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Who’s the Boss? is a classic sitcom that lasted for eight seasons, from 1984 to 1992. There had been interest in bringing back the characters with a new sequel series. However, the production has just received an important update. Interestingly enough, there had been other attempts to give the series a spin-off over the years.

The Project Had Been In Development Since 2020

The original series starred Tony Danza as Tony Micelli, a baseball player who becomes a housekeeper for advertising exec Angela, played by Judith Light. Alyssa Milano played Tony’s daughter Samantha while Danny Pintauro played Angela’s son Jonathan. Katherine Helmond also played Angela’s mother Mona, who many fans joked was the real “boss” of the show.

Interest in developing a Who’s The Boss? revival first became known in 2020, with the project going to Amazon Freevee. Danza and Milano were notably set to reprise their roles from...

In 2023, anti-drag laws are being debated in at least 14 states, including Tennessee, the first to officially ban “adult cabaret performances” — which includes male or female impersonations — in public spaces or in the presence of children. But in 1980, drag formed the centerpiece of a new ABC sitcom.

Bosom Buddies is notable for being the first big break for Tom Hanks, then 24, and paired him with relative newcomer Peter Scolari, then 25. They played Kip Wilson and Henry Desmond, respectively — two pals who assume female alter-egos named Buffy and Hildegard in order to live in an affordable women’s hotel in New York City. The show was conceived almost by accident by Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett, the duo behind a raft of 1970s hit sitcoms including Happy Days, Mork & Mindy and Laverne & Shirley.

Buddies was pitched to ABC as a male version of the latter, reminiscent of “a sophisticated Billy Wilder comedy.

Santa Claus has been a consistent presence on The Simpsons from the very first episode, and not strictly contained within the holidays. Homer wanted to be him. Abe and Bart wanted to kill him. The family dog is named after him, and Mr. Burns routinely releases the hounds on him. The very image of Santa once saved Homer’s life. The town of Springfield brought a class action suit against him, even if they do trust him enough to hawk TV savings at Sprawl-Mart or buy Dancing Santas off YouTube. Here are the many ways in which Santa Claus has impacted The Simpsons.

Santa doesn’t get special treatment in the first episode of season 1, “Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire,” which was titled onscreen as “The Simpsons Christmas Special.” The episode premiered on Dec. 17, 1989, when the world still treated Father Christmas with respectful kid’s gloves. “There’s only...

Allan Rich, who was blacklisted in Hollywood early in his career and later found his niche as a versatile character actor in hundreds of roles, died on Aug. 22 at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, N.J. He was 94.

Rich’s notable feature film credits included playing district attorney Herman Tauber in Sidney Lumet’s “Serpico,” Judge Juttson in Steven Spielberg’s “Amistad,” and television executive Robert Kintner in Robert Redford’s “Quiz Show,” for which The New York Times reviewed his performance as having “the gruff assurance of a real executive.”

Rich was born Benjamin Norman Schultz on Feb. 8, 1926, in New York’s the Bronx. In 1943 he made his Broadway debut in “I’ll Take the High Road,” produced by Milton Berle. He became lifelong friends with Berle and went on to work with Edward G. Robinson, Claude Raines, Ralph Bellamy, Jack Palance, Kim Hunter and Henry Fonda.

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign got a big boost in the latest quarter that brought it into closer parity with Donald Trump’s fundraising juggernaut, as the former vice president saw major contributions from a number of industry moguls and media titans.

Jeffrey Katzenberg, who hosted an event for Biden last month, gave $617,800 to the Biden Victory Fund, the joint fund-raising committee set up for the campaign, the Democratic National Committee and state parties. Also giving was Steven Spielberg, who chipped in $250,000, along with his wife, Kate Capshaw, who gave the same amount.

James Murdoch, the son of Rupert Murdoch, and his wife Kathryn each donated $615,000 to the victory fund.

Other contributors included Bob Iger, the executive chairman of The Walt Disney Co., who gave $250,000. Abigail Disney, the granddaughter of Roy E. Disney who is a documentary filmmaker and social activist, gave $50,000 to the Biden fund.

