (Geoffrey Palmer) when they first met, are actually Dench's daughter, actress Finty Williams, and Palmer's son.
The program was originally titled "Winter with flowers," but when a cake bearing the title was presented at the taping of the first episode, the cast and crew refused to eat any cake unless the name of the series was changed.
The role of Jean was originally written for Jean Simmons. - CreatorCheryl WagnerStarsAlyson CourtFred StinsonGrindl KuchirkaLoonette the clown and her dolly Molly solve everyday problems while residing in the comfort of a large couch.In an episode that featured sheep, Loonette says to the camera, "Radical! Sheep!" Radical Sheep is the name of the production company.
- CreatorAlfonso CuarónMark FriedmanStarsJake McLaughlinJohnny SequoyahJamie ChungA relationship forms between a gifted young girl and a man sprung from prison who has been tasked with protecting her from the evil elements that hunt her power.An extraordinary girl...about to change the world.
- CreatorTad QuillStarsAmanda PeetDavid WaltonMargo HarshmanOn the surface, Alex and Pete could not be more different. The recently divorced Alex is a hard-working, high-strung lawyer who is raising her 10-year-old daughter, Charlie, as a single mom following her husband's incarceration for insider trading. Unwilling to let anything get in her way, she downsizes into a smaller house and hires charismatic Pete, a free-spirited ladies man and recovering gambling addict who desperately needs this gig with Alex to jumpstart his life -- and prove that he is no longer a screw-up. Upon hiring him, Alex quickly realizes that she has met her match in Pete, who -- along with his motley construction crew - will not only tear apart her kitchen, but transform her worldview in the process.David Walton who plays bad-boy 'Pete Riggins' and Margo Harshman who plays Amanda Peet's 'Alex Meyers' man-hungry best friend,'Screwsie' , both starred in the 2009 film " Fired Up! ".She played 'Sylvia' , he played 'Dr.Rick".
- CreatorPaul HenningStarsBuddy EbsenDonna DouglasIrene RyanA nouveau-riche hillbilly family moves to Beverly Hills and shakes up the privileged society with their hayseed ways.The entire first season (all 36 episodes) as well as the first 19 episodes of the second season are the only episodes in the public domain. The 20th episode of the second season to the end of the series are still under copyright protection. These 55 episodes ended up in the public domain because CBS, having bought the rights to the series shortly after its cancellation, neglected to renew their copyrights. As a result, these episodes have been unofficially released on home video and DVD on many low-budget labels. In many video prints of the public domain episodes, the original and much-loved theme music has been replaced by generic music due to copyright issues.
At the end of the opening credits you can see Jed start to point out something to the others towards camera left. In the network broadcasts, the camera changes to show that Jed is pointing to a billboard for Kellogg's Corn Flakes, the sponsor of the show. As the car drives past it, the theme song continues, changing to the then current slogan "K-E-Double L-O-Double Good. Kellogg's best to you".
Series creator Paul Henning got the idea for the show while on a trip through the South in 1959, visiting Civil War sites with his mother-in-law. He wondered what it would be like to take someone from the rural South in the Civil War era and put them down in the middle of a modern, sophisticated community. Originally it was to have been set in New York, but because of cost considerations the setting was changed to Beverly Hills.
In the first season, Max Baer Jr. occasionally played Jethro's twin sister, Jethrine. Linda Henning, daughter of series creator Paul Henning, provided Jethrine Bodine's voice.
Veteran character actress and voice artist Bea Benaderet was originally considered for the role of Granny. Revisions in the character were made so that she would be more like "Mammy Yokum" in Al Capp's "Li'l Abner" cartoon strip. Benaderet was too large and "busty" to fit that image. It was reportedly Benaderet herself who suggested Irene Ryan for the role, who by all accounts came in and "blew everyone away" with a wonderful screen test, which still survives today and is included as an extra on the DVD set. - CreatorRemi AubuchonRonald D. MooreStarsEric StoltzEsai MoralesPaula MalcomsonTwo families, the Graystones and the Adamas, live together on a peaceful planet known as Caprica, where a startling breakthrough in artificial intelligence brings about unforeseen consequences.The series was created from two separate ideas. In 2005, writer Ronald D. Moore and producer David Eick (who had made the remake of Battlestar Galactica (2004)) announced they were planning to make a spin-off prequel series called "Caprica" which was set at the time when humanity first created the Cylons. Although they had a vague idea of what the series would entail, they were too busy working on "Battlestar Galatica" to develop it further at that time. Some months later, a separate idea about artificial intelligence and using robots as slaves was pitched to NBC/Universal by Remi Aubuchon. Universal did not pick up Aubuchon's concept by itself but felt it would work within the realm of Moore's premise for the "Caprica" series. At Universal's suggestion, Moore and Eick then met with Aubuchon and their ideas were merged together.
A key plot component of this series is Daniel Graystone's search for the soul of his murdered daughter Zoe. Graystone is portrayed by Eric Stoltz, who also appeared in Killing Zoe (1993).
Esai Morales plays the father of Edward James Olmos's character from Battlestar Galactica (2004). They had worked together on My Family (1995) and The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998).
The role of "Cyrus", Daniel Greystone's right hand man, was originally written for a 'hot twenty something', but Eric Stoltz saw Hiro Kanagawa's audition tape (for another role) and asked that he be cast instead.
Projection of computerized data onto real objects, and having the data interact with (e.g. "stay glued on") physical objects, is under development in real life. For example, Pranav Mistry demonstrated this type of technology in TED in 2009, under the name "The Sixth Sense".
A practical animatronic Cylon U-87 robot prop was built for this series, at a cost of over $100,000. This was used in many of the scenes where the actors physically interact the robot while it is standing still or relatively motionless.
The paper computers used regularly in the series are created by using a version of the same motion-capture technology used to base CGI characters on the movements of real actors. In this case, a sheet of paper covered with a grid of dots is used by the actors. CGI is then able the superimpose the "computer" image onto the paper, even allowing the image to bend and move like real paper when touched, because a real piece of paper was the basis for the model. This is particularly effective in the pilot, when agent Durham gives a *folded* paper screen to Amanda. - CreatorNeal BrennanDave ChappelleStarsDave ChappelleDonnell RawlingsRudy RushComedian Dave Chappelle hosts this sketch-comedy show that parodies many of the nuances of race and culture.Dave Chappelle: [Dave is playing video games with a kid in the hospital and is beating him in the game Street Hoops] Tell your little friends, that dreams really do come true. Dave Chappelle came and saw you in the hospital and whooped your monkey ass at some "Street Hoops"!
Billy: [Billy and Dave are still playing video games] Dave, can't you see I'm dying of cancer?
Dave Chappelle: [Dave pauses the game] Billy, I'm sorry man. I was just trying to teach you a lesson! You can beat cancer but you got to be strong. I see it in you Billy, you're going to make it.
Billy: Really?
Dave Chappelle: Hell, no, *beep* You play like a bitch! Hang on a second.
[unpauses the game and it's game over]
Dave Chappelle: [shouts] Game! In your face! In your face! Feel better!
[then leaves]
Billy: Half-Baked sucked anyway!
Dave Chappelle left the show abruptly during filming of the third season. He later stated in interviews that he never intended to make a third season but he felt pressured by Comedy Central and his co-workers to continue. Comedy Central pulled the show from its 2005 schedule and decided to shelve the completed sketches in hopes that Chappelle would return to finish the season. Chappelle stated in interviews that if Comedy Central aired the episodes he would definitely not return to the show. After negotiations with Chappelle stalled, Comedy Central decided to repackage some of the completed sketches and air them in 2006. Charles Q. Murphy and Donnell Rawlings took over the hosting duties. - CreatorRobert MunicJonathan PrinceStarsGrace ParkBenjamin BrattAmy Price-FrancisA guy transforms his life by taking control over his addictions and using his story to help others.Taglines:
Sometimes Your Only Hope is Someone Who's Been There Before ...
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Written by Sharon Little and Scot Sax
Performed by Sharon Little - CreatorJohn LangleyMalcolm BarbourStarsRuben BarelaAndrew FincherAlex CoxCamera crews follow police officers while they work.Announcer: COPS is filmed on location with the men and women of law enforcement. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty, *in* a court of law!
The 400th episode premiered on 1 May 1999.
The camera operator is armed with nothing more than a bulletproof vest.
Was bought during the 1988 writers strike when Fox was starting to run low on new content. - CreatorLarry DavidStarsLarry DavidCheryl HinesJeff GarlinLarry David stars as an over-the-top version of himself in this comedy series that shows how seemingly trivial details of day-to-day life can precipitate a catastrophic chain of events.Donald: You know what you are? You're a self-loathing Jew.
Larry David: Hey, I may loathe myself, but it has nothing to do with the fact that I'm Jewish.
There is no script to each episode, just a heavily detailed plot outline, which the actors all improvise. On average, each scene will require between 7 or 8 takes which is very high for a TV series on a tight schedule.
At the start of the first season, Jeff Garlin (Jeff Greene) was still recovering from the effects of a stroke. The actor contends that the demands of filming a weekly TV series was instrumental in his full recovery.
Numerous actresses auditioned for the part of Larry's wife. Larry David said that he picked Cheryl Hines because she knew how to handle him.
Most of the main characters have the same first names as the actors who play them: Jeff Garlin as Jeff Greene, Cheryl Hines as Cheryl David, and Susie Essman as Susie Greene.
In 2003 a man named Juan Catalan was arrested for a murder in Los Angeles. He repeatedly professed his innocence and asked to take a lie detector test, a request that the police denied. He also had an alibi: he swore that at the time of the murder he was at Dodger Stadium with his little girl, watching the Dodgers vs. the Braves, but his lawyer was unable to find him in any of the Dodger Vision or FOX footage he subpoenaed. However, he discovered that there was another source of crowd footage in the episode Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Car Pool Lane, which had filmed at Dodger Stadium that night. Although Catalan did not make the final cut of the show, his lawyer was able to find him and his daughter in the outtakes, and determined from the timestamps on the tapes that Catalan could not have been the killer. When told that his show had released a wrongfully accused man from prison and a trial that could have led to the death penalty, Larry David commented, "I tell people that I've now done one decent thing in my life, albeit inadvertently."
Larry David and Richard Lewis, who has a recurring role as himself, went to summer camp together at the age of 13, lost contact and reconnected on the New York comedy club circuit nearly 15 years later.
