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Perfect Strangers (1986)
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Perfect Strangers is an American sitcom that ran for eight seasons from March 25, 1986, to August 6, 1993, on the ABC television network. Created by Dale McRaven, the series chronicles the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton and his distant cousin from eastern Mediterranean Europe, Balki Bartokomous.
Originally airing on Tuesdays for the short six-episode first season in the spring of 1986, it moved to Wednesdays in prime time in the fall of 1986. It remained on Wednesdays until March 1988, when it was moved to Fridays. The show found its niche there as the anchor for ABC's original TGIF Friday-night lineup, though it aired on Saturdays for a short time in 1992.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, game show, offbeat, feel good, realistic, not serious, slapstick, buddy comedy
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
friendship, odd couple, problem solving, team, racist, newspaper, weirdo, greek, fish out of water, friends, misfit, family relations, society, partner, disorder, silly humor, buddies, goofy hero, immigrant, innocence, cousin, roommate, cousin cousin relationship, idealism, get rich quick scheme ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
chicago, fictional island, usa, illinois
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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sitcom, humorous, offbeat, not serious, game show
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Plot:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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41%
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Duration: 30 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Style:
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