I AM LUUKING FOR MY KOZZEN LARRY!

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Wasn't this show the number one comedy in America for a while or something? Wait, number two surely, The Cosby Show ruled all.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

I CAN'T STAND THE FACT THAT MY COUSIN IS DEPLORABLY INARTICULATE

― alex in mepos (slutsky), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

weren't Family Matters, Full House, and a less successful third sitcom all spin-offs of PS?

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

jesus christ, when i was a kid the fox station outta des moines ran this show, and then kate & allie iirc, right after the afternoon cartoons. my friend mat (yes mat w/ 1 t) refused to change the channel, ever.

ok i'm a little surprised at my vitriol there. sorry, mat, all forgiven.

― g--ff (gcannon), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

A professor of mine in college wrote a book on Chekhov. I was skimming it one day and found a part where it talked about one of the preeminent performers of Chekhov at Yale Drama School in the early 1980s, a man who everyone agreed was an astounding, serious stage actor with a brilliant future. His name? Mark Linn-Baker. His most famous role to date? Cousin Larry.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

What does that have to do with Chekhov?

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Family Matters might've been a spin-off, Huckle, since both shows took place in Chicago. But I don't think Full House was.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:04 (twenty-two years ago)

(the mom on FM was originally the elevator operator at Larry's workplace, was it a newspaper? A newspaper in the basement?)

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:05 (twenty-two years ago)

What does that have to do with Chekhov?

What do you mean? The role of Cousin Larry wasn't actually mentioned in this book on Russian theatre; I just recognized the name Mark Linn-Baker and said "wait, wasn't he...?".

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:06 (twenty-two years ago)

The Perfect Strangers opening credits were very Ferris Bueller.

― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Still, hadn't Chekhov been dead for decades by 1980?

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:07 (twenty-two years ago)

A professor of mine in college wrote a book on Chekhov. I was skimming it one day and found a part where it talked about one of the preeminent
performers of Chekhov at Yale Drama School in the early 1980s, a man who everyone agreed was an astounding, serious stage actor with a brilliant
future. His name? Mark Linn-Baker. His most famous role to date? Cousin Larry.

He was a great foil to Peter O'Toole in My Favorite Year...but somewhere along the way...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:07 (twenty-two years ago)

He appeared in the role of Hysterium in the 1995 Broadway stage production of 'A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the Forum'.

Played "Marvelous" Mark Slackmeyer in the Broadway production of "Doonesbury - The Musical"

His christened name is Mark Linn Baker (without the hyphen). Linn is actually his middle name,
not part of his last name. When he joined the actors union, there already was a Mark Baker, so he
combined his middle name with his last name. His father made up his middle name "Linn" in
honor of Leonid Tolstoy.

Mark is a partner in Manhattan's West Bank Cafe.

Wife Adrianne Lobel is a set designer. They have one daughter.

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

he was a killer with asperger's on L & O: ci not too long ago.

xpost jesus fuck a doonesbury musical??!?

― g--ff (gcannon), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

It took me a few tries afore I could watch My Favorite Year without thinking of Balki

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:14 (twenty-two years ago)

MLB vs Paul Reiser!

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:16 (twenty-two years ago)

mark linn baker is actually (weirdly enough) cited by a lot of actors as being sort of the "comic actor's comic actor!" he's really well-respected!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)

xpost jesus fuck a doonesbury musical??!?

When Trudeau took what at the time was an unusual break for comic artists -- I think it was something like a year and a half off, around 83-84 -- part of his time was spent writing the musical or rather cowriting it. I still have never seen it, but my understanding was that it covered the 'missing time' during the break, when Mike and JJ got married and the original 'Walden' crew finally went their separate ways.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)

that is crossover wierdness. it's like bizarro x-files.

― g--ff (gcannon), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 15:20 (twenty-two years ago)

oh my god, is there a soundtrack???

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

MLB was also on L&O: Original Recipe with Joe Piscopo.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:11 (twenty-two years ago)

That would be cool if that was the 3rd spin-off.Law & Order: Original Recipe
Joe Piscopo and Mark Linn-Baker star as two Kentucky Justice Dept. agents assigned the dangerous task of guarding 11 herbs and spices.

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

If Serena Southerlynn perishes in a vat of fried chicken, it will be the best show ever.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 20 April 2004 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

i was just going to start a thread about mark linn-baker but figured i'd check the archives first. ilx, i salute you.

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 15:38 (twenty-one years ago)

a recent photo
http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2004/07/22/theater-baker-inside.jpg

― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 15:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Was he in "My Favorite Year" with Peter O'Toole?

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

DB is a god among men.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 15:44 (twenty-one years ago)

He WAS in "My Favorite Year" with Peter O'Toole! A winner is me!

