What's Up Doc

Name: What's Up Doc
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Harriet Hall, Barry Van Dyke

TV Series
1978–
30m

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7.2/10

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Comedy

In this pilot for a possible spin-off series based on the movie of the same name, we pick up where the movie left off, with Howard Bannister and Judy Maxwell on the plane headed back to Ames... Read allIn this pilot for a possible spin-off series based on the movie of the same name, we pick up where the movie left off, with Howard Bannister and Judy Maxwell on the plane headed back to Ames, Iowa. They are looking forward to their life together, but once they arrive at Howard's ... Read allIn this pilot for a possible spin-off series based on the movie of the same name, we pick up where the movie left off, with Howard Bannister and Judy Maxwell on the plane headed back to Ames, Iowa. They are looking forward to their life together, but once they arrive at Howard's house, they are met by his fiancée, Claudia, a determined, if somewhat dowdy, woman, who h... Read all

Stars
- Harriet Hall
- Barry Van Dyke

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

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Stars
- Harriet Hall
- Barry Van Dyke

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Harriet Hall

Judy Maxwell

Barry Van Dyke

Professor Howard Bannister

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Professor Howard Bannister: You've changed, Claudia. You used to be so...frumpy.
Claudia: That's right, Howard, I have changed. From now on, I'm going to greet you at the door with a drink in my hand, wearing something slinky. It may make me violently ill, but I'm going to do it.

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Follows What's Up, Doc? (1972)

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I can just barely recall this failed TV pilot...

ABC-TV tried turning the hit 1972 comedy "What's Up, Doc?" into a 30-minute TV sitcom, but only the pilot was ever shown (or, in fact, filmed). If I recall, it was aired on a Friday or Saturday night at 8pm. It featured none of the star-power which infused the movie, however Barry Van Dyke acquitted himself admirably in Ryan O'Neal's role of Howard Bannister. The action begins with Howard and Judy in the airplane above Iowa, pretty much where the movie left off, but instead of bringing Eunice Burns back, it turns out Howard has yet another old-flame to complicate matters for new-flame Judy. Great pains were taken to match the costumes and character attributes to the movie version, but the script was lacking. It was filmed on interesting locations (or maybe a studio backlot) with a laugh-track, but apparently no one had any faith in this forgotten attempt at TV screwball--and the negative must now be a dusty relic somewhere in a bin in Hollywood. Too bad for Barry, he gave it a honorable try...