Despite his on screen reputation as a misanthrope, the real Larry David will not joke about an actor's appearance unless he gets permission from them. For example, Jeff Garland has given him permission to call the character Jeff Green "fat" and in "The Pants Tent" Larry was concerned that when his character accused a woman of having breast implants that people would assume that the actress had breast implants. - CreatorJames Manos Jr.StarsMichael C. HallJennifer CarpenterDavid ZayasHe's smart. He's lovable. He's Dexter Morgan, America's favorite serial killer, who spends his days solving crimes and nights committing them.Series star Michael C. Hall revealed he was afflicted with Hodgkin's lymphoma in January 2010, but continued to work on the series. Most of his fellow cast members were surprised by the news, because he had not disclosed his condition during production. Hall is presently in remission as of mid-2010.
Season 1 was heavily based on Jeff Lindsay's novel called 'Darkly Dreaming Dexter'. The following seasons vaguely reference the sequels of the novel.
The name of the main character, "Dexter," is also a Latin word meaning "right hand." The implied complement is the Latin for "left hand," "sinister," reflecting his hidden dark side. In 2010, author Jeff Lindsay confirmed at a book signing in Edinburgh that he chose the name Dexter because it was the opposite of "sinister", reflecting the character's surface normality.
Though they play brother and sister in the series, having met on the show, Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter married on 31st December 2008. They subsequently divorced in December 2010, but continued to work together in the show.
Dexter frequently uses aliases that make reference to Bret Easton Ellis books and their film adaptations. These include using "Patrick Bateman" (the main character from American Psycho) when buying tranquilizers and "Sean Ellis" (reference to both Ellis and Sean Bateman - from The Rules of Attraction) when seeing a psychiatrist.
Sylvester Stallone is a big fan of the show and has used two actors from its principal cast in his films: Julie Benz (Rambo) and David Zayas (The Expendables). - StarsCesar MillanDaddyPaul DiniDog lover Cesar Millan has an uncanny ability to rehabilitate problem dogs of all shapes and sizes.Cesar Millan ...
Himself (163 episodes, 2004-2012) - CreatorRobert RodatStarsNoah WyleDrew RoyMaxim KnightSurvivors of an alien attack on earth gather together to fight for their lives and fight back.The name of the main band of survivors shown in the series, the 2nd Massachusetts, is taken from a real regiment of soldiers that fought in both the American Revolution and the Civil War.
The Mechs are Overlord technology, and the Overlords have two arms and two legs. The Skitters are slaves of the Overlords and fight alongside the Mechs, but the Skitters do not necessarily control the Mechs. - StarsJohn CleesePrunella ScalesAndrew SachsHotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.John Cleese wrote a forerunner to "Fawlty Towers" in Doctor at Large: No Ill Feeling!, featuring a badly-run hotel and its brusque, henpecked owner. Producer Humphrey Barclay suggested to the writer that a series could be spun out of the premise.
John Cleese (Basil Fawlty) and Connie Booth (Polly Sherman) were really husband and wife when they created and wrote the scripts for the first series. By the beginning of filming for the second season their marriage had fallen apart and they had divorced.
Andrew Sachs (Manuel) was paid damages by the BBC after a jacket was treated with acid by the special effects department to look as if it was on fire. It really did burn through to his skin and he still bears the scars.
Andrew Sachs is German by birth and was asked to dub his own lines into German when the series was exported. Being a native German speaker, he had no problem with the script, but it took him quite a while to work out how to speak German with a Spanish accent.
As the series progressed, each episode's opening shot of the Fawlty Towers hotel sign shows rearranged and misplaced letters. Variations include: Watery Fowls (with a kid seen adjusting it), Farty Tower, Flay Otters, Fatty Owls, Warty Towels, Flowery Twats and Farty Towels. Production team-member Iain McLean supplied the hotel sign anagrams supposedly left by aggrieved paperboys.
There are persistent rumors of a missing episode, which existed only in a rough-cut form, about a blackout in the hotel. This has been emphatically denied by cast, crew and writers, however, and there is no supportive BBC documentation for filming/recording dates.
Basil and Sybil Fawlty were based on Donald and Beatrice Sinclair, genuine hoteliers who ran the Gleneagles Hotel in Torquay where John Cleese stayed whilst filming on location in early May 1970 with the Monty Python team. Mr Sinclair's irascible antics included: berating Terry Gilliam for eating his meals in "too American" a way; throwing Eric Idle's briefcase over a wall because of a "bomb scare" (the scare was that Idle left the briefcase in the reception area); disbelief at Michael Palin asking to pre-book the Gleneagles TV to catch a show; after Graham Chapman requested an omelet made with three eggs, Sinclair brought him an omelet with three fried eggs perched on top. When asked by Cleese to call for a taxi, he argued with Cleese and took his time calling for the cab. Mrs Sinclair later complained that the sit-com had been unfair to her husband, and she described John Cleese as an "utter fool" who had "made millions out of our unhappiness". The Gleneagles Hotel, under new ownership, now runs Fawlty Towers weekends once a month where guests are looked after by actors who play the part of Basil, Sybil and Manuel.
The building used for the exterior shots, on the grounds of Buckinghamshire's Wooburn Grange Country Club, was severely damaged by a fire in March of 1991. The building was subsequently demolished and 8 homes were later built on the grounds.
The recording of the final episode ("Basil the Rat") was postponed due to a BBC strike, and so was not broadcast until October 1979, six months after the rest of the series. - StarsJoe RoganMonica GonzalesMeg DaleskeDoing scary stuff to win prizes.Joe Rogan ...
Himself - Host (152 episodes, 2001-2012)
Himself - Host: I'm Joe Rogan. This is Fear Factor. The stunts you are about to see were all designed and supervised by trained professionals. They are extremely dangerous and should not be attempted by anyone, anywhere, anytime!
All foods seen eaten on the show have to be FDA approved. - CreatorKevin WilliamsonStarsKevin BaconJames PurefoyShawn AshmoreA brilliant, charismatic, and psychotic serial killer communicates with other active serial killers and activates a cult of believers who follow his every command.In a recent interview, Kevin Williamson revealed that one of the first ideas for this show was in his draft for Scream 3 (2000), the one movie of the franchise that he ended up not writing. The idea was that Sidney Prescott would arrive to a house to find a group of murdered people, implying that she was too late to save them. The twist would have been that at one moment, they would all start getting up, alive, and it would be revealed that they were all part of a cult following Ghostface.
The Following shares a lot of actors with the show Unforgettable (2011) including: Debra Parker, Kyle Catlett, Marin Ireland and Tom Lipinski.
Joe Carroll, the name of the serial killer, was also an alias used by London 'Sketchbook killer' John Sweeney. - CreatorGeorge W. TrendleStarsBruce LeeVan WilliamsWende WagnerA newspaper publisher and his Asian valet/martial arts expert battle crime as the feared Green Hornet and Kato.Narrator: Another challenge for the Green Hornet, his aide Kato, and their rolling arsenal, the Black Beauty. On Police records a wanted criminal, Green Hornet is really Britt Reid, owner-publisher of the Daily Sentinel, his dual identity known only to his secretary and to the district attorney. And now, to protect the rights and lives of decent citizens, rides THE GREEN HORNET."
William Dozier did the narration for the series. He was also the executive producer for the series.
The license plate number on the Black Beauty was V194.
Three Black Beauty cars were built from 440-CID 1966 Chrysler Imperials. After restyling with steel panels and a custom grille, each was painted with black lacquer and fitted with custom wheels. When the series ended, both were sent on tour. After that one was sold to a studio employee and the other was sold to a private collector. There were only two cars built for the series and both are around today. One in the Petersen Museum in LA and the other is in a private collection in South Carolina.
The theme song for this show was the same as for the radio version: The Flight of the Bumble Bee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. It was significantly rearranged for the television series by Billy May who gave it a big band jazz style that was nicknamed Green Bee. The theme is best known for the trumpet solo played by Al Hirt.
The character of Britt Reid/Green Hornet was created by the same people who created The Lone Ranger, and was said to be a descendant of the western hero.
Bruce Lee once said that he was selected for the role of Kato because he was the only Asian actor who could properly pronounce "Britt Reid".
This show crossed over with "Batman", and it was revealed that Bruce Wayne and Britt Reid were rivals as youngsters, and Britt was a champion marble shooter. - CreatorDavid BenioffD.B. WeissStarsEmilia ClarkePeter DinklageKit HaringtonNine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.The series takes its name from the first novel in the book series - "A Game of Thrones" - which is actually known as "A Song of Ice and Fire." George R.R. Martin's story credit acknowledges the entire series under this title, rather than the title of individual volumes.
Features actors from two different adaptations of The Lord of the Rings: Peter Vaughan, who played Denethor in the BBC Radio adaptation; and Sean Bean, who played the character's son Boromir in the Peter Jackson films.
Maester Aemon Targaryen of the Night's Watch is revealed to be blind in the novels. He is played by Peter Vaughan, who is legally blind himself.
In Westeros, bastards (also 'natural child' or 'baseborn') are given surnames different than their father's, according to the region they were born in: in the Reach - the bastards' surname is Flowers; in the Westerlands - Hill; in the Iron Islands - Pyke; in the Riverlands - Rivers; in Dorne - Sand; in the North - Snow; in the Vale - Stone; in the Stormlands - Storm; in the Crownlands - Waters. A bastard can be legitimized by royal decree, thus is considered as trueborn child and changes the surname to the father's. However, the social stigma of the bastardy may not always be lifted even after legitimization.
Many of the characters have nicknames, for example: Eddard Stark - Ned; Jaime Lannister - the Kingslayer; Tyrion Lannister - the Imp or Halfman; Varys - the Spider; Petyr Baelish - Littlefinger; Jeor Mormont - the Old Bear; Sansa Stark - Little Bird/Dove; Sandor Clegane - the Hound; Gregor Clegane - the Mountain that Rides (or simply the Mountain); Aerys Targaryen - the Mad King; Loras Tyrell - Knight of Flowers; Olenna Tyrell - Queen of Thorns; Robb Stark - the Young Wolf; Brynden Tully - Blackfish; Mance Rayder - the King Beyond the Wall; Davos Seaworth - the Onion Knight.
Features nine actors from the Harry Potter film series: Bronson Webb (Will) played unnamed Slytherin student in the third film; Natalia Tena (Osha) played Nymphadora Tonks; David Bradley (Lord Walder Frey) played Argus Filch; Julian Glover (Grand Maester Pycelle) voiced Aragog; Michelle Fairley (Catelyn Stark) played Mrs. Granger in the seventh film; Ciarán Hinds (Mance Rayder) played Aberforth Dumbledore; Ralph Ineson (Dagmer Cleftjaw) played Amycus Carrow; Edward Tudor-Pole (Protestor at King's Landing) played Mr. Borgin and Ian Whyte (Gregor Clegane) played Madame Maxime in full-body shots. Cast member Stephen Dillane (Stannis Baratheon) is also the father of Frank Dillane, who played the young Voldemort/Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Potter cast members Jamie Campbell Bower (young Gellert Grindelwald) and Simon Fisher-Becker (Fat Friar) were originally set to play Waymar Royce and the High Septon before being replaced by Rob Ostlere and David Verrey, respectively.
