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The Popcorn Kid

  • TV Series
  • 1987– 1987–
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
28
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Penelope Ann Miller, Faith Ford, Raye Birk, John Christopher Jones, Jeff Joseph, and Bruce Norris in The Popcorn Kid (1987)
Comedy
Short lived sitcom about the goings on at a movie theatre. The show mainly focused on Scott Creasman, who wanted to be in movies, but working in the theatre was about as close as he would co... Read allShort lived sitcom about the goings on at a movie theatre. The show mainly focused on Scott Creasman, who wanted to be in movies, but working in the theatre was about as close as he would come.Short lived sitcom about the goings on at a movie theatre. The show mainly focused on Scott Creasman, who wanted to be in movies, but working in the theatre was about as close as he would come.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
28
YOUR RATING
    • Mark Ganzel
    • Barry Kemp
  • Stars
    • Bruce Norris
    • Raye Birk
    • Jeff Joseph
    • Mark Ganzel
    • Barry Kemp
  • Stars
    • Bruce Norris
    • Raye Birk
    • Jeff Joseph
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    • 2User reviews
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  • Episodes6

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    1987

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    Bruce Norris
    • Scott Creasman
    Raye Birk
    Raye Birk
    • Leonard Brown
    Jeff Joseph
    Jeff Joseph
    • Willie Dawson
    Penelope Ann Miller
    Penelope Ann Miller
    • Gwen Stottlemeyer
    John Christopher Jones
    John Christopher Jones
    • Marlin Bond
    Faith Ford
    Faith Ford
    • Lynn Holly Brickhouse
    James Staley
    James Staley
    • Beryl Creasman
    Edward Asner
    Edward Asner
    • Ed Asner
    Deborah May
    Deborah May
    • Yvonne Brickhouse
    Kevin Scannell
    Kevin Scannell
    Leo Geter
    Leo Geter
    • Leo Davenport
    Mary Anne Dorward
    Dominick Brascia
    Dominick Brascia
    Bruce French
    Bruce French
    Nicholas Hormann
    Nicholas Hormann
    • Father
    Raleigh Bond
    Raleigh Bond
    Hennen Chambers
    Hennen Chambers
    Nick Toth
    Nick Toth
      • Mark Ganzel
      • Barry Kemp
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The name of the cinema is the Majestic Theatre.

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    8/10
    You would have loved this sitcom about an art-deco movie palace and its staff.
    And all we can hope for now us that someone will rediscover it for late-night cable showings, or re-issue the series on videotape. It is no epic, certainly, but was well worth seeing each week (which I made sure to do, as both a film buff and one who appreciates movie-palaces, and I suppose that covers the great majority of those who read these listings).

    The art deco theatre lobby itself is the main set of "The Popcorn Kid". To our left are the front doors and the grand staircase to the balcony. Straight ahead is the concession stand and the auditorium doors, and to our right is the manager's office and staircase to the projection booth.

    The lobby, though vintage, is spotless and well-maintained, and the staff (nice young folks whose daily lives and job duties provide the material around which the weekly episodes revolve) wears neat, traditional 1940s-style usher and concessionaire uniforms. (The theatre's name escapes me at the moment, but I'll list it under the "Trivia" link when it comes to me.)

    Faith Ford plays the sexy new usherette, the enténdre-ly named Lynn Holly Brickhouse, but she quickly becomes a likable friend and co-worker.

    The storylines don't always directly involve the theatre itself. But in one sharply-edged episode, the manager approached the staff to announce that the owners, a chain, planned to convert the ornate auditorium into several smaller screens - to multiplex the old theatre, destroying its character. The staff, reacting with dismay at the concept of this, opposes the plans at the risk of their jobs. It all works out in the end, of course ... but both the offbeat premise itself and the way it was handled, though fictional, were uplifting. These were kids that were easy to like.

    That's the same premise, in fact, that Frank Capra liked to use. Think it'd go over today?

    Bring back "The Popcorn Kid"!
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    • Release date
      • March 23, 1987 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • CBS Studio Center - 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • MTM Productions
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    • 30 minutes
      • Color

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