# short-lived sitcoms **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559 "2009-02-12T17:40:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![satin\_doll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@satin\_doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/satin_doll)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/1 "2009-02-12T17:40:03Z")
Does anyone remember a (very) short-lived sitcom that starred Dweezl and MoonUnit Zappa? I’m not sure if it was the late '60’s or early '70’s—all I can remember is that they did play brother and sister on the show–that or I dreamt up the whole show— ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/2 "2009-02-12T17:42:32Z")
Moonunit was born in 1967 and Dweezil in 1969, so they’d have been _very_ young… ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/3 "2009-02-12T17:42:43Z")
Here’s her filmography: > **[Moon Unit Zappa | Actress, Writer, Additional Crew](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0953262/)** > > Known for: National Lampoon's European Vacation, Normal Life, Love Always ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/4 "2009-02-12T17:42:55Z")
> [@satin\_doll](#): > > Does anyone remember a (very) short-lived sitcom that starred Dweezl and MoonUnit Zappa? I’m not sure if it was the late '60’s or early '70’s—all I can remember is that they did play brother and sister on the show–that or I dreamt up the whole show— They were born in 67 and 69 and neither of them appear in IMDB’s list until the mid 80’s. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/5 "2009-02-12T17:45:12Z")
IMDB lists “Normal Life” as having both of them in it. > **[Normal Life (TV Series 1990) ⭐ 6.7 | Comedy](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098877/)** > > 30m ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/6 "2009-02-12T17:47:08Z")
Too late. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/7 "2009-02-12T17:47:49Z")
[And here it is!](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098877/fullcredits#cast) Wow, I’m usually pretty good at short-lived shows, but I don’t remember this one. ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/8 "2009-02-12T17:49:36Z")
Apparently they played siblings in a short-lived series called [Normal Life](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098877/fullcredits#cast) in 1990. Could that be what you’re thinking of? And yeah, I know it’s already been posted, but I did all that work, damn it! ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/9 "2009-02-12T17:55:02Z")
Eisenhower and Lutz- a comedy about a small Florida (?) law practice. It’s of note to me because it had a young actor named Leo Geter that I knew from Hanover College. Woody deserves his success, but I wish Leo & Clint Allen also had broken out. ---
**Author:** ![satin\_doll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@satin\_doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/satin_doll)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/10 "2009-02-12T18:24:48Z")
Thank you all for answering my question–geez:1990’ eh? Time sure does fly, etc. Thanks again… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/11 "2009-02-12T18:40:49Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Eisenhower and Lutz- a comedy about a small Florida (?) law practice. It’s of note to me because it had a young actor named Leo Geter that I knew from Hanover College. > > Woody deserves his success, but I wish Leo & Clint Allen also had broken out. You mention Eisenhower and Lutz, but not the two main stars who later broke into long-lasting television fame? Scott Bakula and Patricia Richardson. I remember another short-lived series which produced nine episodes, but only had four aired. [Working Stiffs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_Stiffs_(TV_series)) priemered in 1979 and starred Jim Belushi and Michael Keaton as brothers who owned a janitorial service. It was sort of a male equivalent of Laverne and Shirley. Paul Reubens appeared in a couple of episodes, playing a Pee Wee Herman-type of character called Heimlich. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/12 "2009-02-12T19:27:03Z")
All three of Harriet Sansom Harris’s (best known probably as Frasier’s agent Bebe Glaser) turns as a semi-main character were short-lived: _The Five Mrs. Buchanans_, _Union Square_ and _It’s All Relative_. ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/13 "2009-02-12T20:39:00Z")
Anybody ever see Cupid with Jeremy Piven? Only lasted 15 episodes but I kinda liked it. Junk food for the brain. And Lisa Loeb was in it. I just found out on IMDB that they’re remaking it. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/14 "2009-02-12T20:43:40Z")
This is the second thread today that I have a chance to mention [Best of the West](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_of_the_West). I haven’t mentioned it in decades, and I’ll probably never get another chance to mention it twice in one day. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/15 "2009-02-12T21:00:30Z")
> [@velvetjones](#): > > Anybody ever see Cupid with Jeremy Piven? Only lasted 15 episodes but I kinda liked it. Junk food for the brain. And Lisa Loeb was in it. > I just found out on IMDB that they’re remaking it. Yes, with Bobby Cannavale! I’ve been basically sitting here since finding out, with my palms doing the ‘weighing scales’ thing, thinking, “Jeremy Piven? Bobby Cannavale? Jeremy Piven? Bobby Cannavale? Jeremy Piven? Bobby Cannavale?” ---
**Author:** ![bathsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@bathsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bathsheba)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/16 "2009-02-12T21:09:16Z")
[The High Life.](http://www.comedy.org.uk/guide/tv/the_high_life/) And because I have a thing for strange britcoms, [Gimme, Gimme, Gimme.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167599/plotsummary) ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/17 "2009-02-12T21:40:40Z")
Considering it was created by Mel Brooks, you’d think there be more than this one brief clip online for [When Things Were Rotten](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InicU68nSwc) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/18 "2009-02-12T21:46:05Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > Considering it was created by Mel Brooks, you’d think there be more than this one brief clip online for [When Things Were Rotten](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InicU68nSwc) Great show! Remember Quark? A few years back, there was a show about a guy that went back in time to relive his junior high days, but he could change things for the better and not become such a loser this time around. It was called Do Over, and lasted maybe 6 episodes. About all I remember is him trying to convince his father to buy stock in Intel, but his father insisted on investing in Betamax instead. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/19 "2009-02-12T21:50:54Z")
This is a thread to mention [E/R](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E/R). The first one with George Clooney. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559/20 "2009-02-12T22:28:24Z")
And it’s worth mentioning _The Tortellis_, a three-episode show about Carla’s scuzzy ex-husband and his new wife, and the first spin-off of _Cheers_, years before the _Frasier_ juggernaut. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-lived-sitcoms/485559.md?page=2)