Oh Madeline
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| Oh Madeline | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Tom Werner Marcy Carsey |
| Directed by | J.D. Lobue |
| Starring | Madeline Kahn James Sloyan Louis Giambalvo Jesse Welles Francine Tacker |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 18 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Tom Werner Marcy Carsey |
| Producer(s) | Irma Kalish |
| Running time | 22 mins. (approx) |
| Production company(s) | Carsey-Werner Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | September 27, 1983 – March 13, 1984 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Pig in the Middle |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
Oh Madeline is an American sitcom starring Madeline Kahn which was broadcast on ABC from September 27, 1983 to March 13, 1984.
Overview
The show revolves around Madeline Wayne, a housewife bored after 10 years of marriage to Charlie, a sweet but square man who made his living writing steamy romance novels under the name Crystal Love. Madeline's best friend was Doris, a timid divorcee previously married to Charlie's best friend, a middle-aged swinger named Bob. Annie was Charlie's amorous editor.
Madeline, bored with her predictable, sedate existence in a middle-class suburb, and wanting to put some zest back in into her life, decides to try every trendy diversion that she can find - such as seaweed-based health foods, exercise clubs, and "ladies only" clubs featuring male strippers. The show contained a lot of slapstick comedy, as well as marital misunderstandings in the tradition of I Love Lucy. It is also noted as being the first television show produced by Carsey-Werner Productions.
Cast
- Madeline Kahn — Madeline Wayne
- James Sloyan — Charlie Wayne
- Louis Giambalvo — Robert Leone
- Jesse Welles — Doris Leone
- Francine Tacker — Annie McIntyre
- Randee Heller — Faye
Episodes
| Nº | Title | Director | Written by | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "That Was No Lady" | J.D. Lobue | Irma Kalish | September 27, 1983 |
| Madeline creates a mess when she is trapped in the bathroom of Doris's ex-husband during a clandestine mission to help Doris retrieve her diary. | ||||
| 2 | "Mummy Dearest" | J.D. Lobue | Neal Marlens | October 4, 1983 |
| At a masquerade party, Doris accuses Madeline of flirting with her husband when she mistakes him for Charlie in a mummy costume. | ||||
| 3 | "Portrait of the Artist with a Young Man" | J.D. Lobue | TBA | October 18, 1983 |
| Madeline signs up for a pottery class and befriends a young student, Tony (Franc Luz), unaware of his amorous intentions. | ||||
| 4 | "All the World's a Stage" | J.D. Lobue | TBA | October 25, 1983 |
| Madeline tries to convince a new friend that her acting partner at the community playhouse is actually her husband. | ||||
| 5 | "Book of Love" | J.D. Lobue | Bruce Ferber & David Lerner | November 1, 1983 |
| Madeline is shocked to find Charlie in a romantic pose with an actress (Trisha Noble) whose memoirs recount her long-ago affair with him. | ||||
| 6 | "To Ski or Not to Ski" | J.D. Lobue | Cindy Begel & Lesa Kite | November 8, 1983 |
| After she forces a reluctant Charlie to go on a ski weekend together, Madeline tries to keep him from finding out that she has injured her ankle in a skiing accident. | ||||
| 7 | "Madeline Acts Forward at the Retreat" | J.D. Lobue | TBA | November 22, 1983 |
| After Madeline criticizes an egotistical novelist (Jeffrey Tambor), he becomes passionately obsessed with her. | ||||
| 8 | "Chances Are" | J.D. Lobue | Cindy Begel and Lesa Kite | November 29, 1983 |
| Madeline believes that singer Johnny Mathis is actually a celebrity impersonator that Robert hired to perform at her high school reunion. | ||||
| 9 | "The Write Stuff" | J.D. Lobue | Barton Dean | December 6, 1983 |
| Madeline ropes Doris into a wacky plan to retrieve every copy of a newspaper edition that she believes contains an article that is damaging to Charlie's career. | ||||
| 10 | "Sisters" | J.D. Lobue | Richard Rosenstock & Roy Teicher, Barton Dean & Neal Marlens | December 13, 1983 |
| Madeline's long-lost sister Joyce (Melanie Chartoff) comes to visit and sets her romantic sights on Robert and Charlie. | ||||
| 11 | "Ah, Wilderness" | J.D. Lobue | Robert Sternin & Prudence Fraser | January 3, 1984 |
| Madeline and Charlie end up in jail when they help an innocent-looking man while on a camping trip. | ||||
| 12 | "Monday Night Madeline" | J.D. Lobue | Barton Dean | January 10, 1984 |
| Madeline becomes personally involved in a wrestling match after landing a job as a television sports commentator. | ||||
| 13 | "The Lady and the Lamp" | J.D. Lobue | Richard Rosenstock & Roy Teicher, Barton Dean & Neal Marlens | January 17, 1984 |
| Madeline panics when she wakes up in Robert's bed with a hangover and no recollection of what happened the night before. | ||||
| 14 | "Things That Go Bump in the Night" | J.D. Lobue | Lisa A. Bannick | January 24, 1984 |
| Madeline makes a valiant effort to protect Robert from his girlfriend's jealous ex-boyfriend on the same night a burglar strikes. | ||||
| 15 | "My Mother the Carnal" | J.D. Lobue | Neal Marlens | January 31, 1984 |
| Madeline is shocked when she discovers her prim-and-proper mother (Geraldine Fitzgerald) had an affair with a stand-up comedian (Bill Macy) several years ago. | ||||
| 16 | "Ladies' Night Out" | J.D. Lobue | Austin & Irma Kalish | February 21, 1984 |
| On a night out with Doris and Faye, Madeline dances with male strippers and then loses a fortune in money at a gambling casino. | ||||
| 17 | "Play Crystal for Me" | J.D. Lobue | Robert Sternin & Prudence Fraser, Barton Dean & Neal Marlens | February 28, 1984 |
| Madeline disguises herself as a flamboyant authoress so she can appear on a TV talk show with a competing romance novelist (Charles Ludlam), who is a man posing as a woman. | ||||
| 18 | "A Little Fight Music" | J.D. Lobue | Robert Sternin & Prudence Fraser | March 13, 1984 |
| Faye invites Madeline to perform in a concert staged by the community theater, but Madeline gets stage fright and is unable to sing during the audition. | ||||
Syndication
Oh Madeline briefly aired on USA Network in the early 1990s.
Awards and nominations
Kahn was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series in 1984, losing to Joanna Cassidy for the series Buffalo Bill.
External links
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Categories:
- Use mdy dates from June 2013
- 1983 American television series debuts
- 1984 American television series endings
- 1980s American television series
- 1980s American comedy television series
- American Broadcasting Company network shows
- English-language television programming
- Television series by Carsey-Werner Productions
