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In the 1980s, a show was in development called "Life And Stuff" created by Matthew Williams. It was later transformed into "Roseanne" after Roseanne became the star of the show. It is about a group of people living in northern Illinois, in an area of the United States that few would ever want to live in. It gets very cold there, and it is very isolated. It is loosely based on the 1980s economic struggle for a working class region made of small towns where most jobs are at factories. The city of Lanford Illinois (with snapshots from Indiana towns) is fictionally located just off a highway with very little promises. It begins with a struggling family and community that slowly overcomes many things and achieve moderate success.
The house they live in is spacious, generally clean, but tacky, with not only carpets, but dirty carpets, dirty furniture, and usually dated appliances (eventually getting more, such as a portable dishwasher). The converted sun porch housing a laundry room realistically describes many houses with additions. There is a detached garage. There are two bedrooms upstairs and an unfinished basement with an added room. You can get to the basement from a door opposite the wall with the thermostats on them. You almost never see this door except for the opening segments. Most of the time the people entering and exiting the basement are seen going outside or coming inside. The master bedroom has a ceiling fan. Jackie at first rents upstairs single room apartments and then living with her sister or mother before purchasing a slightly smaller house (single story but with a basement).The neighbor's house is identical in design except for newer appliances and built in shelves. Roseanne complains when she sees the shelves at the house and also being installed at Jackie's new house, asking Dan why he has never installed shelves like that (although her house does in fact have these shelves).
Dan Conner is an independent construction contractor. He purchases a motorcycle business, but it fails, and becomes a supervising mechanic for the City Of Lanford. Roseanne is a factory employee, walking out after refusing to meet unachievable quotas. She tries several jobs until working as a beauty parlor assistant. There is an extra position at a restaurant that she takes, until it is closed down. They face poverty until they open up their own restaurant. Jackie has numerous jobs including walking out of the same factory, and becoming a police officer, and then a truck driver.
Here is some more information about more of the characters. A lot of the characters are included, but not all of them because there are too many of them:
Roseanne Harris Conner: Played by Roseanne Barr Pentland Arnold Thomas, is the mother of three children, and later four, which is common of family situation comedies to have families have more children in the middle of the series run where the parents are middle age. The actors on Roseanne were pregnant and this was written into the show. Their children did not make appearances. Roseanne Conner married Dan Conner, which both of them went to the same school. She is thankful to have a very supportive husband. She had a traumatic childhood with two unsupportive parents which is a method that she promises not to use that severe level of punishment on her children.
Dan Conner (John Goodman) is Roseanne's husband. He had a similar childhood. His mother had severe depression and memory problems which results in her being institutionalized for many of the seasons. Dan blames this on his father not being around. Both of their fathers were traveling salesmen.
Jackie Harris is not sure what her real name is, it could be Jackie, or it could be Marjorie, or it could be Mary Jane. She is played by Laurie Metcalf. She has problems in selecting a career (but is not that apparent since she has the same amount of careers as other characters) She is a business partner and employee at The Lanford Lunch Box. She also has very difficult relationships with men. Jackie claims to have slept with over 60 men, and her mother claims that the list of men around that she hasn't slept with is much shorter. Roseanne says that Jackie later became gay after many dates, relationships, some abusive, and a failed marriage. It is also possible that her father's torture on them resulted in a fear of men.
Fred (Michael O'Keefe) is Jackie's husband and father of her first child. They have a boy named Andy. Jackie does not trust Fred, but Fred insists on being a part of their lives. They later find themselves incompatible with each other, and separate. Fred's last name is not known.
Crystal Anderson Conner (Natalie West) is a good friend of Roseanne that becomes in-laws to Jackie and Roseanne and stepmother to Dan. She has 3 children, 2 with Ed.
Ed Connor Sr. (Ned Beatty) is the father of Dan, who later married Crystal. They have two children together, a boy and a girl. Dan's worries are confirmed when Ed is "working" and is not around while Crystal manages by herself.
Dan's mother is played by Ann Wedgeworth and Debbie Reynolds.
Darlene Conner Healey (Sara Gilbert) has hair that is "wild and out of control" that played basketball, but quit after experiencing teenage depression. She is an author, just like her mother, and goes to a writing institute and also writes comics, usually dark-themed. She became an animal activist and a vegetarian, which affects The Lunch Box. She falls in love with a guy and they have a daughter together (Harris) who is a premature baby that almost dies.
Johnny Galecki plays the part of a guy that becomes Darlene's boyfriend. He is introduced as Kevin, but later as David. (his intended name was David, but at the time Galecki was in another show as David.) David is explained as a false name that Darlene forces him to use. David has very little in common with his parents, and finds a new home with the Conners. He shares a room wit D.J., because he is not to sleep in the same room with Darlene until they became married. David works at a pizzeria, and is a very talented artist that has to turn down a tour of Europe, and wants to attend an overcrowded art school run by a Disney style "Hans The Hare" theme park. He is a illustrator for Darlene. He appears to be very innocent but is not liked by Dan because he thought that David was looking down at him.
Becky Conner Healey ends school early, does not go to college immediately, instead, Mark unfortunately gets laid off because Lanford Custom Cycle closed; he moves, and Becky responds by marrying him and running away with him. She is portrayed by Alicia (Lecy) Goranson, but Goranson attends a university herself, making it difficult for her to play the part of Becky. Later she is replaced by Sarah Chalke. She is younger than Gilbert and unlike Goranson, Chalke always has the same hairstyle. Sara Chalke starred in the better part of two seasons (beginning in season 6) an then alternating with Lecy Goranson in Season 8. She also plays other characters. In season 9 she takes over as Becky because Roseanne was not expected to be renewed for a 9th season and Goranson did not return after that. She is pregnant at the end of the series.
Mark Healey (Glenn Quinn) is the less respectable Healey brother. Dan Conner hires him to work at his bike shop and later at the Lanford Garage. He is hiding low self esteem and a low outlook on life. Roseanne does not like him very much. He enjoys teaming up with D.J. to pick on David.
David Jacob or D.J. Conner was played by Sal Barone. Being too young, and the possibility of himself and Sara Gilbert not getting along, he was replaced by Michael Fishman (who appears to be younger than Sal Barone) D.J. Is an odd ball, and is being tortured by his older sister, especially by Darlene.
Heather Matarazzo becomes D.J.'s girlfriend when he became older. She and D.J. films things.
Nancy Bartlett (Sandra Bernhard) is anoter good friend of Roseanne. She and Arnie fight with each other, which they find attractive at the same time. They get married, but then they break up. She later becomes bisexual which is blamed on Arnie. She opens a small restaurant with Roseanne and Jackie.
Arnie Thomas is played by Tom Arnold. He was abducted by aliens because Tom Arnold got is own show "The Jackie Thomas Show." which The Conners become guest stars on, and then take over the show because they want free prizes.
Beverly Loraine Harris "Non-Alcoholic-Beverage" (Estelle Parsons) is the neglectful mother of Roseanne and Jackie that eventually becomes cheerful but annoying. She cuts her hair short enough to where Jackie and Roseanne believe she is wearing a wig. She grows it back out for the last 3 seasons, but she wore hats during that time until near the 8th season Finale. She provides for her daughters: When she gets new furniture, she gives them her old furniture, she gives tem her old vehicles when she buys new ones, she helps Roseanne with her bills, helps Jackie pay for a house, gives them even more money to fund the restaurant by becoming their fourth business partner. They want her to not work there after one year, so she sold her share to Leon. She becomes a lesbian, but Roseanne says she really isn't. Beverly does not know who her father is.
Al Harris (John Randolph) is Roseanne and Jackie's father. She has seen anoter woman. When he died, Roseanne decides the best thing to do is forget him and all the terrible things he did when raising them.
Mary "Nanna Mary" (Shelley Winters) is Roseanne's grandmother. Her last name is not known. She lives outside of town.
Art is an accountant played by Dan Butler who starts out as a potential customer at Lanford Custom Cycle. He advised them on other things such as whether or not to add a tattoo parlor. He and Jackie briefly dated.
