Marte Boyle Slout Movies
- 1995
Murphy (Candice Bergen) is still upset that network president Lansing (Garry Marshall) has hired former MTV veejay McGovern (Paula Korologos) as "FYI"'s newest anchorperson. But Murphy's reaction is entirely different when McGovern poses nude for the cover of "Rolling Stone" magazine. Now, Murphy reasons, Lansing will see the light about McGovern and fire the girl for besmirching the integrity of "FYI"--or will he? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
James Belushi and Charles Grodin team up for this variation on the Prince and the Pauper. Belushi plays Jimmy Dworski, a convicted car thief, serving time in a minimum security prison. But when Jimmy wins a pair of tickets to the World Series from a radio call-in show, he can't resist walking out of jail, particularly when the warden won't even let the inmates watch the series on television. Grodin plays rich workaholic Spencer Barnes, who, when his wife walks out on him right before a long-planned vacation, leaves his datebook in an airport telephone booth. Happening upon Spencer's datebook is Jimmy, who simply intends to return the datebook to Spencer for a 1,000-dollar reward. But when he finds the datebook contains his credit cards, Jimmy assumes Spencer's identity, living the good life and dating the boss's daughter, while making his way to Malibu to return the property to Spencer. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Belushi, Charles Grodin, (more)
- 1990
The Seavers arrange to hold a fundraiser for a free mental-health clinic in their own home. Unfortunately, Jason (Alan Thicke) uses last year's calendar to select the date for the event--and as a result he and his family are caught short when the Big Day arrives one day too early. Frantically, Jason and Maggie (Joanna Kerns) scramble about to find a caterer for the fundraiser...with only 23 minutes to go before the guests arrive! ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1989
Little White Lies is a frenetic TV-movie hark bark to the "screwball comedies" of yore. Ann Jillian plays a just-getting-by Philadelphia policewoman who poses as a wealthy CEO because she's sick of "lady cop" jokes. Tim Matheson portrays a rich doctor who poses as a poverty-stricken orderly because he doesn't want women to pay attention to him because of his money. Mattheson falls for Jillian thinking that she's rich, while she falls for Matheson thinking that he's poor. And they went all the way to Rome to film this one. Little White Lies first aired November 27, 1989. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Ann Jillian, Tim Matheson, (more)
- 1986
Jason (Alan Thicke) can't understand how Ben (Jeremy Millier) could afford to buy him an expensive birthday present--especially on an allowance of two dollars per month. It turns out that the enterprising Ben has been going around the neighborhood, collecting for a nonexistent charity! This episode was originally scheduled to air on February 4, 1986. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
