"Bob Patterson" (2001) TV series

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

2 October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

The Only Thing Between You and Your Goals Is You.......And Your Goals

Cast

Jason Alexander	...	Bob Patterson (9 episodes, 2001)
Jennifer Aspen	...	Janet (5 episodes, 2001)
Connie Sellecca	...	Herself (2 episodes, 2001)
John Tesh	...	Himself (2 episodes, 2001)

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Series Directed by
Barnet Kellman		(4 episodes, 2001)

Series Writing credits
Barbara Feldman		(1 episode, 2001)
Hayes Jackson		(1 episode, 2001)
Brian Scully		(1 episode, 2001)
Peter Tilden		(1 episode, 2001)

Series Produced by
Ira Steven Behr	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 2001)
Jason Alexander	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Jennifer Birchfield-Eick	....	co-producer (unknown episodes)
Rick Corcoran	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)
Tim Doyle	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Michael Jackman	....	co-producer (unknown episodes)
Kelly Lee	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)
Brian Scully	....	co-executive producer (unknown episodes)
Peter Tilden	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Giorgio Bertuccelli		(unknown episodes)
Michael Skloff		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Mikel Neiers		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Janet Ashikaga		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Donna Rosenstein		(unknown episodes)
Angela Terry		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Thomas Azzari		(unknown episodes)

Series Set Decoration by
Mark Johnson		(1 episode, 2001)

Series Costume Design by
Charmaine Nash Simmons		(unknown episodes)

Series Makeup Department
Patricia Messina	....	makeup department head (9 episodes, 2001)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Anthony Joseph Rich	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Michael Semon	....	property master (9 episodes, 2001)
Robert N. Williams	....	assistant property master (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Daniel Carrington	....	Flame artist (unknown episodes)
Scott Milne	....	visual effects supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Ron Digman	....	casting assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Robert S. Douglas	....	on-line editor (9 episodes, 2001)
Richard Garibaldi	....	final colorist (7 episodes, 2001)
Michael Halberg	....	assistant editor (6 episodes, 2001)
Stephanie Hurd	....	post-production assistant (unknown episodes, 2001)

Series Other crew
Sasha Gary	....	production assistant (7 episodes, 2001)
Ben Quirino Chiappinelli	....	set production assistant (6 episodes, 2001)
David Berthiaume	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Shannon Dixon	....	production secretary (unknown episodes)
Brian George	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Judy Kerr	....	dialogue coach (unknown episodes)
Doug Meyer	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Richard Wilson	....	first assistant accountant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• 20th Century Fox Television
• Angel Ark Productions
• Touchstone Television

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
• Buena Vista Television

Other Companies

• MFX  visual effects

Runtime:

30 min | USA:30 min (10 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

10 episodes were made but only five were aired.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Paul Simon (#31.19)" (2006)

Jason Alexander's post-Seinfeld TV project,Take one

This short-lived ABC offering that was pushed hugely,featured still Seinfeld fresh Alexander as motivational speaker--okay,HUGELY successful motivational speaker--Bob Patterson. Behind his outward appearance as a bright,charismatic seller of personal goals and dreams, he is underneath a wreck,reeling from divorce,unable to make a strong impression with his teenage son and facing a lack of respect among his own peers at the company he is contracted(a publishing company if I recall correctly).

On paper,it probably should've worked:short,balding Alexander being exposed for all his insecurities and pathos(much like his George Costanza character on Seinfeld). But somehow--and I'm not exactly sure how it failed,though the segway music through each show,which was merely an a Capella group singing "Bob" was ANNOYING--the exposition of Bob's frailties seem to be of little surprise and the jokes,which seemed to show potential in the first couple of episodes,became flat and predictable in short order. It didn't help the show,either, that,when the six episode ratings results came in,rather than try to retool the writing,reconfigure the cast(though Robert Klein didn't hurt) or even resched the show to a more forgiving time slot,the network simply gave it the quiet ax.I'm not saying the show was ALL that worthy of more chances,but the way ABC pumped it,you would've figured the net would've at least TRIED to give it the investment it promised. The again,compared to their most recent bail on "Emily's Reason's Why Not",this probably looked like a full-season commitment by contrast.

Mr. Alexander's first foray into TV regularity was,in all diplomacy,quite unmemorable. In my opinion,it wouldn't improve with "Listen Up!".