Picket Fences 1992-1996

God, "on our team' is the most fucking stupid phrase ever.

No love for Lauren Holly??

Holly Marie Combs played the oldest daughter. She shared a kiss with another woman on a very special episode early in the show.

R1 never learned to throw a ball.

Here is Holly's kiss episode.

Won best drama series at the Emmys twice.

Lauren Holly has a bizzilion entries in IMDB, but all shows I've never seen.

Kathy Baker played the murderous matriarch of a serial killing family on Criminal Minds a couple years ago.

Like Holly Marie Combs, Kathy and Tim Skerritt are always fun to watch. They have a way of rising above a mediocre-bad script.

It was a great series. I never missed an episode.

Am surprised it was never syndicated. Or if it was, they certainly didn't do much advertising for it.

Costas Mandylor was so dreamy. But yes, he was not a great actor.

What are you talking about OP? Baker has over two dozen IMDB credits since 2010.

Ray Walston as the cranky old judge was the true "life of the party" on that show.

[quote]Lauren Holly has a bizzilion entries in IMDB, but all shows I've never seen.

What a loser.

R10, I don't know what came over me. I plead temporary insanity! Get be Atty Wombaugh!

There were a few episodes where Holly's birth mom appeared. That actress looked a lot like what Holly looks like now.

I only saw episodes here and there, my mom loved it, but it seemed to change tone, rather drastically, a few times during its run.

If I recall correctly, it really was running on fumes the last season or possibly two.

What's Fyvush up to nowadays?

It's funny how this show is almost totally forgotten

"People of Rome, do not be alarmed by the swinging mayor" Fyvush Finkle, when the mayor is lifted out of a crashed car in a harness. L

Episode 3

I don't know R17, borscht belt perhaps?

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I had to watch an episode in school once, where the son played by Justin Shenkarow gets shot in school by another classmate. This was 1996, pre-Columbine and the 1997-1998 school shooting sprees, so at the time it seemed like an improbable situation. I don't remember much about the episode (i.e. what caused the shooting), but I do remember they feared the boy may have been paralyzed. There was a dramatic scene where the mother is pricking the boy's feet with a needle until he feels something, then there was a lot of rejoicing. It was cheesy as hell!

Fyvush, now 92, was acting as recently as 2013.

R21, were did you get seasons 2-4? I'm watching season 1 on Amazon, but they don't have seasons 2-4.

Elisabeth Moss, Peggy Olson in Mad Men, was in a few episodes as an obnoxious classmate of the youngest boy.

I'd love to watch it.

Fyvush just sang Tom Lehrer's Vatican Rag. That's the second Lehrer song in two episodes, they must have gotten a bulk deal.

[quote]Costas Mandylor was so dreamy. But yes, he was not a great actor.

WAS is definitely the key word - he looks awful now.

Was the other TL song by the teacher who has some illness R27?

OP - Why do you think Justin Shenkarow is gay?

I just met Costas at a horror movie con and he looked great (those lips are still succulent). He was personable and not as tall as I imagined. We talked about football and I took a photo with him.

I didn't realize that Costas younger brother Louis was Nia Vardalos' hunky brother in MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING.

Didn't Kathy Baker play Joan's long-suffering assistant in "Mommie Dearest"?

Which Mandylor brother played the Catholic priest Samantha fucked on Sex & The City?

Kathy Baker was terrific last winter as the smart ass secretary to Walt Disney in "Saving Mr. Banks".

Fyvush Finkel is always working in NYC, doing off-Broadway plays and cabarets. After Picket Fences, he had a running job as a teacher on David E. Kelley's Boston Public, and then turned up often as a judge on The Practice and Boston Legal.

[quote]Which Mandylor brother played the Catholic priest Samantha fucked on Sex & The City?

That was Costas, and he played a friar,

"Ray Walston as the cranky old judge was the true "life of the party" on that show."

Ray was arrested late in his life for beating his wife.

Howard Stern wanted Fyvush Finkel to play his father in "Private Parts", but Fyvush turned down the role.

Baker won the Emmy 3 years out of 4...

Hell, this show even got Leigh Taylor-Young an Emmy. Back then Michelle P's husband could do no wrong...

Baker would be wonderful on AHS...

Sadly the little boy grew up to be an extremely slutty gay porn star...

Just kidding but he does look like Dakota Wolfe...

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[quote] Was the other Tom Lehrer song by the teacher who has some illness [R27]?

R29, that's right, it was the New Math tune.

[quote] OP - Why do you think Justin Shenkarow is gay?

R30, his IMDb bio pings my gaydar. No mention of a spouse. Just so thing about it.

