The Thorns (1988– )

Creators:

Tom King, Millee Taggart

Stars:

Adam Biesk, Kelly Bishop, Marilyn Cooper

Cast

Series cast summary:
Adam Biesk	...	Chad Thorn (12 episodes, 1988)
Kelly Bishop	...	Ginger Thorn (12 episodes, 1988)
Marilyn Cooper	...	Rose Thorn (12 episodes, 1988)
Lori Petty	...	Cricket (12 episodes, 1988)
Lisa Rieffel	...	Joey Thorn (12 episodes, 1988)
Tony Roberts	...	Sloan Thorn (12 episodes, 1988)
Jesse R. Tendler	...	Edmund Thorn (12 episodes, 1988)
Mary Louise Wilson	...	Toinette (12 episodes, 1988)

Storyline

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 January 1988 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Reeves Entertainment Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

The show was too ahead of any time.

The person who posted a comment hit the nail on the head. The Thorns was the best. It had a lot of potential. I believe that it wasn't that it was too ahead of it's time but that the upper crust did not like that other, "lower class", less influential people (those that make less that $125,000 a quarter) should see that their lives are as shallow as depicted, full of cracks or that they aren't as grand as they want others to seem. I have met those sort of people. If they drop something important and you pick it up for them and hand it to them and say, "here, you dropped this," they either look at you like they can't understand English, that anything you say is so beneath them or they call security for disturbing them. But on the flip side I have met some that were so cool, nice, etc. This show featured a very shallow side of the rich life, which exists.

This show was WAY ahead of it's time.

The Chinese restaurant next door was so like the on going joke in Keeping Up Appearances, an English show that aired two years after this program.