Memories of Moonlighting
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- "Memories of Moonlighting" is a half-hour documentary about the third season, featuring exclusive interviews with cast and crew, including new cast member Curtis Armstrong, and the long-awaited reunion of Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis! Memories of Moonlighting goes behind the scenes to look at some of the amazing stories of the people involved with the show in this extraordinary award-winning season
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To say I loved this show is an understatement. I was a teenager who followed the show religiously. I loved the intelligent, rich, fast paced snarky dialogue.
There were a lot of us that were teenagers that watched this especially the guys. David Addison was such a slick character. I think most of us wanted to be him.
And the music intro gave it a mood, a magic that you can feel it to this day.
I *ran* to buy my copy of ‘The Return of Bruno’. I was silly for this show.
I saw this wonderful show with my mother, we really enjoyed it! 👏🏻
True that!!
The chemistry between Bruce and Cybill was and is amazing. The way they spoke over top each other is what made it feel real. You can't fake interactions without chemistry.
God bless all who worked on moonlighting.
yeah Rest in peace Bruce
That's good writing.
@@stellviahohenheim dude, he's still alive. Come on.
@@stellviahohenheim Come on, no need for that, have a bit of respect.
Hey...Bruce isn t dead. RIP isn t appropriate.
Billy Joel writing a song with Moonlighting in mind and the show, not only using it, but building a whole dance scene and episode around it, is everything you need to know about how awesome the 80s were.
The very definition of an 80s TV show. Willis' star shined so bright the show didn't last long enough for me.
I was a kid watching it in the 80's I remember it was must watch viewing. I remember it being full of action, comedy, suspense and sometimes horror. But towards the end all I can remember is each and every episode being Bruce and Cybill's characters arguing non-stop . There was no cases to be investigated it was just them two in the office arguing and slamming doors and when it ended I remember everyone being sick of the show. I only ever watched the entire show once and I was a child so things may have actually been very different in the show. But when it was good it was great
Cybil Sheppard ruined that show.
I think he was more dedicated to the show (even with his movie career taking off) than she was.
I was in my 30s and Bruce was my favorite male on the planet. I liked Cybil's character because feminists needed to see what it was to take progress too seriously and to make it reasonable to allow men to be naturally funny. They made humor be a primary characteristic in relationships.😊
@@gloriarivera108Great point. It was a great lesson in two extreme viewpoints coming to see the merit in the other and working out differences with humor instead of rancor in the end.
This show was pure 80’s and we loved it
*'80s
One of the very, very, very best shows ever. It was sheer magic! It would have been lovely to have a reunion show but I think it's a bit late now with Bruce Willis being ill. Al Jarreau's theme is super fab also.
I'm trying to recall: was this the first series to employ the love/hate, delayed love affair type of dynamic. I think so, does nay other before come to mind?
@@sarahdee374 Yes, I think it was the first series to use UST...Unresolved Sexual Tension...as they call it in film.
I'll always remember the scene when Addison was picking a doorknob lock. Singing the Hokey Pockey song. Lol.
"You put your left foot in, you put your left foot out. You do the hokey pokey...".
@@VictoriaHannahStudioCheers' Sam and Diane?
@@sarahdee374 Cheers, Sam and Diane?
I loved this show! I feel sorry for those who didn't get to see it when it was brand new. It was so different and fresh.
Was watching it in Russia during the period of the USSR collapsing in front of my eyes! This show was a heartwarming in the environment of the total devastating events of the 90s in Russia! I want the calmness, assurance in the future of the USSR back! Don’t want NATO aggression and the oligarchs’ built their bloody money on betrayal of the Russian and the USSR people!
i always thought it was like a 1940s show, terrible over-acting, cheesy dialogue and really stupid premises. i still don't understand why people like this show. lol
I was born in 1984, lol. I'm watching the series now.
