Ellen 

Ellen Morgan is a neurotic bookstore owner who deals with life through comedy and extensive rambling.

Creators:

Carol Black, Neal Marlens, David S. Rosenthal

Stars:

Ellen DeGeneres, David Anthony Higgins, Joely Fisher

Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 14 wins & 29 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Ellen DeGeneres	...	Ellen Morgan 108 episodes, 1994-1998
David Anthony Higgins	...	Joe Farrell 101 episodes, 1994-1998
Joely Fisher	...	Paige Clark 95 episodes, 1994-1998
Clea Lewis	...	Audrey Penney 79 episodes, 1994-1998
Jeremy Piven	...	Spence Kovak 71 episodes, 1995-1998

Storyline

Ellen Morgan is a neurotic, 30-something, bookstore employee who tries to get by life in dealing with her various friends who include the outgoing redhead Paige, insecure photographer Adam, her unsure-of-himself cousin Spence, coffee shop guy Joe Farrell, the critical and obnoxious Audrey, and most challenging of all, Ellen also has to contend being around her annoying and overbearing parents Lois and Harold.

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Plot Keywords:

stand up comedian | based on standup comedy | neurotic | bookstore | friend | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 March 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

These Friends of Mine

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Black-Marlens Company,Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (109 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

While Portia de Rossi Degeneres was a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986) in 2010, Oprah told Portia that when Oprah played the therapist on season four, episode twenty-two, "The Puppy Episode", (the "coming out" episode) of this show, Oprah got more hate mail about that minor appearance than she had ever gotten during her entire previous career as a talk-show host and actress.

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Quotes

Ellen: Stray dogs, hungry people. Come on people, the solution is obvious.

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Connections

Featured in Just In with Laura Ingraham: Episode dated 3 July 2008 (2008)

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Soundtracks

Theme Song
Written by Sharleen Spiteri and Johnny McElhone
Performed by Texas

User Reviews

I like it more and more

In my opinion, the show was a bit boring at the beginning. Just another comedy that tries to be funny. (this time with a book shop as setting)But after Ellen´s outing quite much has changed, the stories have become really intresting, and in general the show has turned to something special and unique now. The difficult (???) topic has been presented in a very sensitive way and besides the´ve tried to fight against all the silly prejudices which are in the heads of too many people.Furthermore I like that we can laugh with Ellen, not about her. (that´s quite unusual for gay characters on TV). I´m impressed of her honesty and strength to share a part of her private life with the public. ELLEN- YOU`RE GREAT!!! Of course,I love the rest of the cast as well (JOELY,CLEA,JEREMY,DAVID)They´re like everyone´s friends. They get on your nerves, tease you, know everything better - but nevertheless you can´t live without them. In the meantime, I must confess that I hardly can´t live without Ellen and fortunately, it´s back on German TV!