COMEDY (CONTINUED)
1980-1989
A Special Relationship (1989) - She may be leaving him, but she's not leaving the house.
Half A Mind (1989) - The Odd Couple meets P.T. Barnum. Siamese twins joined at the brain are separated, resulting in one unkempt creative brother and another orderly logician.
The Brides Of March (1989) - Something strange is happening in a quiet neighborhood outside of Allenberg. The lives of the neighborhood men will never be the same.
Madame Sheriff (1988) - What happens when the head madame at the Dodge City brothel becomes a Sheriff?
Kareem Of The Crop (1988) - Kareem Abdul-Jabar gives up his basketball career to start a farm.
Saving Grace (1988) - She doesn't love him, but she'll marry him... for a kidney.
Car Radio (1988) - Unbeknownst to the cab drivers, the dispatcher, Tony, is also the hot late night DJ on WNOB.
And Baby Makes 13 (1987) - Thirteen sure can be an unlucky number, especially if that child is possessed by none other than Satan himself. Share the hilarious misadventures as a family copes with a demonic baby voiced by Charles Nelson Reilly.
Beirut Deli (1987) - Where Muslims, Christians and News just want to eat lunch.
Sick And Tired (1987) - He's terminally ill (and only has five years to live) and she's exhausted.
Money Talks (1986) - A homeless man finds it impossible to part with the only friend he has in the world - a talking hundred dollar bill.
Ow! My Cock! (1986) - First show produced by a new regime in the Manka Bros. television production (and looking for edgy programming). The show always opens with the lead character, Joe, getting hit in the balls.
Wo Is Me (1986) - Mr. Wo is doing the best he can to make ends meet.
The Kareem Abdul Ja Bar (1985) - "Cheers"-like show featuring Kareem Abdul-Jabar as the bartender giving funny advice to those around him.
Looking For Donna Reed (1985) - Two modern guys time travel in search of less liberated females.
Well Red (1985) - What if America was under Communist rule? The answer? Laughs aplenty! Re-education beats no education!
My Uncle's In The Guitar (1985) - Josh, 15, gets life advice from a dead uncle who has taken on the soul of a Fender Strat.
Mail Order Brides (1984) - Several mail order brides on teh same suburban block learn about life in America after Vietnam.
Dirty Laundry (1984) - "Cosby"-like show with FOURTEEN KIDS. To top that, the wife and three older daughters are expecting. [After "The Cosby Show" because so successful, Manka Bros. created their own black family with twice as many kids and more on the way.]
People In The Walls (1984) - Two families share the same condo - one family just moved in and the other lives inside the wall. [First show Manka Bros. Television produced after securing new line of credit.]
CHiPs (1983- pilot only) - Comedy about the Colorado Highway Patrol. [Due to miscommunication, this show was produced the same time as SCHiPs - both didn't make the schedule because of the already successful drama "CHiPs."]
SCHiPs (1983 - pilot only) - Comedy about the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Big Whoop (1983 - pilot only) - Whoopi Goldberg (before she hit it big) plays herself... radioactively enlarged 20 times.
M.B. Heeyyy!!! (1982 - pilot only) - Co-produced with Paramount. Follow up to "Happy Days" in which Fonzy (now played by a young John Stamos) pursues an MBA at Harvard. Co-starred Donny Most.
Maid In Taiwan (1982) - When A bumbling American maid is accidentally sent to East Asia, confusion and Confucianism collide!
He's Not My God (1982) - Wacky comedy in which God's friend, Lester, always has to get him out of a fix.
Little By Little (1981) - When Rich Little takes a job at a day care center, there's nothing like a good Carson impression to calm these kids down.
Boston Pops (1981) - Old men comment about life and the Red Sox at a convalescent home in South Boston.
The Canucks Downstairs (1980) - A Canadian family moves into an apartment building in South Beach, Florida.
Who's Got Fun? (1980) - Ted Danson and Imogene Coca - that's who!
