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Buddies (TV series)

Field	Value
image	Buddies DVD Cover.jpg
caption	DVD cover
genre	Sitcom
creator	Carmen Finestra
David McFadzean
Matt Williams
director	Paul Lazarus
John Pasquin
Andrew Tsao
executive_producer	Carmen Finestra
David McFadzean
Matt Williams
producer	Gayle S. Maffeo
starring	Dave Chappelle
Christopher Gartin
Paula Cale
Tanya Wright
Richard Roundtree
Judith Ivey
theme_music_composer	Derrick Perkins
composer	Brian Bennett
num_seasons	1
num_episodes	13 (9 unaired)
list_episodes
location	Burbank, California
company	Wind Dancer Productions
Touchstone Television
country	United States
language	English
related	Home Improvement
camera	Multi-camera
runtime	30 minutes
network	ABC
first_aired
last_aired

David McFadzean Matt Williams John Pasquin Andrew Tsao David McFadzean Matt Williams Christopher Gartin Paula Cale Tanya Wright Richard Roundtree Judith Ivey Touchstone Television

Buddies is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from March 5 to March 27, 1996. It was created by Carmen Finestra, David McFadzean, and Matt Williams and starred Dave Chappelle, Christopher Gartin, Tanya Wright, Jeff Rawluk and Richard Roundtree. It is a spin-off to Home Improvement.

History

''Home Improvement'' connection

Comedians Dave Chappelle and Jim Breuer attracted the attention of TV network executives with their guest appearance on the (4th season) March 14, 1995, episode of ABC's highly rated sitcom Home Improvement. The storyline had Chappelle and Breuer play friends who appear together on Tool Time to ask Tim Taylor advice on their girlfriends. The characters' single outing on the episode proved so popular that ABC decided to give Chappelle and Breuer their own half-hour sitcom.

Cast changes

After subsequent rehearsals, Breuer was replaced with Christopher Gartin as Chappelle's "buddy". The unique comic timing and chemistry that Chappelle had with Breuer, his real-life friend, was not present with Gartin, and Breuer's abrupt firing exacerbated ill will. This prevented Chappelle and Gartin from developing the rapport and chemistry necessary for the characters' believability and likeability.

Broadcast

Buddies premiered on Tuesday, March 5, 1996. The show garnered disappointing ratings. Buddies was cancelled on April 3 after airing only four out of the 13 produced episodes. Chappelle himself was not proud of his involvement with Buddies in retrospect:

Cast

Dave Chappelle as Dave Carlisle
Christopher Gartin as John Bailey
Paula Cale as Lorraine Bailey
Tanya Wright as Phyllis Brooks
Richard Roundtree as Henry Carlisle
Judith Ivey as Maureen DeMoss

Episode list

Home media

Best Buy released an exclusive DVD on May 15, 2005, that contained 10 episodes of Buddies, including all 9 unaired episodes.

References

(1997). "The Wonderful World of Disney Television". Hyperion Books.
Kaltenbach, Chris. (April 3, 1996). "'Buddies' gets last-minute boot". [[The Baltimore Sun]].
[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0603537/ ''Home Improvement'' episode listing for "Talk to Me."] IMDB.com.
[http://www.poobala.com/buddiesandhome.html "Spin Off: ''Buddies'' and ''Home Improvement''.] Poobala.com. Last accessed November 10, 2007.
[http://www.tv.com/show/1290/summary.html ''Buddies'' page at TV.com.] Last accessed November 14, 2007
Arnold, Thomas. (August 26, 2005). "Disney Gifts Wal-Mart Holiday DVD Exclusive".
[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chappelle-an-act-of-freedom-19-10-2004/ "Chappelle: An Act Of Freedom."] CBS News December 29, 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2022
(March 13, 1996). "Nielsen ratings". [[USA Today]].
(March 20, 1996). "Nielsen ratings". [[USA Today]].
(March 27, 1996). "Nielsen ratings". [[USA Today]].
(April 3, 1996). "Nielsen ratings". [[USA Today]].
[http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Buddies/3306 "Best Buy to get exclusive release of Dave Chappelle's 1996 series."] {{webarchive. link. (2007-12-05 TvShowsOnDVD.com. April 25, 2005.)
link. (2007-11-23 Best Buy. Last accessed November 10, 2007.)

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