@@zubileegluckgluck why are you even here? That's my question? I don't understand people who look up a topic/person/ect. and leave a comment like this. Don't you have anything better to do than complain about a show that you never understood or liked?🤪
BTW, the reason it seemed like an old 1940s movie is because that's what Glenn Gordon Caron (the writer and creator of the show) was going for. He has said 'His Girl Friday' and those kind of old fashioned funny movies were his inspiration for the show. If you don't like or understand how anyone can enjoy or laugh at this type of classic comedy, then I feel truly sorry for you.😔😌
@@lucakat9262 lol at you wasting all that time typing at me when idgaf what you think of my opinion.
Their chemistry is still insane and it's because they don't hide the tension. They are fully themselves and fully respect the other. Not many people can pull that off with their relatives! Love Bruce and Cybil!
They got along on camera, but By the end of the series Bruce Willis couldn't stand Cybill Shepard. In his own words, he couldn't wait for the show to end.
They definitely had their issues behind the scenes which were no secret. From my understanding, Bruce and Cybill have since settled their differences in recent years. Continued best wishes go out to Bruce and his family during his current health issues. Hang in there, brother.
@@ThothTheAtlanteanKWhy?
Respect? The show ended because they grew to hate each other and couldn't even be in the same room together anymore by the end.
❤❤
One of my favorite shows of all-time; growing up in the 80s was freaking awesome.
Mate it really was! Look at the world now… much darker
Nostalgia is latin for the pain from an old wound. Seeing this Moonlighting footage makes me sad for everthing we had back then and have lost.
I agree. But, as has been said: “it’s better to have lived and loved, than to have never lived and loved at all”. There’s not a single person that knew back then that our culture would decay by design, the way it has to this point. I too yearn for how inexplicably wonderful those days were, but I also think, wow, I’m so blessed and lucky that I got to live it and I know what it felt like.
You are so wrong. It stems from GREEK words nostos (return) and algos (pain). Its meaning is illicit suffering desiring to return home.
@@Beck-Stein So Don Draper lied? The hell you say.
This , Cheers and Miami Vice were my 3 favourite shows as a kid , Television was so different back then .
Wow Cheers Ted Danson😊
How about movies? I caught myself discussing "Weird Science" the other day. With band names like "Oingo Boingo", and a variety to choose from, we had it way better (culturally and otherwise) in the 80's than we realized.
Cheers was one I missed the most of when it first aired. Thankfully it didn't have tons of licensed music in it like Moonlighting did and it is now readily available to watch and has been released on home media at least a couple times. Cheers is a show I could watch again and again and it never gets old.
I liked Dempsey and Make peace, North and South and the Flying Doctors and I just loved David and Maddie
The Taming of the Shrew episode was my all time favorite!!!! When Bruce pulls up on his horse with the BMW insignia and uses a clicker to set the alarm…..It was perfect comedy!!!
The episode was actually called Atomic Shakespeare
My favorite episode too. As soon as Bruce rode up on his “BMW” I was hooked.
I watched almost all of the episodes as they were broadcast and if I had owned a recording device at that time, this is the one I wish I could have made a tape of.
Agree-can’t believe it was the lowest rated!
mine too. "pianst envy." so many good lines.
@@christinehoff5910
*pianist
I worked as a background extra on 2 episodes...one was on a Friday, and I saw myself on the show the following Tuesday night. We extras would sit with the crew, waiting for script pages to show up. The turnaround time for the show's editors was, well, unusual for a weekly series. Another time, we shot on the day of the Oscars. Cybill was happy to be released early as she had a party invitation. A number of us extras had to stay later...we had been shooting at a bar in an LAX hotel. We extras and Bruce were able to sit at the bar watching the Oscars on the TV while the crew finished setting up the final scenes for the day.
"We extras and Bruce were able to sit at the bar ...."
I'm curious if Bruce was accessible. I don't mean that he would talk to the extras, but that he didn't purposefully separate himself from them?
