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71 relations: Amazon Prime Video, Andy Rooney, Barbara Bush, Betty White, Bob Dole, Bob Uecker, Charles III, Cher, Cold War, Comedy, Dan Quayle, Dan Rather, Diana, Princess of Wales, Dolly Parton, Don King, Edwin Meese, Elizabeth II, Fred Rogers, Fred Willard, Freddy Krueger, George H. W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Geraldo Rivera, H.R. Pufnstuf, Henry Kissinger, ITunes, Jesse Jackson, Jim Bakker, Jimmy Carter, Joe Alaskey, John Poindexter, Katharine Hepburn, Leslie Nielsen, Madonna, Margaret Thatcher, Marilyn Quayle, Martin Mull, Maurice LaMarche, Michael Dukakis, Michael Jackson, Mikhail Gorbachev, Nancy Reagan, Oliver North, Oprah Winfrey, Pat Robertson, Pope John Paul II, Popular culture, Raisa Gorbacheva, Richard Nixon, Robert Englund, ... Expand index (21 more) »
- 1980s American political comedy television series
- 1980s American satirical television series
- First-run syndicated sitcoms
- Television series by Sid and Marty Krofft Television Productions
Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video, or simply Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming and rental service of Amazon offered both as a stand-alone service and as part of Amazon's Prime subscription.
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Andy Rooney
Andrew Aitken Rooney (January 14, 1919 – November 4, 2011) was an American radio and television writer who was best known for his weekly broadcast "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney", a part of the CBS News program 60 Minutes from 1978 to 2011.
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Barbara Bush
Barbara Bush (June 8, 1925 – April 17, 2018) was the first lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993, as the wife of former president George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States.
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Betty White
Betty Marion Ludden (White; January 17, 1922December 31, 2021) was an American actress and comedian.
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Bob Dole
Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney from Kansas who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1960s and the United States Senate from 1969 to his resignation in 1996 to campaign for President of the United States.
Bob Uecker
Robert George Uecker (born January 26, 1934) is an American former professional baseball catcher who is the primary broadcaster for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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Charles III
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms.
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Cher
Cher (born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress, and television personality.
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: In Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters.
Dan Quayle
James Danforth Quayle (born February 4, 1947) is an American retired politician who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush.
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Dan Rather
Daniel Irvin Rather Jr. (born October 31, 1931) is an American journalist, commentator, and former national evening news anchor.
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Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family.
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Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and philanthropist, known primarily for her decades-long career in country music.
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Don King
Donald King (born August 20, 1931) is an American boxing promoter, known for his involvement in several historic boxing matchups.
Edwin Meese
Edwin Meese III (born December 2, 1931) is an American attorney, law professor, author and member of the Republican Party who served in Ronald Reagan's gubernatorial administration (1967–1974), the Reagan presidential transition team (1980–81), and the Reagan administration (1981–1985).
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Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.
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Fred Rogers
Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003), better known as Mister Rogers, was an American television host, author, producer, and Presbyterian minister.
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Fred Willard
Frederic Charles Willard (September 18, 1933 May 15, 2020) was an American actor and comedian.
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Freddy Krueger
Freddy Krueger is the antagonist of the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' horror film franchise.
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George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushAfter the 1990s, he became more commonly known as George H. W. Bush, "Bush Senior," "Bush 41," and even "Bush the Elder" to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd U.S. president from 2001 to 2009; previously, he was usually referred to simply as George Bush.
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Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977.
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Geraldo Rivera
Geraldo Rivera (born Gerald Riviera; July 4, 1943) is an American journalist, attorney, author, and political commentator who worked at the Fox News Channel from 2001 to 2023.
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H.R. Pufnstuf
H.R. Pufnstuf is an American children's television series created by Sid and Marty Krofft. D.C. Follies and H.R. Pufnstuf are American television shows featuring puppetry and television series by Sid and Marty Krofft Television Productions.
