Allison Fanelli Movies
- 1995
Thirteen progressively bizarre episodes are included in the portfolio of The Adventures of Pete & Pete's third season. As before, the titular siblings, Big Pete and Little Pete, are portrayed respectively by Michael Maronna and Danny Tamberelli, with Hardy Rawls as the boys' lawn-obsessed father and Judy Grafe as their mother, a human radio receiver (it makes sense once you see the show). The season opener "35 Hours" features none other than Patricia Hearst as the very nice Mrs. Kretchmar. In other episodes, "Dance Fever" affords viewers the only opportunity to see Iggy Pop and Luscious Jackson on the same episode; Adam West appears as seriously deranged school principal Kent Schwinger in "Last Laugh" and "Allnighter"; and the series finale, "Saturday," could just as easily have been titled "The Road to Wellville" were one in a perversely whimsical mood. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael C. Maronna, Michael Marrona, (more)
- 1994
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Michelle Trachtenberg and Iggy Pop make their first series appearances as the unusually perceptive preteen Nona Mecklenburg and her thick-eared father Mr. Mecklenburg during season two of the surreal Nickelodeon sitcom The Adventures of Pete & Pete. The first of the season's 13 episodes, "Grounded for Life," finally solves the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa -- but you'll have to be paying very close attention! In other season highlights, Bebe Neuwirth of Cheers fame appears as Mail Lady McGintee in "The Call"; LL Cool J and Chris Elliot show up in "Sickday" (an episode reportedly banned in those countries where playing hooky from school is practically a capital offense); and Steve Buscemi and Janeane Garofalo are on hand for the existential entry "X=Why?" Season two's final episode, "On Golden Pete," guest stars David Johansen, (aka "Buster Poindexter,") as a park ranger. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael C. Maronna, Michael Marrona, (more)
- 1993
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After its introduction in one-minute comedy sketch form in 1990, the cheekily absurdist sitcom The Adventures of Pete & Pete was formalized as a weekly half-hour in December of 1993. Eight surreal episodes were churned out during the first season, beginning with "Day of the Dot," guest-starring comedienne Ellen Cleghorne as a bus driver in a lengthy spoof of the avant-garde short subject The Dot. In "Nightcrawlers," Little Pete (Danny Tamberelli) aspires to break the World Non-Sleeping Record. "King of the Road" finds the Wrigley family inadvertently providing a nudie show during their yearly visit to Hoover Dam. Jude Ciccolella appears as Big Pete's (Michael Maronna) psycho shop teacher Mr. Slum in "Join or Die." "Rangeboy" is highlighted by a guest appearance by Frank Gifford, cunningly cast as Frank Gifford. One week later, another sports icon, John McLaughlin, is on hand for "When Petes Collide." Troubles in gym and history class dictate the action in "Don't Tread on Pete." And "Hard Day's Pete" shines the spotlight on Polaris, the rock band that performs the series' theme song -- on the front lawn of Pete and Pete's house. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael C. Maronna, Michael Marrona, (more)
