Category: Thought Vomit
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Sitcom Advent Calendar Door Ten
We might expect to find The 10%ers behind door ten, the Grant Naylor created Carlton sitcom from the mid 1990s, originally piloted as part of their Comedy Playhouse revival. But we don’t. Instead, within the foil wrapping we discover Jackson Pace: The Great Years. Wait, hang on, Andy Crane was on CITV? Anyway, Jackson Pace…
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Sitcom Advent Calendar Door Nine
Behind the ninth door we find the sitcom 9 To 5, which was based on the movie of the same name. Dolly Parton’s role was taken by her younger sister. Parton also produced the first season of the show, though a cover version of her own song was used for that first year. Subsequent seasons…
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Sitcom Advent Calendar Door Eight
We’ll do some H’s today … Behind door number eight, wrapped in shiny space foil, we find the Australian kid’s sitcom Halfway Across The Galaxy And Turn Left, based on the novel by Robin Klein. Nestling alongside that is an ITV sitcom starring Thora Hird that I had quite forgotten about. Hallelujah! was written by…
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Sitcom Advent Calendar Door Seven
There’s an interesting one nestling behind door seven of the calendar. And that’s 704 Hauser (704 Hauser Street in the UK). Interesting because Norman Lear took the address of his mega-hit All In The Family (a loose remake of Til Death Us Do Part), and had a new cast of characters move in. It didn’t…
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Sitcom Advent Calendar Door Six
Today’s entry (and probably tomorrow’s too) is somewhat inevitable, given the way Ronnie Barker handled the sitcom pilot business. Six Dates With Barker was a series of one-offs, written by different people, most of which led to more things. Six Dates was LWTs second run of pilots, and included a few familiar things. Opening up…