The first season premiered on Sean Bean's birthday (April 17th). - CreatorJohn GrayStarsJennifer Love HewittDavid ConradCamryn ManheimMelinda Gordon, a newly married woman, possesses the gift of communicating with the dead. With her best friend Andrea's assistance, she helps the earthbound spirits to find peace and cross over.[repeated line during credits]
Melinda Gordon: In order for me to tell you my story, I have to tell you theirs.
The stories are based in part on the work of spirit communicator Mary Ann Winkowski.
The show is filmed entirely on the Universal Studios back lot in Hollywood. The town square is the same central place that was used in the Back to The Future trilogy. Subsequentially, Tom Wilson who played Biff Tannen has been known to pop up now and then in the show.
Cesar Millan (also known as the "Dog Whisperer"), has featured a couple of times in the Ghost Whisperer series. During the first season episode "Dead Man's Ridge", the character Andrea was twice seen reading a book written by him. Then in the second season episode "Children of Ghosts", Cesar makes a cameo appearance as himself. - CreatorStephen CarpenterDavid GreenwaltJim KoufStarsDavid GiuntoliRussell HornsbySilas Weir MitchellA homicide detective discovers he is a descendant of hunters who fight supernatural forces.Most, if not all, of the references and names are derived from original German terms or real scientific terms. For instance, "Blutbad" means bloodbath, "Hexen" means witches, "Schaden" means misfortune or misery, and "mellifer" means honey-carrier.
Neither Wu nor Monroe are referred to by their given names. - CreatorBrigitte BakoStarsBrigitte BakoHeather HansonKimberly HuieA small group of friends help a past-her-prime actress attempt to re-ignite her career.The series is based somewhat on the life of writer/star Brigitte Bako, who gained fame in a series of erotic B-movies but found film work running out when she passed 30.
- CreatorAaron RubenStarsJim NaborsFrank SuttonRonnie SchellThe misadventures of a bumbling U.S. Marine named Gomer Pyle.Jim Nabors originated the role on The Andy Griffith Show. Andy Griffith discovered Nabors performing in a nightclub called the Horn in Santa Monica, California.
Andy Griffith said that when they were trying to come up with an idea for a spinoff for Gomer, they wanted the toughest location or situation they could put him in; so they came up with the Marines. The idea was to pit Gomer's gentle character against the tough setting and it worked.
Jim Nabors said that it was always difficult for him to watch the opening of the show because many of the men that he is seen marching with were killed in Vietnam.
The only member of Gomer's platoon to get a promotion was Duke Slater. He was promoted to corporal in the final season. - CreatorJohn FuriaBarry OringerStarsJames BrolinConnie SelleccaNathan CookThe misadventures of the staff and guests of the St. Gregory Hotel.Bette Davis starred as Mrs. Laura Trent, owner of San Francisco's St. Gregory Hotel. She fell ill and was hospitalized early into the show's first season. Anne Baxter (Davis' nemesis Eve Harrington in All About Eve (1950)) took over the hotel as Victoria Cabot, Mrs. Trent's sister-in-law. After Davis recovered, the show's producers asked her to resume her role but she wasn't happy with the scripts she was sent so she turned them down. (Source: Bette Davis' autobiography 'This'n That.')
Shari Belafonte was cast as Julie Gillette by Aaron Spelling after the role written for her on Charlie's Angels (1976) went to Tanya Roberts. - CreatorTony JordanStarsRobert GlenisterRobert VaughnRob JarvisA motley group of London con artists pulls off a series of daring and intricate stings.Clive Owen turned down the role of Mickey Bricks.
- CreatorLewis CheslerRiff MarkowitzRichard RothsteinStarsPage FletcherNicholas CampbellVincent GrassA young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.Nicholas Campbell appeared as the Hitchhiker in the initial trilogy of "tryout" episodes, which originally aired in late 1983. After HBO picked the show up for a full second season, Campbell was unavailable to reprise his role, so Page Fletcher took over the role. For reruns, all of Campbell's scenes were replaced with re-shot footage of Fletcher. Even on the Canadian Season 1 DVD release, a "Fletcher" version of an original Campbell episode got released by mistake.
Page Fletcher usually only worked one day a week and his wrap-around host segments were often shot in a half hour.
The episodes were usually shot in five days during this show's original run on HBO.
The first dramatic television series made by Home Box Office cable TV network. - StarsLucille BallDesi ArnazVivian VanceThe wife of a band leader constantly tries to become a star - in spite of her having no talent, and gets herself (along with her best friend) into the funniest predicaments.The "valentine" opening credits seen in syndication were *not* the original opening credits. When the series originally aired on CBS, the credits featured animated stick figures of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz along with the sponsor's product - Phillip Morris cigarettes, for instance. The "valentine" credits were added when CBS began rerunning the series in 1958.
Gale Gordon was the first choice to play Fred Mertz, but he was unavailable. When they came across William Frawley, Desi Arnaz wanted him, but he was told that Frawley would be a poor choice because he was a womanizer, a gambler, and a drunk. Arnaz said, "He's perfect!"
William Frawley and Vivian Vance actually hated each other in real life. In the show, displays of affection were forced.
The show started out as a radio program in 1948 called, "My Favorite Husband". And during the program, it was Dick Denning who played Lucy's husband. When CBS decided to take the show to television, it was Ball's idea to bring her real life husband, Desi Arnaz.
In 1990, a 16mm print of the original pilot episode was found. The opening titles and first few seconds of the opening narration were damaged beyond repair. This scene was reconstructed for DVD in 2002 with a re-recorded narration by Bob LeMond, 50 years after he originally recorded it. - CreatorCris AbregoMark CroninStarsTiffany PollardKamal GivensAhmad GivensThe show is a contest between twenty men to compete for New York's heart. In the end she will find her true love.The premiere is ninety minutes long, while the rest are sixty, all including commercials.
"Chamo" is a fictional character portrayed by actor Mauricio Sanchez. He serves as comic relief and as New York's assistant, much like Flavor Flav had Big Rick.
Tiffany Pollard does not own the I Love New York house.
Tiffany Pollard (New York) is originally from upstate New York. - CreatorLarry CohenStarsRoy ThinnesKent SmithMax KlevenThe Aliens are here, posing as human, and not friendly. David Vincent has seen them land and now must evade them and convince others of their presence while not being put in the booby hatch.Narrator: The Invaders: alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it *their* world. David Vincent has seen them. For him, it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found. It began with a closed deserted diner, and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey. It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy. Now, David Vincent knows that the Invaders are here, that they have taken human form. Somehow, he must convince a disbelieving world, that the nightmare has already begun...
Series creator Larry Cohen said that his inspiration for this series was Invaders from Mars and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, his two favorite films when he was a kid.
Some Invaders could be identified by what David Vincent calls a "deformed fourth finger". Technically, the finger is not deformed, but immobile, always sticking out. There are hints dropped from the beginning that the aliens are correcting this problem so that not all invaders have it. Toward the end of the second year they seem to have eliminated the defect altogether. - StarsJulia RobertsTimothy DaltonBob HoskinsActress Julia Roberts turns naturalist to discover the endangered great ape of Asia, the Orang-utan, as she goes on an expedition with conservationists and ventures deep into the jungles of Borneo.
- CreatorStephen ChboskyJosh SchaerJonathan E. SteinbergStarsSkeet UlrichLennie JamesAshley ScottA small town in Kansas is literally left in the dark after seeing a mushroom cloud over nearby Denver, Colorado. The townspeople struggle to find answers about the blast and solutions on how to survive.Each episode's title card is accompanied with audio containing only Morse code (dots and dashes, or short and long beeps) which, when translated, provides a short hint (around 3 words) about the episode to come.
The Morse code that accompanies the opening credits of each episode is broadcast at 15 words per minute at 1000 Hz frequency.
When CBS canceled Jericho in May 2007, fans began sending nuts to CBS in reference to the shows final episode, in which the main character referenced the Battle of the Bulge when he answered "NUTS" to a request to surrender. Three weeks later, over 8 million nuts had been shipped to CBS NY and CBS LA offices totaling over 40,000 pounds. Nina Tassler, president of CBS, sent out a memo on 6 June 2007 saying they have ordered seven more episodes to air within the year. They also asked the fans to stop sending nuts...
Although Esai Morales appeared in every season 2 episode, he was not billed as a series regular. - StarsPatricia RoutledgeClive SwiftGeoffrey HughesA snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband.Hyacinth: It's Bouquet! B-U-C-K-E-T!
The age order of the four sisters is Hyacinth, Daisy, Violet, Rose, but in real life the order goes Patricia Routledge (Hyacinth), Mary Millar (Rose), Anna Dawson (Violet), Judy Cornwell (Daisy).
Hyacinth and Richard live in Waney Edge at 117 Blossom Avenue, Eddleton, West Midlands LK6 4PQ. Both the property name and number can be seen above the garage throughout the series, while the street name is visible on the Major's candlelight supper invitation that Hyacinth is filling out in the show's opening credits. The town and postal code (for the Major) are also visible on the envelope containing the invitation (although both are fictitious), and count for the Buckets as well as the Major who lives around the corner from them. West Midlands Police is seen on the uniforms of two police officers in a season three episode, while Hyacinth remarks about being seen as the "queen of the West Midlands social circuit" in another. The series was filmed in Coventry, West Midlands. The Buckets' house was filmed in the Binley Woods area of Coventry. However they do often film around the Warwickshire area also. In one show, the Buckets visit a hotel in Kenilworth, Chesford Grange.
Two cars played the role of Hyacinth's and Richard's. They were both the same type of car - a Rover 216 in the same shade of blue. Early episodes used a car with the registration plate D541 EXL. Later ones used a car with the registration plate D541 EFL.
Hyacinth's china pattern, described as "Royal Doulton with the hand-painted periwinkles", is actually a pattern called "Braganza" and was manufactured by The Colclough China Company. The Colclough China Company was founded in 1890 and was taken over by Royal Doulton in the early 1970s (so Hyacinth is only stretching the truth a bit). The Braganza pattern was discontinued in 1992, and production under the Colclough name was discontinued in 1996. Hyacinth's cups and saucers were once valued at 20 pounds by Maxwell, Nixon and Kray.