@@johnabbottphotography
Bruce Willis used to be a bartender in New York. So I believe that story, because by all accounts he was very friendly in those days. Especially with the ladies.
@@johnabbottphotography Hi John... we extras were always instructed to 'not speak to the lead actors' because none of us wanted to distract them in any way. Both Cybill and Bruce spoke 1 or 2 sentences to me in passing... it's a lot of waiting around, long days and you could see the actors getting tired. Sherry Rivera visited as we were sitting around the bar watching the Oscars, Bruce was very affectionate with her. The crew liked Bruce.
@@pinkparasollise9646
I've been on a bunch of sets as an extra, and they always told us the same thing, and I respected that rule.
Having said that, I've been on a couple of sets where the actors wanted to be social on lunch break. A loooong time ago, I was on the set of the Untouchables (the television series reboot), and John Rhys-Davies sat next to me. I honestly don't remember what he said, because I was so busy trying *not* to talk to him. But I just remember the feeling that he wanted to be a regular guy.
I could see Bruce being that way as well.
@@johnabbottphotography Yeah, I did a lot of extra work at that time, talked to many lead actors. Rodney Dangerfield wished me a happy b-day (it WAS my birthday) on the set of his BACK TO SCHOOL movie. Robert Downey Jr. also said 'hi' to me...he was in that movie. I did a NERDS movie, spoke to Curtis (who was also on MOONLIGHTING). The bar scene was the only time in my life that I got to work with about 12 pro stuntpeople. Bruce started a bar fight, and I had to run through the chaos!
Cybill Shepard is a stunner. So good at self deprecating and goofy humor. I liked her show "Cybil" as well. And Brice Willis is, well, Bruce Willis. One of the best.
I agree, the Cybill sitcom was pretty good.
@@richardpatrick2852I remember Tom Wopat played one of Cybill's ex-husbands.
One of the best written shows of all time.
My goodness, this was a fabulous show! I was crazy about it from episode one and it made my week every time! The whole cast was amazing! They just don't make shows like this anymore and didn't even back then! Love "Moonlighting"!
Me too. I just bought the dvd set with the complete show .
That's because this era sucks.
@@golfillozI just downloaded it from internet.
I loved watching this show! Even through all it's ups and downs, Cybill and Bruce were magic together!
This show changed everything in terms of television genres and writing. As a teenager I was hooked on the writing, chemistry and LA lifestyle. How could you not love them? They were brilliant.
I was an actor in LA at the time and was on the lot for some other reason (probably shooting something else) and to this day one of the most surreal and special experiences in my life was walking over to the Moonlighting set and getting to see it up close.
They were dark at that point (not filming) and so, there I was alone... walking around the set (s) - got to walk into Maddie's office, etc…
So many times something extremely special happens to us in life and we don't realize it until later. I'm glad that that was one of those experiences in life where I'm standing there and I (thank goodness) K N E W I was experiencing something really special at that very moment… just getting to actually experience this set.
That's how much the show meant to me!!!!
I have had those types of moments in different context (history). It is quite a stunning feeling to experience it.
I worked at Warner, in production and development for 15 years, and I swear I felt that sense of presence and child like awe for most of my tenure there. And I was very much alone in that! So many jaded, self obsessed people that didn't realize how lucky they were. I'm so glad you had that magic moment and it still brings you such joy. That's what life is all a out, in my opinion.
@@katashley1031 Thank you,Kat!
Yes I fully understand, it is why I fly to LA on vacation every year to place myself on memorable locations that made an imprint in my ear.y life, just standing and reminiscing brings me overwhelming joy.
They shot at fox, right? I worked on the lot for a few seasons and am pretty sure I recognize a few spots.