Biden’s fundraising accelerated...

1966: Dark Shadows' David was angry with his father.

1984: Guiding Light's Josh and Reva got heated in the hot tub.

1988: Days of our Lives' Salemites through Kayla a surprise shower.

2010: One Life to Live's Viki plotted to reunite David and Dorian."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1965: On General Hospital, Angie Weeks (Jana Taylor) asked Nurse Jessie Brewer (Emily McLaughlin) for advice.

1966: On Dark Shadows, David Collins (David Henesy) told Victoria Winters (Alexandra Moltke) that he hated his father, Roger...

1966: Dark Shadows' David was angry with his father.

1984: Guiding Light's Josh and Reva got heated in the hot tub.

1988: Days of our Lives' Salemites through Kayla a surprise shower.

2010: One Life to Live's Viki plotted to reunite David and Dorian."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1965: On General Hospital, Angie Weeks (Jana Taylor) asked Nurse Jessie Brewer (Emily McLaughlin) for advice.

1966: On Dark Shadows, David Collins (David Henesy) told Victoria Winters (Alexandra Moltke) that he hated his father, Roger (Louis Edmonds).

1972: On Another World, Alice (Jacqueline Courtney) told Jim,...

Exclusive: We are hearing that Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman is in early talks to take over the directing reigns of Warner Bros.’ reboot The Cannonball Run, the 1980s action comedy franchise made popular by star Burt Reynolds and director Hal Needham.

Warner Bros. production executives Jesse Ehrman and Paul Perez are overseeing the re-imagining for the studio.

Last year, Skyscraper filmmaker Rawson Marshall Thurber was in talks to direct a Cannonball Run reboot from a script by Night at the Museum scribes Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant. A deal with Thurber wasn’t reached. Word is Liman will work off of Lennon and Garant’s version with a new scribe to be announced.

Cannonball Run I and II were directed by Needham and featured all star ensembles with ’80s stars like Reynolds, Farrah Fawcett, Roger Moore, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr and Dom DeLuise. They played roles...

Forget it, Jake – it's La La Land.

No wait, sorry, there's been a mistake. it's Moonlight! Our bad.

What a glorious only-in-Hollywood fiasco, and what a sublimely insane ending to an Oscar night for the ages. It was just like the end of Bonnie and Clyde: Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway bask in each others' glow, there's suddenly an awkward silence, they share a moment of doomed erotic eye contact ... and then oh, the carnage. The only thing missing was some sad banjo music. The Best Picture screw-up was...

Dan Aykroyd is opening up about his friendship and romantic relationship with the late Carrie Fisher.

The Ghostbusters star penned a touching essay for Empire Magazine's upcoming farewell issue in memory of the Star Wars icon, where he candidly recounted Fisher's role in his life.

"While filming Blues Brothers, Carrie and I fell in love and during the shoot she moved in with me into a penthouse suite in the futuristic, aluminum-clad Astro Tower, which I knew to apologize for. Carrie had the most refined eye for art and design," Aykroyd shares.

Watch: Carrie Fisher Dies at 60: Stars React to Actress' Death

The pair, who met while Aykroyd and fellow Blues Brothers star John Belushi were castmembers on Saturday Night Live, lived together for some time in 1980, and they even thought about marriage, going so far as to get "blood tests for compatibility."

"Contemplating marriage, I gave Carrie a sapphire ring," the 64-year-old...

Tony Sokol Dec 17, 2019

The Simpsons are only against the commercialization of Christmas because they can’t afford it.

What day is this? December 14th. Thank God! There's still four more days 'til Christmas. If the Ghost of Christmas Present actually brought Christmas presents, The Simpsons would hold a family séance and trim the tree with ectoplasmic residue. Christmas is the time of year when people of all religions come together to worship Jesus Christ, but the Simpsons are perennial irreverents. While the series follows the tradition of the anti-commercialization of Christmas set forth by Peanuts, even Millhouse van Houten knows that Christmas didn't get to be the No. 1 holiday by being about love. The Simpson family also finds the seasonal spirituality more than a little spooky.

