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NEWHART: IN THE BEGINNING {SERIES PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
The premiere episode of this series about Dick and Joanna Loudon, who run a country inn in Vermont. In this episode, Dick and Joanna buy the historic inn and meet its caretaker, George Utley, a well-meaning dimwit who does more harm than good. They hire a maid, Leslie, a wealthy young woman hoping to learn what the average person lives like, and meet their neighbor Kirk, a compulsive liar. The Loudons rent out 12 rooms to the the Daughters of the War for Independence (DWI), who ask Dick to give a speech about what the inn was like when their great-grandfathers stayed there in the winter of 1775. Unfortunately, Dick discovers that at that time the inn was a "cathouse" and does not know how to break it to the ladies. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: October 25, 1982 9:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:26:34
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T86:2099
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1982-1990
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Barry Kemp … Executive Producer, Writer
- Sheldon Bull … Producer
- Stephen C. Grossman … Associate Producer
- John Rich … Director
- Henry Mancini … Music by
- Bob Newhart … Cast, Dick Loudon
- Mary Frann … Cast, Joanna Loudon
- Steven Kampmann … Cast, Kirk Devane
- Jennifer Holmes … Cast, Leslie Vanderkellen
- Tom Poston … Cast, George Utley
- Jack Dodson … Cast, Shaver
- Natalie Core … Cast, Mrs. Hamilton
- Merritt Olsen … Cast, Mr. Pomerantz
- Beth Le Grant … Cast, Mrs. Pomerantz