The best two episodes were on school busing issue

The late Paul Winfield won an Emmy for those episodes.

Justin Shenkarow was on Millionaire matchmaker look for a WOMAN

fun fact Fyvsh Funkel was cast without an audition after David Kelley saw him in the mvie Q & A playing a lawyer.

]quote]I'm watching episode 2, on the Green Bay Chopper right now,

What is a Green Bay Chopper?

If I remember correctly, when it was developed it was influenced a bit by Twins Peaks and the early episodes had more of a quirky small town where sometimes spooky things happen (the Poltergeist lady worked in the office). By the second season, the town was having problems more in line with a bigger city and the show had a different feel (including but not limited to the writing off of the Poltergeist lady).

writing off of the Poltergeist lady happened in season 3 due to budget cuts.

Leigh-Taylor Young was also affected by the cuts as she was dropped as well. But asked back for two guest appearances.

I love that moment when Marlee Matlin (as the town's new mayor) finds the severed head of the previous mayor, holds it up and the first thing she says, "He's cute!" Then a flustered Tom Skerritt insists, "No, he is NOT cute!" The show was filled with weirdly funny little scenes like that.

Just remembered another classic Skerritt line: "I REFUSE to allow cows to give birth to humans in my town!"

P.S., Skeritt's Capt. Dallas was a lot more laid back then Sheriff Brock. I know that Capt. Dallas would allow humans to give birth to cows and wouldn't give it a second thought.

Fyvush did a cabaret show back in March at 54 Below

I was a kid when this show was on and my parents liked it. I remember cow having the human baby storyline and the Poltergeist lady. I can't remember all the details, but there was a storyline, in which a teacher of one of the sheriff's sons was outed as a male to female transsexual.

Justin Shenkarow was in everything back then - I was a tween at the time and had watched him on the kids' show Eerie, Indiana with Omri Katz, who I had a crush on. He was apparently a huge dick on "Millionaire Matchmaker" or whatever it was. I remember some article about it from one of the women involved. I don't think he has worked in years.

Twin Peaks and its eccentric style had permeated everything on TV at that time: sitcoms, dramedies, children's programming. So we had Eerie, Northern Exposure, then shows like Picket Fences. It was all trying to capitalize on the progenitor, TP (which I am so glad is coming back). I think Picket Fences was also another David E. Kelley show. The proto-Ally McBeal. All his shows got too forced "quirky" for their own good, but I did love Kathy Baker and Tom Skerritt. My mother had had a huge thing for Skerritt since Alien and we would watch PF every week.

This was back when Lauren Holly had a career too. It's too bad about her. She was great on the show. Adam Wylie, the youngest boy, still does a lot of TV, voice work and theater and film. He was Jack in the Into the Woods revival on Bway a few years ago. Pings a lot.

Didn't the show end with the Sheriff and his wife getting a divorce? I didn't see it but I heard about it and thought it sounded grim as hell.

r56 -- I thought Northern Exp came first...

"Didn't Kathy Baker play Joan's long-suffering assistant in "Mommie Dearest"?"

Are you thinking of Rutanya Alda?

The vibe is more Northern Exposure than Twin Peaks.

This was another role Lauren Holly got from sleeping around. Sherry Lansing was fucking her in '91, got bored with her and sent her to Alice West as a "surprise" present for her birthday; Lauren delivers a cake to Alice, Alice lets her in, bam, Lauren's wearing nothing but her panties and a come fuck me look, so the story goes. David Kelly would tell that story perhaps bitter that he wasn't the one to casting couch her, and had a season one scene written in around Lauren Holly in a bikini with a birthday cake as an in-joke to humiliate her.

R58 Thank you -- you're right. Not sure why I got them confused.

Lauren Holly is the Medical Examiner on the Canadian series "Motive," which has aired on ABC the past two summers.

Kimberly stuffs her bra in a special episode of Pickett Fences

Costas Mandylor was one hot stud back then.

Adam Wylie, the youngest son, was Jack in Into the Woods in 2002.

Loved the theme music from the show.

Wasn't he also in "110 in the Shade?"

I watched a season or two. I honestly can't remember the show, though.

R62 because of all the runaway production in Canada, Lauren Holly legally became a Canadian citizen.

Any TV or film shooting in Canada must have a certain number of Canadian actors in the cast to qualify for tax breaks.

Because Lauren Holly became a Canadian citizen, she qualifies. And is more likely to get acting jobs in Canadian shot projects than someone non-Canadian.

Why doesn't Tori Spelling try that as well. She would get more acting gigs because of it.

Mellisa Sue Anderson also did that

Where are they now?

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[quote] What is a Green Bay Chopper?

