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* SlippingAMickey: In one episode, George throws a party, seeing that he's been a little uptight, Leo decides to pour some alcohol into the punch bowl, only for George to decide to do the same, and Ambrose also spikes the punch, all three of them unaware of the others doing it.

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* SlippingAMickey: In one episode, George throws "The Eggnogg", George's house is part of a party, local tour, and, seeing that he's been a little uptight, uptight over winning a blue ribbon, Leo decides to pour some alcohol into the punch bowl, eggnogg, accidentally pouring the whole bottle in when he was only for George going to decide to do the same, and pour half a cup (though he did not know how much was half a cup). When nobody is looking, Ambrose also spikes decides to pout alcohol in. And then George, to apologize for how uptight he's been and how hard they've been working with him, decides to pour a quarter cup of rum, with neither Leo or Ambrose admitting to what they did [[spoiler:(although Leo does confess to George at the punch, all three of them unaware of the others doing it.end, while Ambrose does not.)]]
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* EvilLawyerJoke: When Leo and Ted fly a plane together in "The Bongos" and there's turbulence, Leo tells Ted that whenever he's on a plane in bad weather he looks for a passenger who's done something bad, as [[InsaneTrollLogic bad people are never reported to be in plane crashes.]] After the first few he asks are good people, he finds a lawyer and thinks he's found a bad person [[spoiler:until the lawyer says he is pro bono.]]
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* AccidentalPervert: In "The Bongos", George teaches a business class that his housekeeper attends. George's boss overhears a conversation between them, with George needing her to come to his house a night earlier than when she's scheduled, and they mention her wanting him to pay for a set of bongos (for her boyfriends band). The boss then talks with her about this, with the housekeeper telling her George is not paying for her bongos (she has to earn them), which the boss thinks is a term for her breasts. George gets fired over this [[spoiler:but the whole thing gets cleared up by the end [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity and he gets his job back.]]/]]
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''George & Leo'' is a sitcom that ran for one season (1997–98) on Creator/{{CBS}}, starring Creator/BobNewhart (in his second series for Creator/{{Paramount}}, after ''[[Series/Bob1992 Bob]]'') as George Stoody, an uptight bookstore owner in [[HollywoodNewEngland Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts]], and Creator/JuddHirsch (in his third series for Paramount, after ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' and ''Series/DearJohn'') as Leo Waggonman, a small-time crook and magician from LasVegas who comes to town when their respective children, George's son Ted and Leo's daughter Casey, get married. Leo had been estranged from Casey for years but was invited to the wedding by Ted, and ends up staying, much to the annoyance of George.

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''George & Leo'' is a sitcom that ran for one season (1997–98) on Creator/{{CBS}}, starring Creator/BobNewhart (in his second series for Creator/{{Paramount}}, after ''[[Series/Bob1992 Bob]]'') as George Stoody, an uptight bookstore owner in [[HollywoodNewEngland Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts]], and Creator/JuddHirsch (in his third series for Paramount, after ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' and ''Series/DearJohn'') as Leo Waggonman, a small-time crook and magician from LasVegas UsefulNotes/LasVegas who comes to town when their respective children, George's son Ted and Leo's daughter Casey, get married. Leo had been estranged from Casey for years but was invited to the wedding by Ted, and ends up staying, much to the annoyance of George.
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* AbsenteeActor: Casey does not appear in "The Cameo Show".

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''George & Leo'' is a sitcom that ran for one season (1997–98) on Creator/{{CBS}}, starring Creator/BobNewhart as George Stoody, an uptight bookstore owner in [[HollywoodNewEngland Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts]], and Creator/JuddHirsch as Leo Waggonman, a small-time crook and magician from LasVegas who comes to town when their respective children, George's son Ted and Leo's daughter Casey, get married. Leo had been estranged from Casey for years but was invited to the wedding by Ted, and ends up staying, much to the annoyance of George.

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''George & Leo'' is a sitcom that ran for one season (1997–98) on Creator/{{CBS}}, starring Creator/BobNewhart (in his second series for Creator/{{Paramount}}, after ''[[Series/Bob1992 Bob]]'') as George Stoody, an uptight bookstore owner in [[HollywoodNewEngland Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts]], and Creator/JuddHirsch (in his third series for Paramount, after ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' and ''Series/DearJohn'') as Leo Waggonman, a small-time crook and magician from LasVegas who comes to town when their respective children, George's son Ted and Leo's daughter Casey, get married. Leo had been estranged from Casey for years but was invited to the wedding by Ted, and ends up staying, much to the annoyance of George.
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* BrickJoke: "The Cameo Episode" begins with a pilot (Bill Daily) going into the book store looking for a book on flying a plane, which he needs to learn because he's about to fly soon. Later in the episode, after Dr. Harris' patients walk out on him, he says that his only remaining patient is a man who thinks he's a pilot.
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* MaliciousMisnaming: In "The Cameo Episode", when George goes to group therapy, Jack (the expy of Mr. Carlin from ''Series/TheBobNewhartShow'') calls George Stoody "Mr. Snoody". When the therapist asks how he felt about his name being made fun of, George says he was called a number of things in school, with the other patients asking about a variety of names that sound similar to Stoody.