The Simpsons are highly celebrated for their “Treehouse of Horrors” Halloween celebrations. Springfield is well-suited for the creepier seasons, but the family Simpson is...

A Kickstarter-financed Spike Lee Joint, Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus is a new kind of love story, one that centers on an addiction to blood that once doomed a long forgotten ancient African tribe. When Dr. Hess Green (Stephen Tyrone Williams) is introduced to, and then murdered with, a mysteriously cursed artifact by art curator Lafayette Hightower (Elvis Nolasco), he is uncontrollably drawn into a newfound thirst for blood that overwhelms his soul. Lafayette quickly succumbs to the ravenous nature of the infliction, killing himself, but leaves Hess a transformed man. Soon Lafayette’s wife, Ganja (Zaraah Abrahams), comes looking for her husband and becomes involved in a dangerous romance with Hess that questions the very nature of love, addiction, sex, and status in our seemingly sophisticated society. The couple marry, and Hess seems genuinely in love, while Ganja is genuinely in love with her new position, and not in...

Stars: Stephen Tyron Williams, Zaraah Abrahams, Rami Malek, Elvis Nolasco, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Joie Lee, Felicia Pearson, Jeni Perillo, Katherine Borowitz, Donna Dixon, Chiz Schultz, Lauren Macklin, Steven Hauck, Stephen Henderson, Rafael Osorio | Written and Directed by Spike Lee

The respected filmmaker hitting Kickstarter for help phenomenon seems to have died down over the last year or so but along with Zach Braff, Spike Lee was certainly one of the highlights of this short-lived trend. Shaking the virtual tip jar towards a great many people, myself included, he managed to get together a budget of just under $1.5 million, including a $10,000 donation from Steven Soderbergh and so presents us with Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, a somewhat surprise remake of 70’s indie flick Ganja & Hess. Even with my meagre donation, I think it was $10, it’s sad to say that I feel ripped off and I suspect most will.

The question...

Last night, Adult Swim aired the fourth and final installment in Adam Scott's Greatest Event in Television History series, in which he and some of his pals create frame-for-frame reenactments of the opening credits for eighties TV shows (after ten minutes of mockumentary footage about the making of the reenactment). He'd already tackled Simon & Simon, Hart to Hart, and Too Close for Comfort, so last night, he teamed with Paul Rudd to remake the lengthy, exposition-heavy opening to the Tom Hanks–Peter Scolari drag sitcom Bosom Buddies. (Gillian Jacobs takes the Donna Dixon role, Aidy Bryant does the late Wendie Jo Sperber, Parks and Rec writer Aisha Muharrar is Telma Hopkins, and Mo Collins nails Holland Taylor in just one face.) Watch the re-creation and the original side-by-side and marvel at the unicycle and handball skills Adam Scott had to master to pull this off. And how long did it...

Spheeris, Michaels, Myers, Carvey, and AMPAS President Koch to attend screening of 1992 comedy hit Attending the April 23 screening of the 1992 box-office blockbuster Wayne's World will be the film's director, Penelope Spheeris, in addition to writer-actor Mike Myers (Austin Powers / Shrek himself), actor Dana Carvey, producer Lorne Michaels, and executive producer (and current AMPAS Prez) Hawk Koch. Koch will introduce the evening, while the other four will discuss the making of Ww. (Pictured above: Myers, Carvey in Wayne's World. Please scroll down to check out more Ww images.) Myers, later best known for providing his voice in the animated feature Shrek and for the satire Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, launched his film-star career alongside fellow Saturday Night Live comedian Dana Carvey. The big-screen Wayne's was a version of the duo's TV comedy sketch about two dumb, ugly, metal-head teenagers, Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar, who are the hosts...

