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Joseph Kearns plays George Bailey in this episode and references having a wife named Martha. Joseph would go on to have more fame playing another George (Wilson) with a wife named Martha on Dennis the Menace a couple of years later!

Really underrated show, I didn't give it a chance back in the day and randomly turned on an episode streaming a few days ago. Not ground breaking or elite, but worthwhile and enjoyable. Just as good as many series that got 5-6 seasons, even if a bit formulaic. Has a lot of really great comedians and talents guest star. When folks from other indie hits (like Arested Development, Episodes, Waiting, and many others) are involved, it's probably pretty good. Writing is exceptional, acting is acceptable.

Came across this on Hulu and saw Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines in the graphic and set it aside to watch. I liked a lot of Crystal's stuff, from Soap to SNL to his many, many movies. I was aware of Gregory Hines and saw him in a handful of things as a kid, but always thought of him as a tap dancer that could act. I was a little surprised to see him top billed over Crystal in this film, but after watching it, it was well deserved. Both carried a fairly cookie-cutter script (C level to me) and turned it into an A- movie in my book (my amateur scale has an A- as the highest good actors can carry a bad script so theres room for ratings with good actors with good scripts a little above). Overall, an enjoyable film and better than a lot better known buddy cop movies of the era!