My Two Dads
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2007) |
| My Two Dads | |
|---|---|
 Paul Reiser, Greg Evigan & Staci Keanan |
|
| Format | Sitcom |
| Created by | Danielle Alexandra Michael Jacobs |
| Starring | Paul Reiser Greg Evigan Staci Keanan Chad Allen Giovanni Ribisi Florence Stanley Dick Butkus |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 60 |
| Production | |
| Running time | approx. 22 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | September 20, 1987 – April 30, 1990 |
| External links | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
My Two Dads is a sitcom that starred Staci Keanan, Paul Reiser and Greg Evigan. It aired on NBC from 1987 to 1990 and was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions in association with TriStar Television later Columbia Pictures Television and distributed by TeleVentures.
Contents |
[edit] Show synopsis
The show begins when Marcy Bradford, the mother of Keanan's character, dies. The two men who had competed for the woman's affections (played by Reiser and Evigan) before her daughter Nicole was born had been awarded joint custody. The mix-ups of two single straight men raising a teenaged daughter provided the story each week. Due to the parents' differences in personality and behavior, the show could also be labeled as The Odd Couple with a daughter.
[edit] Supporting characters
The series regularly featured Giovanni Ribisi and Chad Allen as two boys who competed for Nicole's affections as her two dads had done for her mother's. Florence Stanley appeared as Judge Margaret Wilbur, who was responsible for assigning Nicole's custody, and who regularly looked over the family; she was also their landlady, being the resident owner of the apartment building where the family lived. The cast was rounded by former football player Dick Butkus, who managed the cafe in the building's first floor. The cafe (Klawicki's) was the second spot in the show where the plot usually revolved; the first being the family's apartment. In the third season, when Dick Butkus left the series, the diner was then run by cook Julian (Don Yesso), but there was no explanation as to what happened to Ed Klawicki, or if he acted as absentee owner of the joint at this point.
[edit] The actual paternity
Nicole's actual paternity was never revealed on the show. However, in one episode, Nicole had a DNA test run to determine which of her two dads was her biological father. She destroyed the results before opening them after realizing that she was happier not knowing who the father was. Margaret would later look at the results, but threw them away afterwards and didn't reveal the results. However, many speculated that neither Michael nor Joey were Nicole's father.
[edit] Night Court connection
My Two Dads had a crossover with another NBC show, Night Court. Judge Margaret W. Wilbur, played by Florence Stanley, guest starred on Night Court , as the hard nosed, no-nonsense judge that awards Nicole into the custody of Michael and Joey.
In turn, Richard Moll guest starred as his Night Court character Bull in an episode of My Two Dads, protecting Judge Wilbur from a recently released criminal that she had sent to prison years before.
[edit] Reruns
Reruns of the show aired on the USA Network during the early-1990s and 2000-2001. The show hasn't aired since.
[edit] Main cast
- Paul Reiser - Michael Taylor
- Greg Evigan - Joey Harris
- Staci Keanan - Nicole Bradford
- Florence Stanley - Judge Margaret W. Wilbur
- Giovanni Ribisi - Cory Kupkus (credited as Vonni Ribisi)
- Chad Allen - Zach Nichols (1989-1990)
- Dick Butkus - Ed Klawicki (1987-1989)
- Amy Hathaway - Shelby Haskell (1989-1990)
- Don Yesso - Julian (1989-1990)
[edit] External links
- My Two Dads at the Internet Movie Database
- My Two Dads at TV.com
