The Charmings
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Starring | Christopher Rich Judy Parfitt Cork Hubbert Brandon Call Garette Ratliff Henson Paul Eiding Dori Brenner Paul Winfield Carol Huston |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
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| Running time | 30 min |
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| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | March 20, 1987 – February 11, 1988 |
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The Charmings was a 1987–1988 television sitcom series. The plot was that Snow White and Prince Charming were magically transported to a 20th century suburb in California.
The series ran on ABC for two seasons. Each episode shows the Charmings trying adapt to their new life while Lillian and her wise cracking Magic Mirror watch from upstairs.
The opening voice-over set-up the premise:
| “ | Once upon a time there was a vain queen who was so jealous of her beautiful stepdaughter, Snow White, that she poisoned her with an apple. But, a handsome prince came along and broke the spell. Snow White and Prince Charming threw the wicked stepmother down a bottomless pit and lived happily ever after. But, it turns out the pit wasn't bottomless - just very deep. And now, the queen was very mad. With a spell so powerful even she couldn't control it, she put the Charmings asleep for a thousand years. She also got herself and one dwarf. Eventually they woke up. | ” |
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[edit] Characters
- Snow White - (played by Caitlin O'Heaney (1987) and Carol Huston (1988))
- Prince Eric Charming - (Christopher Rich)
- Brandon Call and Garette Ratliff Henson - The Charmings' two children.
- Queen Lillian White (Judy Parfitt) - The Wicked stepmother
- Luther (Cork Hubbert) - Lillian's dwarf
- The magic mirror (Paul Winfield)
- Don 'King of Carpets' Miller (Paul Eiding) and Sally Miller (Dori Brenner) - The Charmings' neighbors who found their new neighbors' penchant for medieval fairy tale style odd but never figured out they were the real Prince Charming and Snow White.
[edit] Episode List
[edit] Season 1 (1987)
- The Charmings (Pilot)
- The Mirror Cracked
- Lillian Makes a Date
- The Charmings Buy a Car
- The Incredible Shrinking Prince
- An '80s Kind of Prince
[edit] Season 2 (1988)
- Lillian Loses the Kids
- The Charmings Go Plastic
- The Witch is of Van Oaks
- The Fish Story
- Cindy's Back In Town
- A Charming Halloween
- Trading Places
- Lillian Loses Her Powers
- The Charmings and the Beanstalk
- Yes, Lillian, There is a Santa Claus
- The Charmings Get Robbed
- Birth of a Salesman
- The Man Who Came to Dinner
- The Woman of His Dreams
- Lillian's Protege
[edit] External links
- The Charmings at the Internet Movie Database
- Dedicated to the 1980s Sitcom
- The Charmings - Season 1 Opening Theme (Youtube)
- The Charmings - Season 2 Opening Theme (Youtube)
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