Want to make a Gen Xer feel old? Tell 'em that 20 years ago today, on February 14, 1992, "Wayne's World" was released in theaters. ("'Wayne's World' is 20? No way?!" "Way!") Lots of now middle-aged folks who spent too long living in their parents' basements (like Wayne and Garth) have fond memories of what may be the funniest film ever spawned from a "Saturday Night Live" sketch, a film that made a bankable movie comedy star out of Mike Myers, introduced the world to Tia Carrere, helped rescue Rob Lowe's career, and spawned countless catchphrases that viewers couldn't stop repeating. ("Schwing!" "We're not worthy!" "That's what she said!") Yet behind the movie's blissful silliness lies a secret story of off-camera bitterness and strife that threatened to keep the film from partying on -- as you'll read below. 1. Myers created the Wayne Campbell character long before "SNL," when he was still in high school.

Actor Dan Aykroyd has turned explorer by teaming up with palaeontologists to search for dinosaur bones in his native Canada.

The Ghostbusters star will feature in upcoming U.S. TV show Born to Explore to scour for fossils in Alberta and help excavate a new species of dinosaur, the hadrosaur, which was discovered in September.

Programme host Richard Wiese says, "The natural beauty of Alberta took our crew's breath away. Filming in the dinosaur bone bed was a rare opportunity and to discover a new dinosaur species was sensational."

Wayne's World actress Donna Dixon and Criminal Minds star Matthew Gray Gubler will also join Aykroyd at the site.

The celebrity dig, which will air on 5 November, will also help raise funds for the creation of the Phillip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum.

Lost alumni are finding much work this TV season, with Terry O’Quinn joining Daniel Dae Kim on Hawaii Five-0, Michael Emerson fronting Person of Interest, Nestor Carbonell chasing Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Ringer, and Jorge Garcia in the midseason drama Alcatraz. Add to those ranks Rebecca Mader, who last spring hunted No Ordinary Family, just had a Covert affair with CIA agent Auggie, and this Monday makes an “appearance” on Alphas (Syfy, 10/9c).

TVLine spoke with the British beauty about her proclivity for genre-tv fare – including her Fringe fan girl status – her fond memories of snogging Sawyer, and her gender-bending midseason ABC comedy.

Spy vs. Spy was created by a Cuban exile in the middle of the Cold War, but the appeal of the iconic Mad magazine strip is universal. Two enemies — one dressed all in black, the other all in white — eternally fight each other, using bombs and booby traps. It doesn’t initially seem like film material… but by George, this is Hollywood, and anything is possible! Thus: EW has confirmed that Warner Bros. is currently developing a film adaptation of Spy vs. Spy, to be produced by David Koepp, Brian Grazer, and Ron Howard, with Howard also set to direct.

Jeers to Fran Drescher for not knowing when to shut up.

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The Nanny veteran has returned to TV with The Fran Drescher Tawk Show, a daytime chatfest getting a three-week test run on six Fox affiliates (because that approach worked so well for The Kilborn File and Huckabee?). Despite the presence of the "Fran Band" and celebrity guests — like Drescher's "dear friends" and Doctor Detroit costars Dan Aykroyd and Donna Dixon — the show's all about Fran...

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Faces from the TV and music world gathered on Saturday, April 17 to celebrate honors being handed out at TV Land Awards. Jane Lynch was in hand to present Deborah Harry with Icon Award for Blondie's contribution to music and pop culture. The band later performed two songs during the ceremony.

Tom Hanks was also present to receive the Anniversary Award which he shared with Peter Scolari, Donna Dixon, Thelma Hopkins and Holland Taylor. They were celebrating the 30th anniversary of '80s sitcom "Bossom Buddies". Equally reuniting were the cast of "Everybody Loves Raymond" who were given the Impact Award for their contribution to TV history.

The classic ensemble of "Charlie's Angels" were handed Pop Culture Award. Cheryl Ladd and Jaclyn Smith were present on behalf of Farrah Fawcett who received a special tribute. Mel Brooks brought home Legend Award for his work in "Get Smart", "The Producers", and others.

Bosom Buddies' Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari reunited to receive the Anniversary Award, celebrating the '80s sitcom's 30th anniversary as celebrities old and new gathered at the TV Land Awards.

