Surely this nighttime soap spoof with Carol Burnett, Dabney Coleman (and many others) is beloved by a segment of the eldergay set? Carol riding in the back of the station wagon, Gregory Harrison constantly taking off his shirt, Teresa Ganzel (!) as a novice country music star on the rise, many drinks being thrown in faces!
I don’t remember this but it looks great. I’m going to look for it on YouTube
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | March 31, 2021 8:42 PM |
I did one a few years ago.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | March 31, 2021 8:43 PM |
Not to mention Grodin and Garr!
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 31, 2021 8:43 PM |
My mother is from Fresno and left as soon as she turned 18, and pretty much never looked back. Her siblings are total Trumptards (as are most people who live there). It’s just a shitty cow town.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 31, 2021 8:47 PM |
Fun idea. Poor execution.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | March 31, 2021 9:14 PM |
Gregory Harrison was so hot. I wanted to lick his bare chest throughout the run of the series. I loved the scene when Carol Burnett as the wealthy matriarch explained the difference of her position and that of her maid. Carol was a 'Have'. The maid was a 'Have-not'.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | March 31, 2021 10:04 PM |
I'd never heard of it. Looks like something I'd enjoy.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | March 31, 2021 10:10 PM |
Fresno was a parody of Falcon Crest. And Harrison Ford went on to star in Falcon Crest Season 9 as Michael Sharpe.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | March 31, 2021 10:10 PM |
I think I remember the opening, something like Spanish Conquistadors riding through the hills and finding grapes that tasted horrible. Is that right?
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | March 31, 2021 10:13 PM |
OP, I think I liked Modesto more. Possibly Bakersfield.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | March 31, 2021 10:16 PM |
If Carol Burnett was the matriarch of a California raisin farming family, why does she have a southern accent?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | March 31, 2021 10:24 PM |
R13, iffy but possible. Lots of Okies in that area, so possibly some residual Oklahoma accent.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | March 31, 2021 10:27 PM |
I loved it as a young gayling. I remember they reran it a year or so later but added a super phony laugh track that ruined the whole viewing experience the second time around.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | March 31, 2021 10:49 PM |
[Quote] Harrison Ford went on to star in Falcon Crest Season 9 as Michael Sharpe.
I think not.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | March 31, 2021 11:01 PM |
It sounds like when Bond gave way to a bunch of spy spoofs. Parodying something that doesn't take itself seriously usually yields mild entertainment.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | March 31, 2021 11:02 PM |
R15, the laugh track ruined Fresno. The joy of the original broadcast was that it was a parody of so many night time soaps and TV mini series.
The cast played their roles without any winking, nudging, mugging to the audience.
I think it's a show that works only at the time it was created and would amuse people over 50.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | March 31, 2021 11:16 PM |
How does it compare to Garth Marenghi's Darkplace?
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | March 31, 2021 11:17 PM |
[quote]Fresno was a parody of Falcon Crest. And Harrison Ford went on to star in Falcon Crest Season 9 as Michael Sharpe.
It was a parody of 80's primetime soaps in general. Gregory Harrison, not Harrison Ford.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | March 31, 2021 11:23 PM |
Fresno is now the nation's hottest housing market!
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | April 1, 2021 1:44 AM |
R21, really?
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | April 1, 2021 3:47 AM |
As I remember, it wasn't as funny as it could have been, but Carol Burnett is worth watching in anything.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | April 1, 2021 4:49 AM |