Useless sitcom trivia

[Boy Jeenius]

Sharon Tate - mentioned earlier - can be seen on Beverly Hillbillies reruns as one of Mr. Drysdale's secretaries.

[jaybird2001wi]

Who killed Sharon Tate? Was it Charles Manson?

[1992casey]

Yep. Mentioned in reply #6 under Petticoat Junction.

[NeedMoreFans]

I think the amusement park shown on the Step by Step intro is Six Flags: Magic Mountain because there is a major coastline by the roller coaster.

I always thought they superimposed the shoreline on that shot (but I knew it wasn't Great America). It just looks so fake.

[Mike Felder]

I'm too lazy to link to it, but the Wikipedia article on Step by Step states that the shoreline was superimposed. There's really a parking lot there.

[Paul77]

There was an extremely short lived sitcom (like 3 or 4 episodes) with Corbin Bernsen starring as a sports anchor for a Milwaukee TV station.

Dude, you completely stole my next post.

A little bit of "Ballgame" trivia....

 

***Debuted during the 1994/95 MLB strike on ABC and shown locally on WISN (12)

***Corbin Bernsen's character - Brewers slugger Brett Sooner - was bored waiting for the strike to end so he left warm Los Angeles to come to Milwaukee in the middle of the off season to work as a sport caster for the local ABC affiliate.

***The show, in it's short life, actually did a very good job getting local references correct. Characters could be seen reading the Milwaukee Sentinel, local landmarks were identified. The shows exterior shots were actually filmed in Milwaukee, unlike the above mentioned "Step by Step"

***WISN (12) provided the city footage

***Prime Time Sports Bar and Eatery in Brown Deer was featured prominently on the show as Sooners hang out, though it was referred to as "Spitters"

***Although it aired on WISN in Milwaukee, the exterior shots of the TV station where Sooner worked were actually the studios of WCGV, channel 24 in Milwaukee.

 

The show lasted 7 weeks. After it was dropped by ABC, NBC briefly considered picking it up. As much as I wanted it to succeed, the whole premise of the show screamed short sighted to me. The main character after all wasn't retired, he was the Brewers "only" superstar, according to the show. What did they plan on doing once the strike ended? Was he going to love the gig as "sports guy" at a local tv station so much he'd give up his MLB career?

 

If the show had continued there would have been some great opportunity's for guest appearances by real Brewers players or even Uecker. Oh well.

[jlau20]

Does anyone remember the show Hardball, it was only like one season and I forget even what the central story was, I just remember I was the mascot from that show one year for Halloween...he had a big baseball head and was always wasted. Anyone?

[Paul77]

Does anyone remember the show Hardball, it was only like one season and I forget even what the central story was, I just remember I was the mascot from that show one year for Halloween...he had a big baseball head and was always wasted. Anyone?

I can't believe you had time to be the mascot from the show because it was canceled so quickly. Debuted in September, canned the week before Halloween.

 

Believe it or not that show was a spin off of the movie "Major League", though it did not keep the same continuity. It was another baseball themed show that debuted during the players strike of 1994. Unlike the movies, I don't think the Indians were the central team. As a matter of fact I think the team was a fictional one. But the premise was the same - misfit players under an owner who despised the team.

 

[PKBadger]

I was watching Step by Step a couple months ago (no idea why) and at one point Frank complained to Carol about not being able to find his Brewers sweatshirt.

 

Best. Episode. Ever.

[1992casey]

Married...With Children: Very indirect Milwaukee Brewers reference... While auditioning for a game show, Al had to answer this question: What occupational oddity is shared by Henry Aaron, Willie Mays, and Babe Ruth? Answer: They all started and ended their careers in the same city, but for different teams.