R48, episode 2, he chops off men's hands. He was from Green Bay, WI. It was edgy in its day.

I remember watching the show in 1992. It was so bizarre, it got me hooked on the show. These days, after Dexter and Walking Dead, etc., it's tame.

It was edgy for broadcast TV in its time.

[quote]Didn't the show end with the Sheriff and his wife getting a divorce? I didn't see it but I heard about it and thought it sounded grim as hell.

If it would have gone on another season, I suspect they would have. They had big problems at the end did not appear heading towards reconciliation. When the show got cancelled they did a series finale where it seems like they quickly solved all of the couples problems. It ended with Max and Kenny's wedding and if I remember correctly, the sheriff and his wife danced together and looked like they were going to try to work it out.

What was the source of their problems?

I was sad when the Poltergeist lady fell into her freezer and died.

How did Lauren Holly and Holly Marie Combs get along?

I've wondered about how Lauren Holly was on the Picket Fences set. I remember gossip about her a bitch on movie sets years ago.

[quote] I remember gossip about her a bitch on movie sets years ago.

She didn't pull that stuff because stars Tom Skeritt and Kathy Baker didn't pull that stuff.

She had to follow by example.

bump...great show

Never saw it when it originally aired but bought the first season on DVD and was instantly hooked.

I've been waiting for season 2 forever now but it looks like we will never get it. Not even on Netflix.

I remember the episode where the pope was called as a witness.

Costas' ass is absolutely delicious in this movie. About 22 minute in, you get your first view of his lovely ass.

I wish they would show it on television again.

I was never a regular viewer, but saw a few episodes here and there, and could tell it was a pretty good show.

It would've been a huge hit if CBS didn't relegate it to Friday evenings

"I'm a character!"

I remember one episode that began with Tom Skerritt having acute stomach distress when his wife blindfolded him for him birthday cake and led him to the table. She didn't tell him she had silently gathered all his friends at the table to surprise him, and when she left to get the cake he thought he was all alone, and let some really loud and smelly farts slip. The friends were all grossed out and left loudly, and he was deeply embarrassed.

I think that was the episode that had me stop watching.

One of the best shows ever.

Never missed an episode.

His friends were snowflakes.

I loved this show. I have season 1 on dvd but they never released the other seasons. I wish it was available for streaming

Lauren Holly was underrated.

Kathy Baker was on the first season of Ally McBeal. She played the wife of a professor who Ally slept with. She was looking noticeably older than she had on Pickett Fences.

All 4 seasons have been converted to DVD but they are unavailable. On Amazon anyway. I think they have them on Ebay

Kathy Baker recently played the mom on a show, called ‘I’m Sorry.’ It was on TruTV in 2017 and I think it is coming back in 2019. It was pretty funny.

Kathy Baker was fabulous in PF.

It was a treat to see her as the grandma on "I'm Sorry" — she was so cute and funny in the part and looked great. I have no idea why she wasn't taken under the wing of Ryan Murphy or Alan Poul or some such and given consistent parts in their shows for the last decade.

Adam Wylie starred in a musical called "Yankee Doodle Dandy" a few months ago ... one of his co-stars was DL icon David Pevsner!

R93 lauren Holly was my first girl crush back in the 90’s. Does anyone have any stories about her? I loved her in the Bruce Lee Story, Dumb and Dumber, Beautiful Girls, ,any Given Sunday etc. the new plastic-surgeried Hallmark movie making Lauren Holly not so much.

Picket Fences was one of the best 90’s TV shows. Seasons 1-3 pushed the envelope of topics back in the day in a ln always quirky matter—plus it was the perfect mix of cop, Medical, law and family show. I loved Holly Marie Combs as the level -headed Kimberly as well. Season 4 sucked because David E.Kelley stopped writing for the show to work more on the new Chicago Hope and develop other series. I still think this and The Practice are his two best shows.

I dearly love The Practice, and the related Boston Legal. Thank goodness Hulu now has all seasons of The Practice so I can overload on weekends!

The first show I stumbled upon in the early 1990s was the one where the kids found a severed hand, and I was hooked.

I just rented episode 1 recently, and it was awful.

I loved and still remember the episode where the eldest boy asked his mother, Kathy Bates, if their family had “too much drama”. Then he listed a series of over the top high points of many episodes, like said hand. She had her back to him and cringed, and calmly said “well, every family has its problems.” It was hysterical dry humor with perfect timing. Loved the cringe.

This wom’s channel has most of seasons 2,3,4 and the highest quality on You Tube. Also you can order the whole series on Ioffer for around $30 . Totally worth it.

*woman’s channel