Stan Freberg plays the part of a manager that got fired over and over again as a result of The Conners.
Anne Marie Mitchell (Adilah Barnes) and Chuck Mitchell (James Pickens, Jr.) are friends of Dan and Roseanne.
Bob (John McConnell), whose last name is also unknown, works at The Lanford City Garage. He is a substitute character for Arnie's wackiness.
Leon Carp (Martin Mull) was Roseanne's boss at one time, and then got a job as a health inspector. He inspected The Lanford Lunch Box, and a year later starts working there after being chosen by Beverage to replace her, and wants to take over entirely. He got married to Scott (Fred Willard) later in the show. Martin Mull and Fred Willard are known for co-starring in different shows together. When they aren't, they usually play similar characters, such a school principals.
Bonnie L. Watkins is Roseanne's coworker. They have worked during the same shift together. She leaves the series after the restaurant closes down. She does not join Roseanne, Jackie, Nancy, and Beverage when they start another restaurant. Instead she tour the country with her band, sometimes with very small audiences. She is portrayed by Andrea Walters, an later by singer and performer Bonnie (Sheriden) Bramlett.
There are several neighbors. A Shelley Long look-alike is one of them, who is very uptight. Employment issues and Katy's unhappiness leads to them moving. The new neighbor is a single parent named Ty Tilden (Wings Houser) with daughters Molly (Danielle Harris) and Charlotte (Mara Hobel). These two daughters are similar to Becky and Darlene, and are almost identical younger versions of Roseanne and Jackie. The Tildens and The Conners all travel together in a "toilet" with Jackie and Ty driving. Jackie surprisingly does not seem to be interested in Ty.
Cole Roberts stars a Jerry Garcia Conner and Garrett Hazen and Kent Hazen are stars of Andy. Lonnie Anderson is portrayed by Luke Edwards, Kristopher Kent Hill, and John C. Williams. George Clooney is a guest star in the earlier episodes.
Laurie Metcalf and Sara Gilbert co-star with Johnny Galecki in "The Big Bang Theory", on CBS. "Roseanne" aired on ABC, which is a subsidiary of Disney. The issues that The Conners face on Roseanne do not match Disney or ABC programming. This is made known by adding hilarious segments with a network executive meeting with Roseanne saying to not mention "inappropriate" phrases. He says that it will never make it to production. This person does not know that the meeting is being filmed the entire time. One episode presents "That's Our Rosie!", filmed in "black and white" to compare Roseanne with early television programming. Guest appearances include Loretta Lynn as herself, and Florence Henderson and Ellen Degeneres.
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Cheers - Where Everybody Knows Your Name:
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"Cheers" is a television series that takes place in a bar which is at the basement of a building that has a restaurant and hotel. You have to enter Cheers outside by going down a flight of stairs, or on the inside by going down a flight of stairs through the restaurant. There is a full size office area, with a back room that Sam says is an area equipped for anybody to survive for a very long time if they are trapped. There is a wine cellar, and a room that people play pool in. The bar is modeled after the Bull & Finch pub.
Sam Malone is a former Baseball player that buys a popular bar and turns it into a sports bar. He is very similar to Charlie Harper, which both of them appear to be unable to have long term relationships with women. Sam does pursue long term relationships with some of the main characters, but they break up in a few years. He is played by Ted Danson.
Carla Maria Victoria Angelina Teresa Apollonia Lozupone Tortelli LeBec played by Rhea Perlman, usually has very poofy hair, and as a result, has been commented that she looks the same whether she has make up on or not, and her hair practically styles itself. She is a waitress for the entire run of Cheers, and expresses herself as being usually very sarcastic, and often rude. She can be compared to the characteristics of Darlene Conner Healey on "Roseanne". She has eight children, which are usually out of control. One of her ex-husbands is Nick Tortelli. Another ex-husband is a professional athlete just like Sam, and is named is Eddie LeBec (Jay Thomas). When Eddie dies, there is a very large mystery because Carla is not the only widow. She buys a house for a very low price, which is because it is at the end of a runway. She does not care, as long as it is not cursed. She is very superstitious.
Norm Peterson is an accountant. This Dan Conner look-alike also drinks beer, but seemingly more than anybody else. He has a tab at Cheers, and also is considered an employee when Cheers applied for Health insurance but does not have enough staff. He really does not work there, but is a daily visitor and enjoys sampling pretzels and alcoholic beverages, and one time he became an employee at a marketing company to sample different flavors of beer. He caves after an interview with the head of the company. Rebecca and Norm are friends, both having failed at many things. While Rebecca is very upset about her failures, Norm is usually laid back about his. They both enjoy ice cream after Rebecca introduces eating ice cream as a pastime, and continues to enjoy the kind of ice cream that is Rebecca's favorite. It quickly becomes his favorite flavor also. He is very sneaky, while getting hired with a different last name so he is able to collect unemployment checks and pay checks at the same time. He is an expert at interior design, and is an accountant, but usually does not work. His wife is employed full time. Her name is Vera (Bernadette Birkette), and is rarely seen onscreen. Norm loves Vera, but at the same time he constantly jokes about her. Everybody at Cheers (and also restaurants) literally knows his name, and shout it out whenever he enters saying "Good evening, everybody!!" He is portrayed by George Wendt.
Ernie Pantusso is played by Nicholas Colasanto. Ernie is Sam's Baseball coach. They both have retired, and ran Cheers together. Sadly, Nicholas died in1985, during the 3rd season. Unused stock footage was featured afterwards until the 4th season.
Diane Chambers (Shelley Long) is very intelligent, yet naïve. She finds a second home as a waitress at Cheers. She breaks up with Sam, has a long term relationship with Frasier Crane, and then again with Sam Malone. She leaves to pursue her career, and promised to return soon. Instead, she returns many years later.
Rebecca Howe is the owner of Cheers when the company that she works for purchased the bar after Sam sells it which is when Diane left. His vacation around the world ends very soon after his boat crashes. Rebecca transforms the sports bar into a lounge. She is an over achiever that is always wanting to impress wealthy men, including her executives. After discovering that one of her executives (which she is dating of course) is an embezzler, she eventually gets fired from the company due to lack of interest. Sam buys the bar back for a very low price, and also hires Rebecca as an assistant manager. He later faces problems with his upstairs neighbor, who has half of Cheers on the title of his restaurant. He forces Sam to pay rent, if he fails to do so, the hall to the public restrooms and pool room is barricaded. Rebecca intends to buy Cheers, this time all by herself, and Sam says that the bar is for sale for $25,000,000.00 but because of problems with the restaurant, Rebecca agrees to buy half of Cheers, not from Sam, but from the restaurant. They work together now, and sometimes separately, since Rebecca is filled with ideas. She wants to convert the pool room of Cheers into a tea room. When her tea room is unsuccessful, she drags a pot of Chili to the back of Cheers, but Sam accidentally destroys it by blowing up a pot of chili. She gets even with him by smashing the windows of his car. Rebecca's smoking addiction and the mistake of putting a cigarette in a trash can causes Cheers to burn, which she uses her life savings to restore the uninsured bar. She is a building superintendent, although one time locking herself out regardless. Kirstie Alley's character on Cheers appears to match her Vulcan character on Star Trek, which shields her emotions. Sam is curious to find out why. Rebecca suffers several emotional breakdowns; she is actually a very sensitive and vulnerable person that is recognized as a jinx that loses everything. She never won anything from a slot machine, unless it was rigged, which she got her coin back. The emotional side of her exists usually for comic purposes. The strict side of her character would be filled by increasing the appearances of Dr. Lilith Sternin.
Clifford C. Clavin (John Ratzenberger)works at the post office, and lived at home with his mother named Esther (Frances Sternhagen) until she moved to Florida after being paid to have her house demolished. He dated fellow postal worker Margaret O'Keefe (Annie Golden). He is annoying to most people and talks about various things.
Woody Boyd (Woody Harrelson)becomes a bartender in the 4th season, and is very literal-minded. He talks about life on a farm, from hilarious stories to disgusting ones. He falls in love with a wealthy girl named Kelley Gaines (Jackie Swanson). She leaves for France, and returns with a man named An-Re. Woody and Kelly get married, and even if they do not have the same backgrounds, they have very similar personalities.