Like the family name of Hyacinth and her sisters (and father) and Onslow's last name (and Daisy's married name), Violet and Bruce's surname is never revealed. In one season two episode, a sign on the front fence of Violet's house reads "The Paddocks", but this more likely refers to the name of the property (similar to Hyacinth's house).
During the end credits, we see a table set for a posh dinner. When all credits have been shown, Hyacinth is shown rearranging a fork and a spoon and then putting a name plate on the table. As the camera zooms in on it, you can see that it reads "Harold Snoad" and the words "Produced & Directed by" appear above it (plus a copyright notice below it). - CreatorLouis C.K.StarsLouis C.K.Hadley DelanyUrsula ParkerThe life of Louie C.K., a divorced comedian living in New York with two kids.Louis C.K. ...
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Louis CK has said that continuity is not hugely important to his series, with each episode having its own "end goal". Louie's immediate family has been a major example of this. In Season 1, two different versions of his mother appeared (one a miserable, selfish old woman, and the other a kind and likable middle-aged woman) and he had a loser brother named Robert; in Season 2, his mom doesn't appear, and Robert no longer exists, having been replaced by two sisters (one a likable, tough, pregnant woman, the other a mentally disturbed mother of a sullen teenager). Different actresses have also been used to play his daughters without any explanation.
In the opening credits, when Louie is in the pizzeria, a passerby can be seen extending his middle finger at the camera. This was not planned. According to C.K., he saw this as good sign that the show would get picked up and he decided to leave the finger in the opening. - StarsHugh O'BrianJimmy NoelEthan LaidlawLoosely based on historical fact, the series portrays the gunslinging Wyatt Earp and his successful determination for law and order.From 1956 until 1959 the show was set in Dodge City, which was also the setting for Gunsmoke. Marshall Matt Dillon is never mentioned, but in one episode Earp makes a passing reference to the Longbranch Saloon, a setting for much of the action on "Gunsmoke".
This show, along with Gunsmoke helped launch a great era of the TV western. Westerns became so popular on TV that by the end of the 1950s, there would be as many as 40 Westerns in prime time.
The role of Wyatt Earp was originally offered to George Montgomery, but he turned it down because he had commitments for several western films and couldn't get out of them. Hugh O'Brian was then awarded the part.
Shown on ABC from 6 September 1955 -26 September 1961. The series ended with an unusual five-part episode where Earp discovered crooked goin's on by the evil Clantons at the OK Corral with a climatic final shoot out. - CreatorJames E. MoserStarsRichard BooneMary StewartRobert StevensonHighlights the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors and surgeons headed by Dr. Konrad Styner. One of the first medical shows on TV that paid strict attention to detail, and heralded at the time for its sometimes unflinching look at the operations and medical procedures performed by doctors.This television series was one of America's 1st "Doctor Dramas". When it ran in network prime time in 1954, it was a television milestone. A innovative, pioneering and often controversial show. It featured well documented real case histories and was well known for it's honest and realistic portrayal of the medical profession. Which are to this day representative of the well-researched style that helped lead the way for so many of today's doctor and hospital-based programs.... Each episode was introduced by the friendly but stern face of 'Doctor Konrad Styner (Richard Boone)
- CreatorRon LeavittMichael G. MoyeStarsEd O'NeillChristina ApplegateKatey SagalAl is the quintessential working class dad. Peggy, his wife, always wants more from him. With their children, they go through the highs and lows of ordinary life.Ed O'Neill assumes the real reason the show was canceled was because the local stations who carried reruns of the series begged Sony, the show's producer, not to produce any more episodes, because the rights were so expensive. Reportedly, stations payed Sony $1 million per episode to carry the show.
The set used as Al Bundy's shoe store was previously used as the travel agency Barbara and Max worked in during the final season of One Day at a Time (1975). In a couple of episodes of "One Day", you can even see the "New Market Mall" sign outside the windows of the travel agency.
In a 2013 interview, Ed O'Neill claimed that he and Amanda Bearse clashed during most of the show's run.
In addition to playing the role of Marcy Rhodes/Marcy D'Arcy, Amanda Bearse directed several episodes.
Many of the original producers later collaborated on the WB series Unhappily Ever After (1995), which bore many similarities to MWC.
Christina Applegate wore a long blond wig for most of the 10th Season (1995-1996) because she had actually dyed her hair red for a role in the film Nowhere (1997) which was filmed during the 1995 summer between the 9th and 10th Seasons.
Top of the Heap (1991), later re-titled Vinnie & Bobby (1992), was a "MWC" spinoff. There were also two other ideas for spinoffs, "Enemies" and "Radio Free Trumaine". "Enemies" dealt with Kelly's friends fighting and falling in love again, while "Radio Free Trumaine" was about two unconventional disc jockeys at Bud's college. They remained as episodes for the MWC seasons, but never made the final cut for more episodes.
Al's favorite reading material is a Playboy-type magazine called "Big 'Uns". At different points in the series, Griff can be seen reading a similar magazine in the series called "Black Big 'Uns", and during a scene in Cuba, 'Fidel Castro' can be seen reading another similar magazine called "Cub 'Uns" (a play on the word "Cubans.")
Transvestite film actor Divine was scheduled to appear as Uncle Otto in the second-season finale, but died just before he was scheduled to film his scenes.
After the show was an unexpected success among young adults in Germany, broadcasting network RTL produced a German version called "Hilfe, meine Familie spinnt". The scripts and every single joke of the original's 1987-1988 season were translated and the family was called "Struck", but it was canceled after one season (1992).
Makes references to Ed O'Neill's film, Dutch (1991). It's mentioned in the first part of "The England Show" when Al is on the plane. In the episode where Al and Peggy go to the video store to rent a movie, a poster for the film is covering Ed's eyes.
After the 1992-1993 season, Seven's mysterious disappearance is alluded to often, such as in the "Touchdown Trivia" episode, when Al is filling Kelly's head with sports facts and she forgets about Buck and Seven, and in the "Carpool" episode, where Seven's face is shown as "Missing" on the Bundys' milk carton
The Bundy and Rhodes families were named after pro wrestlers King Kong Bundy (who guest starred in two episodes, one as himself and the other as Peggy's Uncle Irwin) and Dusty Rhodes respectively. Contrary to popular lore, the Bundys were not named after serial killer Ted Bundy.
Initially the producers were not sure about Ed O'Neill as the choice for Al Bundy. His background was mostly in dramatic roles (most recently as Lenny in a production of "Of Mice and Men"), and they weren't sure he would be able to do comedy effectively. They changed their minds once they saw O'Neill audition. Michael Richards auditioned for the role of Al Bundy but lost to Ed o'Neill.
Peggy's maiden name is 'Wanker' and her relatives live in fictional Wanker County, Wisconsin. "Wanker" is British slang for "masturbator".
Katey Sagal became pregnant three times during the 10-year span of the series. The first was during the beginning of Season 6 (mid-1991) where her pregnancy was worked into a storyline, but was written out when Segal miscarried. The second time was in 1994 late in Season 8 and early in Season 9, and the third was in Season 10 from 1995 to 1996 in which both of her pregnancies (which were successful) were hid from the viewing audience.
Throughout the show, the stars had their families as guest stars. Ed O'Neill's wife, Catherine Rusoff made two appearances. David Faustino's brother, Michael Faustino, made a couple of appearances. Christina Applegate's mother, Nancy Priddy made an appearance, and Katey Sagal's brother, Joey Sagal made appearances. Elaine Hendrix and Juliet Tablak were also at one point David Faustino's girlfriends.
Ed O'Neill is the only actor from the show to appear in all 260 episodes, from the lost episode to the failed pilots that stayed in the show.
Was the longest running show to never win an Emmy until Baywatch (1989) was cancelled in 2001.
In one episode, where Kelly works at TVLand, a bunch of kids come up to Jefferson D'Arcy (Ted McGinley) and ask him for his autograph and he makes a reference to Happy Days (1974) and the kids ask him if he was also in The Love Boat (1977), which he denies. McGinley actually was in "Happy Days" as Roger Phillips and "The Love Boat" as Ashley Covington Evans.
Former 007 Roger Moore confessed that the series was a guilty pleasure of his. He had been a friend of the late director Boris Sagal, father of Katey Sagal, who played Peggy Bundy.
Buck the Dog was on the show from the day it began, until the 10th season, when he was given a "retirement" by the producers. Buck died on May 25th, 1996 at age 13.
I'll See You in Court", the eighth episode of the third season due to air on February 19th 1989, was long known as the "lost episode", remaining unbroadcast in the US until 2002 (though it had been seen in other countries) when an edited version aired on FX. It was held over due to its content, about the Bundys and Rhoades being recorded on a motel sex tape.
During the show's heyday, Ed O'Neill would fulfill requests to make birthday and holiday telephone calls to fans, as Al Bundy--on the condition that he could call them collect (in character with Al's cheapskate nature).
The series and the fledgling Fox network were little known until the season three episode "Her Cups Runneth Over" after which Michigan housewife and "family values" activist Terry Rakolta found so offensive that she began a letter-writing campaign to the show's sponsors to try to get them to withdraw their sponsorship and for Fox to drop the show. A few sponsors did cancel their commercials, but her efforts had exactly the opposite effect she wanted: the story spread like wildfire and resulted in a huge jump in the ratings for the show. It made "Married with Children" a major hit and put Fox Network on the map.
The roles of Al and Peg Bundy were first offered to Sam Kinison and Roseanne Barr.
In the opening sequence the shot of the cars on the interstate interchange is part of a scene from National Lampoon's Vacation (1983). The Griswold's green and brown Ford Crown Victoria station wagon is clearly visible on the road.
One of the show's creators said the reason Ed O'Neill was cast was that when he was auditioning for the pilot, he was required to simply walk through the front door into the Bundy home. Right before he opened the door, O'Neill let out a deep breath and slumped his shoulders, as if going home was a defeat. Producers said when they saw that, they knew O'Neill understood the show.
Ed O'Neill's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is in front of a shoe store. - CreatorSteven LevitanChristopher LloydStarsEd O'NeillSofía VergaraJulie BowenThree different, but related, families face trials and tribulations in their own uniquely comedic ways.At one point, the creators discussed having the show animated because they were concerned it wasn't going to appeal to children.
Rob Huebel turned down the role of Phil Dunphy and in later interviews expressed regret over this decision.
Craig T. Nelson was offered the role of Jay Pritchett, but turned it down.
For the first two seasons, Cam and Mitchell's daughter, Lily, is played by a set of twin girls named 'Ella Hiller' and 'Jaden Hiller'. They are not given an on-screen credit.