― n/a (Nick A.), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Read upthread, my friend. xpost

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 15:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Well ok thanks for making me think, AGAIN, of the episode where Balki becomes a famous rapper. "Fresh Young Balki B" your song is in my head again. FUCK YOU.

― Allyzay flies casual (allyzay), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 18:53 (twenty-one years ago)

oh jesus i could not even have dreamt that such an episode exists. please tell me you're not joking.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 18:55 (twenty-one years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/es/a/a5/Borat.jpg

― The Sensational Sulk (sexyDancer), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:00 (twenty-one years ago)

mark linn baker is in something that is coming out soon. I just saw him in a trailer. I can't remember what it is though.

― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I am not joking.

http://epguides.com/PerfectStrangers/guide.shtml

Ep. 114.

― Allyzay flies casual (allyzay), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:05 (twenty-one years ago)

WTF THIS SHOW WAS ON FOR EIGHT YEARS???????

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Later on, Larry falls down the stairs at the Chronicle and gets amnesia

God I miss this show

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:11 (twenty-one years ago)

omg

and in hopes of going into labor, Larry and Balki take Jennifer up in the balloon.

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:27 (twenty-one years ago)

WTF THIS SHOW WAS ON FOR EIGHT YEARS???????

I'm still amazed.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:27 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm more amazed that someone took the time to put an episode guide up.

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Still boggling over here. EIGHT YEARS.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Standing tall, on the wings of my dreams
the rise and fall, of the wings of my dreams
My life, my dreams, nothing's gonna stop me now
whoah whoah whoah

Why can I still remember this shit 10 years later?

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 19:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Larry wants to put some sparks back in his marriage, and after he fails with Balki's secret treasures, he goes shopping with Balki and accidentally gets locked in the store after hours with a mad dog on the loose.

― Allyzay flies casual (allyzay), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Balki's secret treasures

SO GODDAMN WRONG.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I so knew this was a donut yotch thruuud.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Larry decides to grow it big to make money off it unaware that growing it big has wacky side effects

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:13 (twenty-one years ago)

OH NOES

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:16 (twenty-one years ago)

MAGE IT BEEGER, LARRY, MAKE IT BEEGER!

― slightly more subdued (kenan), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:18 (twenty-one years ago)

After reading every single episode summary I'm convinced Larry was a very greedy man.

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:22 (twenty-one years ago)

..or very insecure, in the latter case.

― donut debonair (donut), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Or closeted or...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 8 June 2005 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

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I can't sink any dollars into this, but someone out there please tell me that the episode guide descriptions actually fit the episodes. I just need to know.

― Mackro Mackro, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 03:38 (eighteen years ago)

Oh, they do, but in a really saccharine way. Like how a Library of Congress summary fits a novel.

― Abbott, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 05:08 (eighteen years ago)

The first guy I dated, pretty much the only reason I came to his house is because he had some Perfect Strangers episodes he'd taped as a kid.

― Abbott, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 05:10 (eighteen years ago)

six months pass...

Thank god, the Balki B video is still on YouTube for instant roffles, so to repost:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F28LW9NWOCk

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 11 August 2008 18:55 (seventeen years ago)

eleven months pass...

My brother just emailed me:

I remembered that perfect strangers is on AOL TV. At least some episodes. So I decided to see if that second episode of their winter expedition and cabin avalanche was on there. Of course the episode is not on there but the first part is! Will we EVER find out what really happened? Will I ever forgive mom and dad for taking us from grandma's house the one time it actually comes on tv? What awful torture must I bear?!

I knew you could sympathize. Thanks. I love you!

-Merr1ck

P.S. For torture inducing memories, the first episode is here: http://video.aol.com/video-detail/perfect-strangers-snow-way-to-treat-a-lady-part-1/355878549

― kind-hearted, sensitive keytar player (Abbott), Thursday, 16 July 2009 18:54 (sixteen years ago)

Being robbed of watching that second episode has been a lifelong grudge we both share.

― kind-hearted, sensitive keytar player (Abbott), Thursday, 16 July 2009 18:54 (sixteen years ago)

Oh good, Balki B video link still works.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 16 July 2009 18:55 (sixteen years ago)

two years pass...

This is the greatest thing ever.

http://nothingsgonnastopmenow.com/

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:23 (fourteen years ago)

hahaha

just to sing the song

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:29 (fourteen years ago)

oh there are some shitty entries on the dream board

― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:35 (fourteen years ago)

quality video game

― lag∞n, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:39 (fourteen years ago)

dammit, beaten by minutes!

― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:42 (fourteen years ago)

lolling at the tri-island area

― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:42 (fourteen years ago)

beaten by an hour actually

― polyphonic, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:45 (fourteen years ago)

I didn't cotton on to catching stars til about halfway through, I was too busy singing

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 22:46 (fourteen years ago)

nine months pass...