Dr. Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) is a psychiatrist that believes in psychoanalysis. He met Diane Chambers who was recovering from severe depression as a result of a fight and break up with Sam Malone. The character would later appear in his own series where he moved to Seattle, and talks of tossed salad and scrambled eggs.
Dr. Lilith Sternin (Bebe Neuwirth) is introduced as a rival to Frasier and later as a wife. Her personality also substitutes for the mean side of Rebecca Howe. She is very strict and serious and dresses professionally. She does laugh, and laughs at Cliff Clavin's jokes, since both of them know many things that others might not understand. Frasier once introduced himself to two women, and does not see his wife walk in. The customers flee after seeing her. She is a physiatrist that believes in behaviorism. She also does research on lab rats. Frasier and herself have a child toeter, named Frederick. She leaves to go on an eco-pod research project for space colonization. She leaves Frasier for one of the other scientists. They eventually resolve this problem, but eventually end up getting divorced. When Dr. Crane stars in his own show, Lilith does not move to Seattle with him. She stays behind and raises Frederick. Daphne claims to get migraines and that she senses evil as a result of Lilith's presence.
Paul Krapence is anoter barfly in Cheers. He spends much of his time being ignored by the other people. When Rebecca asked for somebody to talk to her when she needed advice, Paul goes in, and then comes back out, with Rebecca saying "Not Paul!!" He is portrayed by Paul Willson.
Phil and Al are two very old barflies. There is a fireman that gets tortured by the other people. His regular saying is "What are you doing?!". Harry Anderson played a character called Harry The Hat. He is a magician and con artist. Harry Anderson would later become a judge in the situation comedy "Night Court".
John Allen Hill (Keene Curtis)became the new owner of Melville' fine sea food. He discovers that half of Cheers on the title. He forces Sam Malone to pay rent and also uses Cheers as a waiting room. Rebecca's intent to buy the bar is helpful when she buys the half of Cheers that John is in charge of. She is rarely remembered for doing this, and is usually regarded as a lazy waitress. When Carla and John aren't arguing with each other, they are sleeping with each other.
Cheers has several spin off and related series.
"The Tortellis" is about Nick Tortelli (Dan Hedaya) and Loretta Tortelli (Jean Kasem). Nick is Carla's former husband. The series does not last very long; one of the reasons is because of stereotypes that the viewing audience did not like.
"Frasier" is about Dr. Frasier Crane, who moves from Boston to Seattle.
"Wings" is a series about an airport with two competing and rival airlines. It is at the nearby Nantucket, Massachusetts. John Ritter and Amy Yasbeck were formerly a couple in this series, and these two actors have played couples before in other series. There were two recurring characters, Carlton and Sandy. They appeared each year. There were also guest stars from Cheers, such as Frasier and Lilith, and also Rebecca Howe, who is still searching for rich men. The series is created by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee, who were producers at Cheers.
"Becker" is a series starring Ted Danson, as a very grumpy doctor. It is not part of the same cannon, but of the same cannon of other CBS shows, such as The King Of Queens, COSBY, and Everybody Loves Raymond. Each of these series cast guest starred in each other's show.
"Cheers" is a television series that takes place in a bar which is at the basement of a building that has a restaurant and hotel. You have to enter Cheers outside by going down a flight of stairs, or on the inside by going down a flight of stairs through the restaurant. There is a full size office area, with a back room that Sam says is an area equipped for anybody to survive for a very long time if they are trapped. There is a wine cellar, and a room that people play pool in. The bar is modeled after the Bull & Finch pub.
Sam Malone is a former Baseball player that buys a popular bar and turns it into a sports bar. He is very similar to Charlie Harper, which both of them appear to be unable to have long term relationships with women. Sam does pursue long term relationships with some of the main characters, but they break up in a few years. He is played by Ted Danson.
Carla Maria Victoria Angelina Teresa Apollonia Lozupone Tortelli LeBec played by Rhea Perlman, usually has very poofy hair, and as a result, has been commented that she looks the same whether she has make up on or not, and her hair practically styles itself. She is a waitress for the entire run of Cheers, and expresses herself as being usually very sarcastic, and often rude. She can be compared to the characteristics of Darlene Conner Healey on "Roseanne". She has eight children, which are usually out of control. One of her ex-husbands is Nick Tortelli. Another ex-husband is a professional athlete just like Sam, and is named is Eddie LeBec (Jay Thomas). When Eddie dies, there is a very large mystery because Carla is not the only widow. She buys a house for a very low price, which is because it is at the end of a runway. She does not care, as long as it is not cursed. She is very superstitious.
Norm Peterson is an accountant. This Dan Conner look-alike also drinks beer, but seemingly more than anybody else. He has a tab at Cheers, and also is considered an employee when Cheers applied for Health insurance but does not have enough staff. He really does not work there, but is a daily visitor and enjoys sampling pretzels and alcoholic beverages, and one time he became an employee at a marketing company to sample different flavors of beer. He caves after an interview with the head of the company. Rebecca and Norm are friends, both having failed at many things. While Rebecca is very upset about her failures, Norm is usually laid back about his. They both enjoy ice cream after Rebecca introduces eating ice cream as a pastime, and continues to enjoy the kind of ice cream that is Rebecca's favorite. It quickly becomes his favorite flavor also. He is very sneaky, while getting hired with a different last name so he is able to collect unemployment checks and pay checks at the same time. He is an expert at interior design, and is an accountant, but usually does not work. His wife is employed full time. Her name is Vera (Bernadette Birkette), and is rarely seen onscreen. Norm loves Vera, but at the same time he constantly jokes about her. Everybody at Cheers (and also restaurants) literally knows his name, and shout it out whenever he enters saying "Good evening, everybody!!" He is portrayed by George Wendt.
Ernie Pantusso is played by Nicholas Colasanto. Ernie is Sam's Baseball coach. They both have retired, and ran Cheers together. Sadly, Nicholas died in1985, during the 3rd season. Unused stock footage was featured afterwards until the 4th season.
Diane Chambers (Shelley Long) is very intelligent, yet naïve. She finds a second home as a waitress at Cheers. She breaks up with Sam, has a long term relationship with Frasier Crane, and then again with Sam Malone. She leaves to pursue her career, and promised to return soon. Instead, she returns many years later.
Rebecca Howe is the owner of Cheers when the company that she works for purchased the bar after Sam sells it which is when Diane left. His vacation around the world ends very soon after his boat crashes. Rebecca transforms the sports bar into a lounge. She is an over achiever that is always wanting to impress wealthy men, including her executives. After discovering that one of her executives (which she is dating of course) is an embezzler, she eventually gets fired from the company due to lack of interest. Sam buys the bar back for a very low price, and also hires Rebecca as an assistant manager. He later faces problems with his upstairs neighbor, who has half of Cheers on the title of his restaurant. He forces Sam to pay rent, if he fails to do so, the hall to the public restrooms and pool room is barricaded. Rebecca intends to buy Cheers, this time all by herself, and Sam says that the bar is for sale for $25,000,000.00 but because of problems with the restaurant, Rebecca agrees to buy half of Cheers, not from Sam, but from the restaurant. They work together now, and sometimes separately, since Rebecca is filled with ideas. She wants to convert the pool room of Cheers into a tea room. When her tea room is unsuccessful, she drags a pot of Chili to the back of Cheers, but Sam accidentally destroys it by blowing up a pot of chili. She gets even with him by smashing the windows of his car. Rebecca's smoking addiction and the mistake of putting a cigarette in a trash can causes Cheers to burn, which she uses her life savings to restore the uninsured bar. She is a building superintendent, although one time locking herself out regardless. Kirstie Alley's character on Cheers appears to match her Vulcan character on Star Trek, which shields her emotions. Sam is curious to find out why. Rebecca suffers several emotional breakdowns; she is actually a very sensitive and vulnerable person that is recognized as a jinx that loses everything. She never won anything from a slot machine, unless it was rigged, which she got her coin back. The emotional side of her exists usually for comic purposes. The strict side of her character would be filled by increasing the appearances of Dr. Lilith Sternin.
