Monty (1994– )

Monty Richardson is a Conservative talk-show host, a la Rush Limbaugh. His family, however, are rather liberal, including his son's radically left-wing girlfriend. The comedy starts as they... See full summary »

Creator:

Marc Lawrence

Stars:

Henry Winkler, Kate Burton, David Schwimmer

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Henry Winkler	...	Monty Richardson (13 episodes, 1994)
Kate Burton	...	Fran Richardson (13 episodes, 1994)
David Schwimmer	...	Greg Richardson (13 episodes, 1994)
David Krumholtz	...	David Richardson (13 episodes, 1994)
China Kantner	...	Geena Campbell (13 episodes, 1994)
Tom McGowan	...	Clifford Walker (13 episodes, 1994)
Joyce Guy	...	Rita Simon (13 episodes, 1994)

Storyline

Monty Richardson is a Conservative talk-show host, a la Rush Limbaugh. His family, however, are rather liberal, including his son's radically left-wing girlfriend. The comedy starts as they try to resolve their differences...

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Plot Keywords:

tv talk show host

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Genres:

Comedy | Talk-Show

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 January 1994 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This show was originally developed for NBC. Monty originally was to have a gay daughter. NBC changed their minds. When the show moved to Fox, the gay daughter character was changed to a straight son who quit law school to become a chef.

User Reviews

Painfully unfunny

The Fonz is Limbaugh. It was an entire show dedicated to ripping off and mocking Rush Limbuagh. The problem is, it looked like a show made by somebody who never listened to him, and assumed all of those stereotypes about conservatives (racist, sexist, homophobic, ignorant) were true. So, cue the black woman sidekick, because that must be funny. It was just another mismatch comedy with predictable result, except that the main character was a Limbaugh wanna be. That may be funny for a sketch or two on SNL or MadTV, but not an entire half-hour - let alone week after week. Within a few weeks it was the least watched TV show in America, and then thankfully yanked. Don't expect the show to be out on DVD anytime soon. Making fun of something you don't understand is going to fail everytime.