This show teased the “Will they or won’t they” for what seemed like FOREVER. It was literally 2 years of foreplay!! I was a Teacher Assistant at an elementary school. I worked with a Second grade teacher. I’ll never forget that morning after Dave and Maddie finally consummated their relationship. I walked into the classroom at 8:00 a.m. The teacher and I looked at each other and we both said “THEY FINALLY DID IT” in unison. No good morning. That was our greeting. Don’t worry, the kids had no clue what we were talking about. Everybody was watching that show back then! If it was on now, Social Media would’ve gone nuts!
I remember going to school the next day too, but as a student. ''How is this going to change the show?'' None of my friends had watched. They all preferred Growing Pains. 😔
Yes! Watched it in my Christian college dorm public lobby, with a bunch of people. When they actually said both B words, the group gasp was huge! Up to that point, those words had not been said in Prime TV of the big three. Now it's common place.
Remember when it was in the top ten in reruns? Bruce and those wine cooler ads LOL.
@@yvonnecooper5494 I forgot about those wine coolers 😂
@@renaenolen8461 OMG! I remember the first time I heard the B word on a tv show! It was on Dynasty.
Without question the best written and directed one hour shows I have ever seen on network television. And the casting!
Totally agree with you,😊
This show was great! Loved it. The chemistry between Cybill Shepard and Bruce Willis was fantastic.
My childhood was this show. There will never be anything like it ❤️
I remember every episode, Bruce has genius level comedic timing.
I agree! I could tell after the first show that he was going places. I thought the same with Tom Hanks when he was in 'Bosom Buddies'. Their charisma and timing stood out.
@@janetclaireSays bosom buddies was great too, the writing wasn't nearly as good as moonlighting though.
I really enjoyed Hudson hawk, one of my favorites
@@madmagyver9981 oh no, I wouldn't compare the writing between the two! But these are two actors who it was obvious from day 1 of their first tv shows that they had big careers ahead of them.
Maddy: "I don't think..."
David: "...that's ok, you look good".
I'll still use this whenever I'd gives an opportunity. Classic. Was it a Groucho joke, or was it just that perfect?
@@janetclaireSaysFor Tom I would say i knew he'd be a star after his appearance on Family Ties as Uncle Ned. The charisma and vulnerability he got to display showed promise.
I LOVED this series. I adored Bruce Willis, as soon as I saw him!
I grew up watching MOONLIGHTING in the eighies.great memories.Cybil Shepherd and Bruce Willis were great together.Very funny, very dramatic at the same time.
This was my favorite show of the time. I never missed an episode. It was so smartly written & acted. It set the bar for every dramedy after it. Thanks for posting this.
I just love how they talk over each other in real life, just like on screen. ♥️😁
One of the saddest moments in all of tv was David crying in the rain when Mark Harmon came to town for Maddie
Yes I cried
He played too many games with Maddie.
One of the best 80s show’s loved it
*One of the best '80s shows. Loved it.
Truly one of the great comedies of any era.
I worked on this show at ABC in NYC. The acts were sent to NY by landlines and we put the show together on tape, integrated it with commercials and fed it to air. They were always late sending the show in and I remember one night integrating the second half of the show while the first half was on the air.
That sounds nerve racking and AWESOME. congrats!
Lol
Reminds of of the movie Broadcast News, lol.
Fascinating. Meanwhile, we at home had no clue. Thanks for sharing.
I loved this show. Even then, you knew it was the epitome of the mid-80s.
Bruce and your family, I wish you strength in coping with your struggles, and please know that we love you and are praying for you.🙏
Bruce Willis was Moonlighting.
Just a Fantastic Actor.
He was amazing but so was Cybill and they brought out the best performances in one another.
Also the great sound of the soundtrack,remebering Al Jarreau😔
my wife's sister, Suzanne Waite was Script Supervisor on Moonlighting. Suzanne is the daughter of Ralph Waite, most known for the Waltons... 23:00 Mark Harmon worked with Ralph on NCIS.
she passed away and all her things she collected from her time in the industry, we now have.
Suzanne would take pictures of ever thing she worked on.
Suzanne has about 60 HQ Pictures of the Atomic Shakespeare episode... Behind the Scenes awesomeness.
