The soap-operish antics of two families: the Campbells and the Tates.
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In a recap of season three, Jessica pleads with her guardian angel to allow her to rejoin her family on Earth.
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In the aftermath of Peter's murder, Chief of Police Tinkler goes over the facts with both the Tates and the Campbells.
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Burt tries to end his relationship with Sally; Eunice and Dutch have visitors at the farmhouse; Detective Donohue reports Chester's death, unaware that he's now a stranded hobo, still suffering from ...
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Parody of television soap-operas--the show's humor relies on exaggerating soap-operas' characteristic plot implausibility and melodrama to ridiculous extremes, then adds a fair bit of the truly bizarre, including some remarkable characters. Written by Tad Dibbern <DIBBERN_D@a1.mscf.upenn.edu>
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13 September 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Billy Tate: Why can't anybody in this family talk in front of me? For years I went around thinking a surprise party was being planned for me!
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Gordon Jump appeared as Chief of Police Tinkler on this show in the season just before landing his best-known role as Arthur "Big Guy" Carlson on WKRP in Cincinnati (1978). Jump appeared alongside his future WKRP co-star Howard Hesseman in several late first season episodes. See more »Quotes
Jessica Gatling Tate: Billy go get mother... something...Billy Tate: Why can't anybody in this family talk in front of me? For years I went around thinking a surprise party was being planned for me!
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Truthfully, i was too young to remember this show when it originally aired back in the late 70's. I do remember a lot of controversy about it, and that some stations chose to air it late rather than during primetime, because they thought it too racy.
A few years ago, I managed to catch this show on Comedy Central, and I have to admit that it is quite possibly the finest sitcom ever created. The characters were not the bland, shallow, unimaginitive figures you see on tv today. There was Jodie, the homosexual that was always unsure of his own sexuality; Chuck, the shy ventriloquist that always carried around his dummy Bob, whom Chuck thought was real, and there was NOTHING he wouldn't say; Burt, the delusional construction worker who had frequent encounters with the paranormal; Danny, the dimwit son of Burt that was mixed up in the mafia and later became a deputy sheriff; Chester, the wall street financier who slept with every woman in town except his own wife; and on and on. The cast (which includes billy crystal) was perfect...everyone played their roles so believably that you truly feel like you are watching a real dysfunctional family.
The writing and jokes were also timeless...This show was designed to take a direct pot shot at the absurdity of modern soap operas, and it hit it's mark perfectly. Most of the plotlines were like something out of a supermarket tabloid which always added to the hilarity of the show. Burt being abducted by aliens, burt thinking he can make himself invisible by snapping his fingers, jessica being captured by central american freedom fighters, jodie's baby being possessed by satan, etc...
Even 20+ years later, this show will not disappoint. While it may be tame by today's standards, it was clearly a pioneer that paved the way for a lot of today's programming.