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THREE tv series 1998

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  Three was a television series created by Evan Katz for the WB in 1998. It was the first time I saw Julie Bowen who went on to bigger fame with next series Ed (which was the first time I saw Tom Cavanaugh) and she got bigger fame with the series Modern Family . It also had Bumper Robinson who has been on so many shows and movies everyone probably knows him from something different. It also had David Warner in a role that he played perfectly. Reviewers felt it was too similar to Mod Squad but I think the similarity was superficial. As happens with tv series it was aired out of order so a character would show up as if we knew him and the episode that introduces him would air after, also the feeling of these three building a relationship slowly went out the window because one week they work together and the next they don't trust each other. I watched it weekly until one night an extra episode of  Seventh Heaven was aired instead of the episode of Three  listed in the TV G...

Hard Knocks 1987

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  This might be my most esoteric post yet. The "what if" is two-fold: what if "Hard Knocks" was put on DVD and what if anyone remembered the show. It was a Showtime original series starring Bill Maher that aired from April to August of 1987. Chris Thompson created it after he co-created "Bosom Buddies" starring Tom Hanks for NBC. He went on to create "The Naked Truth" starring Tea Leoni for ABC and "Action", the wildly inappropriate and funny series starring Jay Mohr for Fox. Shout Factory released some of my favorite cult series on DVD so I figured after Bill Maher became famous with "Politically Incorrect" they would be the ones to give the show a second life. The series had one of the great all time opening themes: https://youtu.be/P_Cd4hpltzA?si=8VqI_nK4Uehp2HLL BTW, the cover art is by my friend Stefan Boales. He has written and drawn some great books for all ages available on Amazon Kindle. Check him out.