Now I was born in ‘95, my older brother put me on to this show in my adolescence and it has become my all time favorite show!! Have it all on dvd. I hope more people discover it like me❤
One of the best TV shows ever, loved this and " Remington Steele ", the 80s were lit.
I used to love Remington Steele also although it's quite well documented that Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist hated each other's guts and that's why the show was cancelled.
@@VictoriaHannahStudio So sad that shows like that aren't being made today, I also heard that Brosnan and Zimbalist didn't have a good relationship when the show ran, can't even remember any interviews of the two of them together promoting the show..
Don’t forget Miami Vice!
And Scarecrow and Mrs King
Moonlighting, Remington Steele and Chris and Rita on the first 4 seasons of Silk Stalkings. I loved watching these couples on these shows.
I was a little kid when this show was originally on…my parents thought it was funny that I always wanted to watch it! Now I’m 41 and I have all the seasons on DVD and it never gets old! Will always be one of my favorites 💕
The "Taming of the Shrew" was my absolute favorite episode, which is saying a lot. I think about that episode all the time, and it had one of the best cover songs from the series. Loved it.
“Atomic Shakespeare”
I have that episode in my movie playlist.
Wow! I loved that show! I never liked detective 🕵 dramas but Moonlighting was so funny, witty and sarcastic comedy! I wish I could see it again! Loved their chemistry together! Certainly, after that Bruce Willis became an action movie star! Thanks for the memories!
It is now available on Hulu. 😊
Thank you ✨ I can’t believe Moonlighting hasn’t been in syndication the last 30 years. 900 cable channels, 25 streaming services, no Moonlighting to be seen.
Oh? It's on UA-cam, for free, on a number of channels, complete episodes, tons of them.
It's because they don't have the rights to some of the music in the episodes. Whoever owns the show needs to pay up so we can watch the shoe again.
It's now on Hulu. Disney/FOX aquired the streaming rights. I'm up to season 2 and it looks like the original music is still intact.
@kevinnelson66 I love the theme song. 😊
Moonlighting was one of the rarest shows on TV in the 1980s- A Detective series/ Romantic Comedy/ Fourth Wall Breaking Satire.
Nothing like it on TV back then.
And that great theme song by Johnny Mathis.
❤️🔥
@@MrDuboce Al Jarreau
Ya'll, it's here on UA-cam, full episodes, on a number of channels: I have 3 complete episodes of it in my movie playlist, including "Atomic Shakespeare." :)
@@cacatr4495 I wasn't aware
Nor was I told
of episodes of UA-cam
of a show so old.
I'll have to find them
check them out
to stifle the naysayers
and remove all doubt.
I love the theme song.
Still, listen to that.
And all these memories come rushing back.
I was a young lad then dating.
Got married to her.
Moonlighting memories of late 1980s.
Thanks guys.
This was an amazing show. But there was no way it could have sustained itself, and that was a tragedy. However, what we got was such gold.
BW's Hudson Hawk character always seemed like an extension of his part in Moonlighting. Cybil has been stunning since I first saw her in Taxi Driver.
David Addison's multiverse doppelganger who goes by the name Hudson Hawk.
It was a modern day film noir. Snappy and clever writing! It was like those old detectives agencies in those movies. Great chemistry from the leads even though they hated each other! Wonderful must see TV before it became a thing! Too bad it’s not streamed anywhere!
It is on UA-cam, you know, complete episodes.
Hate is a bit strong…..
@@thesaintst1851Not from what everyone involved in the show has said. Bruce has flat out said publicly he couldn't stand Cybill.
It is so good to watch this. Moonlighting has always been one of my favorite series. I did not miss one single show.
Classic holds up the magic is still there takes me back to one of the best periods of my life.
This was so good. I was happy to see the two of them in the same room together, while enjoying each other’s company. They had such a legendary chemistry. I was 12 years old when Moonlighting went on the air, and I desperately wanted to be David Addison, and Maddie Hayes was my crush. Great show.
