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A former pro football player moves back to his Arkansas childhood hometown to coach the high school football team.A former pro football player moves back to his Arkansas childhood hometown to coach the high school football team.A former pro football player moves back to his Arkansas childhood hometown to coach the high school football team.
- Won 2 Primetime Emmys
- 9 wins & 33 nominations total
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- TriviaBurt Reynolds said the most fun he ever had in his whole career was working on this show.
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Dr. Harlan Elldridge: He had a splinter, in his butt, the size of a Louisville Slugger.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991)
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This show wasn't on long enough to make a huge impression, and that's bizarre, because it had more than its share of ingredients for success.
It was a comedy that tended to go between "situational" and "outright humor". It was just a bit short of the boisterousness of "Coach", for example, and perhaps a bit more eccentric than "All In the Family".
It's hard to say what the show was about, because it was basically about the "good feeling" of the people. The show was an exercise in "positive reinforcement", but it wasn't dull.
Indeed, the comedy found it's way into the story with one major clown figure and one liner wit from several others.
The one liner wit of Holbrook and Reynolds just reached the right level. One step up would have been annoying. The actors and writers knew just how far to go. With two huge superstars, and a cast of other stars, along with the cleverness, one would have expected the show to continue. It probably was a case of not being able to decide where to go from there in time for the next season. The last episodes gave an ambiguous feeling, like they were searching for a new direction.
It was a comedy that tended to go between "situational" and "outright humor". It was just a bit short of the boisterousness of "Coach", for example, and perhaps a bit more eccentric than "All In the Family".
It's hard to say what the show was about, because it was basically about the "good feeling" of the people. The show was an exercise in "positive reinforcement", but it wasn't dull.
Indeed, the comedy found it's way into the story with one major clown figure and one liner wit from several others.
The one liner wit of Holbrook and Reynolds just reached the right level. One step up would have been annoying. The actors and writers knew just how far to go. With two huge superstars, and a cast of other stars, along with the cleverness, one would have expected the show to continue. It probably was a case of not being able to decide where to go from there in time for the next season. The last episodes gave an ambiguous feeling, like they were searching for a new direction.
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