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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueGordon Feester runs a 24-hour convenience store, where something amusing is always going on.Gordon Feester runs a 24-hour convenience store, where something amusing is always going on.Gordon Feester runs a 24-hour convenience store, where something amusing is always going on.
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I thought this was a hysterical TV show! I wish it would have lasted longer!! It was about a convenience store, like AM/PM and they were open all night(hence the title), and it was a Mom and Dad and their adult son! The family actually lived above the store! So, funny! The son was a total idiot, but he made the show!! They should make more like it!
The writers of this show were 5 years ahead of the pack, the timing between Feester and his step son was great. The acting in general was great. I wish it would have gone on to bigger and better things but unfortunately it did not. It was pulled off the year after a season.It was the kind of show that made you realize that a comedic situation can occur anywhere. It all took place in Gordon Feester's 24 hour convenience store. For some reason I can recall that it was in Connecticut or somewhere "close" to New York City.(similar to a 7-11) slight tensions between step-father and step-son added to comedy as Gordon had to play the cards he was dealt, with a servant-like step-son. I can't remember the Mom that much, but I am sure she was good as well. I also remember the theme song being stuck in my head for a couple of years; it was memorable and incorporated the characters names in it.
This was one of those 'summer filler' shows that networks used to use when it really wanted to dump a series by eliminating reruns.
It was stupid. It was stupid in a funny way. It was not slapstick, it was not sight gags, it was not skit/ensemble comedy.
The Feesters lived in the flat above their "364 Store", which is essentially a 7-11. The son, Terry, was from his wife Susan's first marriage, and the father, Gordon, was stuck with him. Terry was every 'failed to launch' post-college hanger-on you've ever known, who refused to leave the nest, with a mother who would kill to keep him tied to her apron strings.
Gordon just wanted to make a living. He and his sole employee, Robin, were the only sane people in the store, and Gordon wasn't too sure about him...
Scenes to remember: The son being released from the freezer unit, describing how he survived the imprisonment by digesting a frozen 10-pound roast...whole.
The orange chutney episode...and the consequences.
The lawsuit, one with a closing argument consisting of a saxophone solo.
The snakes...and just where _were_ they?
The show would never change the world, cure cancer or cause the planets to align into the Answer Of The Secrets of the Universe...
But it is simply entertainment, and probably would have lasted a full two seasons were it not for network executive stupidity.
I doubt it will ever make it to DVD, and my VHS tape of all episodes was lost in a nasty break-up...but as much as my memories playing in my head may seem a lot more funny than if you watched it, I think you will find out that this is not a "funny" that fits the mainstream definition.
It was a good summer, and one with fond and funny memories from a show that didn't fit into some studio exec's idea of "sitcom".
If you know anyone with a set or copies, catch at least two episodes, and if you can catch what I mean about it not being a 'normal' comedy program.
It was stupid. It was stupid in a funny way. It was not slapstick, it was not sight gags, it was not skit/ensemble comedy.
The Feesters lived in the flat above their "364 Store", which is essentially a 7-11. The son, Terry, was from his wife Susan's first marriage, and the father, Gordon, was stuck with him. Terry was every 'failed to launch' post-college hanger-on you've ever known, who refused to leave the nest, with a mother who would kill to keep him tied to her apron strings.
Gordon just wanted to make a living. He and his sole employee, Robin, were the only sane people in the store, and Gordon wasn't too sure about him...
Scenes to remember: The son being released from the freezer unit, describing how he survived the imprisonment by digesting a frozen 10-pound roast...whole.
The orange chutney episode...and the consequences.
The lawsuit, one with a closing argument consisting of a saxophone solo.
The snakes...and just where _were_ they?
The show would never change the world, cure cancer or cause the planets to align into the Answer Of The Secrets of the Universe...
But it is simply entertainment, and probably would have lasted a full two seasons were it not for network executive stupidity.
I doubt it will ever make it to DVD, and my VHS tape of all episodes was lost in a nasty break-up...but as much as my memories playing in my head may seem a lot more funny than if you watched it, I think you will find out that this is not a "funny" that fits the mainstream definition.
It was a good summer, and one with fond and funny memories from a show that didn't fit into some studio exec's idea of "sitcom".
If you know anyone with a set or copies, catch at least two episodes, and if you can catch what I mean about it not being a 'normal' comedy program.
Amazing! 35+ years later, I remember something from such an obscure show.
Gordon is complaining that Susan's neer-do-well ex is back on the scene, and that he'll never change from being a jerk.
Bubba Smith says with perfect dryness:
"People do change. Look at me - 15 years ago, I was a little white man from Switzerland!"
Gordon is complaining that Susan's neer-do-well ex is back on the scene, and that he'll never change from being a jerk.
Bubba Smith says with perfect dryness:
"People do change. Look at me - 15 years ago, I was a little white man from Switzerland!"
The episode I just referenced was written by Merrill Markoe and featured a guest shot by her then-boyfriend David Letterman, a few months before he started on NBC.
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- AnecdotesThis was the US TV version of the hugely successful British sitcom, Open All Hours which ran for four seasons on the BBC between 1976 and 1985.
- ConnexionsReferenced in Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)
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