We've had a few Wikipedia links above but anyway, a further celebration:

http://decanting-cerebral.tumblr.com/post/44323013452/16-ways-of-looking-at-perfect-strangers-via-wikipedia

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 1 March 2013 23:27 (thirteen years ago)

four weeks pass...

Oh Balki

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 29 March 2013 17:07 (thirteen years ago)

ten months pass...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bg80jycIEAAGR1Y.jpg

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 February 2014 22:21 (twelve years ago)

Who they?

― Tuomas, Friday, 21 February 2014 13:55 (twelve years ago)

tuomas if there was an embed for getting a thread to slap someone in the face i would paste it in below even if it inadvertently slapped everyone else who loaded this thread in the face because then it would also slap you in the face for asking such a fundamentally dense question about the very thread in which you were asking it, my gawd

― j., Friday, 21 February 2014 15:01 (twelve years ago)

why would tuomas even click on this thread?

― *plop* son (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 21 February 2014 16:36 (twelve years ago)

^zen koan

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 21 February 2014 16:37 (twelve years ago)

Because it had a weird title and I was trying to understand what it was about. I read the first 10 posts or so, but I still didn't get it. Who is cousin Larry?

― Tuomas, Friday, 21 February 2014 16:39 (twelve years ago)

Hey Tuomas, I don't know if you use Chrome, but if you do you can right-click on any pic in the world and click "Search google for this image", which will usually tell you what you're looking at.

― Eyeball Kicks, Friday, 21 February 2014 17:13 (twelve years ago)

or you could just type "Cousin Larry" into Google

― sent as gassed to onto rt dominance (DJP), Friday, 21 February 2014 17:58 (twelve years ago)

i gotta say those two have aged pretty well, it's been like 25 years

― Nhex, Friday, 21 February 2014 18:50 (twelve years ago)

mark linn baker looks like Larry David

― christmas candy bar (al leong), Friday, 21 February 2014 18:50 (twelve years ago)

three years pass...

Oh...oh dear.

https://io9.gizmodo.com/perfect-stranger-things-gives-larry-and-balki-a-new-roo-1820220807

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 November 2017 21:22 (eight years ago)

Dancing In The Moonlight

― Bazooka Jobim (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 7 November 2017 21:28 (eight years ago)

one month passes...

the episode where larry falls asleep for days after drinking a jar of balki’s medicine is the apex of eighties sitcom art

― barreras, Friday, 22 December 2017 16:45 (eight years ago)

i was watching the first season of Newhart (80s innkeeper one) on Hulu when i had the flu and 80s sitcoms are sort of weirder than today's "weird" sitcoms in a way

one episode literally involved them learning their was a witch buried in their basement and hiring Larry Daryl and Daryl to dig up the bones so they could bury them in the church graveyard, but then Joanna decides she likes having the witch in their basement because she was wrongfully accused so they cancel the job and just keep the witch's bones in their basement

― Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 22 December 2017 17:12 (eight years ago)

This was a very relatable scenario in the 80s

― Embalming is a flirty business (DJP), Friday, 22 December 2017 17:56 (eight years ago)

Nothing beats the "magic cave" episode of Punky Brewster for sheer bugfuck 80s sitcom weirdness.

― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Friday, 22 December 2017 18:36 (eight years ago)

four years pass...

This is everything. pic.twitter.com/HVtPCkFUd0
— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) August 12, 2022

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 August 2022 15:01 (three years ago)

And in sharing it a friend (a published playwright) makes a case

The writers of that show understood farce, which is really rare - and they could act it, which is rarer - in the beginning when the show was basically two rooms, the newspaper and the apartment, it was like a really fun play from the 30s-50s https://t.co/eUWl6i4an1
— Justin Sherin (@wychstreet) August 12, 2022

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 12 August 2022 15:01 (three years ago)

Glad to know my childhood was spent watching quality TV

― Mar - a - Lago, or 120 Days of Sodom (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 12 August 2022 18:24 (three years ago)

The episode where they make pastry that explodes unless you burp is a classic

― formerly abanana (dat), Friday, 12 August 2022 22:12 (three years ago)

two years pass...

BALKI B
BALKI B

― her pal Santa falls to the floor (Neanderthal), Monday, 9 December 2024 04:02 (one year ago)

I knew this episode was ridiculous from memory but I didn't realize how much so until I just threw it on.

He gets a contract by simply dancing in front of an exec. A week later he's cutting a video

― her pal Santa falls to the floor (Neanderthal), Monday, 9 December 2024 04:03 (one year ago)

Also the voice dubbed in was 700 times worse than Balki's

Also the music video comes out like a week after they recorded it

― her pal Santa falls to the floor (Neanderthal), Monday, 9 December 2024 04:05 (one year ago)

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