Jay Leno presented the award Saturday night to the cast, which included Donna Dixon, Thelma Hopkins and Holland Taylor.

The series centered on two bachelors who pretended to be women to live in a low-cost, all-female hotel after their apartment is condemned.

TV Land Awards to honor Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari

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It’s a Star-Studded Extravaganza at The Eighth Annual ‘TV Land Awards’ Honoring ‘Everybody Loves Raymond,’ Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, ‘Bosom Buddies,’ Rock ‘N’ Roll Legend Blondie, ‘Glee,’ ‘Charlie’s Angels’ and ‘The Love Boat.’

Billy Crystal, Jay Leno, Betty White, Paula Abdul, Pamela Anderson, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick, Jane Lynch, Bob Newhart and Ryan O’Neal Among Dozens of Performers Appearing to Celebrate Television, Film and Music Event Features Special Tribute To Farrah Fawcett.

Celebrities from television, film and music all came out tonight for the unforgettable taping of the eighth annual “TV Land Awards” premiering on Sunday, April 25 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt. Appearances included Billy Crystal, Jay Leno, Betty White, Paula Abdul, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick, Bob Newhart, Ryan O’Neal and more. Honorees included the cast of “Everybody Loves Raymond” (Impact Award), Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner (Legend Award), the cast of “Bosom Buddies” including Tom Hanks...

TV Land announced today that some of television and film’s most iconic names will be presenters at the “8th Annual TV Land Awards.” Billy Crystal, Jane Leeves, Jay Leno, Wendie Malick, Bob Newhart and Betty White will be on hand to salute some of television biggest stars – Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner; the casts of “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “The Love Boat” and more. The “8th Annual TV Land Award” tapes on Saturday, April 17 at Sony Studios on the historic Stage 15 in Culver City, it airs on TV Land on Sunday, April 25 at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt.

Honorees previously announced for the “8th Annual TV Land Awards” include the entire cast of “Everybody Loves Raymond” who will receive the Impact Award, “Glee” which will receive this year’s Future Classic Award and Mel Brooks (“Blazing Saddles”) and Carl Reiner (“The Dick Van Dyke Show” and “Ocean’s Eleven”) who...

Tom Hanks is reuniting with his Bosom Buddies co-star Peter Scolari to accept a special prize for the hit cross-dressing sitcom at the 2010 TV Land Awards.

The actors kickstarted their careers on the 1980 series, in which they played roommates who dressed up as women to live in an all-female hotel.

Now they're set to join former co-stars Donna Dixon, Telma Hopkins and Holland Taylor 30 years later to accept TV Land's Anniversary Award.

The ceremony will mark the first time the cast has been seen together publicly since the show ended.

Late Dynasty and Charlie's Angels star John Forsythe, who died of complications from pneumonia on Thursday, will also be honoured at the event.

The Awards, to be hosted by funnyman Tim Allen, will air in the U.S. on 25 April.

Thirty years ago, Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari were cast as the title characters in "Bosom Buddies." While that ABC sitcom was short-lived, the two men have stayed friends throughout the ensuing decades. They and "Bosom Buddies" cast mates Donna Dixon, Thelma Hopkins and Emmy winner Holland Taylor will reunite publicly for the first time since the show left the airwaves in 1982 to accept the Anniversary prize at the 8th annual TV Land Awards. These kudos -- emceed by Hanks' "Toy Story" costar Tim Allen -- tape Saturday, April 17, on historic Stage 15 of the Sony lot and air Sunday, April 25, at 9:00 p.m. Et/Pt on the cable net. Hanks has reached...

The Nate Berkus Show gets real, Nurse Jackie's hottie husband, Jake Gyllenhaal's changeable accent, and could P Diddy be a fan of Emmerdale?

April 25th we have the TV Land Awards hosted by Tim Allen for some unknowable reason. But they’re giving the Anniversary Award to the cross-dressing comedy Bosom Buddies, which celebrates 30 years in 2010. Tom Hanks, Peter Scolari, Donna Dixon, Thelma Hopkins and Holland Taylor will all be present, but we don’t know if Hanks and Scolari still have the legs to pull off a dress.