Clifford C. Clavin (John Ratzenberger)works at the post office, and lived at home with his mother named Esther (Frances Sternhagen) until she moved to Florida after being paid to have her house demolished. He dated fellow postal worker Margaret O'Keefe (Annie Golden). He is annoying to most people and talks about various things.
Woody Boyd (Woody Harrelson)becomes a bartender in the 4th season, and is very literal-minded. He talks about life on a farm, from hilarious stories to disgusting ones. He falls in love with a wealthy girl named Kelley Gaines (Jackie Swanson). She leaves for France, and returns with a man named An-Re. Woody and Kelly get married, and even if they do not have the same backgrounds, they have very similar personalities.
Dr. Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer) is a psychiatrist that believes in psychoanalysis. He met Diane Chambers who was recovering from severe depression as a result of a fight and break up with Sam Malone. The character would later appear in his own series where he moved to Seattle, and talks of tossed salad and scrambled eggs.
Dr. Lilith Sternin (Bebe Neuwirth) is introduced as a rival to Frasier and later as a wife. Her personality also substitutes for the mean side of Rebecca Howe. She is very strict and serious and dresses professionally. She does laugh, and laughs at Cliff Clavin's jokes, since both of them know many things that others might not understand. Frasier once introduced himself to two women, and does not see his wife walk in. The customers flee after seeing her. She is a physiatrist that believes in behaviorism. She also does research on lab rats. Frasier and herself have a child toeter, named Frederick. She leaves to go on an eco-pod research project for space colonization. She leaves Frasier for one of the other scientists. They eventually resolve this problem, but eventually end up getting divorced. When Dr. Crane stars in his own show, Lilith does not move to Seattle with him. She stays behind and raises Frederick. Daphne claims to get migraines and that she senses evil as a result of Lilith's presence.
Paul Krapence is anoter barfly in Cheers. He spends much of his time being ignored by the other people. When Rebecca asked for somebody to talk to her when she needed advice, Paul goes in, and then comes back out, with Rebecca saying "Not Paul!!" He is portrayed by Paul Willson.
Phil and Al are two very old barflies. There is a fireman that gets tortured by the other people. His regular saying is "What are you doing?!". Harry Anderson played a character called Harry The Hat. He is a magician and con artist. Harry Anderson would later become a judge in the situation comedy "Night Court".
John Allen Hill (Keene Curtis)became the new owner of Melville' fine sea food. He discovers that half of Cheers on the title. He forces Sam Malone to pay rent and also uses Cheers as a waiting room. Rebecca's intent to buy the bar is helpful when she buys the half of Cheers that John is in charge of. She is rarely remembered for doing this, and is usually regarded as a lazy waitress. When Carla and John aren't arguing with each other, they are sleeping with each other.
Cheers has several spin off and related series.
"The Tortellis" is about Nick Tortelli (Dan Hedaya) and Loretta Tortelli (Jean Kasem). Nick is Carla's former husband. The series does not last very long; one of the reasons is because of stereotypes that the viewing audience did not like.
"Frasier" is about Dr. Frasier Crane, who moves from Boston to Seattle.
"Wings" is a series about an airport with two competing and rival airlines. It is at the nearby Nantucket, Massachusetts. John Ritter and Amy Yasbeck were formerly a couple in this series, and these two actors have played couples before in other series. There were two recurring characters, Carlton and Sandy. They appeared each year. There were also guest stars from Cheers, such as Frasier and Lilith, and also Rebecca Howe, who is still searching for rich men. The series is created by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee, who were producers at Cheers.
"Becker" is a series starring Ted Danson, as a very grumpy doctor. It is not part of the same cannon, but of the same cannon of other CBS shows, such as The King Of Queens, COSBY, and Everybody Loves Raymond. Each of these series cast guest starred in each other's show.
John Goodman:
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You probably know John Goodman from the TV series "Roseanne" as Dan Conner, or perhaps you know him better from another TV series or movie. This is because he has been featured in numerous films and on television. He was born in Affton, Missouri in June 20, 1952 and went to Missouri State University. He played football, but got injured and decided to become an actor. His father's name is Les Goodman and his mother's name is Virginia. He has a brother and a sister. He married Anna Elizabeth Hartzog in October of 1989 and he has a daugher named Molly Evangeline who was born in 1990. He began acting in commercials and at night clubs.
He is Dan Conner in "Roseanne" who was eventually employed as a mechanic supervisor for Lanford, Illinois. Towards the end of the series he suffers of a heart attack and does not make it. He is absent for much of the final season who is written by Mrs. Conner that he visits his mother, and leaves because of marriage problems, returns, and then gets sick, and makes additional appearances for the last few episodes. The final season is mostly rewritten by Mrs. Conner's autobiography. A few years later, he appears in CBS's "Now & Again", which is a single season series that ends in a cliff hanger. It is about a man named Michael that is rescued by the government and becomes a secret agent. Unfortunately, his entire life is now a secret, which is something that he refuses to agree with. John Goodman is Michael before he dies and is discovered by secret government officials. He also stars in "Always", a fire plane themed motion picture in 1989 by Stephen Spielberg. Other projects he has worked on are "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Beyond the Sea", "Born Yesterday", "Blues Brothers 2000", "Burglar", "Center of the Universe", "Dirty Deeds", "Dirty Work", "Eddie Macon's Run", "Fallen", "Happy Birthday", "Jailbait Babysitter", "Masked and Anonymous", "Matinee", "Mike's New Car", "Murder Ordained", "My First Mister", "On the Edge", "Pie In The Sky". "Pigs Next Door", "Raising Arizona", "Revenge Of The Nerds", "Storytelling", "Sweet Dreams", "The Big Easy", "The Big Lebowski", "The Face of Rage", "The Jack Bull", "The Survivors," "The West Wing", "The Wrong Guys", "True Stories", and "What Planet Are You From?"
There is another talent of John Goodman that is easily noticeable, but ironically perhaps you might not have noticed it before. He is not only an active voice actor, he is also a live action actor for animation adapted into live action. If you are wondering why people would want to do such a thing, it is because animation is in some ways less expensive to produce things that would be very complicated to produce regularly in live action. But when animation is adapted into a live action motion picture, immaginations are at work to make it a possibility.
The Flintstones are animated and originally made in the 1960s. Many spin offs and films were made afterwards, all in animation. In 1994, the Flintstones was made into a live action motion picture. Other stars are Rosie O'Donnell and Elizabeth Taylor. Fred Flintstone And Barney Rubble are taking a test. Their tests are switched, and Fred becomes an executive, only to become the victim of another executive's embezzlement. Similar to Tbe Pebbles And Bamm Bamm Show, Pebbles and Bamm Bamm are a few years older than they are in most of the animated episodes.
Speed Racer is another animated series, which was made in Japan by Tatsunoko Productions around the same time that The Flintstones was made (first in 1967 and again in 1997). Around the same time that The Flintstones became live action, a live action Speed Racer motion picture went into development. It was finished and released in 2008 with after going through many different actors and producers. This is of course considered a live action motion picture, but many of the special effects are actually animated. Speed Racer recieved even more problems during its production because of an animal abuse accusation.
The Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle is a motion picture that was released in 2000 that is adapted from "Ponsomby Britt" and Gamma Productions 1960s and 1970s. It is a variety series, but the motion picture is based on the original character stories.
He has a role in many recent holiday specials, usually as Santa Claus. In 2006, another version of "The Year Without A Santa Claus." was released. The original was produced in 1974 in stop motion with animated special effects by Rankin-Bass. The remake stars John Goodman as Santa Claus along with Delta Burke. Mickey Rooney and Shirley Booth were the original voices in 1974.
John Goodman played the live action versions in the father roles of each animated series. In The Flintstones live action motion picture, he is Fred Flintstone, with Elizabeth Perkins as Wilma Flinstone. He is Pops in the Speed Racer live action motion picture, with Susan Sarandon as Mom Racer. In Rocky and Bullwinkle's live action motion picture adaptation, John Goodman is a police officer in Oklahoma.
