Saw this last night as I just got my DVD set. While I taped most episodes off TV Land, this one I never saw between September 1992 and last night.
We are introduced to Bob McKay and his wife, Kaye, who have a grown up daughter, Trisha who lives with them, mostly struggling to get work and keep a boyfriend.
Bob writes greeting cards, but in this episode gets an offer to revive a short-lived comic book he used to write called Mad Dog. He goes to meet the man he'll be working with, Harlan Stone, a young man who seems to have a horrific view of how to make Mad Dog a vigilante who actually kills the boy who was his trusted friend in the old books.
Outraged, Bob leaves in a huff. Harlan comes over late at night, apologetic, in a way. Kaye has a nice scene where she gets Bob to realize that he might be able to work with Harlan, showing how she can see that this is what he really wants, not to go back to greeting cards.
We see a big office where the comic book will be produced with all sorts of people milling about who never get any lines and who are never seen again after this episode. It is common in a pilot to have more people around for realism sake, than will be there regularly.
The cast regulars meet Bob. One, an older woman knew him decades ago when he had his comic book. She is Iris. She comes into the room and starts yelling because someone moved something at her desk, despite the big sign she put up saying, "Don't Touch My Stuff." Then she spots Bob, smiles and greets him, then seriously asks, "Did you touch my stuff?"
Chad is a unique character. He's soft spoken, but says all sorts of really weird things. We learn he used to draw caricatures at an amusement park, and sometimes he'd put leeches on the people's faces.
Albie is another young man who is a nerd sort who lets others push him around. He's more likeable than Chad, but weird in his own way.
Heard over various phones is the voice of Mr. Terhorst, the owner of the company that bought rights to Bob's comic book. The company is named American-Canadian Trans-Continental Communications Company. Right after Bob says that lengthy name, Trisha rapidly says, "Am-Can-Trans-Con-Comm-Co" so fast our heads are spinning. Terhorst seems to be listening in on many conversations held in different places. After all, it is his building, as he tells Bob.
I laughed out loud several times at this excellent episode, so I give it a 10. They did a good job of introducing all the regulars also.
We are introduced to Bob McKay and his wife, Kaye, who have a grown up daughter, Trisha who lives with them, mostly struggling to get work and keep a boyfriend.
Bob writes greeting cards, but in this episode gets an offer to revive a short-lived comic book he used to write called Mad Dog. He goes to meet the man he'll be working with, Harlan Stone, a young man who seems to have a horrific view of how to make Mad Dog a vigilante who actually kills the boy who was his trusted friend in the old books.
Outraged, Bob leaves in a huff. Harlan comes over late at night, apologetic, in a way. Kaye has a nice scene where she gets Bob to realize that he might be able to work with Harlan, showing how she can see that this is what he really wants, not to go back to greeting cards.
We see a big office where the comic book will be produced with all sorts of people milling about who never get any lines and who are never seen again after this episode. It is common in a pilot to have more people around for realism sake, than will be there regularly.
The cast regulars meet Bob. One, an older woman knew him decades ago when he had his comic book. She is Iris. She comes into the room and starts yelling because someone moved something at her desk, despite the big sign she put up saying, "Don't Touch My Stuff." Then she spots Bob, smiles and greets him, then seriously asks, "Did you touch my stuff?"
Chad is a unique character. He's soft spoken, but says all sorts of really weird things. We learn he used to draw caricatures at an amusement park, and sometimes he'd put leeches on the people's faces.
Albie is another young man who is a nerd sort who lets others push him around. He's more likeable than Chad, but weird in his own way.
Heard over various phones is the voice of Mr. Terhorst, the owner of the company that bought rights to Bob's comic book. The company is named American-Canadian Trans-Continental Communications Company. Right after Bob says that lengthy name, Trisha rapidly says, "Am-Can-Trans-Con-Comm-Co" so fast our heads are spinning. Terhorst seems to be listening in on many conversations held in different places. After all, it is his building, as he tells Bob.
I laughed out loud several times at this excellent episode, so I give it a 10. They did a good job of introducing all the regulars also.