The license plate on Cameron and Mitchell's car (2GAT123) is the same as Larry David's on Curb Your Enthusiasm (1999). It is also the license plate on the "Beverly Hills Cop" car.
Phil's birthday is either on April 3rd or 30th (US release dates of the original iPads). This is due to a joke in which Phil says 'The iPad comes out on my actual birthday, it's like Steve Jobs and God got together to say "We love you, Phil"'
Nolan Gould, who plays "dumb" Luke Dunphy, has actually been a member of Mensa since he was four.
In a 2010 interview with "Out" Magazine, Jesse Tyler Ferguson said that the running joke that Jay kept "forgetting" that his son, Mitchell, is gay (and Mitchell had to come out to his father repeatedly) is drawn from Ferguson's real life - he had to come out to his real father three different times over many years before his father actually believed it. When Ferguson told the show's writers this story, they found it very funny and decided to add it to Mitchell's backstory. - CreatorMark CroninCris AbregoStarsChristopher KnightAdrianne CurryAndrea BrooksAdrianne Curry, winner of America's Next Top Model, demands that her lover, former Brady Bunch-er Christopher Knight, marry her or else she's moving out.The show originated from an episode of The Surreal Life during which each cast member had to pitch a TV show idea to network executives. Adrienne Curry's idea was a show about her and Christopher Knight's then-fledgling romance.
- CreatorRowan AtkinsonRichard CurtisStarsRowan AtkinsonMatilda ZieglerRobin DriscollBumbling, childlike Mr. Bean has trouble completing the simplest of day-to-day tasks, but his perseverance and resourcefulness frequently allow him to find ingenious ways around problems.Based on an original character created by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson.
The original proposed name for the character was Mr. White. Names of vegetables were next, including Mr. Cauliflower, ending with the choice of Mr. Bean.
The title music "Ecce homo" ("Behold the man"), like many TV themes by Howard Goodall, was originally written as a serious piece of church choral music. New lyrics (in Latin) were written for "Mr. Bean": "Ecce homo qui est faba. Vale homo qui est faba" ("Behold the man who is a bean. Farewell the man who is a bean").
In the first episode during the church sketch, the unseen preacher is the voice of Rowan Atkinson. He is speaking nonsensical gibberish in his natural voice.
Mr. Bean's first name is never revealed in the series. - CreatorDon MeierStarsMarlin PerkinsJim FowlerJoe SlatteryHost Marlin Perkins explores various animals in their natural habitats.Revived in the 2000s on the Animal Planet cable channel.
- CreatorJohn BowmanTopper CarewMartin LawrenceStarsMartin LawrenceTisha CampbellThomas Mikal FordSassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his romantic relationship with girlfriend Gina, her best friend Pam and escapades with best friends Tommy and Cole.Cole: I'll see you in Hell, Martin!
Martin: Yeah, you'll be the only one down there still living with your mother!
There's a poster on the wall for the Spike Lee film Do the Right Thing. 'Martin Lawrence' played Cee on that film.
In the episode where Gina loses her job, she and Martin argue about her redecorating their bedroom with the colors pink and green. Gina says that they're her sorority colors, a reference to Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. the nation's oldest black sorority.
During the final season, 'Tisha Campbell' filed charges against Martin Lawrence claiming he sexually harassed and sexually battered her. She left the series for eight episodes. She later returned when the case was settled out of court. From then on, Lawrence and Campbell filmed their scenes at different times and their characters no longer appeared together in the same scene. - CreatorChristopher MoynihanStarsMather ZickelDan FoglerChristopher MoynihanThree 21st century men attempt to channel their inner toughness and redefine what it means to be a "real man."
- CreatorWalter R. BrooksSonia ChernusWalter BrooksStarsAllan LaneAlan YoungConnie HinesThe misadventures of a wisecracking talking horse and his human owner.Wilbur Post: [after realizing for the first time that Mister Ed can talk] This is incredible. I don't understand how it's possible.
Mister Ed: Don't try - it's bigger than both of us.
Mr. Ed only talked to Wilbur because (in his judgment) he was the only person worth talking to.
Mr. Ed was a golden Palomino.
Mr. Ed's daily diet was twenty pounds of hay, washed down with a gallon of sweet tea
Mr. Ed's voice was a closely guarded secret, but it was actually Allan Lane, a former cowboy star.
The horse wouldn't respond to any of his co-stars, just his trainer, Les Hilton. This meant that Hilton had to be on the set at all times, calling out commands or giving them with hand signals.
Alan Young refused to have the show named after him; he didn't want to take the fall if it bombed. Hence the name, Mr. Ed. - CreatorHoward OvermanStarsNathan Stewart-JarrettJoe GilgunIwan RheonA group of young offenders doing community service gets struck by lightning during a storm and start to develop superpowers.When five young outsiders on community service get caught in a strange storm they soon realise they have developed superpowers.
- CreatorEd HaasNorm LiebmannStarsFred GwynneAl LewisYvonne De CarloA family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.Grandpa Munster: Hmm. What smells so good?
Herman Munster: I cut myself shaving.
Lily Munster's original first name was Phoebe in the pilot.
The pilot of the series was in color.
Beverley Owen, who played Marilyn Munster in the first 13 episodes, is a natural brunette. She wore a wig, and her hairline was often covered up by a headband. Pat Priest, who played Marilyn for the remainder of the series, is a natural blond, so that is her natural hair.
The uncredited voice of The Raven was supplied by Mel Blanc. On the rare occasions Blanc was unavailable, the Raven's voice was supplied by Bob Hastings.
Other member's of the Munster family were Lily's brother (and Grandpa's son) a werewolf named Lester and Uncle Gilbert, the Creature from the Black Lagoon.
This series' title was supposedly derived from combining the words "fun" and "monsters".
The show was shot in black and white because the studio did not want to pay an extra $10,000 per episode for color.
Joan Marshall was replaced as Lily, as it was thought that she looked too much like Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams.
Nate Derman was replaced because his portrayal of Eddie was thought 'too aggressive' In the un-broadcast pilot, Nate Derman, who played Eddie Munster, is listed in the opening credits as "Happy Derman." - StarsHarry BellaverHorace McMahonPaul BurkeThe cases of the N.Y.P.D.'s 65th Precinct.Because the show was filmed in black and white on location in New York City, the police cars for the show were painted in false colors so that they would not be mistaken for real police cars.
This was the first network series to be filmed entirely in New York City.
Numerous stars made their first major television appearance on this series, including Sandy Dennis, Peter Fonda, Dustin Hoffman, James Caan and Jon Voight.
John McIntire ("Lt. Dan Muldoon") left the series midway through the first season because, reportedly, he was tired of the New York location filming grind and wanted to return to his home in California. An earlier trivia statement claimed that McIntire couldn't stand working with series star James Franciscus. However, McIntire worked with Franciscus on at least two episodes of Longstreet (1971), including the 1971 television pilot. - CreatorRod SerlingStarsRod SerlingLarry WatsonJoanna PettetRod Serling presents tales of horror illustrated in various paintings.Rod Serling: Good evening, and welcome to a private showing of three paintings, displayed here for the first time. Each is a collectors' item in its own way - not because of any special artistic quality, but because each captures on a canvas, and suspends in time and space, a frozen moment of a nightmare.
Conceived as an updating of the "Twilight Zone" concept, Serling reportedly began planning the series soon after "Twilight Zone" was canceled in 1964.
Artist Tom Wright did all of the paintings shown on Night Gallery (1969).
Sculptors Logan Elston and Phil Vanderlei did all of the Night Gallery (1969) sculptures.
Two segments, and possibly a third, were directed by a young Steven Spielberg. According to the book, "Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After Hours Tour", Spielberg was scheduled to direct the 1971 vignette "A Matter of Semantics" starring Cesar Romero. Those involved with the production are unclear in their memory as to whether Spielberg actually directed the piece, which was ultimately credited to Jack Laird. At least one actor involved in the 2-minute mini-episode recalls a director who more closely fits Spielberg's description than Laird's. Beginning with the second season, and despite Rod Serling's objections, the producers began to insert brief 1-3 minute "blackout comedy" sketches in between main segments of some episodes, usually when an episode was running short. The merits of these brief vignettes remain controversial among Night Gallery (1969) fans to this day.
One year before the debut of the TV series Kung Fu (1972), David Carradine and Radames Pera, who each played the "Kung Fu" character of Kwai Chang Caine at different ages throughout that series, appeared in the same episode of "Night Gallery", though in different segments. Carradine appeared in "Phantom Farmhouse" (episode 2.16) and Pera appeared in "Silent Snow, Secret Snow" (episode 2.17).
John Astin appeared in three separate episodes of Night Gallery (1969). During each episode, his character was killed, and during two episodes, his character found himself in Hell. Also directed three episodes of the show. - CreatorE. Jack NeumanJoseph WambaughStarsScott BradyMel ScottDon MeredithDetective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the "Empire of Chaiba", a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia, he initiates an undercover operation to infiltrate the organization.The episodes that served as the pilots for Police Woman and Joe Forrester and David Cassidy - Man Undercover all aired on this show.
Several two hour episodes, which includes all season 5 segments and the TV movies Police Story: A Cry for Justice and Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop, have aired in syndication in two, one-hour segments. - CreatorSteve FranksStarsJames Roday RodriguezDulé HillTimothy OmundsonWhen a novice sleuth convinces the police he has psychic powers, he and his reluctant best friend are hired on as consultants to help solve complicated cases.Burton 'Gus' Guster: So now I have a cat?
Shawn Spencer: An orange tabby. Last Christmas you made her a tiny Santa hat and she adores it.
Burton 'Gus' Guster: Fantastic. I can't even have a make-believe boy cat.
Shawn Spencer: Gus, a boy cat would never serve my purposes nearly as well. Next time I need you, Pickles is having kittens.
Burton 'Gus' Guster: Pickles?
Shawn Spencer: Mrs. Pickles is her full name. Although, I'm not actually sure cats can marry outside of Boston.
In this show, Timothy Omundson's character is openly sceptical of Shawn's psychic ability. In Starship Troopers (1997), he was the psychic.
Inspired by how Steve Franks' father, who was a Los Angeles Police officer, would teach him how to be observant.
Shawn likes to tell people that Gus played Bud on The Cosby Show (1984). Dulé Hill who plays Gus, guest starred on "Cosby" once.
Spencer's mother, played by Cybill Shepherd, is called Madeleine, as a nod for her character in the 80's TV show Moonlighting (1985), Madeleine (Maddie) Hayes.