There is a lot that can be accomplished easily in adapting a film from animation into live action with John Goodman starring in both major and minor roles. Whenever he isn't starring in live action, he can also be heard in animation. Either in Live Action or in Animation, he does the work of acting for holiday themed movies, and he is usually Santa Claus. In 1998 he is Santa Claus for Rudolph The Red Nosed Raindeer-The Movie. He is also Frosty in Mendelson-Melendez's "Frosty Returns", a unique special since most Frosty appeareances are because of Rankin-Bass Productions. He is also a Santa Claus in "Futurama".
Several Other examples are "Cars", "Kronk's New Groove", "The Emperor's New Groove", a very basic and crude adaptation of one of Rudyard Kipling's books called "The Jungle Book 2", and "The Princess and the Frog".
If you still do not know who John Goodman is, it will not be very long before you do, since he works in not only numerous films and tv series, but also different and specific varieties of them. Whenever there is a live action film needing to be adapted from animation, as well as potential roles as Santa Claus, filmmakers will most likely rely on him.
You probably know John Goodman from the TV series "Roseanne" as Dan Conner, or perhaps you know him better from another TV series or movie. This is because he has been featured in numerous films and on television. He was born in Affton, Missouri in June 20, 1952 and went to Missouri State University. He played football, but got injured and decided to become an actor. His father's name is Les Goodman and his mother's name is Virginia. He has a brother and a sister. He married Anna Elizabeth Hartzog in October of 1989 and he has a daugher named Molly Evangeline who was born in 1990. He began acting in commercials and at night clubs.
He is Dan Conner in "Roseanne" who was eventually employed as a mechanic supervisor for Lanford, Illinois. Towards the end of the series he suffers of a heart attack and does not make it. He is absent for much of the final season who is written by Mrs. Conner that he visits his mother, and leaves because of marriage problems, returns, and then gets sick, and makes additional appearances for the last few episodes. The final season is mostly rewritten by Mrs. Conner's autobiography. A few years later, he appears in CBS's "Now & Again", which is a single season series that ends in a cliff hanger. It is about a man named Michael that is rescued by the government and becomes a secret agent. Unfortunately, his entire life is now a secret, which is something that he refuses to agree with. John Goodman is Michael before he dies and is discovered by secret government officials. He also stars in "Always", a fire plane themed motion picture in 1989 by Stephen Spielberg. Other projects he has worked on are "A Streetcar Named Desire", "Beyond the Sea", "Born Yesterday", "Blues Brothers 2000", "Burglar", "Center of the Universe", "Dirty Deeds", "Dirty Work", "Eddie Macon's Run", "Fallen", "Happy Birthday", "Jailbait Babysitter", "Masked and Anonymous", "Matinee", "Mike's New Car", "Murder Ordained", "My First Mister", "On the Edge", "Pie In The Sky". "Pigs Next Door", "Raising Arizona", "Revenge Of The Nerds", "Storytelling", "Sweet Dreams", "The Big Easy", "The Big Lebowski", "The Face of Rage", "The Jack Bull", "The Survivors," "The West Wing", "The Wrong Guys", "True Stories", and "What Planet Are You From?"
There is another talent of John Goodman that is easily noticeable, but ironically perhaps you might not have noticed it before. He is not only an active voice actor, he is also a live action actor for animation adapted into live action. If you are wondering why people would want to do such a thing, it is because animation is in some ways less expensive to produce things that would be very complicated to produce regularly in live action. But when animation is adapted into a live action motion picture, immaginations are at work to make it a possibility.
The Flintstones are animated and originally made in the 1960s. Many spin offs and films were made afterwards, all in animation. In 1994, the Flintstones was made into a live action motion picture. Other stars are Rosie O'Donnell and Elizabeth Taylor. Fred Flintstone And Barney Rubble are taking a test. Their tests are switched, and Fred becomes an executive, only to become the victim of another executive's embezzlement. Similar to Tbe Pebbles And Bamm Bamm Show, Pebbles and Bamm Bamm are a few years older than they are in most of the animated episodes.
Speed Racer is another animated series, which was made in Japan by Tatsunoko Productions around the same time that The Flintstones was made (first in 1967 and again in 1997). Around the same time that The Flintstones became live action, a live action Speed Racer motion picture went into development. It was finished and released in 2008 with after going through many different actors and producers. This is of course considered a live action motion picture, but many of the special effects are actually animated. Speed Racer recieved even more problems during its production because of an animal abuse accusation.
The Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle is a motion picture that was released in 2000 that is adapted from "Ponsomby Britt" and Gamma Productions 1960s and 1970s. It is a variety series, but the motion picture is based on the original character stories.
He has a role in many recent holiday specials, usually as Santa Claus. In 2006, another version of "The Year Without A Santa Claus." was released. The original was produced in 1974 in stop motion with animated special effects by Rankin-Bass. The remake stars John Goodman as Santa Claus along with Delta Burke. Mickey Rooney and Shirley Booth were the original voices in 1974.
John Goodman played the live action versions in the father roles of each animated series. In The Flintstones live action motion picture, he is Fred Flintstone, with Elizabeth Perkins as Wilma Flinstone. He is Pops in the Speed Racer live action motion picture, with Susan Sarandon as Mom Racer. In Rocky and Bullwinkle's live action motion picture adaptation, John Goodman is a police officer in Oklahoma.
There is a lot that can be accomplished easily in adapting a film from animation into live action with John Goodman starring in both major and minor roles. Whenever he isn't starring in live action, he can also be heard in animation. Either in Live Action or in Animation, he does the work of acting for holiday themed movies, and he is usually Santa Claus. In 1998 he is Santa Claus for Rudolph The Red Nosed Raindeer-The Movie. He is also Frosty in Mendelson-Melendez's "Frosty Returns", a unique special since most Frosty appeareances are because of Rankin-Bass Productions. He is also a Santa Claus in "Futurama".
Several Other examples are "Cars", "Kronk's New Groove", "The Emperor's New Groove", a very basic and crude adaptation of one of Rudyard Kipling's books called "The Jungle Book 2", and "The Princess and the Frog".
If you still do not know who John Goodman is, it will not be very long before you do, since he works in not only numerous films and tv series, but also different and specific varieties of them. Whenever there is a live action film needing to be adapted from animation, as well as potential roles as Santa Claus, filmmakers will most likely rely on him.
Reviewing Jimmy Neutron:
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Some people say that The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius is unique and original. How can this be? While the producers tried to make this unique, they at the same time made it into among the most stereotypical shows ever. Everything about this show is an obvious attempt to make it APPEAR to be "cool" and interesting, but instead it isn't.
Also Jimmy Neutron is not unique and original. It is a ripoff from Dexter's Laboratory. Dexter deserves this title because he does not use a last name. He also has a sister named Dee Dee. Dexter would be able to become rich and famous with his inventions, if Dee Dee would not constantly destroy his lab. Dexter has a rival named Susan "Mandark" and he has a sister too, Olga "Lalavava". Mandark has an obvious crush on Dee Dee while Dexter and Lalavava are angry career types but would make an interesting couple. Dee Dee's two friends are Lee Lee and Mee Mee ... and Dexter's parents are much cooler and much more hilarous than Hugh and Judy Neutron.
What else? There is Jimmy who I think looks much worse than Dexter. He has an oddly shaped head with an even odder hair style. It isn't "cool" at all. His Mechanical Canine Goddard is annoying and the only cool thing that he does is fly, and that is only a little cool because he flies with his EARS (as helichopper propellors) , instead of rockets blasting out of his feet.
Sheen, Carl, and Bolbi are kinda annoying (sheen being the most annoying of all) and the other stereotypical characters are Cindy, Libby, and Nick Dean.
The setting of the show is just terrible, and predictable! The 1950s?! Retroville?! Everything is 1950s-themed in this show. The fact that the show is made in CGI animation is also predictable. Add Jimmy's already oddly shaped head to CGI and he looks even more ridiculous.
