You have questions. I have some answers.
I watched the late Matthew Perry on “Friends” and remembered that he was in another sitcom before that one, on Fox. What was the name of that sitcom?
Before hitting it big on “Friends,” Perry — whose work I very much miss — was a regular on several series, according to “The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows.” You may be remembering “Second Chance” (later retitled as “Boys Will Be Boys”), which aired on Fox in 1987-88 and underwent a lot of changes in its short run as first a fantasy comedy and later a teen ensemble. Then there was “Sydney,” for CBS in 1990, starring Valerie Bertinelli as a private eye and Perry as an attorney she worked with. And “Home Free,” on ABC in 1993, with Perry as “a lazy, freeloading 22-year-old” living with his mother — and facing changes when his divorced sister moves in.
I hope you have seen the commercial for a phone that captures the audio and translates it to written wording. It features an older couple as grandparents “speaking” with their grandson about him playing baseball and playing at first base as his grandpa did. Something tickled my memory about the grandmother, and she has to be Kathy Garver, Cissy from “Family Affair.”
She is. Garver, who co-starred in “Family Affair” from 1966-71 (and guest-starred on the short-lived “Family Affair” revival in 2002), has remained active in acting, voice work and commercials. You can read more about her at kathygarver.com.
