The Good Life 

Revolves around John Bowman juggling his home life and the lock company where he serves as a middle manager.

Creators:

Jeff Martin, Suzanne Martin, Kevin Curran

Stars:

John Caponera, Eve Gordon, Drew Carey

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
John Caponera	...	John Bowman 13 episodes, 1994
Eve Gordon	...	Maureen Bowman 13 episodes, 1994
Drew Carey	...	Drew Clark 13 episodes, 1994
Jake Patellis	...	Paul Bowman 13 episodes, 1994
Shay Astar	...	Melissa Bowman 13 episodes, 1994
Justin Berfield	...	Bob Bowman 13 episodes, 1994
Monty Hoffman	...	Tommy Bartlett 13 episodes, 1994

Storyline

Revolves around John Bowman juggling his home life and the lock company where he serves as a middle manager.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 January 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Bowmans

Company Credits

Production Co:

Interbang Inc., Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

The good die young

This truly was a worthy (and, most important, funny) series that was cut down before it ever reached its prime. In hindsight, it had sort of the feel of "The Drew Carey Show" (duh, Drew Carey was in it) meets "Everybody Loves Raymond."

Funny, engaging, a tiny bit risqué in one episode, but mostly just good, clean family fun. A real winner that somehow lost. And now we've made the prime-time transition from warm, witty sitcoms to "reality" television that has nothing at all to do with reality -- unless you've ever been shipwrecked and had to live 30 days on an island populated in part by cameramen and TV hosts.

"The Good Life" deserved better, and we as television viewers deserved and continue to deserve better.