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* RealSongThemeTune: "Motherless Children" by Eric Clapton was used in the opener from 1982 to 1985; replaced by "Hooray For The City" by Jack Mack & The Heart Attack from 1985 to 1987.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Hasn't been seen since it ended-- most of HBO's 80s originals, including this show, are AWOL from the otherwise comprehensive HBO Go and HBO Now streaming services due to rights issues (as HBO didn't actually produce most of their projects themselves back then).
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** One of the [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Sweeney Sisters]] is in this.
** Rich Hall is mocking the news here before moving to [[Series/SaturdayNIghtLive SNL]].
** And Frosty Kimmelman is [[Series/ParkerLewisCantLose Parker Lewis']] mom.

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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Being a show from the 80's it is expected that the technology shown here is outdated.
** One first season skit shows a couple watching the tv in his living room, arguing about watching a [[SoapOpera soap opera]] or an weightlifting competition, and are fighting for the ''gigantic'' [[note]]the size of an answering machine[[/note]], ''corded'' remote control.
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outdated. One first season skit shows a couple watching the tv TV in his living room, arguing about watching a [[SoapOpera soap opera]] SoapOpera or an weightlifting competition, and are fighting for the ''gigantic'' [[note]]the size of an answering machine[[/note]], ''corded'' remote control.
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** One first season skit shows a couple watching the tv in his living room, arguing about watching a [[SoapOpera soap opera]] or an weightlifting competition, and are fighting for the ''gigantic'' [[note]]the size of an answering machine[[/note]], ''corded'' remote control. They ended watching ''themselves'' on HBO.

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** One first season skit shows a couple watching the tv in his living room, arguing about watching a [[SoapOpera soap opera]] or an weightlifting competition, and are fighting for the ''gigantic'' [[note]]the size of an answering machine[[/note]], ''corded'' remote control. They ended watching ''themselves'' on HBO.
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** One of the [[Series/SaturdayNightLive Sweeney Sisters]] is in this.
** Rich Hall is mocking the news here before moving to [[Series/SaturdayNIghtLive SNL]].
** And Frosty Kimmelman is [[Series/ParkerLewisCantLose Parker Lewis']] mom.
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** One first season skit shows a couple watching the tv in his living room, arguing about watching a [[SoapOpera soap opera]] or an weightlifting competition, and are fighting for the ''gigantic'' [[note]]the size of an answering machine[[/note]], ''corded'' remote control. They ended watching ''themselves'' on HBO.

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** One first season skit shows a couple watching the tv in his living room, arguing about watching a [[SoapOpera soap opera]] or an weightlifting competition, and are fighting for the ''gigantic'' [[note]]the size of an answering machine[[/note]], ''corded'' remote control. They ended watching ''themselves'' on HBO.HBO.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: Being a show from the 80's it is expected that the technology shown here is outdated.
** One first season skit shows a couple watching the tv in his living room, arguing about watching a [[SoapOpera soap opera]] or an weightlifting competition, and are fighting for the ''gigantic'' [[note]]the size of an answering machine[[/note]], ''corded'' remote control. They ended watching ''themselves'' on HBO.

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