Love American Style

TV Movie
1999
1h

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Unsold pilot for a revival of the classic series.Unsold pilot for a revival of the classic series.Unsold pilot for a revival of the classic series.

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7.6/10

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Trivia
This was the pilot for a remake of Love, American Style (1969), for the 1998-1999 television season but it was not ordered into a series. Nevertheless, ABC aired the pilot on February 20, 1999.

Quotes
Jill: Are you sure he's not gay?
Wendy: Oh, I'm positive. The girl that set us up slept with him once.
Jill: And if he's so great, why isn't she still with him?
Wendy: Because she realized she's gay. No, not from him, it'd been coming for a while!

Connections
Follows Love, American Style (1969)

I used to love Love American style when I was a kid, and when this pilot for a revival turned up on TV, I watched it and was delighted that it was just as good as the original.

It was, as best I can recall (and it was 25 years ago, so I don't recall much) both as funny as the original show and had the surprising depth relative to other multi-story comedies like The Love Boat.

Alas, the powers that be didn't appreciate the show, which is a terrible shame. Ultimately the show is one of those tragic could-have-beens. Perhaps it was the wrong show for the time, or perhaps network executives are idiots (my theory). Ah well.