Still Standing 

Bill and Judy are not your average parents; the kids are the responsible ones.

Creators:

Diane Burroughs, Joey Gutierrez

Stars:

Mark Addy, Jami Gertz, Jennifer Irwin

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Mark Addy	...	Bill Miller 88 episodes, 2002-2006
Jami Gertz	...	Judy Miller 88 episodes, 2002-2006
Jennifer Irwin	...	Linda Michaels 88 episodes, 2002-2006
Taylor Ball	...	Brian Miller 87 episodes, 2002-2006
Renee Olstead	...	Lauren Miller 86 episodes, 2002-2006
Soleil Borda	...	Tina Miller 86 episodes, 2002-2006

Storyline

Meet Bill and Judy Miller, a toilet salesman and a dental assistant, two high school lovers who turned in their wild lifestyle to get married years ago. Now, as they creep toward middle age, they have to deal with more "everyday" things, such as their three kids: their intelligent and (to Bill's horror) still sexually-unsure son Brian; their typical drama queen daughter Lauren; and their smug, sarcastic six year old, Tina. With Judy's desperate man-hunting sister Linda, Bill's interfering mother Louise, a lesbian couple living next door and other crazy characters around, it's no wonder that Bill and Judy constantly get into strange (and oft-hilarious) misadventures as they try to prove that they're not too old to have fun. Along the way, they always end up showing that they "still" love each other, no matter what.

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Plot Keywords:

high school sweetheart | child raising | watching tv | 21st century | dental assistant | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mark Addy would often call up Jami Gertz's mother to learn how to say certain words with a Midwest accent since Gertz's mother is from Chicago. Since Addy is from England, he had to be careful with certain words that were easy to slip back into his English accent.

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Quotes

Lauren Miller: Dad, I need some help with my homework.
Bill: Yeah, I know, I've seen your grades.

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Alternate Versions

When the episode "Still Neighbors", which originally aired on September 27, 2004 and featured the final T.V. appearance of Rodney Dangerfield, was rebroadcast on November 1, 2004, the episode contained a message that read; "This episode of Still Standing is dedicated to the memory of Rodney Dangerfield."

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Connections

Featured in Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class (2005)

User Reviews

Worth watching

The entire sitcom premise has run its course as of late without a lot of originality or true humour. However, I have found this sitcom to be the happy exception to the rule.

"Still Standing" is one of those shows that I found solely by accident. As one who intentionally avoids television most of the time, I stumbled on this program while engaging in the rare activity of channel surfing. The show exhibits a fresh sense of humour and while somewhat cliché in character development, the writers have managed to create some new ideas and humour within this formula.

While not destined to become the top sitcom of all time, "Still Standing" is innovative and humorous and perhaps deserves a look.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 September 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Still Standing

Filming Locations:

CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Productions, 20th Century Fox Television, Java Boy Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (88 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1