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    Shawn,
    
    I watched the two episodes so far, and I think it's a keeper!  Then
    again, how can you go wrong with Lea Thompson in it?

  I've seen it. It's OK, no real knee slappers but a chuckle now and then.

  Along with Single Guy it passes the time between the big NBC Thursday night
comedies and E.R. 

  George 

    
    >Then again, how can you go wrong with Lea Thompson in it?
    
    	You can't, really.  8^)
    
    
    	Good line:
    
    	"You'd probably look at the statue of Venus and say, 'With breasts
    	like that, who needs arms?'".
    

    
    I thought the Howard the Duck reference was cute.
    
    DFW

    
    	I missed it!!
    
    	But I LIKED "Howard the Duck".
    

  Is Lea Thompson anyone we've seen before?

  George

> Is Lea Thompson anyone we've seen before?

	I believe this is her 1st TV series (and I've heard a made-for-TV
	movie she's done has recentently aired [or will soon air).

	She's a movie actress.  As mentioned she was in "Howard the Duck",
	and was also in "Only the Lonely".  She may of even been in
	"War Games".  Does Jon Reeves note here?  If so maybe he can post
	the list of her film credits (hint :-)

    Lea Thompson wasn't in Only the Lonely; that was Ally Sheedy.
    
    Lea Thompson is best remembered as Michael J. Fox's girlfriend in the
    Back to the Future series.
    
    Catherine
    

    That's wrong, too.  She played Michael J. Fox's _mother_ in the Back
    to the Future trilogy.

    Actually she played both roles.  Michael J Fox's girlfriend and mother
    in the BTTF trilogy.
    

    
    	I thought Elizabeth Shue played his girlfriend.
    
    	And that was Ally Sheedy in "War Games".
    
    	Lea was in "Casual Sex" with Victoria Jackson and Andrew Dice
    	Clay, and she was the slimeball French teacher in "The Beverly
    	Hillbillies" move.
    
    	I'll go get a full filmography.  Wait here.
    
    	Hey!!  Where are you going??  8^)
    

    
    	I forgot about "Some Kind of Wonderful".  The rest I've never
    	seen:
    
                                Lea Thompson

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Filmography...

  1. "Caroline in the City" (1995) 1995
  2. Little Rascals, The (1994) 1994 [Ms Roberts]
  3. Substitute Wife, The (1994) (TV)[Amy Hightower]
  4. Beverly Hillbillies, The (1993) 1993 [Laura Jackson]
  5. Dennis the Menace (1993) aka Dennis (1993) [Alice Mitchell]
  6. Stolen Babies (1993) (TV)[Annie Beales]
  7. Article 99 (1991) 1991 [Dr. Robin Van Dorn]
  8. Back to the Future Part III (1990) 1990 [Maggie McFly/Lorraine McFly]
  9. Montana (1990) (TV)[Peg]
 10. Back to the Future Part II (1989) 1989 [Lorraine]
 11. Nightbreaker (1989) (TV) aka Advance to Ground Zero (1989) [Sally
     Matthews]
 12. Casual Sex? (1988) 1988 [Stacy]
 13. Going Undercover (1988)[Marigold de la Hunt]
 14. Wizard of Loneliness, The (1988)[Sybil]
 15. Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) 1987 [Amanda Jones]
 16. Howard the Duck (1986) 1986 [Beverly Switzler]
 17. SpaceCamp (1986)[Kathryn]
 18. Back to the Future (1985) 1985 [Lorraine]
 19. Red Dawn (1984) 1984 [Erica]
 20. Wild Life, The (1984)[Anita]
 21. All the Right Moves (1983) 1983 [Lisa]
 22. Jaws 3-D (1983) aka Jaws III (1983) [Kelly Ann Bukowski]

Note titles in quotes (") are TV series.

    Elizabeth Shue did play MJF's girlfriend in the "present"
    part of the movie.  Lea played his mom but when he went
    back into the past he met his mom as a teenage girl who
    ends up having a big crush on him.
    