Kirsten Nelson was pregnant in real life when she auditioned for her role as Interim Chief Karen Vick. During the first few episodes, she gave birth; from that time on she had to wear a fake pregnant stomach for the remainder of her character's pregnant period, to compensate for her diminishing belly.
The theme song of the series, "I Know, You Know", is performed by The Friendly Indians, the band of series creator, Steve Franks.
Shawn and Gus almost always wear opposing shirt patterns (between plaid and striped). Shawn almost always wears short sleeves, while Gus rolls his sleeves to three-quarters. Even in episodes where they are wearing sweaters, the undershirts will alternate. In some episodes, Gus will wear a pinstriped suit while Shawn wears a plaid shirt. - CreatorAaron ZelmanStarsOmar EppsFrances FisherMatt CravenThe lives of the people of Arcadia, Missouri are forever changed when their deceased loved ones return.In Greek mythology, Arcas was the son of Zeus and Callisto(daughter of Lycaon). Hera became jealous, and in anger, transformed Callisto into a bear. She would have done the same or worse to her son, had Zeus not hidden Arcas in an area of Greece that would come to be called Arcadia. According to the legend, Lycaon massacred his grandson, Arcas and offered him as meal to the Gods. But Arcas was resurrected by Zeus.
- CreatorStephen J. CannellRoy HugginsStarsJames GarnerNoah Beery Jr.Joe SantosThe cases of an easy-going ex-convict turned private investigator.The character of Rockford was originally written in an unproduced script for the ABC series Toma (1973). That script was rewritten as the pilot for the "Rockford Files." Both ABC (who initially rejected the script for "Toma") and NBC had problems with the "Rockford" scripts. Executives at both networks thought the dramatic series scripts were too funny. The writers were always ordered to take out the funny lines. The writers and eventually the star refused.
The character of Rockford's father was named Joseph; he was named after writer Stephen J. Cannell's father. The name of Rockford was used after Cannell found the name listed in the Universal Studios employee directory.
James Garner's name in "The Rockford Files" was James Scott Rockford. Garner's full name in real life is James Scott [Bum]Garner.
James Garner explained in an interview that Jim Rockford's license plate number, 853-OKG, was created by his agent at the start of the show and stands for August, 1953, when Garner got his first acting job, and OKG which stands for Oklahoma Garner, his home state.
When the show was being developed, actor Robert Blake was considered for the lead. He was cast instead in Baretta (1975), also created by Stephen J. Cannell. - StarsReed HadleyHugh BeaumontKeith RichardsThis series dramatizes confidence games which fall under the jurisdiction of Captain John Braddock.[Introduction to each episode]
Captain Braddock: [to the camera] What you are about to see is a real-life story, taken from the files of the police racket and bunco squads, business protective associations and similar sources around the country. It is intended to expose the confidence game - the carefully worked-out frauds by which confidence men take more money each year from the American public than all the bank robbers and thugs with their violence.
[Epilogue to each episode]
Captain Braddock: [to the camera] I'm closing this case now - or rather, the courts will - but there'll be others, because that's the way the world is built. There are people who can slap you on the back with one hand and pick your pocket with the other. And it could happen to you.
In the RACKET SQUAD comic, Captain Braddock's name was changed to John. J. O'Malley and he was dropped after about ten issues, although the stories that feature him were reprinted in later issues.
Captain Braddock was created as a stand-in for the officers who worked on the original cases that were recreated on the show. - CreatorEric KripkeStarsBilly BurkeTracy SpiridakosGiancarlo EspositoFifteen years after a permanent global blackout, a group of revolutionaries seek to drive out a tyrannical militia that's taken over the former United States of America.Miles Matheson: We lived in an electric world. We relied on it for everything. And then the power went out. Everything stopped working. We weren't prepared. Fear and confusion lead to panic. The lucky ones made it out of the cities. The government collapsed. Militias took over, controlling the food supply and stockpiling weapons. We still don't know why the power went out, but we're hopeful that someone will come and light the way.
- CreatorMark MassariStarsRay BradburyMichael CopemanFrank Whitten"The Ray Bradbury Theater" was a Canadian-produced anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985–1992)
An anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories. - CreatorShane NickersonRob DyrdekJeff TremaineStarsRob DyrdekSterling BrimChanel West CoastRob Dyrdek shows us some of the funniest videos with two of his friends.
- StarsRichard PryorRobin WilliamsEdie McClurgAn American comedy series hosted by comedian Richard PryorTen episodes were originally ordered but Pryor walked off the show due to disagreements with NBC over the show's time slot and content. Pryor returned but agreed to produce only four episodes. NBC and Pryor announced that they would produce two specials a year for the next three years to fulfill the ten-episode agreement. But Pryor never worked for NBC again.
Pryor chose "For the Love of Money" as the show's theme song because money was his main motivation for doing the show.
TV debut of Robin Williams. - CreatorAlfred GoughMiles MillarStarsTom WellingMichael RosenbaumAllison MackA young Clark Kent struggles to find his place in the world as he learns to harness his alien powers for good and deals with the typical troubles of teenage life in Smallville, Kansas.Sarah Douglas and Jack O'Halloran, both of whom appeared in Superman and Superman II, lobbied for guest appearances but never got to appear on the show.
Annette O'Toole (Martha Kent), also played Lana Lang in Superman III (1983).
Tom Welling (Clark Kent) is the only actor to appear in all 217 episodes of the series.
Margot Kidder's character, Bridgette Crosby, was meant to become the primary villain of Season 4. After Christopher Reeve's untimely death in 2004, the show's producers decided to incorporate the death of the legendary actor into the plot as his character Virgil Swann was killed off screen. Kidder was not happy with this decision, feeling the producers were capitalizing on the actor's passing. Thus, she backed out of her commitments. As a result, the character of Genevieve Teague, as played by Jane Seymour, was created to fill in as the central big bad for the remainder of the season. Ironically, Christopher Reeve played a romantic love interest opposite both Margot Kidder and Jane Seymour; Kidder in Superman and Seymour in Somewhere in Time.
'Milo Ventimiglia (I)' originally auditioned for the role of Clark Kent. Although the role went to Tom Welling, the producers at The WB liked him so much they gave him the role of Jess on Gilmore Girls. Ventimiglia now plays a different comic book-style superhero on Heroes.
Jensen Ackles, who plays Jason Teague in Season 4, was the second choice to play Clark Kent. If Tom Welling had not accepted the part, the role would have gone to him
Since the start of the "Superman" comic book, there has been an abundance of characters with the initials "L.L.," including Lex Luthor, Lana Lang, Lois Lane, Lori Lemaris, Lucy Lane, Linda Lee, etc. "Smallville" continued that naming tradition with several of the characters created for the show, including Lex's parents, Lionel and Lillian Luthor, his brother, Lucas Luthor, and Lana's parents, Laura and Lewis Lang.
Chloe and Whitney were created specifically for the show (they were never mentioned in the Superman comics). However, in 2003, DC Comics announced that Chloe would be introduced into the Superman comics.
Many series actors and guest stars have had roles in previous film and television versions of the Superman comic: Christopher Reeve (Dr. Virgil Swann) played Superman in Superman and its three sequels; Terence Stamp (Jor-El) played the Phantom Zone villain General Zod in Superman and Superman II; Annette O'Toole (Martha Kent) played Lana Lang in Superman III; Dean Cain (Dr. Curtis Knox) played Clark Kent in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman; Helen Slater (Lara, Clark's mother) played Kara/Supergirl in Supergirl. Marc McClure (Dax-Ur) played Jimmy Olsen in Superman, its three sequels, and Supergirl. Lynda Carter (Moira Sullivan, Chloe's mother) played Wonder Woman/Diana Prince in Wonder Woman ("Wonder Woman" is, like Superman, a DC Comics superhero). Jeannot Szwarc, who has directed 13 episodes (as of October 2010) also directed Supergirl. Margot Kidder (Bridgette Crosby) played Lois Lane in Superman and its three sequels. Teri Hatcher (Lois's mother) played Lois Lane in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. Also, before she was even cast as Lois Lane in Man of Steel, Amy Adams played Jodi Melville - CreatorTracy TorméRobert K. WeissStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydJohn Rhys-DaviesA boy genius and his comrades travel to different parallel universes, trying to find their way back home.Quinn Mallory: [opening monologue] What if you could travel to parallel worlds? The same year, the same Earth, only different dimensions. A world where the Russians rule America... or where your dreams of being superstar came true... or where San Francisco was a maximum-security prison. My friends and I found the gateway. Now the problem is... finding a way back home.
Jerry O'Connell (Quinn) wrote an episode treatment entitled "Narcotica", which took place on an Earth where drugs had been legalized. The story was rejected by the network for being "too dark", but later found life as a 'Sliders' comic book.
Even though the production of the show went on continuously between season 3 and season 4, it had a year hiatus from airing when it was dropped by Fox and picked up by Sci-Fi, making the airing years (1995-1997, 1998-2000). - CreatorEric KripkeStarsJared PadaleckiJensen AcklesJim BeaverTwo brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.Dean Winchester: We know a little about a lot of things; just enough to make us dangerous.
To keep their cover as fighters of the Supernatural, Sam and Dean Winchester often pose as agents from varying agencies (FBI, Homeland Security, CDC, etc). The pseudonyms they use as officials are often direct allusions to rock stars, such as agents "Angus and Young," an homage to Angus Young from AC/DC or agents "Tyler and Perry," an allusion to Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith. Several times in particular Dean refers to himself as "Van Halen," an allusion to any member of the famous '80s rock band. In later seasons, the Winchester brothers refer to themselves as agents "Plant and Page," an allusion to the members of "Led Zeppelin," (Eric Kripke's' favorite band) or agents "Shaw and DeYoung," an allusion to the members of "Styx," some of whose music is featured in the series.
While it maybe coincidental the choice of the name Winchester for the family is interesting. There is a rather famous mansion in California built by Sarah Winchester, wife of the gun magnate, which was under constant construction for 38 years for paranormal reasons. According to legend the reason for the constant building was a medium telling Mrs. Winchester that if she ever stopped building the spirits of those killed by Winchester rifles would come after her. The strange design of the mansion is also attributed to this. It was built with dead ends and stairs to nowhere allegedly to confuse spirits.
The car Sam and Dean drive is a black 1967 Chevy Impala, 327, 4-barrel, V-8 engine, automatic, 4-dr, Hardtop. It was given to Dean by his father, John. It has the license plate KAZ 2Y5. The KAZ is a reference to Kansas, the Winchesters' home state, and the 2Y5 is 2005, the year the show premiered. The 1967 Chevrolet Impala, has been nicknamed the "Metallicar" by fans of the show. The show uses five black Impalas. Dean has nicknamed the car "Baby".
