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    Comedy TV Shows - 1990s 2 Mins Read

    Dudley

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    This short-lived CBS comedy series revolved around Dudley Bristol (Dudley Moore), a divorced New York cabaret pianist living a fairly comfortable life in Penthouse A at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel where he works in a club called ‘Liaisons’ with a bass player and drummer.

    One day his ex-wife, Lorraine (Joanna Cassidy), shows up from California with their malcontent son, Fred (Harley Cross), who was recently arrested for stealing a car.

    Dudley has not been a good father to Fred, and Lorraine feels it is time he helped raise him to keep him from going bad. Lorraine takes an apartment nearby and 14-year-old Fred moves in with his father.

    Other Regulars include odious nightclub owner Harold (Joel Brooks), Dudley’s agent, Paul (Max Wright) and his Spanish speaking cook/maid, Marta (Lupe Ontiveros,) who he couldn’t understand.

    It was comedy drawn from the Blake Edwards school of social realism, full of witty, attractive people living bright, recession-proof lives in tasteful surroundings and grinding affluence. It was also a below-average sitcom wasting the talents of a handful of performers. But not for long.

    Dudley Bristol
    Dudley Moore
    Lorraine Bristol
    Joanna Cassidy
    Fred Bristol
    Harley Cross
    Paul Bagley
    Max Wright
    Marta
    Lupe Ontiveros
    Harold Willers
    Joel Brooks

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