Haha, I had the same thoughts. They looked so at ease with each other, and genuinely happy to be together. I was also 12 when it started.... wanted to look like Maddie Hayes. 🙂
I think it is kind of hilarious how many of us were either pre-teen or teen when this was on. Willis was my hero at the time.
@@dr.davidenglish778 I was 12 as well when the show came out. Seeing that promo shot of Cybil in a nighty in our local version of tv guide certainly helped pique my interest. Funny, witty writing kept my interest.
@@jimmym3352 I was about 15 or so. David Addison was my hero (now I know he was quite sexist, but at the time I thought he was funny). I loved all the characters, but Addison was always my favorite. His hijinks were off the chart. I was watching the clip and (I know this is hard to believe) I actually still knew some of the lines even though I had not watched it in years. It is unfortunate that the show didn't last longer. I have all of them on a hard disk. The show was one of a kind and no one could have done it better than Bruce and Cybil
David Addison is another character who would have to be toned down if Moonlighting were done today.
I wish they would do a “Moonlighting” reunion story. This was a great show and Cybil Shepherd is still gorgeous. 🥰
That would be nice to have a reunion, but Bruce Willis confirmed his retirement from acting due to aphasia.
This "Memories of Moonlighting" was shot 16 years ago. There is no way to do a reunion show now because you can't do a Moonlighting reunion without Bruce.
@@monkeyattackedmyass5435
Thank you for telling us this was filmed 16 years ago (2006), but how did you know that? (The video description doesn't say.)
@@cacatr4495 The description tells you where the video is from. Look that up. 👍
Bruce is no longer acting due to his dementia. Cybill Shepherd was asked if she would ever consider reprising the Maddie Hayes role. Her response was "not without Bruce." This was a few years ago that she said that.
I was in 3rd grade when Moonlighting first went on the air. My whole family loved this show and watched the entire series. Even as a kid I could appreciate the extraordinary writing and high-level humor. It was so special and completely stood out from the rest of what was on TV. Probably the coolest show of the 80s!
We all loved the show! The characters, the chemistry…. The writing, everything coming together
There were some amazing shows at that time but this was one of the best because it had so many elements to it. We all knew the stars of it weren't friends but you could never see it on film. They both worked hard to make the show the best it could be and it showed the shows were hysterical, emotional, fast paced, and none of the who done it storyline were obvious. Still one of the top 10 shows I ever watched and I've been watching shows for 55 years now.
*, and none of the whodunit storyline was obvious.
I watched the show with my mom when I was a teenager. One of the few shows we watched together. Lately, I’ve been bingeing the show on Hulu. She passed away last year. She would’ve loved watching it again.
One of the most wonderful music intros to a tv show......Al Jarreau's Moonlightning
I was born in the mid 80s so I've watched this show for the first time in 90s when i was 8-9 yo. That atmosphere of 80s is so special and this crew, Bruce and Cybil and others, they brought the feeling like you know them for ages, like they are homies for every viewer of the show. Such warmth and smiles
I absolutely loved watching this show, there was something very charasmatic and lovely energy between characters. The theme songs was also terrific 👍💖 Thanks to all involved in making this so great "Moonlighting".
Moonlighting was meta before there was a word for it. Just amazing writing.
Our family watched the series together from the first episode. The show was so different and always had something unexpected. Very witty, very intelligent. It is a one of a kind tv show that was properly place in the 80s.
Bruce Willis won a Best Actor Emmy for this lauded TV series...
I loved this show. It was funny, frustrating and so entertaining. I fell in love with Bruce and wanted to be Cybil.
Makes me miss the 80s. I turned 30 in ‘87. Totally different world than now.