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Henry Kissinger
Henry Alfred Kissinger (May 27, 1923November 29, 2023) was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the United States secretary of state from 1973 to 1977 and national security advisor from 1969 to 1975, in the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
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ITunes
iTunes was a media player, media library, mobile device management utility developed by Apple.
Jesse Jackson
Jesse Louis Jackson (né Burns; born October 8, 1941) is an American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister.
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Jim Bakker
James Orsen Bakker (born January 2, 1940) is an American televangelist and convicted felon.
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Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
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Joe Alaskey
Joseph Francis Alaskey III (April 17, 1952 – February 3, 2016) was an American actor and comedian.
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John Poindexter
John Marlan Poindexter (born August 12, 1936) is a retired United States naval officer and Department of Defense official.
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Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress whose career as a Hollywood leading lady spanned six decades.
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Leslie Nielsen
Leslie William Nielsen (February 11, 1926November 28, 2010) was a Canadian-American actor and comedian.
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Madonna
Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.
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Marilyn Quayle
Marilyn Tucker Quayle (born July 29, 1949) is an American lawyer and novelist.
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Martin Mull
Martin Eugene Mull (August 18, 1943 – June 27, 2024) was an American comic actor whose career included contributions as a musician and painter.
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Maurice LaMarche
Maurice LaMarche (born March 30, 1958) is a Canadian voice actor and comedian.
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Michael Dukakis
Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American retired lawyer and politician who served as governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1991.
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Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991.
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Nancy Reagan
Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins; July 6, 1921 – March 6, 2016) was an American film actress who was the First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989, as the second wife of President Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States.
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Oliver North
Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943) is an American political commentator, television host, military historian, author, and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel.
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Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Gail Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954), known mononymously as Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor.
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Pat Robertson
Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson (March 22, 1930 – June 8, 2023) was an American media mogul, religious broadcaster, political commentator, presidential candidate, and charismatic minister.
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Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II; Jan Paweł II; Giovanni Paolo II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła,; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.
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Popular culture
Popular culture (also called mass culture or pop culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as popular art or mass art) and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a society at a given point in time.
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Raisa Gorbacheva
Raisa Maximovna Gorbacheva (Раи́са Макси́мовна Горбачёва Romanized Raisa Maksimovna Gorbachyova,, Титаренко; 5 January 1932 – 20 September 1999) was a Soviet-Russian activist and philanthropist who was the wife of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
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Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.
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Robert Englund
Robert Barton Englund (born June 6, 1947) is an American actor and director.
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Robin Leach
Robin Douglas Leach (29 August 1941 – 24 August 2018) was a British-American entertainment reporter and writer from London.
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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
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Ruhollah Khomeini
Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (17 May 1900 or 24 September 19023 June 1989) was an Iranian Islamic revolutionary, politician, and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989.
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Sam Donaldson
Samuel Andrew Donaldson Jr. (born March 11, 1934) is a retired television reporter, and also news anchor.
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Santa Claus
Santa Claus (also known as Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, Santa, or Klaus) is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve.
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Satire
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.
Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and film director.
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Shout! Studios
Shout! Factory, LLC, doing business as Shout! Studios (formerly doing business as its current legal name as Shout! Factory) is an American home video and music distributor founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment.
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Sid and Marty Krofft
Sid Krofft (born July 30, 1929) and Marty Krofft (April 9, 1937 – November 25, 2023), known as The Krofft Brothers and born as Cydus and Moshopopoulos Yolas, were a Canadian sibling team of television creators, writers and puppeteers.
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Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters is an American children's television series that ran from September 8, 1973 to October 18, 1975, produced by Sid and Marty Krofft and aired on Saturday mornings. D.C. Follies and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters are American television shows featuring puppetry and television series by Sid and Marty Krofft Television Productions.
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Spitting Image
Spitting Image is a British satirical television puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. D.C. Follies and Spitting Image are political satirical television series.
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Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946) is an American actor and filmmaker.