The "adventurous" episodes aren't that interesting either. Many of them are just stupid with little humor or anything else happening either. One example is the terrible "Granny Baby" episode which was actually quite disturbing and filled with predicable Toilet humor.
Dee Dee destroying Dexter's Laboratory is much more fun to watch compared to Jimmy Neutron.
Some people say that The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius is unique and original. How can this be? While the producers tried to make this unique, they at the same time made it into among the most stereotypical shows ever. Everything about this show is an obvious attempt to make it APPEAR to be "cool" and interesting, but instead it isn't.
Also Jimmy Neutron is not unique and original. It is a ripoff from Dexter's Laboratory. Dexter deserves this title because he does not use a last name. He also has a sister named Dee Dee. Dexter would be able to become rich and famous with his inventions, if Dee Dee would not constantly destroy his lab. Dexter has a rival named Susan "Mandark" and he has a sister too, Olga "Lalavava". Mandark has an obvious crush on Dee Dee while Dexter and Lalavava are angry career types but would make an interesting couple. Dee Dee's two friends are Lee Lee and Mee Mee ... and Dexter's parents are much cooler and much more hilarous than Hugh and Judy Neutron.
What else? There is Jimmy who I think looks much worse than Dexter. He has an oddly shaped head with an even odder hair style. It isn't "cool" at all. His Mechanical Canine Goddard is annoying and the only cool thing that he does is fly, and that is only a little cool because he flies with his EARS (as helichopper propellors) , instead of rockets blasting out of his feet.
Sheen, Carl, and Bolbi are kinda annoying (sheen being the most annoying of all) and the other stereotypical characters are Cindy, Libby, and Nick Dean.
The setting of the show is just terrible, and predictable! The 1950s?! Retroville?! Everything is 1950s-themed in this show. The fact that the show is made in CGI animation is also predictable. Add Jimmy's already oddly shaped head to CGI and he looks even more ridiculous.
The "adventurous" episodes aren't that interesting either. Many of them are just stupid with little humor or anything else happening either. One example is the terrible "Granny Baby" episode which was actually quite disturbing and filled with predicable Toilet humor.
Dee Dee destroying Dexter's Laboratory is much more fun to watch compared to Jimmy Neutron.
Everything That You Wanted To Know About Miss Piggy:
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Miss Piggy is one of Jim Henson's Muppets. She was featured indirectly in the 1970s before finally premiering as an added character for The Muppet Show. Her few performances led her to become a success on The Muppet Show and even more successful afterwards. She has long blonde hair of varying styles and appears to be innocent but behind all of that lies a personality that is capable of grumpiness and usually attacking Kermit. Once she became more recognized, Kermit occasionally began introducing her in the openings. She has a pet dog named Foo-Foo, which everybody else is terrified of.
How she won an audition for The Muppet Show:
Miss Piggy's father was nearly out of the picture, leaving Miss Piggy's mother to care for numerous children. Miss Piggy leaves home and refuses to live a life like that. She competes in beauty contests and performances before eventually finding her way in television and joining The Muppet Show. She was a background character at the very beginning, but the outstanding performance of her first sketches ended up more being written for her.
Her Full Name:
Miss Piggy's Full name is Piggy Lee, which is a reference to Peggy Lee. The producers decided that this was not a good idea after all, and created a nickname for her. Ironically, several dubbed versions of shows she has appeared in have referred to her as Peggy. She claims "Piggy" is a shortened version of "Pigathius". She also has a stage name which is Laverne.
Popular Segments:
Pigs in Space: a science fiction themed sketch that sounds familiar to "Lost In Space".
Veterinarian's Hospital: a soap opera themed sketch that sounds familiar to "General Hospital".
Episodes she did not appear in:
She did not appear in any segments of The Muppet Show for 9 episodes, which includes an episode that featured Vincent Price, an episode featuring Twiggy, an episode featuring Peter Sellers, an episode featuring Jonathan Winters, an episode featuring Shirley Bassey, an episode featuring Marty Feldman, and an episode featuring Chris Langham.
She also appeared in "Muppets Tonight", which was another variety show that The Muppets starred in. The show only lasted 22 episodes. Popular Segments of this show was "Pigs In Space: Deep Dish Nine" which sounds like Lost In Space and also Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "EIEIO-R" which sounds like ER, and "Bay of Pigswatch" which sounds like Baywatch. This series also introduces two of Miss Piggy's relatives, Andy Pig and Randy Pig.
She has appeared in each movie that The Muppets star in as well as commercials. Interestingly, she has never appeared on Sesame Street.
Funny Sayings:
On "The Muppet Show", where many celebrity guests and fictional characters from other TV series and movies making it almost a crossover series, there was C3PO that said about her: "She doesn't look like a princess to me." Mrs Piggy Says: "Watch It, Hardware."
On a Pizza Hut Commercial featuring both Jessica Simpson and some of The Muppets, Jessica Simpson says something. Miss Piggy Says "What Do YOU Know?!" and later after they take Jessica Simpson's advice and eat an advertised pizza, Miss Piggy says "Beauty, before BRAINS."
The voice actors of Miss Piggy are Frank Oz and Eric Jacobson. The muppeteers are Fran Brill, Kevin Clash, Richard Hunt, Eric Jacobson, Jerry Nelson, and Frank Oz.
Miss Piggy is one of Jim Henson's Muppets. She was featured indirectly in the 1970s before finally premiering as an added character for The Muppet Show. Her few performances led her to become a success on The Muppet Show and even more successful afterwards. She has long blonde hair of varying styles and appears to be innocent but behind all of that lies a personality that is capable of grumpiness and usually attacking Kermit. Once she became more recognized, Kermit occasionally began introducing her in the openings. She has a pet dog named Foo-Foo, which everybody else is terrified of.
How she won an audition for The Muppet Show:
Miss Piggy's father was nearly out of the picture, leaving Miss Piggy's mother to care for numerous children. Miss Piggy leaves home and refuses to live a life like that. She competes in beauty contests and performances before eventually finding her way in television and joining The Muppet Show. She was a background character at the very beginning, but the outstanding performance of her first sketches ended up more being written for her.
Her Full Name:
Miss Piggy's Full name is Piggy Lee, which is a reference to Peggy Lee. The producers decided that this was not a good idea after all, and created a nickname for her. Ironically, several dubbed versions of shows she has appeared in have referred to her as Peggy. She claims "Piggy" is a shortened version of "Pigathius". She also has a stage name which is Laverne.
Popular Segments:
Pigs in Space: a science fiction themed sketch that sounds familiar to "Lost In Space".
Veterinarian's Hospital: a soap opera themed sketch that sounds familiar to "General Hospital".
Episodes she did not appear in:
She did not appear in any segments of The Muppet Show for 9 episodes, which includes an episode that featured Vincent Price, an episode featuring Twiggy, an episode featuring Peter Sellers, an episode featuring Jonathan Winters, an episode featuring Shirley Bassey, an episode featuring Marty Feldman, and an episode featuring Chris Langham.
She also appeared in "Muppets Tonight", which was another variety show that The Muppets starred in. The show only lasted 22 episodes. Popular Segments of this show was "Pigs In Space: Deep Dish Nine" which sounds like Lost In Space and also Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "EIEIO-R" which sounds like ER, and "Bay of Pigswatch" which sounds like Baywatch. This series also introduces two of Miss Piggy's relatives, Andy Pig and Randy Pig.
She has appeared in each movie that The Muppets star in as well as commercials. Interestingly, she has never appeared on Sesame Street.
Funny Sayings:
On "The Muppet Show", where many celebrity guests and fictional characters from other TV series and movies making it almost a crossover series, there was C3PO that said about her: "She doesn't look like a princess to me." Mrs Piggy Says: "Watch It, Hardware."
On a Pizza Hut Commercial featuring both Jessica Simpson and some of The Muppets, Jessica Simpson says something. Miss Piggy Says "What Do YOU Know?!" and later after they take Jessica Simpson's advice and eat an advertised pizza, Miss Piggy says "Beauty, before BRAINS."
The voice actors of Miss Piggy are Frank Oz and Eric Jacobson. The muppeteers are Fran Brill, Kevin Clash, Richard Hunt, Eric Jacobson, Jerry Nelson, and Frank Oz.