    Mo

    
    	Well, knowing that Lea played his mother kind of ruins the idea
    	that she's his girlfriend, don't you think?
    
    	8^)
    

> Lea Thompson wasn't in Only the Lonely; that was Ally Sheedy.

	Geez, I've really got those two actresses confused!
	(I was wondering why Lea Thompson's breasts looked
	larger than I had remembered :-).

	Sorry for the mis-information ...

    I first started watching this show because of Lea Thompson but have
    continued to watch it because I think it's one of the funnier shows
    that has showed up this fall.
    
    All the shows have had something I liked about them. The last episode
    with the art show is probably one of the weaker episodes. The episode
    with her assistant being mugged was pretty good. 
    
    The guy who plays Dell, the on-again/off-again boyfriend has done guest
    appearances in several other shows (like Frasier) and it was an
    interview with him done by Entertainment tonight that got me first
    interested in checking out the show.
    
    janetb.

    In the art gallery, after Dell thinks he's been cruised by one of the
    artists:
    
    "Oh, I guess you people don't TELL time."
    
    Leslie

    
    	The art gallery episode was the first show I saw. I thought it had
    	a lot of laughs, and was pretty well done.
    
    	Last night's show however was pretty weak in comparison I thought
    	(she's sick and the two guys create a cartoon for her).
    
    	So far the show is 1 for 2 imo from these two viewings.
    

    
    	OK, Jeff, care to explain the difference between
    
    	1 for 2
    	1 and 1
    
    	I would do it myself, but I don't see one.  8^)
    

    Didn't she play in Adventures in Babysitting???
    

    
    That was Elizabeth Shue.
    

    
    	Yes, almost as attractive as Lea Thompson but not quite.
    

    
    	Lea will be 35 in May.
    
    	And she was in a Burger King commercial in 1982.
    
    	Fascinating, huh?
    

    
    What is fascinating?
    
    That she was in a Burger King commercial in 1982
    
    or - that she is 35? 
    
    Lou

    
    	Take your pick, I guess.
    
    	The "fascinating" part should probably read "interesting" or
    	"bet you didn't know", or "not that you care".
    
    	8^)
    

	So what female body part did the cereal resemble?  They never
	specifically said it, and never gave a closeup of the cereal!
	I can guess a couple of potential parts that "puffed wheat"
	may resemble, but ....

    
    I'll put this behind a form feed
    
    
    
    My assumption was a woman's vaginal area (hope that's okay to say).
    I truely never noticed, but now that it's been pointed out, I can
    see it.
    
    Patty

    
    	Oh, my virgin eyes!!
    

>    	Oh, my virgin eyes!!
    
	Yeah, right. BWAHAHAHAHA!

Larry

    
    Did Caroline marry Dell?  Did Richard tell her he loves her?
    
    ????
    
    Louisa

    
    
    No and No
    
    Richard did write her a note, but she didn't see it and packed it away
    with her thank you cards.
    
    ed

Can someone e-mail me what happened during the last 5 minutes of this
week's show (2/26/97)?

The last thing I can say is that Dell's friends left Caroline's apartment,
only to have the weirdo/stupid friend (sorry I forget his name) show up
with his friends.  Then, just as the show ended, I caught a glimpse of
Richard's female friend getting carried down the stairs by one of the guys
(maybe the weidro/stupid guy himself).  What was going on here?

thanks,

adam

    I missed some of the last few minutes too.  I saw when Charlie arrived
    with his band and Richard's friend wanted to join in the music.  The 
    next scene I remember was Caroline arriving home.  Caroline came home and 
    went upstairs to her room.  Next thing you see is Charlie carrying the 
    partially clothed woman down the stairs and calling Caroline rude for 
    not knocking first.  So, it seems Richard's friend dumped him for 
    Charlie.
    
    Was there anything important going on between those two things or is
    that all there was to it?
    
    Jan  
                                                              

> Was there anything important going on between those two things or is
> that all there was to it?

	Yes, that was it.

	BTW, the previous two replies contain spoiler warnings that
	are not hidden behind any form of a spoiler warning.....