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The Player: Directed by Michael Lessac. With Tom Arnold, Dennis Boutsikaris, Alison La Placa, Breckin Meyer. Grant sells a screenplay, but Jackie meddles and eventually gets to play Grant's father.
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- Comedy
- Michael Lessac
- 1993-02-09
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The Jackie Thomas Showfollows a former stand-up comic turned television star Jackie Thomas (Tom Arnold) as he deals with the drama on his failing tv show who is known for constantly firing production staff. Throughout the series, the office staff must put up with Jackie's antics.
While The Jackie Thomas Show aired right after Roseanne, many viewers could not relate to the issues in The Jackie Thomas Show as opposed to the issues in Roseanne. At the time, there was a lot of hatred towards Tom Arnold and Roseanne Barr, and many feel the show was review bombed with negative reviews in order to take it off the air. Despite nume...
Although the cult following the show has since garnered, only a few clips of The Jackie Thomas Showhave emerged. No reruns of the show ever aired after its cancellation. On May 22, 2021, converted VHS recordings of 17 of the 18 episodes were uploaded to YouTube. However, episode 16 remains lost as of the writing of this article.
Tom Arnold as Jackie ThomasAlison LaPlaca as Laura MillerDennis Boutsikaris as Jerry HarperMichael Boatman as Grant WatsonThe Jackie Thomas Show is an American sitcom that aired on the ABC network from December 1992 to March 1993. The series received widespread attention due to its creators Roseanne Arnold, then starring in the fifth season of her comedy Roseanne, and her then-husband and Roseanne co-producer Tom Arnold.
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Jackie Thomas is a stand-up comic who rocketed to fame in his own show, and gained enough power to choose his own writers and creates havoc for the network. Unfortunately, he's a terrible actor and the show isn't much better. But it's a ratings success, so Jackie is a sacred cow.
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When Jackie's sitcom wraps for the season he brings the crew to his hometown In Iowa to film a television special about his life.
