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5 February 1977 (USA) moreGenre:
ComedyPlot:
A grumpy New York cop and his wife adopt five rowdy foster children. full summaryAwards:
Won Primetime Emmy. moreNewsDesk:
Matt Lauer Meets His Lookalike: Abe Vigoda(From PEOPLE.com. 23 January 2009, 6:45 AM, PST)
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Not far enough to sustain more (7 total)Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 8 of 13) | Abe Vigoda | ... | Det. Phil Fish / ... (35 episodes, 1977-1978) |
| Florence Stanley | ... | Bernice Fish / ... (35 episodes, 1977-1978) |
| Len Bari | ... | Mike (35 episodes, 1977-1978) |
 | Todd Bridges | ... | Loomis / ... (35 episodes, 1977-1978) |
| John Cassisi | ... | Victor / ... (35 episodes, 1977-1978) |
| Barry Gordon | ... | Charlie Harrison (35 episodes, 1977-1978) |
| Denise Miller | ... | Jilly / ... (35 episodes, 1977-1978) |
| Sarah Natoli | ... | Diane / ... (35 episodes, 1977-1978) |
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I watched this show when it was originally broadcast. Although it was cute, it didn't quite have the oomph to be a sustainable series. I love Abe Vigoda's look, especially his long-suffering, sad-eyed expression, but it was hard to hang a whole show around his character. Fish was better as a supporting role.
Although Bernice provided the nurturing for the kids, Fish loudly claimed to dislike them and long for a quieter life. My favorite quote from the show was when he blew out the candles on a birthday cake. The girl asked, "Did ya get ya wish, Mista Fish?" and he replied, "NO, you're ALL STILL HERE!"
Although later shows managed to center a sitcom around a negative character, such as Dabney Coleman ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001056 ) in Buffalo Bill ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084992 ), or the puppet alien in ALF ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090390 ), these succeeded because the bad boy was SO extremely bad that you couldn't help laughing. Quietly grumbling Fish with a (well hidden) soft side just didn't go far enough to grab and hold an audience.