Dream On 

Martin Tupper's life is full of colourful characters. He is divorced and living with his growing teenage son, still friends with his ex-wife and constantly looking for dates but without a ... See full summary »

Creators:

David Crane, Marta Kauffman

Stars:

Brian Benben, Denny Dillon, Wendie Malick

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 15 wins & 47 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Brian Benben	...	Martin Tupper 119 episodes, 1990-1996
Denny Dillon	...	Toby Pedalbee 119 episodes, 1990-1996
Wendie Malick	...	Judith Tupper Stone / ... 119 episodes, 1990-1996
Chris Demetral	...	Jeremy Tupper 119 episodes, 1990-1996
Dorien Wilson	...	Eddie Charles 105 episodes, 1991-1996

Storyline

Martin Tupper's life is full of colourful characters. He is divorced and living with his growing teenage son, still friends with his ex-wife and constantly looking for dates but without a clue how to relate to women. He works as a book editor, with a ditsy, headstrong secretary, who cramps his style as often as helping him.

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Plot Keywords:

1990s | 1990s tv | 1990s movie and tv | tv show | 1990s tv show | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The opening credits began with a television set turning on to display nothing but static. This has since become the generic logo for all HBO Original Series.

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Quotes

Gibby: How's the operation?
Martin: What operation?
Gibby: Since you handed in your son's book to your mistress, I assume you got a new pair of balls.

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Alternate Versions

When "Dream On" was rebroadcast on the Fox network, episodes were re-edited to remove swearing, tone down the sex, and remove nudity.

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Connections

Referenced in Titanic Belfast: City of a Thousand Launches (2014)

User Reviews

Genuinely Brilliant

The best American comedy series ever made. Yet also relatively unknown, probably because of it's explicit subject matter. When it was shown over here it was on at 2 o'clock in the morning, so the audience must have been negligible.

Any synopsis cannot do the programme justice. Martin Tupper, leaning toward lecherous, yet always likeable; his never helpful secretary Toby; his even more lecherous buddy Eddie; his repulsive Australian boss (Rupert) sorry I mean Gibby and finally his emotionally closed off ex-wife Judith, oh yes and his son Jeremy.

Anyway if a repeat is ever showing be sure to watch you'll find it shocking and hilarious. You'll also find that the recent series, Sex and the City, owes more than a little to it.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 July 1990 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dream On

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kevin Bright Productions, MCA Television Entertainment (MTE), St. Clare Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1