Buddies (TV series)
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Buddies is the name of a short-lived sitcom starring Dave Chappelle that aired on ABC in 1996.
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[edit] Home Improvement connection
Comedians Dave Chappelle and Jim Breuer attracted the attention of TV network executives with their guest appearance in the March 14, 1995 episode of ABC's highly rated sitcom Home Improvement[1]. The storyline had Chappelle and Breuer play a duo of friends who appear on Tool Time to ask Tim Taylor advice on their girlfriends. The characters' single outing in the episode proved so popular that ABC decided to give Chappelle and Breuer in their own half-hour sitcom.
[edit] Jim Breuer is replaced
After subsequent rehearsals, Jim Breuer was replaced with Christopher Gartin as Dave Chappelle's "buddy." The unique comic timing and chemistry that Chappelle had with Breuer, his real-life friend, was not present with Gartin, and Breuer's abrupt firing exacerbated ill will. This prevented Chappelle and Gartin from developing the rapport and comedic chemistry necessary for the characters' believability and likeability.[2]
[edit] Cancellation
Buddies premiered on Tuesday, March 5, 1996. The show garnered disappointing ratings. When a move to Wednesday night failed to improve its performance, Buddies was off the air on March 27 after a broadcast history of only four episodes out of thirteen that were produced. Dave Chappelle himself, was not proud of his involvement with Buddies in retrospective:
| “ | It was a bad show. It was bad. I mean when we were doing it, I could tell this was not gonna work.[3] | ” |
[edit] DVD
Nine years later, in May 2005, ten of the episodes were released on a single-disc DVD to capitalize on Chappelle's new-found fame.
- See also: Chappelle's Show
[edit] Cast
- David Chappelle as Dave Carlisle
- Christopher Gartin as John Bailey
- Tanya Wright as Phyllis Brooks
- Paula Cale as Lorraine Bailey
- Judith Ivey as Maureen DeMoss
- Richard Roundtree as Henry Carlisle
[edit] References
- ^ "Home Improvement" Talk to Me (1995)
- ^ http://www.poobala.com/buddiesandhome.html
- ^ http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/19/60II/main650149.shtml
[edit] External links
- Buddies at the Internet Movie Database