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* OddCouple: George, the uptight bookseller, and Leo, the obnoxious ex-hoodlum.



* OddCouple: George, the uptight bookseller, and Leo, the obnoxious ex-hoodlum.
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* OddCouple: George, the uptight bookseller, and Leo, the obnoxious ex-hoodlum.
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The show also featured an early role for Creator/JasonBateman as George's son Ted.

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The show also featured an early role for Creator/JasonBateman as George's son Ted.
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* AbsenteeActor: Casey does not appear in "The Cameo Show".
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A sitcom that ran on Creator/{{CBS}} from 1997–98, starring Creator/BobNewhart as George Stoody, an uptight bookstore owner in [[HollywoodNewEngland Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts]], and Creator/JuddHirsch as Leo Waggonman, a small-time crook and magician from LasVegas who comes to town when their respective children, George's son Ted and Leo's daughter Casey, get married. Leo had been estranged from Casey for years but was invited to the wedding by Ted, and ends up staying, much to the annoyance of George.

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''George & Leo'' is a
sitcom that ran for one season (1997–98) on Creator/{{CBS}} from 1997–98, Creator/{{CBS}}, starring Creator/BobNewhart as George Stoody, an uptight bookstore owner in [[HollywoodNewEngland Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts]], and Creator/JuddHirsch as Leo Waggonman, a small-time crook and magician from LasVegas who comes to town when their respective children, George's son Ted and Leo's daughter Casey, get married. Leo had been estranged from Casey for years but was invited to the wedding by Ted, and ends up staying, much to the annoyance of George.
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''George & Leo'' was a sitcom that ran on Creator/{{CBS}} from 1997–98, starring Creator/BobNewhart as George Stoody, an uptight bookstore owner in [[HollywoodNewEngland Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts]], and Creator/JuddHirsch as Leo Waggonman, a small-time crook and magician from LasVegas who comes to town when their respective children, George's son Ted and Leo's daughter Casey, get married. Leo had been estranged from Casey for years but was invited to the wedding by Ted, and ends up staying, much to the annoyance of George.

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''George & Leo'' was a A sitcom that ran on Creator/{{CBS}} from 1997–98, starring Creator/BobNewhart as George Stoody, an uptight bookstore owner in [[HollywoodNewEngland Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts]], and Creator/JuddHirsch as Leo Waggonman, a small-time crook and magician from LasVegas who comes to town when their respective children, George's son Ted and Leo's daughter Casey, get married. Leo had been estranged from Casey for years but was invited to the wedding by Ted, and ends up staying, much to the annoyance of George.
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* {{Expy}}: "The Cameo Show" features cameos by many of Bob Newhart and Judd Hirch's former co-stars, many of them basically playing expies of the characters they played on those shows.

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* {{Expy}}: "The Cameo Show" features cameos by many of Bob Newhart and Judd Hirch's former co-stars, co-stars from their previous sitcoms, many of them basically playing expies of the characters they they'd played on those shows.

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'''George & Leo''' was a sitcom that ran on [=CBS=] from 1997-1998 starring Creator/BobNewhart as George Stoody, a book store owner, and Creator/JuddHirsch as Leo Waggonman, who comes to town when their respective children, George's son Ted and Leo's daughter Casey, get married. Leo had been estranged from Casey for years but was invited to the wedding by Ted, and ends up staying, much to the annoyance of George.

The show also featured an early role for Creator/JasonBateman as George's son.

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'''George ''George & Leo''' Leo'' was a sitcom that ran on [=CBS=] Creator/{{CBS}} from 1997-1998 1997–98, starring Creator/BobNewhart as George Stoody, a book store owner, an uptight bookstore owner in [[HollywoodNewEngland Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts]], and Creator/JuddHirsch as Leo Waggonman, a small-time crook and magician from LasVegas who comes to town when their respective children, George's son Ted and Leo's daughter Casey, get married. Leo had been estranged from Casey for years but was invited to the wedding by Ted, and ends up staying, much to the annoyance of George.

The show also featured an early role for Creator/JasonBateman as George's son.
son Ted.

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* WrongNameOutburst: In one episode, Leo is involved with a woman who mistakenly shouts George's name during sex. And in the next episode, when they set out to get married, she mistakenly does it again during the wedding.

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* WrongNameOutburst: In one episode, Leo is involved with a woman who mistakenly shouts George's name during sex. And in the next episode, when they set out to get married, she mistakenly does it again during the wedding.wedding.
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* FakeCameraView: "The Nanny" begins with this when Leo video records what's going on in the waiting room at the hospital where his grandchild is being born.

