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Krista Errickson
Krista Errickson (born May 8, 1964)Garver, Kathy; Ascher, Fred (2016). X Child Stars: Where Are They Now?'. Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade Publishing . p. 237. . is an American actress, journalist, and documentary filmmaker, writer and producer who appeared in films and television productions in the 1980s and 1990s. As a teen actress, she is most recognized for her role as teen antagonist Cinder in the 1980 movie ''Little Darlings'' and the TV series ''Hello, Larry''. She also guest starred on “Diff’rent Strokes” season 2, episode 12. As an adult, she is best known for her work as a journalist with RAI (RadioTelevisioneItaliana). Professional life A native of Abington, Pennsylvania, Errickson is one of two daughters born to Jennifer Mielziner—daughter of set designer Jo Mielziner and actress Jeanne Macintyre—and United States Army Lieutenant Robert B. Errickson. She began acting in 1978, and is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. As a teenager, Errickson began ap ...
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Abington, Pennsylvania
Abington is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States, coterminous with the ZIP Code 19001. Places of interest * Jefferson Abington Hospital * Abington Senior High School * Penn State Abington References

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Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel that is best known for its ongoing reality television shows and promotion of pseudoscience. It initially provided documentary television programming focused primarily on popular science, technology, and history, but by the 2010s had become increasingly dominated by programs that were reality television shows, promoted conspiracy theories, or advocated junk science. It is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav. , Discovery Channel was the third most widely distributed subscription channel in the United States, behind now-sibling channel TBS and the Weather Channel; it is available in 409 million households worldwide, through its U.S. flagship channel and its various owned or licensed television channels internationally. , Discovery Channel is available to approximately 71,000,000 pa ...
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Mama's Family
''Mama's Family'' is an American sitcom television series starring Vicki Lawrence as Thelma Harper, Mama (Thelma Harper). The series is a spin-off of a recurring series of comedy sketches called "The Family (sketch), The Family" featured on ''The Carol Burnett Show'' (1967–78) and ''Carol Burnett & Company'' (1979). The sketches led to the television film ''Eunice (film), Eunice'', and finally the television series. ''Mama's Family'' aired for a total of six seasons. It originally aired on NBC for two seasons, debuting for the 1982-1983 season on January 22, 1983. After several time slot changes and moderate ratings, the network cancelled the series; the final episode of this two-season NBC incarnation of the series aired on April 7, 1984. NBC broadcast reruns of the show for another year, until September 1985, which performed well in ratings. Two years after its NBC cancellation, original series producer Joe Hamilton Productions (JHP) revived ''Mama's Family'' for new episod ...
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Tour Of Duty (TV Series)
''Tour of Duty'' is an American military drama television series based on events in the Vietnam War, broadcast on CBS. The series ran for three seasons, from September 24, 1987, to April 28, 1990, for a total of 58 one-hour episodes. The show was created by Steve Duncan and L. Travis Clark and produced by Zev Braun. The show follows an American infantry platoon on a tour of duty during the Vietnam War. It was the first television series to regularly show Americans in combat in South Vietnam and was one of several similarly themed series to be produced in the wake of the acclaimed Oliver Stone film ''Platoon (film), Platoon'' (1986). The series won an Emmy Award in 1988 for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour), Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Series, and it was nominated again in 1989 and 1990. Overview ''Tour of Duty'' examined the issues of politics, faith, teamwork, racism, suicide, fragging, terrorism, collateral ...
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The New Gidget
''The New Gidget'' is an American sitcom sequel to the original 1965–66 sitcom '' Gidget''. It aired in syndication from September 15, 1986, to May 12, 1988. The series was produced by original ''Gidget'' series producer Harry Ackerman and was launched after the made-for-television film '' Gidget's Summer Reunion'', starring Caryn Richman as Gidget, aired in 1985. Plot The series features Gidget, who is in her late 20s and married to her idol, Jeff Griffin aka "Moondoggie" ( Dean Butler). The couple live in Santa Monica, California, where Moondoggie works as an architect and Gidget runs the "Gidget Travel Agency" with her long-time best friend, Larue ( Jill Jacobson). Also living with her and Jeff is her niece, Danielle "Danni" Collins ( Sydney Penny), her older sister, Anne's, daughter. Anne and her husband were out of the country so Danni was living with her uncle and aunt so her schooling wouldn't be interrupted. She and her best friend, Gayle, ( Lili Haydn) are of ...
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The Best Of Times (TV Series)
''The Best of Times'' is an unsold television pilot that aired on CBS on August 29, 1983. Plot Set in suburban Indiana, three friends – smooth Pete Falcone ( Robert Romanus), nerdy Neil Hefernan ( Leif Green) and aspiring musician Dewey "The Phantom" Hooper ( Chris Nash) – are starting their freshman year at Ulysses S. Grant High School. Pete has made an agreement with his strict, but caring father Gene (Alex Rocco) that he will stay out of trouble this year, since Gene promised Pete he could have his own car, as Neil is the only one currently with a driver's license. On the way to school, they pick up two girls, Robin Dupree (Krista Errickson) and Patti Eubanks (Hallie Todd), who takes a liking to Pete immediately. Patti enlists Robin's help to woo Pete at the upcoming freshman dance, as long as Patti pays her. Dewey also has his hands full when the hard-nosed vice principal Franklin T. Otto ( William G. Schilling) reminds him that he will keep a close eye on Dewey for the e ...
