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Frank's Place

  • TV Series
  • 1987–1988
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
8.5/10
569
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Frank's Place (1987)
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A professor from Boston runs his late father's New Orleans restaurant.A professor from Boston runs his late father's New Orleans restaurant.A professor from Boston runs his late father's New Orleans restaurant.

  • Creator
    • Hugh Wilson
  • Stars
    • Tim Reid
    • Robert Harper
    • Daphne Reid
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.5/10
    569
    YOUR RATING
    • Creator
      • Hugh Wilson
    • Stars
      • Tim Reid
      • Robert Harper
      • Daphne Reid
    • 36User reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 3 Primetime Emmys
      • 7 wins & 11 nominations total

    Episodes22

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    Tim Reid
    Tim Reid
    • Frank Parrish
    • 1987–1988
    Robert Harper
    Robert Harper
    • Sy 'Bubba' Weisberger
    • 1987–1988
    Daphne Reid
    Daphne Reid
    • Hanna Griffin
    • 1987–1988
    Francesca P. Roberts
    Francesca P. Roberts
    • Anna-May
    • 1987–1988
    Frances E. Williams
    • Miss Marie
    • 1987–1988
    Virginia Capers
    Virginia Capers
    • Bertha Griffin-Lamour
    • 1987–1988
    Tony Burton
    Tony Burton
    • Big Arthur
    • 1987–1988
    Charles Lampkin
    Charles Lampkin
    • Tiger Shepin
    • 1987–1988
    Lincoln Kilpatrick
    Lincoln Kilpatrick
    • Reverend Tyrone Deal
    • 1987–1988
    William Thomas Jr.
    • Cool Charles
    • 1987–1988
    Don Yesso
    Don Yesso
    • Shorty
    • 1987–1988
    Jorga Caye
    • Extra…
    • 1987–1988
    Troy Curvey Jr.
    Troy Curvey Jr.
    • Herbert…
    • 1987–1988
    Ray Oliver
    • Pokie LaCarre
    • 1987
    John Marshall Jones
    John Marshall Jones
    • Gregory
    • 1987–1988
    Hank Rolike
    Hank Rolike
    • Ace…
    • 1987–1988
    Jay Brooks
    • Grand Driver…
    • 1987–1988
    Larenz Tate
    Larenz Tate
    • Other Boy
    • 1987
    • Creator
      • Hugh Wilson
    • All cast & crew
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    clarrain

    One of the all time best

    I still so miss this show. Even more now that there is so little of quality on network television. I rank it with Barney Miller and Frasier in the superiority of its comedy writing. Far and away one of the most intelligent shows ever produced. But then so much more than comedy. So deep and true and human. With wonderful performances by the entire, quirky cast. With real essence of place, which seemed to figure as another character in the overall mix. Such conscience, compassion and heart.

    It is very dispiriting that such high quality entertainment is choked off as very possibly too black, but is followed by such a host of "black" shows so dumbed down, stereotypical, canned and downright silly as to only be able to aspire to mediocrity.

    What a blessing it would be to be able to acquire the episodes on DVD. And/or to get the same dream team together for another stellar effort. I know the characters were only [?] fictional, but they felt so much like friends. COME BACK!!!
    kekebe

    Someone help release Frank's Place on DVD!

    The classiest sitcom ever on television, Frank's Place did not insult the intelligence of the American public, but used humor to make people think and perhaps come away from the thirty minute episode a better person for having watched. Perhaps the most innovative idea was the casting of Don Yesso, who was so fluent in the native tongue of New Orleans that sometimes captioning was used so that viewers could follow the dialogue! Wonderful. I can remember waiting all week for the show to come on, and taping each one, but over the years the tapes were worn out and/or lost. What a shame to not be able to buy this wonderful show on DVD. Someone who has influence, please help those of us who have a jones on for a Frank fix!
    MJBM9119

    One of the (if not THE) best shows on TV

    Frank's Place was loved by both viewers and critics. Too bad sponsors and networks were too jittery about black people as they really are and not as stereotypes. The episode where the "guys" take Ed's body from the funeral home for a night on the town is the funniest ever shown on TV. Even Lucy and Ethel would vote it the best.
    balformatted

    Tremendous

    Fantastic show. As everyone else seems to note, canceled way too soon. Puts shows like NYPD Blue, Six Feet Under, and other critical darlings to shame -- had more depth, cleverness, backwards humor and good, understated acting in a single show than a year's worth of Six Feet Under.

    Definitely leads off the list of "why don't the networks spend the six hours it would take to hire some intern to transfer the tape to DVD and release this oblivion" shows.
    Scritzy

    LA, not L.A., and thank God for it

    Frank's Place is one of my favorite shows. Very underrated, very unappreciated and quite ahead of its time. The episode in which the corpse shows up sitting in the back row at his own funeral, with Bach's marvelously macabre "Toccata in D Minor" as the stinger, is pure genius. The episode in which the homeless man stands at the back door singing "Daaaaaaaaaaayyyyy-OOOOOOOO!" (Harry Belafonte, eat your heart out) is classic. And who could believe that Shorty! The use of subtitles to translate that spicy-as-gumbo Louisiana gush - what a hoot! My husband, whose father was from Louisiana, could always understand every word Shorty said. I had to rely on the subtitles. Why, why, why wasn't this show given a chance? Because it was sensitive, intelligent and enormously funny, that's why. Diversity, the dearth of which is so lamented today, came to TV in 1987 and was shuffled off with less finesse than was the missing corpse. Our loss. TV Land, bring it back! I promise to set my VCR!

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    • Trivia
      According to Tim Reid, Walter Cronkite, who was a member of the board of directors at CBS, told him that the series was cancelled because of the final episode. In "The King of Wall Street", a Wall Street tycoon condemns junk bonds. Laurence Tisch, the CEO of CBS, was offended by this episode because he had bought the network with junk bonds. He demanded that the series be cancelled despite the objections of Cronkite and other board members.
    • Connections
      Featured in The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1988)
    • Soundtracks
      Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
      Performed by Louis Armstrong

      (opening theme)

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    • Release date
      • September 14, 1987 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El local de Frank
    • Production company
      • Viacom Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 30m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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