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* FakeCameraView: FakeVideoCameraView: "The Nanny" begins with this when Leo video records what's going on in the waiting room at the hospital where his grandchild is being born.
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* FakeCameraView: "The Nanny" begins with this when Leo video records what's going on in the waiting room at the hospital where his grandchild is being born.

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'''George & Leo''' was a sitcom that ran on [=CBS=] from 1997-1998 starring Creator/BobNewhart as George Stoody, a book store owner, and Creator/JuddHirsch as Leo Waggonman, who comes to town when their respective children, George's son Ted and Leo's daughter Casey, get married. Leo had been estranged from Casey for years but was invited to the wedding by George's son, and ends up staying, much to the annoyance of George.

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'''George & Leo''' was a sitcom that ran on [=CBS=] from 1997-1998 starring Creator/BobNewhart as George Stoody, a book store owner, and Creator/JuddHirsch as Leo Waggonman, who comes to town when their respective children, George's son Ted and Leo's daughter Casey, get married. Leo had been estranged from Casey for years but was invited to the wedding by George's son, Ted, and ends up staying, much to the annoyance of George.


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* OhCrap: George at the end of the first episode when he mentions to Leo that the bookstore used to be a home and still has a bedroom, upon realizing that Leo will want to move into that bedroom.
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* ChekovsGun: In "The Thanksgiving Show", George notices Leo's tie. During the episode, he asks Leo not to be involved with his recently-divorced niece, which Leo promises but doesn't keep. At the end, George informs Leo that he found his tie in the guest bedroom where she was sleeping. [[spoiler:But subverted in that that scene ended up being a dream.]]

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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: In "The Thanksgiving Show", George notices Leo's tie. During the episode, he asks Leo not to be involved with his recently-divorced niece, which Leo promises but doesn't keep. At the end, George informs Leo that he found his tie in the guest bedroom where she was sleeping. [[spoiler:But subverted in that that scene ended up being a dream.]]
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* ChekovsGun: In "The Thanksgiving Show", George notices Leo's tie. During the episode, he asks Leo not to be involved with his recently-divorced niece, which Leo promises but doesn't keep. At the end, George informs Leo that he found his tie in the guest bedroom where she was sleeping. [[spoiler:But subverted in that that scene ended up being a dream.]]

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'''George & Leo''' was a sitcom that ran on [=CBS=] from 1997-1998 starring Creator/BobNewhart as George Stoody, a book store owner, and Creator/JuddHirsch as Leo Waggonman, who comes to town when their respective children get married. Leo had been estranged from his daughter for years but was invited to the wedding by George's son, and ends up staying, much to the annoyance of George.

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'''George & Leo''' was a sitcom that ran on [=CBS=] from 1997-1998 starring Creator/BobNewhart as George Stoody, a book store owner, and Creator/JuddHirsch as Leo Waggonman, who comes to town when their respective children children, George's son Ted and Leo's daughter Casey, get married. Leo had been estranged from his daughter Casey for years but was invited to the wedding by George's son, and ends up staying, much to the annoyance of George.



* DisappearedDad: Leo was this to his daughter for many years before coming back into her life in time for the wedding.

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* DisappearedDad: Leo was this to his daughter Casey for many years before coming back into her life in time for the wedding.


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* SlippingAMickey: In one episode, George throws a party, seeing that he's been a little uptight, Leo decides to pour some alcohol into the punch bowl, only for George to decide to do the same, and Ambrose also spikes the punch, all three of them unaware of the others doing it.
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Every episode title starts with "the".
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* {{Expy}}: "The Cameo Show" features cameos by many of Bob Newhart and Judd Hirch's former co-stars, many of them basically playing expies of the characters they played on those shows.

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* {{Expy}}: "The Cameo Show" features cameos by many of Bob Newhart and Judd Hirch's former co-stars, many of them basically playing expies of the characters they played on those shows.shows.
* WrongNameOutburst: In one episode, Leo is involved with a woman who mistakenly shouts George's name during sex. And in the next episode, when they set out to get married, she mistakenly does it again during the wedding.
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* [=Expy=]: "The Cameo Show" features cameos by many of Bob Newhart and Judd Hirch's former co-stars, many of them basically playing expies of the characters they played on those shows.

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* [=Expy=]: {{Expy}}: "The Cameo Show" features cameos by many of Bob Newhart and Judd Hirch's former co-stars, many of them basically playing expies of the characters they played on those shows.
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'''George & Leo''' was a sitcom that ran on [=CBS=] from 1997-1998 starring Creator/BobNewhart as George Stoody, a book store owner, and Creator/JuddHirsch as Leo Waggonman, who comes to town when their respective children get married. Leo had been estranged from his daughter for years but was invited to the wedding by George's son, and ends up staying, much to the annoyance of George.

The show also featured an early role for Creator/JasonBateman as George's son.

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* DisappearedDad: Leo was this to his daughter for many years before coming back into her life in time for the wedding.
* [=Expy=]: "The Cameo Show" features cameos by many of Bob Newhart and Judd Hirch's former co-stars, many of them basically playing expies of the characters they played on those shows.

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