those shows that said, okay, i see the formulas that we ve had up to here, let s do different things. hello. hello. we re looking a little pale today, aren t we? who have we here? i don t know. moonlighting was a really experimental show. they had a shakespeare episode, they had a black and white episode. they did a musical episode. they tried a lot of different stuff. i don t give a flying fig about the lines in my face, the crows feet by my eyes, or the altitude of my caboose. well, i m at a loss. i don t know what a flying fig is. that s okay. they do. there is no trouble on the set. we have a very volatile relationship. there is a hate/love element to it. the flirtations were great and bruce and cybill were great. glenn caron kept them apart for a long time and bravo to him.
something less predictable than traditional primetime fare. moonlighting was another of those shows that said, okay, i ve seen the formulas that we ve had up to here, let s do different things. hello. hello. we re looking a little pale today, aren t we? who have we here? i don t know. moonlighting was a really experimental show. they had a shakespeare episode, they had a black and white episode. they did a musical episode. they tried a lot of different stuff. i don t give a flying fig about the lines in my face, the crows feet by my eyes, or the altitude of my caboose. well, i m at a loss. i don t know what a flying fig is. that s okay. they do. there s no trouble on the set. there is no trouble on the set. well, we have a very volatile relationship. there is a hate/love element to it. the flirtations were great
well, i m at a loss. i don t know what a flying fig is. that s okay. they do. there is no trouble on the set. we have a very volatile relationship. there is a hate/love element to it. the flirtations were great and bruce and cybill were great. glenn caron kept themapart for a long time and bravo to him. what they did is they took the sam and diane dynamic from cheers and escalated it. cheers was will they or won t they? moonlighting was do they even want to? stay away from me. here i come. but i don t want you. i never wanted you. yeah, right. does entertaining mean at some point stopping the tease of dave and maddie? do they get together at some point? that s going to be resolved this year. we like to think of it as 2 1/2 years of foreplay. people who had been watching moonlighting for years were waiting for this moment. and your emotions are already
out it s like, okay, i get it. so it is like, all right, what are the rules now? what are you doing? i m doing what i should have done all along. what i wanted to do originally. what i should have done last night. stop that, david! i m calling the police, david. hello, police? the networks realized there was an audience looking for something less predictable than traditional primetime fare. moonlighting was another of those shows that said, okay, i ve seen the formulas that we ve had up to here, let s do different things. hello. hello. we re looking a little pale today, aren t we? who have we here? i don t know. moonlighting was a really experimental show. they had a shakespeare episode, they had a black and white episode. they did a musical episode. they tried a lot of different stuff. i don t give a flying fig about the lines in my face, the crows feet by my eyes, or the altitude of my caboose.
was more drama. they were getting a little bit more adventurous with the types of shows that were getting a shot. what are you doing? i m doing what i should have done all along, what i wanted to do originally, what i should have done last night. stop that david, i m calling the police, david. hello, police. the network s realized there was an audience looking for something less predictable than traditional prime time fare. moonlighting was another show that said, okay, i see the formulas that we have had up to here, let s do different things. hello. hello. we re looking a little pale today, aren t we? moonlighting had a shakespeare episode, a black and white episode, they did a musical episode, they tried a lot of different stop. i don t give a flying fig