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Overview

User Rating:
8.2/10   746 votes
Creator:
Susan Harris
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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 more
Release Date:
13 September 1977 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
The soap-operish antics of two families: the Campbells and the Tates. full summary
Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 18 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Robert Urich Comes Back To Series TV (From WENN. 12 July 2001)
User Comments:
These questions, and many more, will be answered... more

Cast

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Rod Roddy ... Announcer (84 episodes, 1977-1981)

Katherine Helmond ... Jessica Tate (82 episodes, 1977-1981)

Richard Mulligan ... Burt Campbell (82 episodes, 1977-1981)
Cathryn Damon ... Mary Campbell (80 episodes, 1977-1981)
Ted Wass ... Danny Dallas (74 episodes, 1977-1981)

Billy Crystal ... Jodie Dallas (73 episodes, 1977-1981)
Robert Mandan ... Chester Tate (72 episodes, 1977-1981)
Jennifer Salt ... Eunice Tate / ... (63 episodes, 1977-1981)
Jimmy Baio ... Billy Tate (60 episodes, 1977-1981)
Diana Canova ... Corinne Tate-Flotsky / ... (59 episodes, 1977-1980)
Arthur Peterson ... The Major (56 episodes, 1977-1981)
Jay Johnson ... Chuck and Bob Campbell / ... (55 episodes, 1977-1981)

Robert Guillaume ... Benson / ... (49 episodes, 1977-1980)
Donnelly Rhodes ... Dutch Leitner (35 episodes, 1978-1981)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
30 min (93 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (DVD rating)
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Trivia:
The series ended with several cliffhangers unresolved, including Jessica about to be executed by a communist firing squad. A 1983 episode of "Benson" (1979) mentions Jessica's disappearance, noting the Tate family is seeking to have her declared legally dead. In this episode, Jessica appears as an apparition whom only Benson can see or hear, revealing to Benson that she is not dead, but in a coma somewhere in South America. The other cliffhangers are not referenced, leaving it to the viewers' imagination as to what might have happened. more
Quotes:
Corinne Tate Flotsky: I'm moving in with Peter Campbell... who's also having an affair with mother.
Eunice Tate: Come on, Corinne you're not allowed to lie.
Corinne Tate Flotsky: It's the truth.
Eunice Tate: Mother? Our mother? The mother downstairs? Jessica? The redhead?
Corinne Tate Flotsky: That's the one.
Eunice Tate: I can't believe it. I mean it took me twenty years to believe she did it with daddy.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003) (TV) more

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A NOTE ABOUT SPOILERS
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15 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
These questions, and many more, will be answered..., 16 August 1999
Author: Gary Dickerson (slug@mail.utexas.edu) from Austin, TX

I began watching this show when I was rather young - elementary-school aged, really, & because of its episodic nature (for I read comic books voraciously, & loved "to be continued" storylines) - well, probably because I liked the guy with the puppet - I was hooked. I watched it weekly & remember praying to God that it wouldn't be cancelled. The magic of the show was that it taught me so much. I knew little or nothing about homosexuality, infidelity, racism, hell, even the Mafia or Central American revolutions, until I watched this show. It was genuinely funny - Bert thinking he could turn invisible, Benson's "I ain't getting that," everyone talking to Bob when they knew damn well Chuck was throwing his voice - I laughed & laughed.

As I watch TV now, I really miss the topicality of this show - the fact that, with a simple parody of soap operas, they managed to bring important issues of the day to the forefront. No one was safe - even alien abductions were lampooned, years before there was an X-Files that could stand a bit of ribbing.

Yeah, it's dated, & when I saw a few episodes in repeats a while back, I was more moved by my old feelings - these were friends I hadn't seen in ages! - than by the story & the jokes. But the point was, it was brave - like "All In The Family," like "Good Times" - though not a Norman Lear creation - braver than anything on right now. Someone else suggested you watch from day one - that's not all that important, because you'll catch on soon enough (it's a soap opera, after all), but I do believe you'll come to care for the characters & their ridiculous predicaments soon enough. & you'll be amazed at how utterly clever it is.

Be warned, though - like "Twin Peaks" it doesn't really end, & if you're coming at it for the first time, you'll be sad when you get to season four's end & there's nothing following. I was.

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