| Easy Street | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Andy Borowitz |
| Starring | Loni Anderson Jack Elam Lee Weaver Dana Ivey James Cromwell Arthur Malet |
| Composer(s) | Parmer Fuller |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 mins. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | September 13, 1986 – April 29, 1987 |
Easy Street is a short-lived American sitcom that aired for 22 episodes on NBC during the 1986-87 television season.
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The series starred Loni Anderson as L.K. McGuire, a onetime showgirl who manages to nab a young wealthy husband, only to have him die and leave her fending for herself against his embittered family, who are out to get L.K. out of the picture and away from her inherited money. Meanwhile, L.K. reconnects with a down-on-his-luck uncle, Bully Stevenson (Jack Elam) who has been on and off the streets of Los Angeles. L.K. invites him and his pal, Ricardo Williams, (Lee Weaver) to move into her vast mansion, to the consternation of her snobbish inlaws, Eleanor and Quentin Standard (Dana Ivey and James Cromwell). Quentin tends to be a bit more tolerant of L.K. and her family, but Eleanor can't stand them, and does everything possible to get rid of them all.
| № | Title | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Pilot" | 13 September 1986 |
| L.K. McGuire invites her Uncle Bully and his friend to come live with her at her deceased husband’s mansion. Also living at the mansion: her deceased husband’s sister and her husband, who aren’t happy with the new arrangement. | ||
| 2 | "Pride Goeth Before a Cheap Hotel" | 20 September 1986 |
| Bully decides to move back to the retirement home because he feels he’s taking advantage of L.K. if he stays with her. | ||
| 3 | "Two-Party System" | 28 September 1986 |
| Eleanor doesn’t invite Bully and Ricardo to her elegant anniversary party. | ||
| 4 | "Comes a Horse" | 5 October 1986 |
| When Eleanor doesn’t let Bully and Ricardo ride her horse, they go out and buy their own. | ||
| 5 | "Man Overboard" | 12 October 1986 |
| L.K. couldn’t be happier, but Eleanor is horrified when one of her friends has a crush on Bully. | ||
| 6 | "Spoonlighting" | 26 October 1986 |
| Eleanor makes Bully feel like he has to buy L.K. an expensive gift for her birthday. | ||
| 7 | "Are We Not Men?" | 2 November 1986 |
| A bad book review depresses Quentin, and Eleanor feels it’s a waste of time to try to cheer him up. | ||
| 8 | "Be-Bop Man" | 9 November 1986 |
| Ricardo gets a royalty check for a song he wrote. | ||
| 9 | "Charity Begins at Home" | 16 November 1986 |
| When the orchestra cancels out on Eleanor’s fundraising event, L.K. decides to change things around to make the event a little more entertaining. | ||
| 10 | "Like That Brave Little Gal in the Philippines" | 23 November 1986 |
| Panic runs through the house when it’s learned that one of Ned McGuire’s companies is losing a million dollars a month. | ||
| 11 | "My Dinner With L.K." | 30 November 1986 |
| Bully and Ricardo set L.K. up on a date. | ||
| 12 | "Demon Child '86" | 7 December 1986 |
| Eleanor gets tricked into babysitting her friend’s spoiled teenager for the weekend. | ||
| 13 | "Friends for Life" | 14 December 1986 |
| L.K. isn’t happy to learn that Eleanor invited a dictator to stay at the house. | ||
| 14 | "Frames and Dames" | 11 January 1987 |
| While Quentin comes up with a get rick quick idea, L.K. fills in on Bully and Ricardo’s bowling team. | ||
| 15 | "The Check Is in the Mail" | 18 January 1987 |
| While Eleanor’s busy hiring a press agent, Bully wants to give money to a down-on-his-luck boxer he read about in the newspaper. | ||
| 16 | "The Mad Gardener" | 31 January 1987 |
| Eleanor, Quentin, and L.K. are scared of the gardener and none of them has the courage to fire him. | ||
| 17 | "Will Power" | 8 February 1987 |
| Eleanor decides to contest the will and wants to leave L.K. with nothing. | ||
| 18 | "Too Many Cooks" | 15 February 1987 |
| Bully and the new chef (Dom DeLuise) compete to see who can make the best chili. | ||
| 19 | "Our Kind of People" | 22 February 1987 |
| Eleanor and Quentin sell the house next door to someone they think will be the perfect neighbor. | ||
| 20 | "The Country Club" | 1 March 1987 |
| L.K. sends Bully and Ricardo to the country club to exercise. As it turns out, that’s the only thing they don’t do there. | ||
| 21 | "Maid in Italy" | 31 March 1987 |
| The new maid becomes homesick and is unable to function. | ||
| 22 | "Spring Fever" | 29 April 1987 |
| Spring arrives and love is in the air in the McGuire mansion. | ||