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Perfect Strangers (U.S. TV series)

Perfect Strangers
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Created by Dale McRaven
Starring Bronson Pinchot
Mark Linn-Baker
Lise Cutter
Ernie Sabella
Belita Moreno
Melanie Wilson
Rebeca Arthur
Sam Anderson
Theme music composer Jesse Frederick
Bennett Salvay
Opening theme "Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now", performed by David Pomeranz
Ending theme "Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now" (instrumental), composed by
Jesse Frederick &
Bennett Salvay (seasons 1–7)
Composer(s) Jesse Frederick &
Bennett Salvay (seasons 1–2; alternating, seasons 3–7)
Steven Chesne
(alternating, seasons 3–8)
Gary Boren
(alternating, seasons 7–8)
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 8
No. of episodes 150 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Thomas L. Miller
Robert L. Boyett (entire run)
Dale McRaven (season 1; executive consultant afterwards)
William Bickley
Michael Warren (seasons 6–8)
Paula A. Roth (seasons 7–8)
Camera setup Film; Multi-camera
Running time approx. 24½ minutes
Production company(s) Miller-Boyett Productions
Lorimar-Telepictures (1986–88)
Lorimar Television (1988–1993)
Distributor Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network ABC
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Original release March 25, 1986 (1986-03-25) – August 6, 1993 (1993-08-06)
Chronology
Followed by Family Matters (1989–98)

Perfect Strangers is an American sitcom that ran for eight seasons from March 25, 1986, to August 6, 1993, on the ABC television network. Created by Dale McRaven, the series chronicles the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton (Mark Linn-Baker) and his distant cousin from eastern Mediterranean Europe, Balki Bartokomous (Bronson Pinchot).

Originally airing on Tuesdays for the short six-episode first season in the spring of 1986, it moved to Wednesdays in prime time in the fall of 1986. It remained on Wednesdays until March 1988, when it was moved to Fridays. The show found its niche there as the anchor for ABC's original TGIF Friday-night lineup, though it aired on Saturdays for a short time in 1992.

The series chronicles the relationship of Larry Appleton (Mark Linn-Baker) and his distant cousin Balki Bartokomous (Bronson Pinchot). Larry, a Wisconsin native from a large family, has just moved into his first apartment in Chicago, Illinois, and is savoring his first taste of privacy when Balki, a hitherto-unknown cousin from a Mediterranean island, Mypos, arrives intending to move in with him. Balki, who was a shepherd on Mypos, interprets what little he knows about the United States by relying on his own (often out-of-context) recollections of American pop culture ("America: Land of my dreams and home of the Whopper"). Balki's signature is his "Dance of Joy", a cross between the dosado and the hokey pokey that he performs (with Larry) to celebrate good fortune. He debuts it in the third episode, "First Date", at a singles bar when he realizes that the song the band is playing sounds like the "Dance of Joy".


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