Early on in the series, Dean's cell number is given, and for a while the studio had it set up so that anyone dialing the number would hear Jensen Ackles reading the message: "This is Dean Winchester. If this is an emergency, leave a message. If you are calling about 11-2-83, page me with your coordinates." The number is 1-866-907-3235. - CreatorLarry DavidJerry SeinfeldStarsJerry SeinfeldJulia Louis-DreyfusMichael RichardsThe continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.Russell Dalrymple: So, what have you guys come up with?
Jerry: Well, we thought about this in a variety of ways, but the basic idea is I would play myself...
George Costanza: May I...?
Jerry: Go ahead.
George Costanza: I think I can sum up the show for you with one word: nothing.
Russell Dalrymple: Nothing?
George Costanza: Nothing!
Russell Dalrymple: What does that mean?
George Costanza: The show is about nothing!
Newman was originally written as the African-American son of Jerry's landlord. William Thomas Jr. was cast and a scene featuring him was filmed but it was deleted. Tim Russ also auditioned for the role.
Elaine Benes is named after Terry Benes, a friend of Larry David's.
Throughout the run of the series, Kramer rarely says "Yes". Nearly all of his positive responses are slang variations ("Yup", "Yeah!", "Giddyup" etc). Two episodes where he does actually say "Yes" are "The Puffy Shirt" and "The English Patient".
Jerry says "Hello, Newman" only 15 times in the entire series.
Elaine is loosely based on Carol Leifer, a friend of Seinfeld's whom he also dated. She also based on model Susan McNabb who was Seinfeld's long-time girlfriend and Monica Yates whom Larry David dated.
Jason Alexander originally based his portrayal of George on Woody Allen which is why he wore glasses. When he realized that George was actually based on Larry David, he began basing his performance on David's mannerisms.
Larry David based George Costanza on himself. Many of the situations George gets himself into are based on David's real-life experiences. George is named after Jerry Seinfeld's friend, Mike Costanza. George's middle name, Louis, is an homage to Lou Costello of The Abbott and Costello Show which was a major influence on this series.
In his autobiography Paul Shaffer claimed to have turned down the role of George. He was offered the part due to his resemblance to Larry David, upon whom the character is based.
Although Jerry's cousin Jeffrey is mentioned several times throughout the series (always by Uncle Leo), he never actually appears on the show (although he does appear in a deleted scene on the DVDs).
In early versions of the pilot script, George was originally written as a fellow stand-up comedian named "Bennett".
Julia Louis-Dreyfus was pregnant while shooting part of this series. Her pregnancy was disguised with her carrying props to hide her changing body. This was parodied on The Nanny when the very-pregnant Lauren Lane mentioned them hiding Elaine "behind all these huge props" while standing in front of a poster with "Baby" on it.
In the very first show, Kramer's last name was Kessler. Jerry is heard saying Kessler exactly the same way as he does Kramer. This was because Kenny Kramer would not allow his name to be used on the show unless he was allowed to play Kramer. Eventually Kenny Kramer's list of demands were met, and the name Kramer was used.
The model of the bike Jerry never rides, hanging in his apartment, changes throughout the series.
Rosie O'Donnell, Patricia Heaton, and Megan Mullally auditioned for the role of Elaine.
Out of the four main characters, Kramer is the only one to have never had an "inner monologue". In other words, his inner thoughts are never heard.
The character of Lloyd Braun (George's childhood neighbor, and rival) is played by two different actors, first Peter Keleghan then, four years later, Matt McCoy.
Throughout the series, there are numerous references to Kramer's friend Bob Saccamano, but the character is never seen.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus did not appear in the series' pilot episode. In fact, she was unaware that the episode existed until it was released as part of the DVD box set in 2004. To this very day she says she has not seen it because of superstition.
The night before the final episode, ABC aired an episode of Dharma & Greg in which the couple tries to have sex in public because everyone will be indoors watching the "Seinfeld" finale.
In one of the episodes, Jerry is walking down the street with one of his buddies, and in the background, there's a building with a sign on it that reads "Kal's Signs". Jerry Seinfeld's real life dad's name is Kal, and he really made signs for a living.
Morty Seinfeld (Jerry's father ) was originally played by Philip Bruns for one episode, then played by Barney Martin for the rest of the series run.
Jerry's apartment number switches from 411 to 3A to 5A. In earlier episodes where the whole exterior of Jerry's building is visible, his apartment is clearly on the third floor.
Steve Vinovich, Larry Hankin, and Tony Shalhoub were considered for the role of Kramer. Hankin later played Kramer in the show within the show in the episode "The Pilot".
Kramer sublet Paul Buchman's (Mad About You) apartment.
Danny DeVito, Nathan Lane, David Alan Grier, Larry Miller, Kevin Dunn and Brad Hall were considered for the role of George.
Lee Garlington was originally supposed to be a member of the cast, as Claire, the coffee shop waitress who gave Jerry and George friendly advice. She appeared in the pilot episode. But when the show was picked up, her character was dropped.
In the episode where George thinks someone stole his glasses from the gym locker room, he is eating a bag of Rold Gold pretzels. At the time, Jason Alexander was a spokesman for the product.
Larry David, co-creator and executive producer, appears several times throughout the series. He is the voice of George M. Steinbrenner III, The Man In The Cape (Frank's divorce lawyer) and the owner of a newsstand (in the Chinese Gum episode he sells George gum). He was also one of the last voices heard on the show, as the "I'm gonna cut you!" prisoner at the very end of the final episode.
Jerry Seinfeld turned down an offer from NBC that would have made him $110 million for a tenth season of the show.
In Jerry's apartment, he has a picture on the wall of a black Porsche 911 catching air going over a hill. In real life, Jerry Seinfeld is an avid Porsche fan and collector.
In the episode where Elaine dates a man named Joel Rifkin, she tries to have him change his name, since Joel Rifkin is also the name of a man involved in a notorious New York City murder case. One of the initial suggestions for a new name was O.J. This episode was shot in 1993, a year before O.J. Simpson was accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.
Jerry Stiller plays George's dad. Ben Stiller (Jerry's real-life son) is married to Christine Taylor, who guest-starred on the show as Jerry Seinfeld's girlfriend.
The Soup Nazi is based on the actual owner of a take-out soup business in Manhattan on West 55th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue.
In the very first episode, the first conversation was between George and Jerry about a button. In the very last episode, when they were sitting in jail, the last conversation they had was the same thing about the button.
In addition to Jerry having a sister who is only mentioned once (in "The Chinese Restaurant"), George has a brother who is mentioned only twice in the series: "The Suicide" (his brother impregnated a woman named Pauline) and "The Parking Space" (George's father, mother and brother never pay for parking). Elaine has a sister, Gail, who she visits in St. Louis, and who she calls after she sends Gail's son her exposed nipple Christmas card. Elaine also mentions a brother-in-law (presumably Gail's husband) in "The Phone Message" (he blurted out secret business information on an answering machine).
Elaine's middle name is Marie. George's middle name is Louis. Jerry's real first name is Jerome.
Jerry is the only character to appear in every episode. Elaine does not appear in "The Seinfeld Chronicles" and "The Trip (Parts 1 and 2)", Kramer does not appear in "The Chinese Restaurant" and "The Pen", and George does not appear in "The Pen".
The show's often-repeated phrase, "Yada, yada, yada," was ranked #1 in TV Guide's list of TV's 20 Top Catchphrases (21-27 August 2005 issue).
As Larry David states on the DVD, the character of Elaine's father, the gruff war vet/author Alton Benes, was based on the father of his former girlfriend Monica Yates, the late writer Richard Yates (author of "Revolutionary Road").
The costume department always gave Michael Richards clothes that were one size too large, to make Kramer appear laid-back and loose. Conversely, they gave Jason Alexander clothes that were one size too small, to make George look uncool.
The original script was called "Stand Up". It was to be a 90-minute mockumentary about how a stand-up comedian writes his jokes based on his everyday life. It was to air in place of Saturday Night Live for one night. NBC liked the script so much that they decided to develop it into a pilot instead.
The character of Cosmo Kramer is based on Kenny Kramer, a man who worked across the hall from co-creator Larry David. In a self-confessed move to cash-in on the sitcom's popularity, Kenny Kramer formed the "Kramer Reality Tour", an officially-recognized New York City tour which visits the real-life locations often featured in the sitcom. In the 1997 season of "Seinfeld", Cosmo Kramer's memoirs are published by J. Peterman as his own. Wanting to make the most of the situation, Cosmo Kramer starts a "Peterman Reality Tour", offering a tour of the real-life locations featured in the memoirs. - CreatorJonathan GlassnerBrad WrightStarsRichard Dean AndersonMichael ShanksAmanda TappingA secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore other planets through the recently discovered Stargates.George Hammond: Where's Captain Carter?
Samuels: Just arriving, sir.
Jack O'Neill: Carter?
George Hammond: I'm assigning Sam Carter to this mission.
Jack O'Neill: I'd prefer to put together my own team, sir.
George Hammond: Not on this mission. Sorry. Carter's our expert on the Stargate.
Jack O'Neill: Where's he transferring from?
Samantha Carter: [Carter enters the room] She is transferring from the Pentagon. I take it you're Colonel O'Neill. Captain Samantha Carter reporting, sir. I'm an Air Force officer just like you are, Colonel. And just because my reproductive organs are on the inside instead of the outside doesn't mean I can't handle whatever you can handle.
Jack O'Neill: Oh, this has nothing to do with you being a woman. I like women. I've just got a little problem with scientists.
Sam Carter: Oh, Colonel, I logged over 100 hours in enemy airspace during the Gulf War. Is that tough enough for you... or are we gonna have to arm wrestle?
Jack O'Neill: Oh here we go, another scientist. General, please.
Samantha Carter: Theoretical astrophysicist.
Jack O'Neill: Which means...?
George Hammond: It means she's smarter than you are.
[preparing to go through the Stargate to Abydos]
Jack O'Neill: Captain?
Samantha Carter: Don't worry, Colonel. I won't let you down.
Jack O'Neill: Good. I was gonna say, "Ladies first."
Samantha Carter: You know, you really will like me when you get to know me.
Jack O'Neill: Oh, I adore you already, Captain.
We learn that Ra was not the only System Lord. He was the Ultimate System Lord, but not the only System Lord. Here we are introduced to the System Lord Apophis.
