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Hope And Gloria
''Hope & Gloria'' is an American sitcom television series created by Bill and Cheri Steinkellner, that aired on NBC from March 9, 1995, through June 22, 1996. The show was canceled after 35 episodes. It starred Cynthia Stevenson as Hope, a high-strung television producer, and Jessica Lundy as Gloria, a tough-talking beautician, who become neighbors in an apartment complex in downtown Pittsburgh. The program also starred Alan Thicke as a local TV personality and featured Enrico Colantoni in one of his first regular roles on television. The series was broadcast in Britain on ITV during the 1996 summer holiday, going out Monday to Friday for seven weeks. Cast *Cynthia Stevenson as Hope Davidson *Jessica Lundy as Gloria Utz *Enrico Colantoni as Louis Utz, Gloria's husband *Robert Garrova as Sonny Utz, Gloria & Louis's son *Alan Thicke as Dennis Dupree *Taylor Negron as Gwillem Blatt (season 2) Episodes Series overview Season 1 (1995) Season 2 (1995–96) Notable guest stars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Situation Comedy
A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent setting, such as a home, workplace, or community. Unlike sketch comedy, which features different characters and settings in each Sketch comedy, skit, sitcoms typically maintain plot continuity across episodes. This continuity allows for the development of storylines and characters over time, fostering audience engagement and investment in the characters' lives and relationships. History The structure and concept of a sitcom have roots in earlier forms of comedic theater, such as farces and comedy of manners. These forms relied on running gags to generate humor, but the term ''sitcom'' emerged as radio and TV adapted these principles into a new medium. The word was not commonly used until the 1950s. Early television sitcoms were often filme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bonerz
Peter Roman Bonerz (, born August 6, 1938) is an American actor and director. Early life Bonerz was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Elfrieda (née Kern) and Christopher Bonerz. He grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he attended Marquette University High School. Here, performing with the Prep Players, he gained his first theatrical experience. At Marquette University, he participated in the Marquette University Players. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1960, he decided to seek a career in theater, starting in New York City in improv with a troupe called The Premise. After compulsory service as a draftee in the United States Army, he worked with an improv troupe in San Francisco known as The Committee, whose members included Rob Reiner, David Ogden Stiers, Howard Hesseman and Hamilton Camp. Career Bonerz's first network television appearance was in 1965 on ''The Addams Family'' in the season-two episode "Morticia, The Writer". He had several more T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 American Television Series Debuts
1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government no longer providing public funding, marking the beginning of the Information Age. America Online and Prodigy (online service), Prodigy offered access to the World Wide Web system for the first time this year, releasing browsers that made it easily accessible to the general public. Events January * January 1 ** The World Trade Organization (WTO) is established to replace the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). ** Austria, Finland and Sweden join the European Union. * January 9 – Valeri Polyakov completes 366 days in space while aboard then ''Mir'' space station, breaking a duration record. * January 10–January 15, 15 – The World Youth Day 1995 festival is held in Manila, Manila, Philippines, culminating in 5 million people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s American Multi-camera Sitcoms
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the 15th pope. Births Valerian Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoebe Buffay
Phoebe Buffay-Hannigan (; born 16 February 1969) is one of the six main characters from the American television sitcom, ''Friends''. She was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman and portrayed by actress Lisa Kudrow. In the series' universe, Phoebe was born on February 16 and is the daughter of Frank and Lily Buffay. Her biological mother's name was Phoebe Abbott, whom she was named after. Phoebe has a twin sister, Ursula, a waitress who is also portrayed by Kudrow. Phoebe can speak several languages, including French and Italian. She appeared in all of the show's 236 episodes during its decade-long run, from its premiere on September 22, 1994, to its finale on May 6, 2004. She is a masseuse, notable for her offbeat and often unusual behavior. She was Monica Geller's roommate before Rachel Green, which is how she was introduced to the group. Phoebe is best friends with Monica and Rachel, along with their neighbors, Chandler Bing and Joey Tribbiani, and also Monica' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Kudrow
Lisa Valerie Kudrow ( ; born July 30, 1963) is an American actress. She rose to international fame for her role as Phoebe Buffay in the American television sitcom ''Friends'', which aired from 1994 to 2004. The series earned her Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmy, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Screen Actors Guild, Satellite Awards, Satellite, American Comedy Awards, American Comedy and TV Guide Award, TV Guide awards. Phoebe has since been named one of the greatest television characters of all time and is considered to be Kudrow's breakout role, spawning her successful film career. Kudrow initially appeared in a 1989 episode of the hit sitcom ''Cheers'' playing a character named Emily. She also starred in several episodes of the show ''Mad About You'' (1993) as Ursula, before auditioning and earning the role of Phoebe on ''Friends''; her character on ''Mad About You'' was written into the ''Friends'' storyline as Phoebe's twin. In the late 1990s, Kudrow starred in the cult film, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Poindexter