Camp Lazlo:
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Camp Lazlo was created by Joe Murray, the creator of "Rocko's Modern Life". Many of the production staff of Rocko's Modern Life worked together on "SpongeBob SquarePants" TV Series. It was created by Stephen Hillenburg, who was an animation director of Rocko's Modern Life. Now the same group of people have been working on another animated series, called "Camp Lazlo" whose title leads you to know the fact that the show centers around one of the characters. It aired on Cartoon Network, not Nickelodeon, which is where the other two series premiered. The color schemes of the show are warm colors, not necessarily earth toned, but is designed to purposely be able to feel of a summer camp environment. It is set in Prickley Pines where there are camp sites and a nearby town.
There are various animals that are drawn with identical designs of "Rocko's Modern Life" characters. One of the camp sites is called Camp Kidney, where there are Bean Scouts. Every term is bean themed. There are jelly beans, pinto beans, and the founder of all of this is called The Big Bean. The scoutmaster of Camp Kidney is Scoutmaster Lumpus, who is a moose and is very grumpy. He usually assigns Slinkman (a slug) to run much of the camp. Both are voiced by Tom Kenny. Camp Kidney is seriously run down and disorganized. Some of its staff members on the other hand are extremely efficient. Nurse Leslie is a nurse shark (not sure how that is possible for him to be above water) with different colored eyes. Nurse Leslie (Doug Lawrence) is not a stereotypical nurse character that has a voice so deep that the casting department decided to just have a male voice actor perform the voice for; this is a male character that is pink and named Leslie (Leslie can in fact be a male given name, but is usually shortened to "Les" which can be used for "Leslie" or "Lester"). Chef Heimlich McMuesli is a goat voiced by Carlos Alazraqui that cooks for Camp Kidney. Commander Hoo-Ha is in charge of the camps and is voiced by Jeff Bennett.
Lazlo (Carlos Alazraqui) is a spider monkey. So is Jake Spidermonkey, which neither of them look alike or act alike. Not even close. Lazlo is drawn to where his mouth looks like a banana when he's grinning. He means well, and is unintentionally annoying to Lumpus. This is similar to when SpongeBob SquarePants is annoying to Squidward, although SpongeBob is aware of this and has admitted that he does this intentionally.
Clam (Carlos Alazraqui again) is a rhinoceros that says very little; he usually repeats parts of what other people are saying. Despite his apparent absent-mindedness, he is filled with many hidden talents.
Raj (Jeff Bennett) is an elephant that appears to have come from India. He has big teeth. He is very cautious compared to the other two jelly beans.
Samson (Jeff Bennett again) is a guinea pig (but he looks more like a hedgehog), and is very clumsy and filled with allergies. He has nasal spray, thick eyeglasses, special orthopedic shoes, inhalers, ointments, and other things. He loves to clean, but sometimes cleans too much. He is an overachiever and is extremely over prepared, which seems to be necessary because he appears to almost be drawn to bad luck. However, he is able to bypass security systems simply by sneezing and cleaning his glasses. He was not aware that the security system existed.
Edward (Doug Lawrence) is a grumpy duck-billed-platypus that despises the troublesome jelly beans as much as Lumpus. They share similar personalities regarding just about everything else. Both Edward and Lumpus have had family problems, which is a possible cause for their personalities. Samson is usually around and sometimes assists him with suspicious plans.
Dave and Ping Pong (Doug Lawrence ...again) are loons and they are supposed to be identical twins, but one is taller than the other-perhaps they are in the middle of different stages of growth spurts.
Chip and Skip are purple dung beetles that are voiced by Steve Little. It is hard for them to survive in sterile environments.
There are 4 green lemmings that look like lizards; their names are Larry, Leonard, Liniment, and Louie. They are voiced by Steve Little (again).
Acorn Flats:
Similar to "Camp Kidney" with its "Bean Scouts", "Acorn Flats" has "Squirrel Scouts". It Is much more efficient and well maintained contained to Camp Kidney. The Scoutmaster, Jane Doe, (played by Jodi Benson) keeps the camp looking beautiful and fancy. She appears to be free spirited and almost mindless, but inside is insecure and sometimes it is hard for her to keep smiling and maintain a cheerful appearance (somewhat similar to Sesame Street's Prairie Dawn). Ms. Mucus (Jill Talley) is very strict and makes sure that the Squirrel Scouts are in shape. She despises Camp Kidney and occasionally tries to have it shut down. Because of her frequent appearances, especially appearances by herself, and the fact that she is extremely authoritative can create some confusion to some of the viewers to think that she is the scoutmaster. The only clues that aren't misleading is the fact that she stays in her camper and not in the office. Her place is filled with confiscated toys. There are other staff members of Acorn Flats, but they appear to be unnamed.
Patsy is a pink haired mongoose that is voiced by Jodi Benson. She is similar to Lazlo.
Nina is a giraffe that is voiced by Jill Talley. She is similar to Raj.
Gretchen is an alligator that is voiced by Jill Talley. She is similar to Clam and has matching personalities with Ms. Rubella Mucus.
Almondine is an owl that is similar to Samson. She is voiced by Jodi Benson.
Some of the staff members that have worked on SpongeBob SquarePants and previously on Rocko's Modern Life are Kaz, Mark O'Hare, Merriwether Williams, Brian A. Miller, Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Derek Drymon. Russell Calabrese is also a staff member, who also is well known as being one of the members of the team of directors of Johnny Bravo (excluding the first season and specials).
Camp Lazlo was created by Joe Murray, the creator of "Rocko's Modern Life". Many of the production staff of Rocko's Modern Life worked together on "SpongeBob SquarePants" TV Series. It was created by Stephen Hillenburg, who was an animation director of Rocko's Modern Life. Now the same group of people have been working on another animated series, called "Camp Lazlo" whose title leads you to know the fact that the show centers around one of the characters. It aired on Cartoon Network, not Nickelodeon, which is where the other two series premiered. The color schemes of the show are warm colors, not necessarily earth toned, but is designed to purposely be able to feel of a summer camp environment. It is set in Prickley Pines where there are camp sites and a nearby town.
There are various animals that are drawn with identical designs of "Rocko's Modern Life" characters. One of the camp sites is called Camp Kidney, where there are Bean Scouts. Every term is bean themed. There are jelly beans, pinto beans, and the founder of all of this is called The Big Bean. The scoutmaster of Camp Kidney is Scoutmaster Lumpus, who is a moose and is very grumpy. He usually assigns Slinkman (a slug) to run much of the camp. Both are voiced by Tom Kenny. Camp Kidney is seriously run down and disorganized. Some of its staff members on the other hand are extremely efficient. Nurse Leslie is a nurse shark (not sure how that is possible for him to be above water) with different colored eyes. Nurse Leslie (Doug Lawrence) is not a stereotypical nurse character that has a voice so deep that the casting department decided to just have a male voice actor perform the voice for; this is a male character that is pink and named Leslie (Leslie can in fact be a male given name, but is usually shortened to "Les" which can be used for "Leslie" or "Lester"). Chef Heimlich McMuesli is a goat voiced by Carlos Alazraqui that cooks for Camp Kidney. Commander Hoo-Ha is in charge of the camps and is voiced by Jeff Bennett.
Lazlo (Carlos Alazraqui) is a spider monkey. So is Jake Spidermonkey, which neither of them look alike or act alike. Not even close. Lazlo is drawn to where his mouth looks like a banana when he's grinning. He means well, and is unintentionally annoying to Lumpus. This is similar to when SpongeBob SquarePants is annoying to Squidward, although SpongeBob is aware of this and has admitted that he does this intentionally.
Clam (Carlos Alazraqui again) is a rhinoceros that says very little; he usually repeats parts of what other people are saying. Despite his apparent absent-mindedness, he is filled with many hidden talents.
Raj (Jeff Bennett) is an elephant that appears to have come from India. He has big teeth. He is very cautious compared to the other two jelly beans.