Amanda Tapping ('Samatha Carter') says, "This is how they controlled it. It took us 15 years and three supercomputers to MacGyver a system for the gate on Earth." Richard Dean Anderson played the eponymous lead in MacGyver. According to one account, Tapping ad-libbed the MacGyver reference while reading for the part of Carter, and that was what clinched the role for her. - CreatorMark CroninCris AbregoRick TellesStarsCharoDave CoulierFlavor FlavA reality show about fading celebrities who were hot back in the day, and how they live their day to day lives in one Los Angeles mansion.A very interesting concept of putting these celebrities who in a way have nothing in common and have them live together and constantly being watch by 'Big Brother ' and us ,the audience, also.
- StarsJohn KassirElizabeth HannaDavid HemblenThe popular cult horror comic books from the 1950s are adapted in this cartoon anthology series.Spun-off from
Tales from the Crypt (1989) (TV Series)
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XVII (2006) (TV Episode)
Mr. Burns parodies the crypt keeper with the opening. - StarsMorgan FreemanSean CarrollMichio KakuHosted by Morgan Freeman, Through the Wormhole will explore the deepest mysteries of existence - the questions that have puzzled mankind for eternity. What are we made of? What was there before the beginning? Are we really alone? Is there a creator? These questions have been pondered by the most exquisite minds of the human race.
- CreatorKelly MarcelCraig SilversteinStarsJason O'MaraShelley ConnChristine AdamsCenters on the Shannons, an ordinary family from 2149 when the planet is dying, who are transported back 85 million years to prehistoric Earth where they join Terra Nova, a colony of humans with a second chance to build a civilization.Carmel Rose plays a recurring character named Nurse Ogawa. Brannon Braga and René Echevarria both wrote several episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation (Braga was also co-producer) which also featured a recurring character with that name, played by Patti Yasutake.
- CreatorRod SerlingStarsRobin WardCharles AidmanRichard MulliganA collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but often have a wicked sense of humor and an unexpected twist.(Opening theme music)
Performed by The Grateful Dead & Merl Saunders
(Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzman, Phil Lesh, Brent Mydland & Bob Weir)
The ghost-like image of Rod Serling flashes across the screen during the opening credits. He is the only host, if a previous one, of The Twilight Zone to be seen, since this is the only series where no narrator showed himself on-screen at any point.
Assuming the new Twilight Zone would be a huge hit with adults who had grown up on the original, CBS pre-sold the syndicated rerun rights with a "guaranteed" number of episodes. However, the show was a flop and was canceled after two seasons. CBS quickly made deals to produce additional episodes for syndication in order to fulfill the guarantee. In syndicated versions of this show, Robin Ward narrates all the episodes, including the episodes which originally featured narration by Charles Aidman. MGM/UA felt that this would give the series a greater sense of uniformity. Also this way they didn't have to pay residuals to Aidman, but only to (the considerably cheaper) Ward. - StarsPaul SparerCatherine BattistoneJohn Marzilli"Tales from the Darkside" was a horror anthology series where the viewer is taken through ghost stories, science fiction adventures, and creepy, unexplained events.Narrator: Man lives in the sunlit world of what he believes to be reality. But... there is, unseen by most, an underworld, a place that is just as real, but not as brightly lit... a Darkside.
The series originally aired as a pilot in October 1983 as "Trick Or Treat" starring Barnard Hughes. Apparently, this was before it became "Tales From The Darkside". The original broadcast wasn't intended as a episode of it until the "Tales From The Darkside" intro was tacked on future repeats of it.
Famed horror writer Stephen King contributed two stories to the series: "Word Processor of the Gods" and "Sorry, Right Number." Both have subsequently been reprinted in the author's anthology works.
Actor Vic Tayback appeared in both the first ("The New Man") and final ("Basher Malone") episodes of the series. - CreatorDan T. BradleyAllan L. RiceStanley Ralph RossStarsClifton DavisTheresa MerrittTed LangeClifton enjoys being a barber in Washington, DC.Clifton Curtis: [opening narration] Welcome to Oscar's Barbershop, named after my daddy who passed it on to me. It's been a part of Washington, DC a long time. This is me Clifton Curtis, my own boss and lovin' every minute of it, and this is my little sister Tracy and her husband Leonard. This is my best friend, happy-go-lucky Earl, and this wonderful person, well... That's My Mama!
Ed Bernard originally played the role of Earl Chambers but was replaced by Teddy Wilson. Wilson met and eventually married Joan Pringle when she replaced Lynne Moody in the role of Tracy. However Bernard and Pringle would eventually work together shortly after on The White Shadow.
In 1987, a pilot for a syndicated revival series called That's My Mama Now! starring Ted Lange was produced but it was not picked up. - CreatorKenneth JohnsonStarsMarc SingerFaye GrantMichael IronsideA year after Liberation Day, courtesy of the red-dust bacteria, the humanoid, lizard-like aliens develop a resistance to the micro-organism and try to regain control of the Earth--only now, some humans are knowingly working with them.In the first two mini-series, the Visitors spoke with an electronically modulated voice. The sound processing, however, was dropped for the ongoing series. This created a continuity problem with the two mini-series as the Visitors were able to infiltrate human strongholds and vice-versa without their different voices giving them away.
The second V theme was originally written for _"V: The Final Battle" (1984) (mini)_. The producers chose Barry De Vorzon's and Joseph Conlan's music instead for the mini-series, so it was shelved until 1985 (episode 14) when it it replaced the series' original theme music.
The name of the aliens' species is never revealed. - CreatorFrank DarabontStarsAndrew LincolnNorman ReedusMelissa McBrideSheriff Deputy Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to learn the world is in ruins and must lead a group of survivors to stay alive.Actors who played zombies had to go through zombie school to learn how to walk and move like zombies.
During lunch breaks, the zombie cast would eat together while the human cast ate together.
The name Edwin Jenner, the doctor at the CDC, is a reference to to Edward Jenner who developed the first vaccine.
"Walking Dead" creator Robert Kirkman was on the set throughout the filming of the first season.
The word 'zombie' is never said throughout the first season. The zombies are either referred to as "Walkers", "Geeks", "Roamers", "Lamebrains", and to the CDC, "Test Subjects".
Out of the 20 characters at the camp, only 10 are actually in the comic (Rick Lori, Carl, Shane, Carol, Sophia, Jim, Dale, Andrea, Amy and Glenn).
Carol's husband never appears in the comic, he is only mentioned to have been killed.
The logo seen on the T-shirt of Rick's son Carl is that of another Robert Kirkman creation, Science Dog.
The Dixon brothers, T-Dog, Jacqui, as well as Morales and his family are not characters in the comic book, although they are each featured prominently in season 1 of the TV series. - StarsSteve McQueenWright KingOlan SouleA Civil War veteran with a sawed-off rifle as a holstered weapon makes a living as a bounty hunter in the Wild West of the 1870s.Steve McQueen's characterization of a sympathetic bounty hunter was first tested in an episode of the Western series, "Trackdown," which starred Robert Culp as a Texas Ranger.
According to several episodes, Josh Randall was a war veteran having served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
The Mare's Leg weapon carried by Josh Randall (Steve McQueen) is a cut down Winchester model 1892 carbine in 44-40 caliber, but the bullets in his cartridge belt are 45-70 caliber rounds used in the larger, more powerful rifles of the day. The producers wanted to use the 45-70s because they were more visually impressive than the relatively small, pistol sized rounds actually used in the 1892 carbine. The use of the 1892 carbine is itself an anarchism as the series is set in the 1870s.
Initially, the creators of the series had a hard time selling the show because bounty hunters were thought to be unsavory characters and have been portrayed as such in numerous western shows and movies. The creators overcame this obstacle by having Josh Randall give most, sometimes ALL, of his earnings to help people such as the families of people murdered by the men Randall brings in, thus making Randall a sympathetic and likable character.
According to the A&E Biography profile of Steve McQueen (featured in the Season ONE DVD Set), McQueen took the role of Josh Randall because his prospects for acting in movies were drying up. When the series started becoming hit, McQueen began getting more and more noticed by the film industry. So much so that director John Sturges, who'd used McQueen in the war movie Never So Few cast McQueen in the western hit The Magnificent Seven, the movie that launched McQueen's rise to stardom. After making "Mag-7", McQueen began to get more and more movie offers again and decided to quit the show to pursue his film career, thus canceling the series.
After getting offered the chance to star in The Magnificent Seven, McQueen found out that the only way he could do the film, which was being shot simultaneously with "Wanted: Dead or Alive", was to fake an accident or illness and get a medical leave from the series. According to his first wife, Nellie, McQueen accomplished this feat by "faking" a car crash in which he merely crashed his car into a tree, receiving minor cuts, muscle pulls, and bruises, and getting his medical leave. The series' production went on temporary hiatus while McQueen filmed "The Magnificent Seven" - CreatorMike ScullyJulie Thacker-ScullyStarsKeith CarradineErik von DettenAndrew EidenA single dad is trying to bring up his unruly sons on his own, as well as work as a fireman with his brother Jimmy, after their mother ran off 10 years before.
- StarsPatton OswaltDave ChappelleJeff GarlinThe hottest comedy talents of the 1990s headline these solo half-hour stand-up specials. Comics in Season 1 include: Chris Rock, D.L. Hughley, Simply Marvalous, Carlos Mencia, Suzanne Westenhoefer, Bob Smith, Eddie Griffin and Margaret Cho.
- CreatorStephen HattmanWilliam Robert YatesStarsAvery BrooksMoses GunnAngela BassettHawk is called upon to help those who need his help or whose lives may be in danger. He is also called upon by people from his past to settle old scores or to collect or settle old debts.Spin-off from the Spencer:For Hire series.
- StarsDarren McGavinBart BurnsVito ScottiThe adventures of Mickey Spillane's tough-talking, brawling, skirt-chasing private detective Mike Hammer, who's always ready to use his fists on a "mug" or his charm on a "skirt" to get the case solved.This was one of the programs that Bobby Rupp and murder victims Herbert, Nancy and Kenyon Clutter watched the evening that they were killed by Richard Eugene Hickcok and Perry Edward Smith (November 15th, 1959). Bobby Rupp was Nancy Clutter's boyfriend and went home before the killers arrived.
- CreatorFrank PiersonStarsJames GarnerMargot KidderNeva PattersonIn 1914, Nichols, a soldier, sick of killing, returns to his Arizona hometown, and is serving as Sheriff by the Ketcham clan, who run the area. Nichols, who doesn't believe in toting a gun, scoots around via a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
- StarsAlexis ConranR. Paul WilsonJessica-Jane StaffordA team of real-life confidence tricksters carry out notorious scams on unsuspecting members of the general public whilst hidden cameras capture all the action.Real hustlers teaching the viewer how the "hustle" (cons) are made and played.