ELLEN: A HOLLYWOOD TRIBUTE (TV)

Summary

One in this comedy series about the quirky misadventures of a flippant, former Los Angeles bookstore manager named Ellen Morgan. In this two-part episode, newswoman Linda Ellerbee hosts a mock documentary that examines the illustrious career of Ellen DeGeneres, dating back to the beginnings of television. Ellerbee and DeGeneres discuss the twists and turns her career has taken, accompanied by comments from DeGeneres' colleagues and competitors and rare clips from her career. Topics discussed and parodied include the following: her pioneering role as a pregnant woman in the early days of television; the influence of her vaudeville and radio career on her work as a comedienne; the way she found a partner for her comedy routine; the reason for the dissolution of the partnership; her career on Broadway prior to the birth of television; her gig as host of the popular game show "Who's the Commie?"; the way she literally stumbled into the lead role on "Ellen" during the sitcom's screen tests; the original, unaired pilot episode for the sitcom; her feelings about being a spokeswoman for a new generation of fans; the way the show adapted to the civil unrest of the late 1960s and early 1970s; the show's transformation into a sex-oriented series as the 1980s approached; and the show's modern-day popularity and controversy. Includes cameo appearances by Jennifer Aniston, Bea Arthur, Richard Benjamin, Glenn Close, Tim Conway, Cindy Crawford, Ted Danson, Phil Donahue, Woody Harrelson, Helen Hunt, Christine Lahti, Julianna Marguiles, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Mary Steenburgen, among others. Includes commercials and promos. Commercials include Pierce Brosnan and Bernard Lee for Visa credit cards. This program is closed-captioned.

(Series title varies; early episodes ran under the title "These Friends of Mine.")

Details

• NETWORK: ABC
• DATE: May 13, 1998 9:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:58:31
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T:53540
• GENRE: Comedy
• SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; She Made It Collection (Ellen DeGeneres); LGBT Collection
• SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1994-1998
• COMMERCIALS:
  • TV - Commercials - "Six Days, Seven Nights" (feature film)
  • TV - Commercials - "The Horse Whisperer" (feature film)
  • TV - Commercials - Air Touch cellular phones
  • TV - Commercials - America On-Line internet service
  • TV - Commercials - Aquafresh Whitening toothpaste
  • TV - Commercials - Boston Market restaurants
  • TV - Commercials - Caress soap
  • TV - Commercials - Carnival cruises
  • TV - Commercials - Clairol Natural Instincts hair coloring
  • TV - Commercials - Degree antiperspirant
  • TV - Commercials - Excedrin pain reliever
  • TV - Commercials - Finesse Touchables hairspray
  • TV - Commercials - Frontline Top Spot flea and tick remover
  • TV - Commercials - GTE shopping directories
  • TV - Commercials - Gap clothing stores
  • TV - Commercials - Intel Pentium II computer processor
  • TV - Commercials - MCI phone services
  • TV - Commercials - Nicoderm CQ nicotine patch
  • TV - Commercials - Saab automobiles
  • TV - Commercials - Salon Selectives shampoo
  • TV - Commercials - Saturn automobiles
  • TV - Commercials - Sav-On stores
  • TV - Commercials - Snapple juices
  • TV - Commercials - Victoria's Secret lingerie
  • TV - Commercials - Visa credit cards
  • TV - Commercials - Volkswagen automobile
  • TV - Commercials - Wisk laundry detergent
  • TV - Promos - "20/20"
  • TV - Promos - "Creature"
  • TV - Promos - "First Knight" (telecast of a feature film)
  • TV - Promos - "Miracle at Midnight"
  • TV - Promos - "Oprah"
  • TV - Promos - "Primetime Live"
  • TV - Promos - "The Drew Carey Show"
  • TV - Promos - "Unforgiven" (telecast of a feature film)

CREDITS

• Vic Kaplan … Executive Producer
• Tim Doyle … Executive Producer, Writer
• Lawrence Broch … Co-Executive Producer
• Ellen DeGeneres … Co-Executive Producer
• Ken Ornstein … Coordinating Producer
• Matt Berry … Supervising Producer
• Ric Swartzlander … Supervising Producer
• F.J. Pratt … Producer
• Dan Cohen … Producer
• Gil Junger … Producer, Director
• Christie Stentz … Associate Producer
• Maxine Lapiduss … Consulting Producer
• Neal Marlens … Created by
• Carol Black … Created by
• David S. Rosenthal … Created by
• W.G. Snuffy Walden … Music by
• Bill Elliott … Music by
• Ellen DeGeneres … Cast, Ellen Morgan
• Joely Fisher … Cast, Paige Clark
• David Anthony Higgins … Cast, Joe Farrell
• Clea Lewis … Cast, Audrey Penney
• Jeremy Piven … Cast, Spence Kovak
• Jennifer Aniston … Cast, herself
• Bea Arthur … Cast, herself
• Oscar Bean … Cast, himself
• Richard Benjamin … Cast, the Producer
• Diahann Carroll … Cast, herself
• Glenn Close … Cast, herself
• Tim Conway … Cast, himself
• Cindy Crawford … Cast, herself
• Ted Danson … Cast, himself
• Phil Donahue … Cast, himself
• Woody Harrelson … Cast, Henry
• Helen Hunt … Cast, herself
• Christine Lahti … Cast, herself
• Phil Leeds … Cast, the Old Comic
• Julianna Margulies … Cast, herself
• Kathy Najimy … Cast, herself
• John O'Hurley … Cast, Announcer #2
• Jada Pinkett Smith … Cast, herself
• Mary Steenburgen … Cast, herself
• Linda Ellerbee … Cast, herself
• Patrick Bristow … Cast, Peter
• Steven Gilborn … Cast, Harold
• Alice Hirson … Cast, Lois
• Cindy Ambuehl … Cast, Candy
• Dion Clinton Overstreet, Jr. … Cast, Rodney
• Jim Doughan … Cast, the Camera Assistant
• Dan Finnerty … Cast, the Man
• Jazz Raycale … Cast, Angela