The premise entailed Jessica sending Benson off to help her inept cousin, Governor James Gatling (James Noble), run the Governor’s mansion. ABC spun the character off into the title role in Benson, debuting on September 13, 1979. His scene-stealing portrayal of the acerbic character resulted in his winning a Best Supporting Actor Emmy (he would be nominated five more times as Best Actor, winning another statuette in 1985). Robert Guillaume played one of the most popular supporting characters on Soap, as the insolent butler to wacky Jessica Tate (the brilliant Katherine Helmond, who makes a guest appearance this season). The DVD will be available for $29.95 SRP.
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The exclusive bonus materials include a video introduction by Guillaume, a Benson series retrospective, and a photo gallery. The collection features all 24 politically-flavored episodes from the long-running comedy series’ first season in a three-disc set. Gives New Meaning to the Phrase “The Butler Did It”ĭVD Debuts July 24 Featuring 24 Episodes on Three-DiscsĬulver City, CA (May 14, 2007) – Created by television powerhouse Susan Harris (TV’s “The Golden Girls”) and starring five-time Emmy nominee Robert Guillaume, Benson: The Complete First Season makes its DVD debut on July 24 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. While it may be tame by today's standards, it was clearly a pioneer that paved the way for a lot of today's programming.The latest sitcom news, message boards, photos, links, theme songs, and more!īuy Benson - The Complete First Season on DVDīuy Benson - The Complete Second Season on DVDīuy Benson - The Complete First Season (Mill Creek) on DVDīuy Benson - The Complete Second Season (Mill Creek) on DVDīuy Benson - Seasons 1 & 2 (Mill Creek) on DVD Even 20+ years later, this show will not disappoint. Burt being abducted by aliens, burt thinking he can make himself invisible by snapping his fingers, jessica being captured by central american freedom fighters, jodie's baby being possessed by satan, etc. Most of the plotlines were like something out of a supermarket tabloid which always added to the hilarity of the show.
The writing and jokes were also timeless.This show was designed to take a direct pot shot at the absurdity of modern soap operas, and it hit it's mark perfectly.
The cast (which includes billy crystal) was perfect.everyone played their roles so believably that you truly feel like you are watching a real dysfunctional family. There was Jodie, the homosexual that was always unsure of his own sexuality Chuck, the shy ventriloquist that always carried around his dummy Bob, whom Chuck thought was real, and there was NOTHING he wouldn't say Burt, the delusional construction worker who had frequent encounters with the paranormal Danny, the dimwit son of Burt that was mixed up in the mafia and later became a deputy sheriff Chester, the wall street financier who slept with every woman in town except his own wife and on and on. The characters were not the bland, shallow, unimaginitive figures you see on tv today. A few years ago, I managed to catch this show on Comedy Central, and I have to admit that it is quite possibly the finest sitcom ever created. I do remember a lot of controversy about it, and that some stations chose to air it late rather than during primetime, because they thought it too racy. Truthfully, i was too young to remember this show when it originally aired back in the late 70's.
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