Samson (Jeff Bennett again) is a guinea pig (but he looks more like a hedgehog), and is very clumsy and filled with allergies. He has nasal spray, thick eyeglasses, special orthopedic shoes, inhalers, ointments, and other things. He loves to clean, but sometimes cleans too much. He is an overachiever and is extremely over prepared, which seems to be necessary because he appears to almost be drawn to bad luck. However, he is able to bypass security systems simply by sneezing and cleaning his glasses. He was not aware that the security system existed.
Edward (Doug Lawrence) is a grumpy duck-billed-platypus that despises the troublesome jelly beans as much as Lumpus. They share similar personalities regarding just about everything else. Both Edward and Lumpus have had family problems, which is a possible cause for their personalities. Samson is usually around and sometimes assists him with suspicious plans.
Dave and Ping Pong (Doug Lawrence ...again) are loons and they are supposed to be identical twins, but one is taller than the other-perhaps they are in the middle of different stages of growth spurts.
Chip and Skip are purple dung beetles that are voiced by Steve Little. It is hard for them to survive in sterile environments.
There are 4 green lemmings that look like lizards; their names are Larry, Leonard, Liniment, and Louie. They are voiced by Steve Little (again).
Acorn Flats:
Similar to "Camp Kidney" with its "Bean Scouts", "Acorn Flats" has "Squirrel Scouts". It Is much more efficient and well maintained contained to Camp Kidney. The Scoutmaster, Jane Doe, (played by Jodi Benson) keeps the camp looking beautiful and fancy. She appears to be free spirited and almost mindless, but inside is insecure and sometimes it is hard for her to keep smiling and maintain a cheerful appearance (somewhat similar to Sesame Street's Prairie Dawn). Ms. Mucus (Jill Talley) is very strict and makes sure that the Squirrel Scouts are in shape. She despises Camp Kidney and occasionally tries to have it shut down. Because of her frequent appearances, especially appearances by herself, and the fact that she is extremely authoritative can create some confusion to some of the viewers to think that she is the scoutmaster. The only clues that aren't misleading is the fact that she stays in her camper and not in the office. Her place is filled with confiscated toys. There are other staff members of Acorn Flats, but they appear to be unnamed.
Patsy is a pink haired mongoose that is voiced by Jodi Benson. She is similar to Lazlo.
Nina is a giraffe that is voiced by Jill Talley. She is similar to Raj.
Gretchen is an alligator that is voiced by Jill Talley. She is similar to Clam and has matching personalities with Ms. Rubella Mucus.
Almondine is an owl that is similar to Samson. She is voiced by Jodi Benson.
Some of the staff members that have worked on SpongeBob SquarePants and previously on Rocko's Modern Life are Kaz, Mark O'Hare, Merriwether Williams, Brian A. Miller, Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Derek Drymon. Russell Calabrese is also a staff member, who also is well known as being one of the members of the team of directors of Johnny Bravo (excluding the first season and specials).
Bullseye from USA:
This is an old article pending revision.
Bullseye is a game show. It was produced in The United States. Another is produced in The United Kingdom. Neither are related to each other. This article is about the United States version, and another article will be about the United Kingdom version. In The United States, the game show was in development since 1979. A pilot was introduced; with about one full year later regular episodes were made. About another full year after that, the game would be cancelled and transform itself into "Celebrity Bullseye". There hasn't been any more Bullseye since 1982. It was produced by Jack Barry and Dan Enright of Barry-Enright Productions, and uses a very modern studio designed by John C. Mula, who also redesigned the studio for "The Joker's Wild" into a casino setting with similar walls and game board features. Both game boards have blue neon lights and they also have the same technologies, advanced at the time, using slide show projectors for each screen, (and both game show game boards have 3 screens). The projectors would be behind the game boards and shine the lights on a transparent screen backwards. This creates the effect of using computers with LCD screens that are used in many game shows beginning in the 21t century. Each game board on both shows has running light bulbs around each of the screens. The only difference is the shape of the screen and the arrangement of running lights. Joker's Wild has 2 on, 2 off light chain sequences, and Bullseye has 3 on 1 off light chain sequences. Bullseye has a Bonus Island; which literally was a large island: a portable stage that was brought into the studio. (...But appears to be the same thing as the regular game board.) It has modernized game show theme songs, with a clapping beat, which is similar to the first version of Card Sharks, (actually that is the theme music for Alex Trebek's Double Dare.) The game provides an opportunity to bank the money that the contestant has earned; which is something that would be used for "The Weakest Link" many years later. Some of the things that could appear were Bullseyes, and a "bankrupt" symbol was a bolt of lightning. Bullseye was a very popular game show, but many viewers have expressed that the show went completely downhill when going completely to a celebrity format. The celebrities would play for their favorite charities. People that have watched these episodes have claimed that the celebrity contestants a made the show feel much slower and completely lifeless. Some did not play the game well, banking on every opportunity so that each contestant would be tied. Some of the celebrities would add unnecessary comedy to the episodes, and others would look completely bored while some of the contestants appeared to never pay any attention to the games or the questions being asked, taking a long time, and then finally randomly guessing an answer. Jim Lange was the host, and one time said "...but I'm not very straight" as part of a comment to something else being said at the beginning of an episode was featured in many blooper documentaries. Jim Lange is known for being a longtime host of "The Dating Game". Reruns of Bullseye have appeared every once in a while, but an attempt to effectively revive Bullseyes, The Joker's Wild, or a "Joker's Wild / Bullseye Hour" (since both sets matched and produced by Barry-Enright) have not yet happened and is not being planned as of 2008.
Bullseye is a game show. It was produced in The United States. Another is produced in The United Kingdom. Neither are related to each other. This article is about the United States version, and another article will be about the United Kingdom version. In The United States, the game show was in development since 1979. A pilot was introduced; with about one full year later regular episodes were made. About another full year after that, the game would be cancelled and transform itself into "Celebrity Bullseye". There hasn't been any more Bullseye since 1982. It was produced by Jack Barry and Dan Enright of Barry-Enright Productions, and uses a very modern studio designed by John C. Mula, who also redesigned the studio for "The Joker's Wild" into a casino setting with similar walls and game board features. Both game boards have blue neon lights and they also have the same technologies, advanced at the time, using slide show projectors for each screen, (and both game show game boards have 3 screens). The projectors would be behind the game boards and shine the lights on a transparent screen backwards. This creates the effect of using computers with LCD screens that are used in many game shows beginning in the 21t century. Each game board on both shows has running light bulbs around each of the screens. The only difference is the shape of the screen and the arrangement of running lights. Joker's Wild has 2 on, 2 off light chain sequences, and Bullseye has 3 on 1 off light chain sequences. Bullseye has a Bonus Island; which literally was a large island: a portable stage that was brought into the studio. (...But appears to be the same thing as the regular game board.) It has modernized game show theme songs, with a clapping beat, which is similar to the first version of Card Sharks, (actually that is the theme music for Alex Trebek's Double Dare.) The game provides an opportunity to bank the money that the contestant has earned; which is something that would be used for "The Weakest Link" many years later. Some of the things that could appear were Bullseyes, and a "bankrupt" symbol was a bolt of lightning. Bullseye was a very popular game show, but many viewers have expressed that the show went completely downhill when going completely to a celebrity format. The celebrities would play for their favorite charities. People that have watched these episodes have claimed that the celebrity contestants a made the show feel much slower and completely lifeless. Some did not play the game well, banking on every opportunity so that each contestant would be tied. Some of the celebrities would add unnecessary comedy to the episodes, and others would look completely bored while some of the contestants appeared to never pay any attention to the games or the questions being asked, taking a long time, and then finally randomly guessing an answer. Jim Lange was the host, and one time said "...but I'm not very straight" as part of a comment to something else being said at the beginning of an episode was featured in many blooper documentaries. Jim Lange is known for being a longtime host of "The Dating Game". Reruns of Bullseye have appeared every once in a while, but an attempt to effectively revive Bullseyes, The Joker's Wild, or a "Joker's Wild / Bullseye Hour" (since both sets matched and produced by Barry-Enright) have not yet happened and is not being planned as of 2008.
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