Sunday, October 8, 2017

Ellen: Lobster Diary

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Three legends.  (I'm guessing the title sequences
didn't get filmed the same weeks as their episodes.
Ellen: Lobster Diary
ABC
February 21, 1996
Sitcom
DVD
B

In this Newman & Stark story, Ellen's liberation of a lobster from its restaurant tank turns her into a heroine, Lobster Lady.  Mary Tyler Moore, as herself, gives her an award, and later a pep talk.  The main fun here is seeing Ellen and Mary's nervous mannerisms, with a lot of self-parody on both sides, play off of each other.

Wesley Thompson, who was a Corpsman on M*A*S*H in '83, is Kevin Brown here.  Another of Joely's sisters, Tricia Leigh Fisher, plays Joanie here and would later be Megan.

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