Based on the John Hughes movie of 1985, the sitcom Weird Science didn’t hit screens until 1994. Replacing the original cast was Vanessa Angel, Lee Tergesen, Michael Manasseri, and John Mallory Asher. It was developed for the small screen by Tom Spezialy and Alan Cross, and aired on the USA Network for five seasons.
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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…
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…
