Television Parts

Michael Nesmith in Television Parts is a summer TV series run by NBC in 1985. It was a 30-minute comedy-variety series created by Michael Nesmith as a continuation of his Grammy Award-winning video production Elephant Parts, and earlier series PopClips. The first episode was a stand-alone television special which aired on March 7, 1985. The following series premiered on June 14, 1985.[1] The show was a mix of music videos (by both himself and others) mixed in with comedy sketches, commercial parodies, and general silliness. It was hosted by Nesmith himself, who also participated in many of the sketches. Television Parts also featured guest appearances by a number of comedians, including Martin Mull, Whoopi Goldberg, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Martin, The Funny Boys and Garry Shandling, whose appearance on the show was the seed for It's Garry Shandling's Show.[2] One of the show's featured pieces, "Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey" was later picked up by Saturday Night Live. The show was cancelled after one short summer season that same year. It would return in 1985 as two separate home video releases on VHS and Betamax, Television Parts Home Companion and Dr. Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce. The first was a 40-minute compilation of original show featuring the comedy skits and music by Michael Nesmith only. Dr. Duck's Super Secret All-Purpose Sauce was a 90-minute montage of sketch comedy with a variety of stars and music videos (none by Nesmith). The stars included Bobcat Goldthwait, Ed Begley, Jr., Jimmy Buffett, Rosanne Cash, Whoopi Goldberg, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld and Garry Shandling.

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 261446
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired June 14, 1985
  • Recent August 13, 1986
  • Network NBC
  • Average Runtime 42 minutes
  • Genres Comedy
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Episode Screenshot Format 16:9 Screencap
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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials August 1981 August 1986 3
Season 1 June 1985 July 1985 5
Unassigned Episodes 0
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Unassigned Episodes 8
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Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 8

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Name Number of Episodes Dates
Michael Nesmith 5 08/13/1981 - 08/13/1986
William Dear 3 08/13/1981 - 08/13/1986
Alan Myerson 2 08/13/1985 - 08/13/1986
Ed Bianchi 1 08/13/1986
Graham Henman 1 08/13/1986
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Bill Martin 4 08/13/1981 - 08/13/1986
Jack Handey 3 08/13/1985 - 08/13/1986
Michael Kaplan 2 08/13/1985 - 08/13/1986
John Levenstein 2 08/13/1985 - 08/13/1986
Jonathan Schmock 1 08/13/1986
James Vallely 1 08/13/1986

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