Television Parts
| Television Parts | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Michael Nesmith in Television Parts |
| Written by | Jack Handey, William Martin, Michael Kaplan, John Levenstein |
| Directed by | Micky Dolenz, William Dear, Alan Myerson, Michael Nesmith |
| Presented by | Michael Nesmith |
| Starring | Michael Nesmith, Garry Shandling, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Whoopi Goldberg, Arsenio Hall, Jerry Lee Lewis, Rosanne Cash, Martin Mull, Jimmy Buffett |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Michael Nesmith |
| Producer | Ward Sylvester |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | 1 March – 1 July 1985 |
| Related | |
| PopClips, and Elephant Parts (video) | |
Michael Nesmith in Television Parts is a summer TV series run by
Grammy Award-winning video production Elephant Parts, and earlier series PopClips. The first episode was a stand-alone television special which aired on March 7, 1985. The following series premiered on June 14, 1985.[1]
The show was a mix of music videos (by both Nesmith and others) mixed in with comedy sketches, commercial parodies, and general silliness. It was hosted by Nesmith himself, who also participated in many of the sketches. Television Parts also featured guest appearances by a number of comedians, including
Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey" was later picked up by Saturday Night Live
.
The show was cancelled after 5 episodes. The last episode was 90 minutes, and ran in the "Saturday Night Live" time-slot. It would return in 1985 as two separate home video releases on
Ed Begley, Jr., Jimmy Buffett, Rosanne Cash
, Whoopi Goldberg, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld and Garry Shandling.
References
- ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
- ^ Ricky Gervais Meets... Garry Shandling, 2006-12-26, Channel 4
External links
- Television Parts at IMDb
