Who's Watching the Kids
| Who's Watching the Kids? | |
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Who's Watching the Kids? opening title
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Starring |
Caren Kaye Lynda Goodfriend Scott Baio Tammy Lauren Larry Breeding Marcia Lewis Lorrie Mahaffey James Belushi Shirley Kirkes Elaine Bolton |
| Composer(s) | Charles Bernstein |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 15 (6 unaired) |
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| Executive producer(s) |
Garry Marshall Anthony W. Marshall Don Silverman |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Henderson Productions Paramount Television |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 22 – December 15, 1978 |
Who's Watching the Kids? is an American sitcom produced by Garry Marshall which aired on NBC from September 22, 1978 to December 15, 1978. The series focused on two young Las Vegas showgirls, working and rooming together, who each had a younger sibling living with them.
The series originated as the pilot special Legs, which NBC aired on May 19, 1978.
The sitcom centered around two sexy Las Vegas showgirls sharing their lives together, each with a younger sibling in tow. Raving blonde beauty Stacy Turner (Caren Kaye) and voluptuous brunette Angie Vitola (Lynda Goodfriend) were close friends living their dream as Vegas performers at a local venue, Club Sand Pile. The club may have been third rate, but it was the perfect launching pad for the girls' career aspirations. While Stacy and Angie shared an apartment together, added responsibilities were present from the get-go, since both had custody of their much younger siblings. Living with them were Angie's 15-year-old brother Frankie (Scott Baio) and Stacy's 9-year-old kid sister Melissa (Tammy Lauren). Frankie and Melissa were rambunctious and worldly, and were forever getting into trouble; they loved to cook up schemes that would get them access to everything Sin City had to offer, including, for Frankie (who styled himself as "the Fox") closer opportunities to make time with the other beautiful women who performed at Club Sand Pile.
Stacy and Angie had to divide their time between their careers and keeping the kids on the straight and narrow, but it was always a challenge. In order to ease their situation, they acquired the help of their next door neighbor, aspiring journalist Larry Parnell (Larry Breeding) to watch the kids while they were off performing. Larry found himself alternating between the roles of family friend and foe, as he often had to chase Frankie and Melissa around in the midst of their scrapes every week. The two liked having Larry around, but they stopped at nothing to undermine anyone's supervision. Larry hoped someday to become a successful writer/reporter, but in the meantime had only made it to covering garden and weather reports at local TV station KVGS. Larry's friend and main cameraman at KVGS, the klutzy Bert Gunkel (James Belushi), also lived in the building and often helped Larry keep an eye on Frankie and Melissa.
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