Pink Lady and Jeff looks hilariously awful and borderline racist. Who the hell thought casting a lame comedian and a pair of Japanese women who don’t speak English to host a variety show was a good idea? By 1980 variety shows were dying out anyway. Looks like this was a last ditch attempt to try to save them with a stupid, gimmicky premise. No wonder it only lasted five episodes.
In NBC’s defense, they only added Jeff Altman to the show after it became apparent that Pink Lady couldn’t speak enough English to carry a variety show on their own, even though that should’ve been obvious from the get-go.
Say whatever you want, but a show about lifeguards was a great idea for it’s time. Where else could you combine action with partial nudity as smooth as this but the beach? The only idea possibly better is if the show was about treasure hunting in the Caribbean, that way you can have a little more plausibility when dealing with violent crime and an excuse to have different bikini girls each episode. But I’m pretty sure they made that show as well.
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OMG that was glorious.
Pink Lady and Jeff looks hilariously awful and borderline racist. Who the hell thought casting a lame comedian and a pair of Japanese women who don’t speak English to host a variety show was a good idea? By 1980 variety shows were dying out anyway. Looks like this was a last ditch attempt to try to save them with a stupid, gimmicky premise. No wonder it only lasted five episodes.
Bizarre and random- certainly.
That said, I’d watch ‘Jeff and the Jumping Bomb Angels.’ TV Gold!
In NBC’s defense, they only added Jeff Altman to the show after it became apparent that Pink Lady couldn’t speak enough English to carry a variety show on their own, even though that should’ve been obvious from the get-go.
So, according to Hoff, Mitch canonically never got any, after all?
LOOOSER!
Parody done right?
Say whatever you want, but a show about lifeguards was a great idea for it’s time. Where else could you combine action with partial nudity as smooth as this but the beach? The only idea possibly better is if the show was about treasure hunting in the Caribbean, that way you can have a little more plausibility when dealing with violent crime and an excuse to have different bikini girls each episode. But I’m pretty sure they made that show as well.