"Moonlighting" (1985)TV-Serie 1985-1989

Schöpfer:

Glenn Gordon Caron

Staffeln:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Premierendatum:

5. März 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama | Mystery | Romanze

Plot:

The quirky cases of an ex model and a wiseguy detective who co-run a private detective agency.

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Cult TV | Beautiful Woman | Cult Favorite | Argument

Filmpreise:

Won 3 Golden Globes. Another 12 wins & 51 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

brilliant writers

Besetzung

Cybill Shepherd	...	Madelyn 'Maddie' Hayes / ... (40 Folgen, 1985-1989)
Allyce Beasley	...	Agnes DiPesto / ... (39 Folgen, 1985-1989)
Bruce Willis	...	David Addison Jr. / ... (38 Folgen, 1985-1989)

Alternativ:

Model und der Schnüffler, Das (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

60 Min (66 episodes) | Argentina:60 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.33 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Singapore:NC-16 (seasons 1 and 2) | Netherlands:6 | Singapore:PG (season 3) (season 4) | Finland:K-18 (DVD) (2005) (self applied) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG | Argentina:13

Drehorte:

ABC Entertainment Center - 2040 Avenue of the Stars, Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

ABC Circle Films

Dies und das:

Much of the show's popularity derived from the unconsummated sexual tension between the main characters. When the writers finally relented and allowed the characters to get together, the show's ratings plummeted.

Dialogzitate:

David Addison: Could've fooled me.
Maddie Hayes: A gnat with a lobotomy could fool you.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in Carbuncle (2006)

Soundtrack:

Moonlighting

brilliant writers

When I was 12 this was my favorite show on TV, but I've come to appreciate it more in my old age. Bruce and Cybill are great, but above all, the writing is among the best I've seen in a television series. The nonstop sledge hammer wit for a full hour makes me laugh out loud every episode. The scenes are always brilliantly constructed, the jokes always intelligent. The writers never got all the credit they deserved, I'm sure. No matter how funny one joke is, there is always a come back line. I think you have to get past the early episodes that were a little more serious. I didn't start watching until around the beginning of '86.

So much on TV nowadays is either over-the-top dramatic, or toilet humor. No one knows how to just have fun anymore. Moonlighting never forgot that it was just a television show, and it didn't mind poking fun at itself. Some lines that demonstrated this were, "Two teams [...] with the same story. Either someone's lying or the writers just Xeroxed the other scene", and, "What do we do now?" "Wrap this up in about 12 minutes so another show can come on the air."

After David and Maddie got together, then weren't together, then were, how did it end anyway? The show became a bit of a soap opera. But it was always a treat to watch. Everyone mentions Moonlighting's version of "The Taming of the Shrew." Some of my other favorite episodes are "The Bride of Tupperman", which ends with a hospital scene chase to 'Dem Bones, "Symphony in Knocked Flat" (guest appearance by Don King), "Yours Very Deadly" (Burt Viola's first appearance), and both Christmas episodes. And the show wouldn't be complete without the rhymes of Agnes Dipesto. If you aren't that familiar with the show, don't miss your next opportunity to see Moonlighting!