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Tammy Faye Messner
Tamara Faye Messner (née LaValley, formerly Bakker; March 7, 1942 – July 20, 2007) was an American evangelist.
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Ted Koppel
Edward James Martin Koppel (born February 8, 1940) is a British-born American broadcast journalist, best known as the anchor for Nightline, from the program's inception in 1980 until 2005.
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The Cannon Group, Inc.
The Cannon Group, Inc. was an American group of companies, including Cannon Films, which produced films from 1967 to 1994.
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Tip O'Neill
Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (December 9, 1912 – January 5, 1994) was an American Democratic Party politician from Massachusetts who served as the 47th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987, the third-longest tenure in history and the longest uninterrupted tenure.
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VHS
The VHS (Video Home System) is a standard for consumer-level analog video recording on tape cassettes, introduced in 1976 by the Victor Company of Japan (JVC).
Video on demand
Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos, television shows and films digitally on request.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
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Whoopi Goldberg
Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg, is an American actor, comedian, author, and television personality.
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Woody Allen
Heywood Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American filmmaker, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades.
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See also
1980s American political comedy television series
- Benson (TV series)
- D.C. Follies
- Hail to the Chief (TV series)
- He's the Mayor
- Mr. President (TV series)
- Saturday Night Live
- Tanner '88
- The Stiller and Meara Show
1980s American satirical television series
- Beyond Our Control
- Big Chuck and Lil' John
- D.C. Follies
- Filthy Rich (1982 TV series)
- Fresno (miniseries)
- Fridays (TV series)
- Hail to the Chief (TV series)
- Just Say Julie
- Live on Tape
- Mad Movies with the L.A. Connection
- Not Necessarily the News
- Police Squad!
- Rock 'N' America
- Saturday Night Live
- Sesame Street
- Short Ribbs
- Sledge Hammer!
- Soap (TV series)
- Tanner '88
- The $1.98 Beauty Show
- The American Music Show
- The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
- The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts
- The News Is the News
- The Simpsons
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
- The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
- The Wilton North Report
First-run syndicated sitcoms
- All That Glitters (American TV series)
- America 2-Night
- Boogies Diner
- D.C. Follies
- Fernwood 2 Night
- Goof Troop
- Harry and the Hendersons (TV series)
- It's a Living
- King of the Hill
- Madame's Place
- Malibu, CA (TV series)
- Mama's Family
- Marblehead Manor
- Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
- Meet Corliss Archer (TV series)
- Mr. Box Office
- My Secret Identity
- My Talk Show
- New Monkees
- One Big Family (TV series)
- Out of This World (American TV series)
- Out of the Blue (1996 TV series)
- Ozzie's Girls
- Punky Brewster
- Quack Pack
- Sabrina: The Animated Series
- She's the Sheriff
- Silver Spoons
- Small Wonder (TV series)
- The Baxters
- The First Family (TV series)
- The Jetsons
- The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts
- The Lionhearts
- The Munsters Today
- The New Gidget
- The New WKRP in Cincinnati
- They Came from Outer Space
- Throb
- Too Close for Comfort
- Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
- We Got It Made
- What a Country!
- What's Happening Now!!
- You Can't Take It with You (TV series)
Television series by Sid and Marty Krofft Television Productions
- Bigfoot and Wildboy
- D.C. Follies
- Donny & Marie (1976 TV series)
- Dr. Shrinker
- Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
- Far Out Space Nuts
- H.R. Pufnstuf
- Land of the Lost
- Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)
- Land of the Lost (1991 TV series)
- Lidsville
- Mutt & Stuff
- Pink Lady (TV series)
- Pryor's Place
- Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
- The Brady Bunch Hour
- The Bugaloos
- The Krofft Supershow
- The Krofft Superstar Hour
- The Lost Saucer
- The World of Sid & Marty Krofft at the Hollywood Bowl
- Wonderbug
References
Also known as D C Follies, D. C. Follies, DC Follies.