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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…
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Sitcom Advent Calendar Door Five
Sometimes a dip into the more unknown sitcoms is fun, especially when you unwrap a possible tasty gem. Behind door five we find The 5 Mrs Buchanans (it’s going to be impossible to keep up with this number theming). This one ran for 17 episodes on CBS in 1994-5, was created by Jamie Wooten and…