Some of you may have seen my alma mater, West Virginia University, get their butts kicked by Duke over the weekend. Locally, we’re just thrilled to have made it this far. But this story about this redneck state’s team coach hugging his fallen player is a fairly awesome commentary on masculinity, role models, and sports.

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TV Land has announced that the cast of Bosom Buddies will be reuniting for the first time on the upcoming TV Land Awards.

Scheduled to appear are Tom Hanks, Peter Scolari, Donna Dixon, Telma Hopkins, and Holland Taylor. This will be the first time that the actors have reunited publicly since Bosom Buddies left ABC in 1982. The show's other key castmember, Wendy Jo Sperber, passed away in 2005 following a battle with breast cancer.

Other events scheduled for the event include a reunion of the surviving cast of Everybody Loves Raymond (Ray Romano, Brad Garrett, Patricia Heaton, Doris Roberts, Madylin Sweeten, Sawyer Sweeten, and Sullivan Sweeten) and a tribute to Charlie's Angels with Cheryl Ladd and Jaclyn Smith.

The cast of Glee -- including Jane Lynch, Dianna Agron, Jayma Mays, Jessalyn Gilsig and Kevin McHale -- are scheduled...

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Former 'Bosom Buddies' stars Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari are scheduled to appear at the 8th Annual TV Land awards to accept an award for show's 30th anniversary.

According to TV Guide, Hanks and Scolari will appear alongside Donna Dixon, Telma Hopkins and Holland Taylor at the ceremony, which tapes Sat., Apr. 17, and airs Sun., Apr. 25, 9Pm on TV Land. Tim Allen hosts.

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Who besides myself has been aching for a 'Bosom Buddies' reunion? Your wish has been granted now that Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari will reunite to accept a TV Land Anniversary Award for that very sitcom, thirty years later.

Fellow cast members Donna Dixon, Thelma Hopkins and Holland Taylor will also be in attendance. Sadly, the late Wendie Jo Sperber cannot (may she rest in peace). The show will be broadcast on April 25th and will be hosted by Tim Allen.

While I won't say that 'Bosom Buddies' launched Tom Hanks' career (the movie 'Splash' gets more credit for that), it definitely showcased his comedic talent. Peter Scolari was also an excellent foil for him and even made a cameo in Hanks' directorial debut 'That Thing You Do.'

It makes you wonder what Kip and Henry are actually doing in the 'Bosom Buddies...

Ready for a reunion of Bosom Buddies Kip and Henry?

Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari will reunite at the TV Land Awards to accept an award for the 30th anniversary of the early '80s sitcom along with fellow cast members Donna Dixon, Thelma Hopkins and Holland Taylor.

Tim Allen to host TV Land Awards

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Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari are getting back together for a "Bosom Buddies" reunion set to air as part of the 8th annual TV Land Awards later this month.

Both actors are scheduled to appear on the April 25 telecast, though it's unclear if either will don the drag costumes they wore on the original 1980 sitcom. Hanks and Scolari played aspiring ad agency execs who dressed as women in order to land a spot in an all-women's apartment.

Also set for the reunion: "Bosom" cast members Holland Taylor, Telma Hopkins and Donna Dixon. TV Land says it's the first time...

Chicago – Paramount Home Video is unleashing waves of catalog titles this month, starting with an interesting quintet of laugh-fests that range wildly in subject matter and quality.

What do they have in common? Well, three are from the “Saturday Night Live” factory - “Wayne’s World,” “Wayne’s World 2,” and “Black Sheep,” but the other two are not. Those three are also from the ’90s, another tempting way to bunch these random titles together, but “Major League” is an ’80s comedy and “Without a Paddle” is from the ’00s.

Even quality levels seem like an inappropriate way to lump these titles together as even diehard fans couldn’t claim that Chris Farley’s “Black Sheep” or the silly “Paddle” should stand next to “Wayne’s World” or the beloved “Major League”.

Why even try and lump them together? They’re all comedies. They’re all Paramount. Anyone can find at...