The Untold Secrets of Television's Greatest Hits offers stories about the productions of eight famous programs. Among the...
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2005
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A small-town history teacher with a decidedly different approach to public education raises the ire of a stuffy biology...
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Stormin' Norman Warner
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2005
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Charlatan Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox) has genuine psychic powers, but he doesn't use them to help people. Rather, he...
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Judge
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1996
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Hollywood is abuzz with the news that a film completed back in 1960, but shelved after its director died mysteriously, has...
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1995
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Sean Astin stars as the title character in this creepy made-for-cable adaptation of the Kurt Vonnegut classic. Set in a...
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1995
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Some teen girls take to the road in this made-for-cable remake of the 1956 original. Set in 1957, three guy-crazy friends...
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1994
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In the tradition of Mel Brooks, this Italian comedy offers an episodic parody of classic thrillers and horror movies. Film...
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1994
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Preparing for an important college exam, Jamie (Helen Hunt) is unable to sleep. While trying to lull his wife back to...
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1994
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A "western" in name only, the short-lived Fox Network series The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. was actually a wild and...
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1993
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So many screenwriters have surreptitiously updated the works of Mark Twain with contemporary jargon and "political...
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Zach
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1993
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This lightweight horror movie is geared towards younger audiences as it follows the exploits of a little boy who is firmly...
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1992
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The low-budget "Killer Tomatoes" series closed with this fourth chapter starring a returning John Astin as the resurrected...
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1991
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Where the original Gremlins was a horror film spiked with comedy, Gremlins 2: The New Batch is essentially a black comedy,...
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1990
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In this gory and violent black comedy, a quartet of teenage zombies begin terrifying an employee at the local morgue until...
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Verlin Flanders
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1990
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This third entry in the dumbfoundingly silly "Killer Tomatoes" series continues the low-budget franchise's tradition of...
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Prof. Gangreen
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1990
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Dan (John Larroquette) is convinced he's a goner when a pair of street punks (Richard Coca, Chico Montez) hold him hostage at...
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1990
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In this final episode of Night Court's seventh season, pregnant public defender Christine (Markie Post) suddenly goes into...
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1990
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The Night Courters believe they has scored a coup when they arrange for Mel Torme to sing at Harry's 40th birthday party....
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1990
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In 1989, Simon Dutton brought back the long-running character of Simon Templar, AKA The Saint, with a series of six two-hour...
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1989
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In the first episode of a two-part story, Christine (Markie Post) is shocked by the behavior of Judge Harry T. Stone (Harry...
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1989
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Harry's daffy dad Buddy (John Astin) begins dating Amanda Caldwell (Karen Morrow), a fun-loving millionaire's widow. As Buddy...
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1989
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In the conclusion of a two-part story, Harry (Harry Anderson) is placed in protective custody after incurring the wrath of...
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1989
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As Night Court launches its seventh season, Judge Harry T. Stone (Harry Anderson) invites his father Buddy (John Astin) to...
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1989
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It has been 25 years since the last Killer Tomato has been squished into sauce. To this day the tasty red fruit are banned,...
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Prof. Gangrene
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1988
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John Astin returns as Buddy, perennial mental-home habitue and self-proclaimed stepfather of Judge Harry T. Stone (Harry...
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1988
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Christmas or no Christmas, Harry (Harry Anderson) is forced to put Roz (Marsha Warfield) behind bars when she unwittingly...
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1988
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Jason Bateman stars in this sequel to Teen Wolf as the original's cousin, Todd. Though not a boxer, he receives a college...
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Dean Dunn
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1987
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In this unlikely adventure, a motorcyclist helps an all-girls' school "prisoner" escape her school and together they flee...
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1987
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Harry Similac (Dirk Benedict) is a music promoter who must scramble to stay out of debt in this slapstick comedy. He hits...
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1986
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A Broadway-bound stage comedy is supposed to reunited the formerly married acting team of Maggie Tarrow (Eleanor Parker) and...
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Director
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1986
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Season Four of Night Court goes into session as Judge Harry T. Stone (Harry Anderson) receives a letter from the mother who...
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1986
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Despite the many adventures they suffered in National Lampoon's Vacation, the Griswold family decides to take another crack...
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1985
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Over the protests of several local residents, shady tycoon Henderson Wheatley (John Ericson) intends to build a high-rise...
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1985
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Retreating to a placid Maine lake resort in order to finish her latest novel without distractions, Jessica (Angela Lansbury)...
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1985
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When Cabot Cove resident Beverly Garrett is electrocuted in her own bathtub in a locked bathroom, Sheriff Amos Tupper (Tom...
