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A Sitcom With Three Names

It happens. Some shows get re-tooled, for budget reasons, or contractual reasons, and change enough that the network feels the show needs to be renamed. But why did Valerie become Valerie’s Family? And why did Valerie’s Family become The Hogan Family? When it comes to litigious temper tantrums, none this season can compare to the…

February 8, 2021
Just Another Show About The Office

What a difference a few years makes. In 1995, CBS aired a show called The Office, starring Valerie Harper, created by Susan Beavers and Barbra Corday. Here’s how Bruce Fretts began his review of the sitcom. How’s this for a cutting-edge satire of corporate America: The assistants on THE OFFICE (CBS, Saturdays, 9-9:30 p.m.) are…

February 7, 2021

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Proctology: A Bottom Examination

For a long time now I’ve been wanting to write an old-fashioned programme guide. One you can hold in your hand and thumb through, make notes on, spill coffee on. So I did. Proctology: A Bottom Examination is my deep dive into Bottom, the hit BBC Two sitcom starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. That’s…

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Re-Casting Keanu

Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…