A weekly primetime newsmagazine that profiled funny, human interest stories. Instead of featuring celebrities, this show searched out humorous individuals, situations and events that highlighted the common man.
Production
Production
Seasons
6 Episodes • Premiered 1979
1. Episode 1
Bloopers News Outtakes, Mom Pop TV station, Sweet Thing, Funny Signs, Yoyo the Trucker, Sherlock Bones, Mark Russell GSA, IRS on Winnings, Love Italian Style, Breslin sneakers, and Typos.
2. Episode 2
Features Car Dealers, Lady Weightlifters, Weightlifting Chiropractor, Typos, Mark Russell Hard Hat, 97 Year Old Editor, Dirt Eater, Stripper for God, Frog Man Brasher, Real Signs, Kudzu, and Love Stuttgart Style.
3. Episode 3
Features Whistling the Star Spangled Banner, Spaceship Ruthie, Ed Ben Elsen, Real Names, Typos, Donkey Basketball, Mark Russell Rich Candidate, Chippendales, Car Dealer Vote, Bryan Bowers, Inventions Perpetual Motion, Motorized Jogger, and more.
4. Episode 4
Features Uniball Trick Shot, Crime and Punishment, Happy Cops, Real Signs, Rowing Ladies, Honeymoon, Vampire Hunter, Jimmy Breslin Harlem, Mad Hugger, Mark Russell Park, Typos, Lady Bodyguards, and Neurotics Anonymous.
5. Episode 5
Features Gas Crisis, Car Plane Bus Man, Fredrick's, Mark Russell ERA, Walking George, Typos, Skip's Wedding, Complex Apartment, Fiddlers Convention, Bureaucracy Bit, Waterloo Ike, Car Dealer Award, Circus Vargas, and 3 Mile Island Letter.
6. Episode 6
Features Cheaper Crude, Carmathon Raft Race, Real Signs, Disco Harry, Senior Disco, Mark Russell Peace Treaty, Turkey Signs, Typos, School for Beggars, Confused, Jimmy Breslin Courts, Chuck Dillinger, Iron Zoo, and Faces.
