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    Comedy TV Shows - 1980s 2 Mins Read

    13 East

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    13 East was a hectic ward in a large unnamed hospital where Maggie Poole (Diana Bellamy) – a former army nurse who had served in Vietnam – was the no-nonsense heavy-handed head nurse with a heart of mush.

    Episodes followed Maggie’s efforts to deal with the odd behaviour of her patients and her nurses, including naive Kelly Morrison (Barbara Isenberg), knuckleheaded A.J. Gilroy (Rose Jackson), sassy tell-it-like-it-is Monique Roberts (Jan Cobler) and socially-conscious Janet Tom (Ellen Regan).

    Gertie Boynton (Marie Denn) was the geriatric candy striper and Wayne Frazier (Wayne Powers) the stuffy hospital administrator. Warren Newman (Tim Wade) – who regularly propositioned Monique – was the featured doctor on the floor.

    At the request of head writer/executive producer Scoey Mitchlll, who wanted to get away from the LA lifestyle, the Saturday evening NBC series was recorded at The Studios at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas.

    Sadly, most of the lines were decidedly unfunny and the overly-loud and strained show received a critical hiding, with the Los Angeles Times calling it “the bedpan of the genre” and asking “how does something like this even get on the air?”

    Nurse Maggie Poole
    Diana Bellamy
    Nurse Janet Tom
    Ellen Regan
    Nurse Kelly Morrison
    Barbara Isenberg
    Nurse A.J. Gilroy
    Rose Jackson
    Nurse Monique Roberts
    Jan Cobler
    Wayne Frazier
    Wayne Powers
    Dr Sidney Cooper
    Eric Glenn
    Dr Warren Newman
    Tim Wade
    Gertie Boynton
    Marie Denn

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