My all time favorite tv show. I had such a crush on David Addison at 11 yrs old! Didn't miss an episode. 😊❤
this show was magic and their chemistry amazing. It was probably the funniest and most romantic tv show ever made. You thought they had to be in love for real haha
I used to watch this very classic Tv show and I still do. Everything about it is so good from start to finish.
Thanks for the upload. Don't know where you found it. It was one of my favorite shows back in the day. It means way more now in light of Bruce Willis health today that we have this time capsule of him and Cybil together talking about the show. It's a shame they don't make shows like it anymore.
*Willis' health
@@January.👍❤🙂
I believe this was produced for the Moonlighting seasons 1 and 2 DVD set from the early 2000's which are now out of print and are expensive on the secondary market.
Thank you so much for this. 🌙Moonlighting was an extraordinary, irreverent and altogether joyous experience for the audience. We were taken on an amazing ride with each episode and it was no wonder everyone clamoured for more. It was like tasting ice cream for the first time and we all got our very own favourite flavour, so it was difficult to wait to have it again. Most people don’t know how complex production is for everything we watch, from commercials to television and all the way to cinematic spectaculars. To produce something of this caliber would probably be impossible today, so I’m happy I got to experience it real time. Thank you all for your wonderful work.❤️
Just heard today that Bruce was diagnosed with ftd/frontotemporal dementia, which may be part of his aphasia condition. wish he and his family all the best I have to find some time to go back and watch Moonlighting again which I haven’t seen since the 80s. we love you cowboy!
The Shakespeare episode was my absolute favorite
"Atomic Shakespeare" is in my movie playlist.
OMG This was my FAVEEEEE in the 80’s!!! God I loved Bruce Willis❤️❤️❤️
It's on UA-cam, you know, complete episodes, on more than one channel.
Awwww, so cool to see them together after all these years. I absolutely loved Moonlighting! The quick dialogue, the puns, innuendo, just everything about it was awesome. The Shakespeare episode is one of my favorites! Bruce and Cybil hugging and walking with their arms around each other was sweet to see.
They sure impacted my life. I loved the show so much, and both of them, still, to the max!! Maddie and David will live on in my heart, for always!!! ❤️
Really need this to be rereleased on DVD and/or Bluray.
It is out on dvd. It's just not cheap.
@@katashley1031 That's why I said rereleased.
The Taming of the Shrew episode is one of my favorite episodes of television of all time.
This show was both ahead of its time, and a total throwback. Shorter seasons (for the sake of quality) is very reminiscent of streaming shows, and yet, the banter between David and Maddie reminds us of the classics with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, or William Powell and Myrna Loy.
I have the "Atomic Shakespeare" (Taming of the Shrew) episode in my movie playlist, and two other episodes. The show is here on UA-cam.
Cybill apparently did give the writers copies of the Thin Man movies as an example of the witty, snappy dialog she was hoping for, so you nailed it.
Wow. Forgot how much I loved this show.
You can see it here on UA-cam, complete episodes, on a number of channels. :)
My absolute favourite ever TV show. Thank you to all those who were involved. I just wish more episodes had been made at the time. Truely fantastic.
I'm so glad I bought the dvds of this memorable series. The 80s Rock
David Addison was one of my first tv crushes as a tween…growing up I kept hoping all guys would be this quick-witted and fun😏Boy was I wrong lol
:chuckles: No fair! He had a team of scriptwriters, the rest of us poor slobs have to make it up as we got along :D
Sorry u feel so entitled to men being ur maidens of personal entertainment.
P KC That wasn't a realistic expectation, x 2, whether in terms of reality and in comparison to fantasy television.
Actually, I too had a massive crush on Addison and have had several relationships with the quick wit and banter, including my hilarious husband. So they're out there.
This was the first show I ever got seriously "fangirl" over . I recorded the episodes on TDK video tape to watch over and over. A lot of shows have tried to imitate this show , but it's hard without the chemistry and brilliance of the two leads. It's a shame about Bruce being ill . I often wondered whether they would have done a reunion type show for the two of them. It would have been interesting with the two of them older.
