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5.8/10   86 votes
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Creator:

Mike White
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Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Ben, a student, moves into a Beverly Hills family's guest house. Every family member seems to act crazier than the next, even though they look like a picture-perfect family.

Awards:

1 nomination more

User Comments:

Honestly - I want the DVD more (5 total)


Cast

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Jake Sandvig ... Preston Shackleton (12 episodes, 2004-2006)

Molly Shannon ... Lesley Shackleton (7 episodes, 2004-2006)

Christopher McDonald ... Ted Shackleton (7 episodes, 2004-2006)

Caitlin Wachs ... Chloe Shackleton (7 episodes, 2004-2006)

David Walton ... Liam Connor (7 episodes, 2004-2006)

Jason Schwartzman ... Ben Baxter (6 episodes, 2004-2006)

Bret Loehr ... Tanner Shackleton (6 episodes, 2004-2006)
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Additional Details

Runtime:

USA:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

12 Episodes were produced for this show but only 9 episodes got to air because the show later got canceled with 4 unaired episodes. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Family Guy: North by North Quahog (#4.1)" (2005) more


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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Honestly - I want the DVD, 2 July 2006
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Author: joekvnews from Yakima, WA

Unfortunately, I only saw about 4 episodes before the show was moved around, canceled or lost. But this show had a lot of things that made "Arrested Development" so popular - though perhaps a degree of anarchy that killed it. Mike White ("School of Rock", "Orange County", "The Good Girl") writes/directs with the usual blend of wit, irony and character-based storytelling. Jason Schwartzman does his best "I Heart Huckabees"-meets-"Charles In Charge" as Ben, a grad student studying the Shackleton family. The Shackletons - with "Mom" played by a neurotic Molly Shannon - are a mess. Ben attempts to bring in sanity and heart. Whether he had any chance, remains to be seen. This show didn't get off the ground, but it deserved a chance. It had enough talent to grow a heart - it just needed another half-season.

Plus, if you haven't seen the episode with Jack Black as a drug counselor, you're missing a great piece of work. Hilarious.

Please bring this to DVD - at least the treatment given to other short-lived series like the nice package of "God, The Devil and Bob" or (the dream), something like "Freaks and Geeks" or "Firefly".

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