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The First Time (1981 Film)
''The First Time'' is a 1981 American coming of age comedy film written and directed by Charlie Loventhal and starring Tim Choate. Plot A shy virgin pursues women in a mostly female college while studying under an eccentric film professor. Production and release After working with Brian de Palma on ''Home Movies'', de Palma mentored Loventhal on this film. Cast * Tim Choate as Charlie Lichtenstein * Krista Errickson as Dana * Marshall Efron as Nick Rand * Wendy Fulton as Wendy * Raymond Patterson as Ron * Wallace Shawn as Jules Goldfarb * Wendie Jo Sperber Wendie Jo Sperber (September 15, 1958 – November 29, 2005) was an American actress, known for her performances in the films ''I Wanna Hold Your Hand'' (1978), ''Bachelor Party'' (1984), and ''Back to the Future'' (1985), as well as the telev ... as Eileen Filming locations * Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, USA References External links * 1981 comedy films 1980s coming-of-age comedy films Am ...
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Deadly Lessons
''Deadly Lessons'' (also known as ''Highschool Killer'') is a 1983 American made-for-television horror film starring Donna Reed, Larry Wilcox, David Ackroyd, Diane Franklin, Ally Sheedy, and Nancy Cartwright. The film premiered on ABC on March 7, 1983. Plot A teenaged girl, Stephanie Aggiston, is sent to Starkwater Hall Boarding School, a prestigious private girl's academy, for the summer to brush up on advanced French. Stephanie is a country girl and finds the school to be a bit snobbish. She makes friends with Marita Armstrong, Calli and Shama, who is a Saudi princess and her roommate. Murders began occurring and Det. Russ Kemper comes to investigate. As more girls are killed, everyone worries about who will be next. Stephanie attempts to find the murderer herself. She enlists the help of the new attractive stable boy, Eddie Fox, who falls in love with her for 'not being like the other girls.' Suspicion soon falls on Eddie as the murderer. As the summer progresses, the girls a ...
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The Powers Of Matthew Star
''The Powers of Matthew Star'' is an American science fiction television series that aired on NBC on Friday evenings from September 17, 1982 until April 8, 1983. It starred Peter Barton (actor), Peter Barton as the title character, the alien prince Matthew "E'Hawke" Star of the planet Quadris, who used his powers to fight crime. Also starring were Amy Steel as Pam Elliot, Matthew’s girlfriend at Crestridge High; and Louis Gossett Jr. as Walt "D'Hai" Shepherd, Matthew’s guardian. In 2002, ''The Powers of Matthew Star'' was ranked #22 on the list of ''TV Guides "50 Worst TV Shows of All Time". On June 7, 2020, the program began airing in syndication on Sunday mornings at 6:00 am as part of MeTV's Super SciFi Saturday Night block. Series history The show was created by Steven E. de Souza, and developed by Daniel Wilson, Harve Bennett, Robert Earll, and Allan Balter. Wilson, Bennett and Bruce Lansbury were the executive producers. ''Star Trek'' actors worked behind the scenes ...
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Jekyll And Hyde
''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is an 1886 Gothic horror novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, and a murderous criminal named Edward Hyde. ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is one of the most famous pieces of English literature, and is considered to be a defining book of the gothic horror genre. The novella has also had a sizeable impact on popular culture, with the phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" being used in vernacular to refer to people with an outwardly good but sometimes shockingly evil nature. Inspiration and writing Stevenson had long been intrigued by the idea of how human personalities can reflect the interplay of good and evil. While still a teenager, he developed a script for a play about William Brodie, a Scottish cabinet-maker, deacon of a trades guild, and Edinburgh city counc ...
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Making The Grade (TV Series)
''Making the Grade'' is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from April 5 until May 10, 1982. It starred James Naughton, Graham Jarvis, Alley Mills, Steven Peterman, and boasted the first TV series roles for Philip Charles MacKenzie and George Wendt. It was set at Franklin High School in St. Louis, and aired as a part of CBS' Monday night comedy lineup. The theme song was a modified version of Tom Scott's "Heading Home", which appeared on his ''Street Beat'' album three years earlier. The quick cancellation of ''Making The Grade'' allowed series co-star George Wendt the opportunity to star in the series ''Cheers'', which began airing just four months after the final episode of ''Making The Grade'' was broadcast. As well, series creator Gary David Goldberg's next series was the substantial hit ''Family Ties''; it too began airing four months after the cancellation of ''Making The Grade''. Cast * James Naughton as Harry Barnes (Dean of Boys) * Graham Jarvis as Assistant Princ ...
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Taliban
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