Open All Night sitcom #1 "Night Moves"

[@EllisFeaster]

Wow! This theme song has been stuck in my head for over 30 years! I thought no one remembered this show! It's also the only show on TV with a guy who has my last name!

[@j2times2006]

Ellis Feaster I remembered the song somewhat but the end is what I remembered the most with him the sign and the theme repeating itself

[@sherrydalton6516]

Me too! I haven’t been able to get this damn song out of my head for years! 😳

[@johncollins7423]

@@sherrydalton6516 Same here. Stuck in my head for decades.😕

[@Sparkina]

Spelled differently 😊

[@daveg.7503]

This is the story of Gordon Feester Born in Ohio the day before Easter Had a normal childhood, did okay in school Graduated from Columbus High in 1962 Now he's open all night, open all night Went away to college but he didn't do that good So the Army drafted him and he got sent to Fort Hood Served a two-year hitch, never went overseas Spent a year peeling potatoes and a year copping Z's Now he's open all night, open all night Then old Gordon sort of drifted this way and that At times he had some money, other times he was flat He always seemed to manage, though he never saved a cent Sure, it was a struggle, but he always paid the rent Now he's open all night (yeah!), open all night That takes us up to 1974 And now old Gordon runs a grocery store With a wife named Gretchen who hangs around the house And her son named Terry by a previous spouse Gordon sits behind the counter, in hock up to his nose In a dither, in a pickle, in a store that's never closed And he's open all night, open all night... Open all night... Open all night... Open all night... Open all night...

[@markcup5436]

You know you are old as fuck when you can remember TV shows that lasted like a month from the 80's!

[@lawrencelibby6792]

Thanks for putting this up. I loved this show back then and had forgotten what it was even called.

[@amusement420]

Blast from the Past. Thanx for the uploads. Third less Calories then the regular beer. And tastes great - Bubba Smith in the Lite Beer commercials ;

[@JETJOOBOY]

Aaaaah, it was funny anyway when he left the Cooler..and said.. your outa lite... ! Now it's funnier.. I'm English..btw

[@RedStarSanJose]

This show was must-see in 1981. Wasn't it on Friday nights? Loved it.

[@sebastiendejesus3571]

Saturdays apparently.

[@jeremyhodge6216]

Yes it was 😌

[@calvinmccoy3463]

Just like the previous comment this is one theme song that has stuck with me from a short lived tv series and I also remember his son played jughead in the Archie tv movie

[@yaywhewclips242]

Jay Tarses was also a TV producer. Did he work on Bob Newhart Show (1970's) and Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (a short lived favorite show of mine)?

[@TheEggplantThatAteChicago]

I'd never heard of this until last night. Thank you for making it available!

[@trewqpoiutl9774]

Me too, unbelievable how much rubbish sitcoms we're produced.

[@JETJOOBOY]

@@trewqpoiutl9774 we are didn't produce it we?

[@MrTdoy]

The "out of town" guy on the show is Joe Mantegna (he's in two other episodes). And the show is not derived from the Britcom Open All Hours - they just have a common backdrop.

[@SableSenegal]

I remember watching this show when I was 15 years old in 1981 I liked it but it was cancelled very quickly on Friday night on abc

[@JETJOOBOY]

Anyone else here after watching Bagboy? This isn't what I was trying to find but it is brilliant! Theme tune rocks too..

[@CaptGage]

Thanks so much! Never thought I'd ever see this again. No wonder most of the characters' scenes earned applause from the studio audience.

[@TVonthePorch]

I hate to break it to you, but that's a laugh track.

[@skytreks8687]

@@TVonthePorch Taped before a live studio audience. Maybe sweetened a bit, but I used to work on the ABC lot when this was in production and saw the audiences line up and enter the sound stage.

[@lorenzomontoya1260]

Loved this show back in the day

[@razzking]

How in the world did you acquire this? Did you tape it yourself at home in 1981? This is like opening King Tut's tomb

[@daveg.7503]

This is the story of Gordon Feester Born in Ohio the day before Easter Had a normal childhood, did okay in school Graduated from Columbus High in 1962 Now he's open all night, open all night Went away to college but he didn't do that good So the Army drafted him and he got sent to Fort Hood Served a two-year hitch, never went overseas Spent a year peeling potatoes and a year copping Z's Now he's open all night, open all night Then old Gordon sort of drifted this way and that At times he had some money, other times he was flat He always seemed to manage, though he never saved a cent Sure, it was a struggle, but he always paid the rent Now he's open all night (yeah!), open all night That takes us up to 1974 And now old Gordon runs a grocery store With a wife named Gretchen who hangs around the house And her son named Terry by a previous spouse Gordon sits behind the counter, in hock up to his nose In a dither, in a pickle, in a store that's never closed And he's open all night, open all night... Open all night... Open all night... Open all night... Open all night...

[@JETJOOBOY]

Thanks for this.... I just know this theme song will be stuck in my head for ever more.... I'd hate to be singing the wrong words...! Brilliant lyrics too.. This reminds me of Married with children and Fawlty Towers.. the theme tune is reminiscent of the excellent Only Fools and Horses theme... in a strange way

[@cl759]

This is so good.