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1985
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The pressures of his job have caused Harry (Harry Anderson) to come down with a bad case of ulcers. But when exploratory...
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1984
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Introduced to NBC's Wednesday-night schedule as a mid-season replacement on January 4, 1984, the weekly 30-minute sitcom...
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1984
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Jessica (Angela Lansbury) arrives in Hollywood, where her first mystery novel "The Corpse Danced at Midnight" is being made...
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1984
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In this involved send-up of two American icons -- the automobile and the tourist trap -- the tiny Florida town of Ticlaw...
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1981
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The original TV Addams family reunites in this comedy. The trouble begins when the bizarre clan hold their annual party and...
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1977
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Life in the Pink is the syndication title of the pilot film for the TV series Operation Petticoat. Based on the 1959 movie of...
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Director
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1977
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When an heiress is falsely accused of the murder of her husband, she is assisted by two crafty criminal lawyers. ~ Rovi...
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Director
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1977
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Prolific television director Gary Nelson made the Walt Disney live-action comedy Freaky Friday, based on the novel by...
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Bill Andrews
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1976
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James Franciscus stars as a university professor with an eye on bigger things. Using his inherent promotional know-how, he...
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1975
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In this made-for-television comedy, a young woman gets herself into trouble when she begins fulfilling her man-craving with...
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1974
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A New York detective investigates a woman's death after she filed for divorce and was staying at a Nevada guest ranch. ~ Rovi...
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1974
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The spirit of the children of a hospital pediatrics ward offer a new lease on life for a shy young teacher. ~ Rovi...
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1974
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Skyway to Death is still another TV-guest-stars-in-jeopardy opus. This time, everyone is packed into an aerial tramway. As...
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Andrew Tustin
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1974
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This barely released western spoof stars John Astin and Steve Carlson as the con-artist title characters, at large in 1890...
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1973
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John Astin guest stars as Sidney Rose, a reclusive multimillionaire who summons the Partridges to his mountain retreat for a...
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1973
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In this drama, a woman's dancing school is overrun by gangster's who begin using it for a betting parlor. As a result, she...
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1972
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John Astin and Frank Sinatra, Jr. star in this comedy concerning a disgruntled cannery worker who quit his job, paints the...
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1972
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A collection of different episodes from the children's series that features magicians, puppet animals and nature surveys. ~...
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1972
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In this comedy, young Donald Beeman (Tom Smothers) becomes disillusioned with his business career and quits to become a...
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1972
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Long ago and far away, Patty Duke occasionally played hippie types. One can get a glimpse of Duke's "far out" period in the...
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1971
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Would you believe Bette Davis and Ernest Borgnine as a pair of free-spirited hippies on a crime spree? That's the premise of...
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1971
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Overlooked when it first aired February 18, 1972, the made-for-TV Evil Roy Slade has gained a loyal and protective cult...
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Evil Roy Slade
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1971
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This comedy was banned in Mexico and plagued by vandalism and threats of violence during film production in San Antonio,...
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Sgt. Valdez
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1969
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John Astin and Emmaline Henry, who back in 1962 played husband and wife in the short-lived sitcom I'm Dickens-He's Fenster,...
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Abner Willoughby
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1969
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Director, Screenwriter
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1968
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In this big-budget adaptation of Terry Southern's satiric sex farce (the sort of project that could get an immediate green...
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1968
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Psychologist Father Lundigan (John Askin) is skeptical about the Mother Superior's wild stories about a flying nun. Of...
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1967
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In this spooky comedy, a couple and their adolescent son move into a quiet New England summer cottage. Soon their arrival, a...
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1967
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1965
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1964
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This comical farce is a lighthearted lampoon of Wall Street and the vibrant trading and selling on the floor of the New York...
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Hector Vanson
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1963
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A man makes the highly unexpected discovery that he has two wives in this romantic comedy. Widower Nick Arden (James Garner)...
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1963
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A couple of years prior to his two-season run as Gomez on ABC's Addams Family, character actor John Astin headlined another...
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Harry Dickens
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1962
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When people refer to Doris Day as "the world's oldest professional virgin," they generally have the 1962 comedy That Touch of...
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Beasley
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1962
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Romeo and Juliet is updated to the tenements of New York City in this Oscar-winning musical landmark. Adapted by...
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1961
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After briefly experimenting with the videotape format, The Twilight Zone wisely returned to film with this episode, which...
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1961
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Having been cheated by crooked railroad owner Wilbur Shanks (Richard Hale), Beau (Roger Moore) cooks up a scheme to make...
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1960
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