All's Fair
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All's Fair
Richard Crenna Bernadette Peters Alls Fair 1977.JPG
Crenna and Peters
Format Sitcom
Created by Norman Lear
Starring Richard Crenna
Bernadette Peters
Michael Keaton
Country of origin USA
No. of episodes 24
Production
Running time approx. 0:30
(per episode)
Broadcast
Original channel CBS
Original run September 20, 1976 – April 30, 1977
All's Fair is an American television situation comedy that aired on CBS from 1976 to
1977. The show co-stars Richard Crenna as a conservative political columnist and
Bernadette Peters as a liberal photographer and concerns their romantic mismatch
because of age and political opinions. This is the television series debut of actor
Michael Keaton as Lanny Wolf. Peters was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her
role. Although the show received some good reviews, it lasted only one season.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast and crew
3 Reception
4 Awards and nominations
5 References
6 External links
Plot
In Washington, D.C., an older (49) conservative columnist Richard C. Barrington
(Richard Crenna) and a young (23) liberal photographer Charlotte (Charley) Drake
(Bernadette Peters) become romantically involved. The complications of their politics
and the age difference provide the story lines. They are "separated by politics,
generation gap, manners and living styles".[1]
Barrington is a gourmet cook who lives in a luxurious Washington townhouse, and Drake
is a vegetarian. Barrington has a girl friend, a literary agent (Salome Jens), when he
first meets Drake.[2] The style of the show is "almost constant hysteria, the rapid
pacing set to the sounds of argumentative shouting."[1]
Cast and crew
Cast
Source: Nostalgia Central[3]
Richard C. Barrington – Richard Crenna
Charlotte (Charley) Drake – Bernadette Peters
Lucy Daniels, Al's girlfriend and a reporter – Lee Chamberlin
Allen Brooks, Richard's assistant – J.A. Preston
Ginger Livingston, Charley's roommate – Judith Kahan
Senator Wayne Joplin, a liberal Senator and friend of Richard – Jack Dodson
Lanny Wolf (1976), aide to President Carter – Michael Keaton
Crew
Norman Lear – Production Supervisor
Michael Elias – Producer
Rod Parker – Executive Producer
Bob Claver – Director
Hal Cooper – Director
Bob Schiller – Writer and Producer
Bob Weiskopf – Writer and Producer
Ben Stein – Consultant and writer[4][5]
Reception
The reviewer for Knight News Wire wrote that the show "looks like the best new comedy
series of the year...The show looks sound in both writing and acting ... the
characters spend a lot of time shouting. Lear seems to have decided ... that
high-decibel dialogue is necessary to hold the attention of a large audience."[6]
The critic for The New York Times wrote that "The casting is first-rate and the
finger-snapping pace of the show leaves just about everything looking easy and
undemanding.[2]
The reviewer for Copley News Service wrote that he did not believe in the relationship
(between Crenna and Peters). However, he wrote that "it works. It works because Crenna
is an expert farceur and Peters is, well, cute and full of the old ginger. It works
because the dialogue has crackle and wit. ... Peters has spunk and spirit and a bawdy
and snappishly delightful wit ... a well-paced, intelligently conceived and altogether
trenchant comedy and I don't see how it can miss."[7]
Awards and nominations
Golden Globe, 1977, Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Comedy
or Musical - Bernadette Peters (nominated)[8]
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