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"Moonlighting" Atomic Shakespeare (1986)



Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   72 votes
Director:
Writers:
Glenn Gordon Caron (creator) and
Ron Osborn (co-writer)
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Original Air Date:
25 November 1986 (Season 3, Episode 7)
Plot:
A student starts to watch Moonlighting, then his mother appears and reminds he has to read Taming of the Shrew for school. As he starts to read, the characters from Moonlighting enact the play. | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Episode Credited cast)

Curtis Armstrong ... Herbert Quentin Viola

Allyce Beasley ... Bianca

Cybill Shepherd ... Katerina

Bruce Willis ... Pertrucio
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Clinton Allmon (as Clinton J. Allmon)
Frank Collison ... Padua Resident
Ralph Drischell
Daniel Frishman
Raymond Guth
Sterling Holloway ... Narrator (voice)

Hap Lawrence
Kenneth McMillan ... Baptista

Colm Meaney ... Katharina Suitor (as Colm Meany)
Joseph G. Medalis (as Joseph Medalis)
Danny Stone
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Trivia:
Sterling Holloway's last project. more
Quotes:
Katharina Suitor: We only came to woo, and bewhich, having no advanced knowledge that you'd be such a -...
Katharina: ENOUGH!
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References The Shining (1980) more

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11 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
A Very Funny Take on The Taming of the Shrew, 28 November 2006
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Author: RRRhonda9 from United States

I loved the "Moonlighting" series 20 years ago, and although I now know that Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd did NOT have the personal chemistry that they had on screen, I still value the series. It was quite ahead of its time--and I think that helps to make the series timeless! This particular episode, "Atomic Shakespeare" is an abbreviated "Taming of the Shrew" with Willis as Petruchio and Shepherd as Katharine.

This casting is, of course, ideal; the minor players (series regulars) also do a great job.

The late Sterling Holloway (recognized by my AP English students as the voice of 'Winnie the Pooh') narrates the love(?) story/comedy like no one else could.

I highly recommend the entire "Moonlighting" series, but particularly this episode from the third season, "Atomic Shakespeare."

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