Teresa Parente Movies
- 1996
This episode is a spoof of a famous "sweatshop" scandal involving the franchised consumer products of a certain popular female TV talkshow host (are we being obscure enough here?) In their efforts to win a huge raise, Al (Ed O'Neill) and Griff (Harold Sylvester) resort to blackmail when they discover that their boss Gary is using illegal aliens to manufacture her shoes. Unfortunately, the plan fizzles (despite an extended takeoff of the Mission: Impossible films), and Al's son Bud (David Faustino) ends up atoning for his dad's sins. Meanwhile, Peggy (Katey Sagal) goes to elaborate lengths to hide the fact that she's bought a microwave. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1996
Banned from participating in a radio sports quiz, Al (Ed O'Neill) feeds his answers to his coworker Griff (Harold Sylvester). As a result, Griff wins a trip to the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as the opportunity to carry the Olympic torch from Chicago to Altanta. This sparks a huge fight between Al and Griff, which reaches its climax when the media shows up at the shoe store--and culminates in a spectacular "dousing." Several professional athletes make guest appearances as themselves, as do former Playboy centerfolds (Renee Tenison, Petra Verkiak and Victoria Fuller. Katey Sagal (Peggy) does not appear in this episode, which originally aired in tandem with the Season Ten finale "The Joke's On Al". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1996
Bud (David Faustion) will not graduate from Trumaine if he can't pass the finals, but his efforts to study are constantly thwarted by his preoccupation with sex. Even though he has agreed to remain "chaste" for the duration of the exams, Bud is bombarded with carnal messages and temptations of the flesh at every turn. Finally he can stand no more, and "gives in" in a library study room--right in front of a battery of surveillance cameras! Katey Sagal (Peggy) does not appear in this episode. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1995
In the conclusion of a two-part story, the Bundys' luxury cruise to the Caribbean is scuttled when the "Sea Dodge" sinks beneath the waves. This leaves Al (Ed O'Neill) and Peg (Katey Sagal) bobbing up and down in a tiny raft, accompanied by Marcy and Jefferson D'Arcy (Amanda Bearse, Ted McGinley), a plump female tourist named Joy (Hannah Eckstein), and the eternally "kvetching" comedian Gilbert Gottfried. And back at home, the Bundy kids weigh the financial offers made by several news outlets to "tell all" about their parents' ordeal at sea. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1995
Al (Ed O'Neill) and his buddies try to weasel out of paying beer tax by organizing "The Church of NO MA'AM." Donning an ostentatious pompadour, "Reverend Al" spreads his gospel as a televangelist on Channel 83, asking for donations from the Faithful. An outraged Marcy (Amanda Bearse) plans to expose Al as a fraud with a series of incriminating photos--a plan which backfires when Al wins public sympathy by pulling a "Jimmy Swaggart". . .tears and all. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1995
Al (Ed O'Neill) scoffs when Peg (Katey Sagal) and Marcy (Amanda Bearse) enroll in a self-defense class, dismissing all women as weaklings. But the tables are turned when Peg beats up a pickpocket while Al watches helplessly from the sidelines. Mocked by the media (one headline reads "CHOP-SOCKY MAMA SAVES WUSSY-HUBBY'S WALLET") and treated like a leper by his male buddies, Al takes desperate measures to reassert his manhood. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1994
In the conclusion of a two-part story, Al (Ed O'Neill holds firm to his policy of banning nursing moms from Gary's Shoe Store. In order to discourage all female patronage, Al stocks the store with manly-man shoes and other icons of machismo. But his scheme is foiled when the long-unseen "Gary" makes a very surprising appearance. Without giving any more of the plot away, it can be noted that this evening's guest star is actress Janet Carroll. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1994
In the first episode of a two-part story, Al (Ed O'Neill) incure the wrath of Marcy's (Amanda Bearse) feminist organization FANG when he throws a nursing mother (Cynthia Steele) out of the shoe store. Enraged by FANG's reaction, Al mounts a counterprotest by his own group, NO MA'AM. Betwixt and between the two angry groups, no one bothers to patronize the store. Meanwhile, Al's wife Peg (Katey Sagal in her first Season Nine appearance after maternity leave) encounters unexpected delays while making her way home. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1991
A nervous Dan (John Larroquette) wants to break off his relationship with Mary (Teresa Parente), the daughter of mob boss Joseph Schiavelli (played by Broadway headliner and versatile cartoon voiceover artist Tony Jay). But first, Schiavelli makes Dan an offer he can't refuse: an invitation to dinner with the mob family--with the proviso that Dan must bring Christine (Markie Post) along as a "peace offering". This is the only Night Court episode in which series star Harry Anderson does not appear. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
