TOP 5 JERRY STILLER MOMENTS
- Olateru Samuel O.
- May 26, 2020
- 5 min read
Tribute to Jerry Stiller - 92 years 1927–2020 The biggest Moments that sets a standard for amazing TV. We’re taking a look at the TOP 5 craziest, funniest and weirdest moments through Jerry Stiller. They’re sure to have you chanting, “Jerry! Jerry! Jerry!”
1- THE CAROL BURNET SHOW
The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, and Lyle Waggoner. In 1975, frequent guest star Tim Conway became a regular after Waggoner left the series.[2] In 1977, Dick Van Dyke replaced Korman but it was agreed that it was not a match and he left after 10 episodes.[3] The show originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 279 episodes, and again with nine episodes in fall 1991. The series originated in CBS Television City's Studio 33, and won 25 primetime Emmy Awards, was ranked number 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002,[4] and in 2007 was listed as one of Time's 100 Best TV Shows of All Time.[5]
After the original run ended, material from 1972 to 1977 (seasons 6–10) was repackaged as a half-hour series known as Carol Burnett and Friends, which has aired in various syndicated outlets more-or-less continuously since the original series ended. Because of this format, material from the first five seasons did not air, outside of their original run, until 2019 when MeTV acquired the rights to these earlier seasons and began airing them. The cast has periodically reunited for various one-off specials and short appearances, and several members of the cast went on to star in Mama's Family (1983–1990), a half-hour situation comedy based on a sketch series from The Carol Burnett Show.
In 2013, TV Guide ranked The Carol Burnett Show number 17 on its list of the 60 Greatest Shows of All Time.[6]
On April 27, 2020, Shout! Factory announced that all 11 seasons of The Carol Burnett Show will be available for viewing through their streaming channel beginning June 1st, 2020, kicked off by a two-day marathon of episodes hand-picked by Burnett. The marathon will be available on Shout! Factory’s website, streaming device channel, Twitch channel, and YouTube channel on May 30th and 31st, 2020. This is the first time the complete series will be available on a streaming platform.
2 - THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW
The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television variety show that ran on CBS from June 20, 1948, to June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan.[1] It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie.[2]
In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.[3] In 2013, the series finished No. 31 in TV Guide Magazine's 60 Best Series of All Time
3 - THE KING OF QUEENS
The show has undertones of the original 1950's TV production "The Honeymooners", starring Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows. Doug (Kevin James) and Carrie Heffernan (Leah Remini) are a working class couple living at "3121 Aberdeen Street" in Rego Park, Queens, New York,[4] along with Carrie's father, Arthur Spooner (Jerry Stiller).[5] Doug works for the fictional International Parcel Service (IPS) as a delivery driver, while Carrie works as a secretary in Manhattan, first for a law firm and later for a real estate firm. Their lives are complicated by the demands of Arthur; so much so that they eventually hire Holly, a professional dog walker, to spend time with him as she walks dogs in the park. Doug Heffernan represents the "everyman" with his love of sports, TV, bad food, and, of course, his wife. His constant scheming and plotting through various hilarious situations leave him to constantly explain himself as his follies backfire.
Also featured on the show are Doug's friends Deacon Palmer, played by Victor Williams, Spence Olchin (Patton Oswalt), and Richie Iannucci (Larry Romano), as well as Doug's cousin, (and real-life brother) Danny Heffernan played by Gary Valentine. Deacon's wife Kelly (Merrin Dungey) is Carrie's best friend, having met through the relationship her husband has with Deacon Palmer.
Most scenes take place in the Heffernans' home, but other common locations include Doug and Carrie's workplaces, the restaurant "Cooper's" and the residences of friends and family. While locations seen during the theme-song were filmed in areas surrounding New York, the series was filmed in California.
The show begins after Doug and Carrie have already married, and how they met is slightly unclear due to continuity issues. In one flashback episode, "Meet By-Product", Doug meets Carrie when he is a bouncer at a nightclub that Carrie attends. However, in another episode, "Road Rayge", Carrie reflects on a song that she says Doug asked her to dance to when they were in junior high school.
4 - Seinfeld
Is an American sitcom television series created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld for NBC. As a comedian rising in popularity in the late 1980s, Seinfeld was presented with an opportunity to create a show with NBC. Seinfeld asked fellow comedian and friend Larry David to help create a premise for a sitcom.[1] The show stars Seinfeld as a fictionalized version of himself, and mostly focuses on his personal life with a handful of friends and acquaintances, including best friend George Costanza (Jason Alexander), friend and former girlfriend Elaine Benes (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and neighbor across the hall Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards). Seinfeld is set predominantly in an apartment building in Manhattan's Upper West Side in New York City. It is often described as being "a show about nothing", as many of its episodes are about the minutiae of daily life.[2]
Seinfeld was produced by West-Shapiro Productions and Castle Rock Entertainment and ran from 1989 to 1998. In syndication, the series is distributed by Sony Pictures Television. It was largely written by David and Seinfeld with script writers who included Larry Charles, Peter Mehlman, Gregg Kavet, Carol Leifer, David Mandel, Jeff Schaffer, Steve Koren, Jennifer Crittenden, Tom Gammill, Max Pross, Dan O'Keefe, Charlie Rubin, Marjorie Gross, Alec Berg, Elaine Pope, and Spike Feresten. A favorite among critics, the series led the Nielsen ratings in seasons six and nine, and finished among the top two (with NBC's ER) every year from 1994 to 1998. Only two other shows have finished their runs at the top of the ratings, I Love Lucy and The Andy Griffith Show.[3]
Seinfeld is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential sitcoms of all time. It has been ranked among the best television shows of all time in publications such as Entertainment Weekly,[4] Rolling Stone,[5] and TV Guide.[6][7] The show's most renowned episodes include "The Chinese Restaurant", "The Parking Garage",[8] and "The Contest".[9] In 2013, the Writers Guild of America voted it the No. 2 Best Written TV Series of All Time (second to The Sopranos).[10] E! named the series the "Number 1 reason the '90s ruled",[11] and quotes from numerous episodes have become catchphrases in American popular culture
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