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Phyl & Mikhy

  • TV Series
  • 1980– 1980–
  • 30m
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Comedy
Track stars Phyllis (Phyl) and Mikhail (Mikhy) are on opposite sides of the Cold War but meet and marry. Mikhy defects and they move in with Phyl's father Max, where Mikhy must navigate the ... Read allTrack stars Phyllis (Phyl) and Mikhail (Mikhy) are on opposite sides of the Cold War but meet and marry. Mikhy defects and they move in with Phyl's father Max, where Mikhy must navigate the American cultural landscape. Russian agent Gimenko trails him, trying to convince him to r... Read allTrack stars Phyllis (Phyl) and Mikhail (Mikhy) are on opposite sides of the Cold War but meet and marry. Mikhy defects and they move in with Phyl's father Max, where Mikhy must navigate the American cultural landscape. Russian agent Gimenko trails him, trying to convince him to return to the Mother Country.
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    • Buddy Arnold
  • Stars
    • Rick Lohman
    • Murphy Cross
    • Larry Haines
    • Buddy Arnold
  • Stars
    • Rick Lohman
    • Murphy Cross
    • Larry Haines
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  • Episodes6

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    1980

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    Rick Lohman
    • Mikhail 'Mikhy' Orlov
    Murphy Cross
    Murphy Cross
    • Phyllis 'Phyl' Wilson
    Larry Haines
    • Max Wilson
    Michael Pataki
    Michael Pataki
    • Vladimir Gimenko
    Jack Dodson
    Jack Dodson
    • Edgar 'Truck' Morley
    Marian Mercer
    Marian Mercer
    • Miss Crandal
    Mary Woronov
    Mary Woronov
    • Anya Trigorin
    Deborah Pratt
    Deborah Pratt
    • Connie
    Charles Lane
    Charles Lane
    Larry Storch
    Larry Storch
    • Ivan
    Rae Allen
    Rae Allen
    • Gwyn
    Frank Campanella
    Frank Campanella
    • Father Kenney
    Cliff Norton
    Cliff Norton
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    Gene Blakely
    Gene Blakely
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    Samantha Harper
    Samantha Harper
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    Ellen March
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      • Buddy Arnold
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      Rick Lohman and Larry Haines played grandson and grandfather on the daytime drama Search For Tomorrow.

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    3/10
    Cold War borscht, lukewarm at best
    This was an attempt at a Cold War sitcom that fell flat. Phyl(lis) is a young American athlete who falls in love with Mikhy (Mikhail), an athlete from the then-Soviet Union, who defects in order to live with Phyl and her family. It's a set-up for lots of bad fish-out-of-water jokes, along with a cute-and-cuddly KGB agent (Michael Pataki) who follows Mikhy in hopes of getting him back to the Soviet Union.

    The only reason why I recall this at all is because I attended one of the shows in 1979 when they were filmed. We laughed dutifully, but even as teenagers at the time, we easily predicted this would go nowhere. When it actually made it onto TV in 1980, it had to have been about the same time that Jimmy Carter had announced a boycott of the Moscow Olympics over the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. It made the already-ridiculous premise even more absurd.
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      • May 26, 1980 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Metromedia Square - 5746 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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      • Elmar Productions
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