Larry Poindexter (born December 16, 1959) is an American actor and singer. Early life Poindexter was born in Dallas, Texas on December 16, 1959. Career He may be best known for his role in 2003's '' S.W.A.T.'', in which he played by-the-book LAPD Captain Tom Fuller, who went head to head with Samuel L. Jackson's character "Hondo". Poindexter appeared in the ABC soap opera ''General Hospital'' as Asher Thomas. He played Asher from June 3, 2005, until August 8, 2005, when his character was shot and killed by Jason Morgan ( Steve Burton) after he murdered A.J. Quartermaine ( Billy Warlock) and Rachel Adair ( Amy Grabow). His Asher Thomas character was controversial, as his backstory was a retcon of Jason and A.J.'s history. He played a recurring character on season 3 of '' JAG'', Dalton Lowne, the doomed lawyer/love interest of Major Sarah "Mac" MacKenzie ( Catherine Bell), who falls prey to another man obsessed with Mac. He appeared in the soap operas '' Santa Barbara'', ''D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Fryman
Pamela Gail Fryman (born August 19, 1959) is an American sitcom director and producer. She was the principal director of the television series ''How I Met Your Mother'', directing 196 of the show's 208 episodes. Early life Fryman was born and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Career Fryman got her first job on ''The John Davidson Show'' as an assistant to the talent coordinator, and went on to be a booth production assistant and secretary on '' Santa Barbara'', eventually moving up to assistant director (AD), and director. In 1993, producer Peter Noah, with whom she had worked on the game show '' Dream House'', gave Fryman a chance to direct an episode of the short-lived sitcom '' Café Americain''. These would be the first stepping stones toward a long and successful career. Before her directing career blossomed, Fryman pursued stage directing. On the set of ''Frasier'', rehearsal resembled a play staging, which is exactly what creator and executive producer David Lee h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanna Kerns
Joanna Kerns is an American actress and director best known for her role as Maggie Seaver on the ABC sitcom ''Growing Pains'' from 1985 to 1992. Early life Kerns was born Joanna Crussie DeVarona in San Francisco, California. Her older sister is Olympic swimmer Donna de Varona and her aunt was silent film actress Miriam Cooper. Kerns competed in the Olympic trials in 1968 and ranked 14th out of 28.Wallace, David. "Kerns Turns". ''Philip Morris Magazine''. Spring 1991. Career Early roles Kerns got her start in show business as a dancer before turning to acting. She attended UCLA and majored in dance. There, she saw an advertisement for a Gene Kelly production called ''Clown Around'' and applied for an audition. To take the part, however, she would have to drop out of college and move to New York, which she did. After ''Clown Around'', Joanna also got parts in the New York Shakespeare Festival's production of ''Two Gentlemen of Verona'' and ''Ulysses in Nighttown'', wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Baldwin (director)
Peter DuBois Baldwin (January 11, 1931 – November 19, 2017) was an American actor and director of film and television. Biography Baldwin started his career as an actor, employed as a contract player at Paramount Studios. He played Johnson in the film '' Stalag 17'' and Lieutenant Walker in '' Little Boy Lost'', both made in 1953. In 1962 he played the role of murderer Tony Benson in the '' Perry Mason'' episode, "The Case of the Melancholy Marksman", and appeared in the 1970 Italian thriller '' The Weekend Murders''. Baldwin eventually became a television director with an extensive résumé. As well as directing many of the episodes of ABC's hit situation comedy ''The Brady Bunch'', he also directed episodes of other ABC hit sitcoms, ''The Partridge Family'', from 1970 to 1971 and '' Benson'', from 1979 to 1980. He was among the directors of episodes of the 1973 NBC sitcom ''Needles and Pins'' and of the 1985-1986 CBS sitcom '' Foley Square'', and also helped dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janis Hirsch
Janis Hirsch (born c. 1950) is a comedy writer best known for producing and writing for television series, including ''Frasier, Will & Grace, My Wife and Kids, Anything But Love'', '' LA Law'', ''The Nanny'', '' Til Death'', ''Square Pegs'', the '' National Lampoon Show'', ''Murphy Brown'', and ''It's Garry Shandling's Show''. She has written books and for several publications including the ''New York Times'' and ''National Lampoon'' magazine. Biography Hirsch had polio when she was 10 months old and used crutches to walk. She is Jewish and was born in Trenton, New Jersey. In 1963, when she was 13, Hirsch wrote a condolence letter to Jackie Kennedy after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Hirsch was raised in Ewing Township, where she graduated from Ewing High School in 1968. She said she left as soon as she could, and attended and graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. She worked for the ''Coconut Grove Playhouse''. She then worked for burlesque dancer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelley Jensen
Shelley Jensen is an American television director and producer. Jensen began his career in 1977 as an associate director for the Walt Disney Company. He made his directorial debut in 1985 with an episode of the ABC sitcom '' Webster''. From the 1990s until his retirement in 2016, Jensen continued to direct episodes for a number of other notable television series including ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'', ''Friends'', ''Suddenly Susan'', ''Amen'', '' What I Like About You'', ''The Drew Carey Show'', ''The Suite Life on Deck'', ''Sonny with a Chance'', '' I'm in the Band'', ''Good Luck Charlie'', '' Shake It Up'', '' Jessie'', ''Austin & Ally'', '' Dog with a Blog'', '' Liv and Maddie'', ''Anger Management'', and '' Best Friends Whenever''. Jensen won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1996 for his directing work on Disney Channel's ''Adventures in Wonderland'' winning alongside David Grossman and Gary Halvorson Gary S. Halvorson is an American director of television shows, series and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
