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28 March 1980 (USA)
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"Honor thy wife, and everyone else's." more
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It's the end of the 70s. Hippies are assimilating, women are raising their consciousness, and men are becoming confused and ineffectual...
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"In an insane society the sane man must appear insane."
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Martin Mull | ... | Harvey Holroyd | |
| Tuesday Weld | ... | Kate Linville Holroyd | |
| Jennifer McAllister | ... | Joanie Holroyd | |
| Sam Chew Jr. | ... | Bill | |
| Sally Kellerman | ... | Martha | |
| Anthony Battaglia | ... | Stokely | |
| Bill Macy | ... | Sam Stone | |
| Nita Talbot | ... | Angela Stone | |
| Pamela Bellwood | ... | Carol | |
| Barbara Rhoades | ... | Vivian | |
| Ann Weldon | ... | Rachel | |
| Peter Bonerz | ... | Dr. Leonard Miller | |
| Jon Fong | ... | Wong | |
| Christopher Lee | ... | Luckman Skull | |
| Patch Mackenzie | ... | Stella |
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Stokely:
In an insane society, the sane man must appear insane.
Harvey Holroyd: Where'd you get that?
Stokely: Star Trek.
[leaves the room]
Harvey Holroyd: [to himself] God, I miss that show.
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Harvey Holroyd: Where'd you get that?
Stokely: Star Trek.
[leaves the room]
Harvey Holroyd: [to himself] God, I miss that show.
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Referenced in Fade to Black (1980)
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A Changing World
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Martin Mull is the sane man in the insane society of Marin County CA. If you can find it, watch it. It may be 20+ years old but holds up well, like a good sitcom the jokes are about life not current events and that makes them timeless. Also the slightly off-center society of Marin lives on.