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Theatre_Maven_3695
(4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
21st Sep, 2017 07:51:22 AM
Please use You Know That Show.
In the early '80s there was a one-time TV comedy show featuring Randy Newman's pop song "Short People Got No Reason."
I don't remember any special characters in the show. This was not a series, but a single show with no future. I watched the whole thing, and it was very funny, but the humor was largely slap-stick, which is one of my favorite types of humor. One of the scenes was a 'public service announcement.' It showed a man running down the street. He turned away for a second, and ran face-first into a road sign, and his feet flew up and he landed on his back. A voice-over then said "Don't do this."
This could have aired in the late '70s, but I'm thinking more like '81 or '82. I would love to see it again. So many shows are lost. Aired once, and forgotten.