| Lewis & Clark | |
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Gabe Kaplan and Guich Koock as Lewis and Clark |
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| Format | Sitcom |
| Created by | Johnny Carson (exact?) |
| Starring | Gabe Kaplan Guich Koock Ilene Graff Aaron Fletcher Wendy Holcombe Clifton James Amy Linker David Hollander Michael McManus |
| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 22 (exact?) |
| Production | |
| Running time | approx. 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | October 29, 1981 – July 30, 1982 |
Lewis & Clark is a short-lived situation comedy that ran on NBC for one season from October 29, 1981 to July 30, 1982.
For a naive New Yorker, Stewart Lewis (Gabe Kaplan) has a strange—some would say twisted—ambition: he wants to own a country-music club. His wife and kids hate the idea. Despite their misgivings, Stewart moves his family to Luckenbach, Texas, where he's bought the Nassau County Cafe, a joint that's had nine owners in the last six years and sports a sign that says "Always Under New Management." While his sidekick Roscoe Clark (Guich Koock) stands by, Stewart lets fly one-liners and bad puns.
Adjusting to the slower pace and the wide-open spaces took some doing for the Lewises, but they did grow to appreciate the place. Along with the cafe came a manager, Roscoe Clark, a hick with a dopey grin on his face who was really a mite smarter than he looked. Then there was John, the bartender; Wendy, the goofy waitress; Silas Jones, the local beer distributor; and Lester, the town drunk. They all went out of their way to make the transplanted Easterners feel at home, whatever they thought of the jokes.
The series' highlight was an episode that featured guest appearances by Robert Hegyes and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, who were two of Kaplan's co-stars on Welcome Back Kotter. At one point during the episode, Hegyes' character tells Lewis, "You should have been a teacher."