TDK video tape...niiice. Those were the good stuff, lol.
I watched again the 5 seasons. I loved it and I always will. Masterpiece .☺I miss it .. It is good to see the creators behind it.
Where were you able to watch the 5 seasons again?? I've never been able to find them anywhere.
@@LeeBeaVelvet
Complete episodes are here on UA-cam, on a number of channels, I believe maybe all the seasons of it.
@@LeeBeaVelvet they're all on dvd.
before mulder
and scully there
was moonlighting.
Wow... really takes me back. So sharp, so fresh-- feels like the '80s. Anything was possible; the world was a happy place.
Loved, Loved, Loved this show. I was working for a company and traveling most of the time. Every Tuesday night I would be in my hotel room and Al Jarreau’s theme song would be playing on the TV. Great show!
One of the best series of all time. Wish Bruce had done more comedies later.
Still rate this as the show I loved the most, the 80's was a special time and this show was part of the reason why.
Moonlighting hit at that point in my life where everything changed.
I remember distinctly the night I chose to go out vs stay and watch the show
I was too young to appreciate shows like this at the time. My parents loved it. I loved the 80s from what’s I know of it as a young kid back then the feeling was just so positive even though I’m sure their were problems.
So sick of the woke crap going on in our country today and todays shows really reflect it. I really want to immerse myself in the eighties through tv. I wonder what streaming service would have the most comprehensive eighties shows.
@@cacatr4495 stop telling people this when you don't have those episodes or that playlist.
I was a teacher of Allyce Beasley's son. She is such a nice lady!
THOSE TWO HAD EXTRAORDINARY CHEMISTRY. EXCELLENT ACTING. MY FIRST FAVORITE TV SHOW AND THE START OF MY LIFELONG LOVE OF BRUCE WILLIS. ONE OF THE BEST TV SHOWS EVER.
This was when the world fell in love with Bruce Willis. Die Hard, the Fifth Element, last Boy Scout, Red, Armageddon, all his other works are fruit of the Moonlighting tree.
We watched this religiously! My Aunt was a writer for it. She's in this Memories clip. Deborah Frank. She's hilarious and as kids we were thrilled to be connected to it.
Loved Moonlighting! The boinking episode had me laughing so hard I couldn’t breathe! 😄
Yes, it was the part of his obnoxiousness that I loved. I am very obnoxious at times. It drove my wife (now ex-wife) and my mom so crazy.
I loved this show and was so sad when it went off the air. Bruce and Cybil were both so great together. I gotta figure where I can rewatch these. Also...I love that Bruce came to the interview in character.
@Isla Chica
The show creators invented the character.
Well, he came wrapped in that notorious ego, that's for sure.
All five seasons are now on Hulu. I believe Disney/FOX now has the rights.
it is now on Hulu. 😊
I loved this show! And it's STILL funny.
I loved both of them as well as the writing. The joke about them not winning an Emmy Awards was just classic in your face Moonlighting that made it funny.
My husband and I never missed this show. It was great. I wish it would come out on DVD. I certainly would buy it! ❤
All five seasons are available on DVD… But they are getting very expensive.
Moonlighting was cancelled in 1989
It wasn't released on DVD until 2005
Well over a decade!
Free on UA-cam
It's on dvd, it's just pricey.
Some brilliant episodes, great show. Glad they did a reunion. Of course, I always hoped she'd play a "Die Hard" villainess/ex-girlfriend of John. That could have been so hilarious.
Most low-rated show? OMG, my friends and I have re-watched the Shakespeare episode SO MANY TIMES!!! It was GENIUS!!!
The episode that I remember most was the one that did the take off on Taming of the Shrew. I still laugh at the sight of Bruce Willis approaching her bedroom wearing a full suit of knight's armor.
You can see "Atomic Shakespeare" in my movie playlist, and 2 other full episodes. It's here on YT, you know.