| 1998 Telecity Superbas | ||||||
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| Anderson | Berle | Burr | Carson | Coca | Denver | Leoni |
| Lewis | Seinfeld | Silvers | ||||
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| Applegate | Ball | Betz | Bishop | Gleason | Leno | Letterman |
| McMahon | NelsonD | NelsonR | Obrien | Reiner | Schneider | Thomas |
| Manager | Coaches | G.M. | Owner | Park | ||
| Flockhart | Farley | Hill | O'Donnell | Keeshan | Doody | Teledrome |
| Italics indicates Rookie | ||||||
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The TELECITY SUPERBAS is a team made up of television personalities. The Superbas compete in the cosmic Midlleleague. Owner Howdy Doody, dissatisfied with last season's performance (78-84, .481 record) went out and replaced his entire management staff, including the coaches. TV starlet Calista Flockhart takes over as the new field manager. The recently departed Chris Farley, the British bawdy comedian Benny Hill and day-time talk show host Rosie O'Donnell comprise the all-new coaching staff. Bob Keeshan, also known as "Captain Kangaroo" is the team's new general manager. In addition to the management changes, there are five new rookies. Three new fielders all come from the late-night talk show host environment: Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan O'Brien. The two rookie pitchers are situation comedy star Jerry Seinfeld and TV camp hero Bob Denver. So, there's been a lot of changes in Superba-land. Will these changes help? |
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Gillian AndersonAgent Dana Skully in The X Files.
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Christina ApplegateShe played Kelly, the dumb sister on the long-running series, Married With Children
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Lucille BallComedienne extraordinaire, she starred in a number of popular situation comedies.
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Milton Berle"Uncle Miltie" was one of the first popular television stars.
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Carl BetzDonna Reed's TV doctor-husband, Betz played a rather idealized paternal figure to the rather idealized American nuclear family.
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Joey BishopAfter several mediocre situation comedies he joined the ranks of late-night talk show hosts.
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Raymond BurrMost famous for his portrayal or Erle Stanley Garnder's clever attorney, Perry Mason. Later Burr portrayed a crusty, cynical policeman confined to a wheelchair in the drama series Ironsides.
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Johnny CarsonThe absolute king of the late-night talk show. Carson reigned supreme, using his nightly monologue to reflect the culture back at itself.
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Imogene CocaOne of the pioneers of television comedy. With Sid Caesar she helped define the entertainment value of TV.
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Bob DenverHe was Maynard G. Krebs, TV-land's image of what a beatnik was all about on the Dobie Gillis show. Later achieved a certain fame as the dunce-like first mate in the comedy series Gilligan's Island.
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Jackie GleasonStar of the situation comedy The Honemooners Gleason's creative comedic talent has set the standards by which we judge comedy on TV.
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Jay LenoLeno inherited Johnny Carosn's seat on the Tonight Show. He is a popular, ubiquitous entertainer. But can anyone really replace Johnny?
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Tea LeoniA rising star who has put in her acting dues.
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David LettermanAnother challenger to the throne vacated by Carson. Once thought to be the leading contender, but now, his star is dimming.
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Shari LewisLots of baby-boomers grew up imbibing the creative energy Ms. Lewis put into her puppets.
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Ed McMahonThe penultimate "second bananna" for years he was Johnny Carson's sidekick on the Tonight Show. Additionlly he has been a major TV pitch man for all kinds of things you should buy but don't really need.
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David NelsonOne of Ozzie and Harriet's two sons. With his brother Ricky, Dave showed us a nonchalant image of what "normal" white middle-class teenage boys ought to be like.
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Ozzie NelsonLike Carl Betz and Robert Young, Ozzie played the father figure in a white middle-class family that provided laughs because the reality these shows obscured made many of us cry.
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Conan ObrienYet another contender in the nighly talk show contest. From a shaky start Conan has emerged as a clever wit with more genuine humor than some of his counterparts.
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Carl ReinerWith Imogene Coca and Sid Caesar an early TV pioneer.
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Rob SchneiderFrom Saturday Night Live to his own situation comedy, Schneider's star has begun to soar. But has it peaked? How far can you go behaving badly? Maybe something new might help, maybe not.
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Jerry SeinfeldThe Seinfeld show typifies television in the late 1990s. A self-described show about nothing, what is behind its phenomenal popularity?
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Phil SilversAs Sgt. Ernie Bilko, Phil Silvers showed us great ingenuity in the struggle between the individual and authority.
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Danny ThomasAnother TV dad, but here, Dad's central position was getting eroded. Look carefully, the erosion is substantial, Danny makes us laugh about it.
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Calista FlockhartThe rising star of Ally McBeall.
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Chris FarleyOne of the comedic stars of the later Saturday Night Live. Took as his model John Belushi and unfortunately, like Belushi, died too young in similar circumstances.
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Benny HillRowdy, lascivious, salacious, bawdy and typically British. A very funny chap.
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Rosie O'DonnellFast becoming one of the most popular day-time TV talk hosts. Everyone seems to like Rosie.
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Bob KeeshanAlso known as Captain Kangaroo. But he was neither a captain nor a a kangaroo.
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Howdy DoodyThis puppet character entertained kids while the cold war developed.
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TeledromeHome FieldCapacity: 44,197 seats |
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