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After laying down the law with humor on NBC with Night
Shift, three-time Emmy nominee Harry Anderson returned to
television with Dave's World, which aired on CBS from 1993
to 1997, and now it's finally coming to DVD. ***
Dave Barry (Anderson) is a child from the 60s trying
to live life in the 1990s as husband to wife Beth (DeLane
Matthews, General Hospital), who's really tired of being
the responsible and boring parent; father to sons Tommy
(Zane Carney) and Willie (Andrew Ducote), and being a semi-responsible
citizen in sunny Miami. Dave's best friends from college
includes Kenny (Shadoe Stevens, Hollywood Squares), who
claims that he was famous for recording books-on-tape, and
Shel (Meshach Taylor, Designing Women), an overworked plastic
surgeon who's still bitter over his divorce. When it comes
to finding material for his work as humorist for the Miami
Record-Dispatch, Dave can find it no better than his family,
friends, and his not-so-smart yet incredibly funny next-door
neighbors -- because this is Dave's World. ***
The series was based on the books of Pulitzer Prize-winning
writer Dave Barry, who was divorced from his wife during
its run on CBS. Dave's World was on Monday nights for its
first two seasons, Wednesday nights the next season but
back to Mondays mid-way, and then to Fridays in the last
season. Critical reception was modest, but the show performed
well in the ratings as a Top 40 show. But it was not enough
to be a "hit", as Dave's World was cancelled in 1997 after
four years and 98 episodes. ***
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Features: |
All 23 episodes with no audio commentaries from Anderson
or Barry on how the show came about, the difference between
Dave the character and Dave the person in real life, interviews
with cast and crew, or even a behind-the-scenes look of
the series. ***
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