Sitcom Advent Calendar Door Fourteen

December 14, 2018

Sitcom Advent Calendar Door Fourteen

Opening doors on this calendar has a habit of reminding me of sitcoms I had forgotten, not because they were no good, and not because I didn’t watch them (the opposite actually), but because my brain is small and full of Seinfeld quotes.

So it is with The Naked Truth, which I saw on The Paramount Comedy Channel. It starred Tea Leoni, and was created by Chris Thompson. It started on ABC, but moved to NBC, to sit alongside these other sitcoms.

https://youtu.be/d7earlcdUkk

I wish there was a clip of Nathaniel Titlark to unwrap, but alas not.

Nelson’s Column was a follow up to An Actor’s Life For Me, and saw John Gordon-Sinclair reunite with writer Paul Mayhew-Archer.

https://youtu.be/r66yX2kjQgs

The New Statesman (not that one), aired on BBC2 in 1985, after a pilot the year before. Colin Blakely played George Vance, but was recast with Windsor Davies for the full series.

e.phemera, Thought Vomit

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