Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Duet (TV series)" in English language version.
It's not really a new show. Duet has been revamped and has been given the new name Open House and a largely new cast.
Actually, I first came on in a two-part guest spot to play Richard's wife. The part wasn't any more defined than that. Then we got the next script after the taping, and I opened it, and it said, 'Linda's pregnant.' I went, 'WHAT?'
Lemmon, who has a degree in classical piano and composing, had hoped to pursue his dream. "It was a typical case of a man biting off more than he could chew," Lemmon said. "I wanted to be a pianist, a composer, then an actor, a producer, and a director. I still want to do all of them, but in time."
We have fun when we're taping the show, clowning around like we have all the time in the world," Jodi Thelen said. "I think the good feeling among the actors is apparent in the finished product.
"I think they changed the show because Fox stepped in and ordered a change," Lemmon said.
It was extremely difficult it to set up a fourth broadcast TV network... And Duet was one of the shows that they based their original Sunday schedule on. The others were Married with Children, 21 Jump Street, The Tracey Ullman Show, and Mr. President.
It was one of those shows where you grew up the baby in three years. And then the network wanted to change it completely, they wanted to make the supporting couple the main couple.
When I told the Duet producers, they graciously agreed to write me out of one episode to go back to back with our normal week off.
"Duet" is unusual in that it approaches comedy almost as a serial, with episodes following chronologically.
Matthew Laurance was hired for "Duet" before Keller. Laurance read with many actresses. Then the auditions moved to New York and there materialized Mary Page Keller. Immediately, Laurance says, they had found Laura.
Actress Alison La Placa Alison La Placa has gone from afterthought to focal point playing the go-getting, acerbic Linda Phillips. Originally cast to guest star on two episodes of Fox's now-defunct Duet series, she became a regular and now is the star of its spinoff.
No one is denying that Duet became a hit only after smoothing over some early rough spots. Keller admits the show seemed out of sync at first, mostly because the cast members weren't used to each other. "But in the ensuing episodes we've worked well together," she says.
Duet, according to Seeger, is about the delights, tribulations and pratfalls a couple experiences in attempting a relationship. Much of the material, she adds, is based on events she and Bennett encountered in their own marriages.
Duet is presented in cinematic style, exploring the evolutionary relationship of Ben Coleman and Laura Kelly in terms of "real time," starting with their first encounter and building on each successive event in their lives.
Keller says, "Jodi Thelan and I did the test together in an office in New York. We had never met, but we hit it off like sisters. She kept looking at me and saying, 'Gee, I wish I'd worn that. Got any more of that lipstick?' Like a real little sister." A few days later, they were at work, Keller as Laura and Jodi as her sister Jane.
The mood on the Duet set seems loose and easy, and rehearsal lines get a surprising number of laughs from cast, writers, and producers. "The attitude here is kind of giddy," Mary Page Keller admits.
"The show is getting better every week, and there isn't a day that I don't sing on my way to work," Matthew Laurance says with apparent sincerity.
Bennett say, "Here we don't have five network men in suits telling us they don't like a certain line."
Duet went through its initial season with a fair amount of critical praise and high enough ratings for a renewal.
Then, at 9 p.m., Fox Broadcasting unveils its best series to date, Duet (on WCIX-Ch. 6 and WFLX-Ch. 29), a sitcom about a hack writer (Matthew Laurance) and his on-and-off girlfriend (Mary Page Keller).
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It's not really a new show. Duet has been revamped and has been given the new name Open House and a largely new cast.
Actually, I first came on in a two-part guest spot to play Richard's wife. The part wasn't any more defined than that. Then we got the next script after the taping, and I opened it, and it said, 'Linda's pregnant.' I went, 'WHAT?'
Lemmon, who has a degree in classical piano and composing, had hoped to pursue his dream. "It was a typical case of a man biting off more than he could chew," Lemmon said. "I wanted to be a pianist, a composer, then an actor, a producer, and a director. I still want to do all of them, but in time."
We have fun when we're taping the show, clowning around like we have all the time in the world," Jodi Thelen said. "I think the good feeling among the actors is apparent in the finished product.
"I think they changed the show because Fox stepped in and ordered a change," Lemmon said.
When I told the Duet producers, they graciously agreed to write me out of one episode to go back to back with our normal week off.
Duet manages to balance whimsy and reality. Remember the old Mary Tyler Moore Show? Then you know what I mean.[dead YouTube link]