[@taylo692]

I thought this show was so funny and I was like 11 when it came out. I almost thought I imagined it aired! Couldn’t find it anywhere and no one seemed to know about it!

[@marcusbuckley2013]

yep. Me too. It was on TV in Australia somehow. I thought it was awesome enough to have the theme song stuck in my distant memory for decades

[@steveprice448]

By the way, I probably don't remember this show, which is too bad. Depending on the night this was on I had my certain shows I liked in high school(79-83). R.I.P. Susan Tyrell(1945-2012). Check out Fat City or Night Warning!

[@jrjr3412]

Or Angel (1984)

[@trewqpoiutl9774]

Also Roadies, Men lining up, fast food, mixed up buisness, Get Gary, Harveys garage, lions den..from 78-82

[@homelesshannah50]

Working Stiffs with Jim Belushi

[@TheNameisPlissken1981]

Hey, there's Joe Mantegna as the Arab looking for change!

[@snoo333]

i was looking to see if anyone recognized joe because i did the moment i saw him. saw him in a lot of movies in the 90's.

[@firefly48342]

Sam Whipple was in Oliver Stone’s The Doors. He played the guy who told the band they had to change the lyrics to Light My Fire on the Ed Sullivan show.

[@steveprice448]

The American Comedy landscape was in dire straits starting in the late 70's through"84. Only one managed to stay on crutches for 2 years. Any guess what that classic show"s name was? Right....." Cheers"! The main reason ( By the way, all three networks were frantic to inject new blood into their line-ups) it was so barren was the countries recent fascination with night-time soaps. Knots Landing and Dallas had been launched a few years earlier and the public clammered for more! The same year this show started, Dynasty and Falcon Crest emerged, both immediately were hits. It wasn't until 1984 the comedy slump ended. New shows The Cosby Show, Who's the Boss, and Night Court ended the drought. When they became hits, the next year brought in The Golden Girls, which Debuted at #1. Out Were hold outs from the 70's, Archie Bunkers Place, Alice, One Day at a Time, And long running The Jeffersons were out> History Lesson 101

[@mr.rashadgrice79]

Steve Price...Straight Facts...

[@Quartzquiz333]

He's dead right. Family Ties debuted in 1982 and only started picking up an audience after it was paired with Cosby on Thursday nights.

[@lakebay972]

Steve Price Diff’rent Strokes premiered in 1978; and that’s what saved NBC from its demise.

[@kevinrodriguez7053]

Gimme a break!

[@vinniebarusa]

So you think the American comedy landscape was in dire straits from the late 70s to 1984? Did you not like Three’s Company, Laverne and Shirley, Soap, Alice, The Facts of Life, Barney Miller and/or Taxi?

[@2259r3z]

In the short time this show was on TV, I'd tune in for the best part of the show (the theme song) then change the channel 😄

[@troycarpenter8905]

My family and I enjoyed this series when I was a kid.We were somewhat disheartened when It fell victim to the dreaded neilson ratings system.

[@firefly48342]

Susan Tyrell was nominated for an Oscar for Fat City. I watched this when it first on and thought it was a riot.

[@skytreks8687]

Worked on the ABC lot when this was in production, but never got to see it because the show I worked on taped Friday nights, the night this show aired. Very few folks owned VCR's back then, so couldn't tape it, but I was acquainted with some of the cast. So just watched the pilot for the first time, and found myself laughing more than a few times. I think the overall pacing of the direction was too slow, but the writing, characters, and performances were solid. Like "Night Court," and "Barney Miller," it had the potential for great laughs by parading all manner of quirky weirdos through the store every episode upon which the regulars could react in character for dependable chuckles. Tyrell's and Whipple's characters were refreshing takes on the cerebrally challenged. Co-creator Jay Tarses, however, needs to remain behind the camera. One gets the impression he's a frustrated actor who never found much success, so began writing and producing as a path to get himself regular roles (see "The Duck Factory"). Nice guy, though, and at least he didn't cast himself in any pivotal roles.

[@LoneWolfAttack]

I've heard it was the other way around. He took acting gigs to help fund his productions. Whether or not that's correct, don't think too many people will agree with your assertation that he's a nice guy. He has a major personality disorder and was impossible to work with. Ruined his career by cursing everybody out. (That, and never having a hit.) Hell, he cursed Tony Thomopoulos and Lew Erlicht out. Not after "Open All Night" got cancelled. While it was on the air!

[@skytreks8687]

@@LoneWolfAttack Well, he was nice to me. Never heard any of those negative anecdotes about him. There are two sides (or more) to every story.

[@harrymann5523]

“We’re all out of Strawberry Gurgle.” “Use grape!” “That stuff purple?”

[@toddreeder8010]

I don't remember this show. I remember a tv show called Angie. It ran 1979-1980. 36 shows. I forget how this showed up on the list on the right hand side.

[@troycarpenter8905]

I remember Angie,It starred that girl from Saturday Night Fever as well as Doris Roberts as her mom.

[@skytreks8687]

@@troycarpenter8905 Yes, Donna Pescow.

[@GP9167]

Theme song : Different Worlds by Maureen McGovern

[@toddreeder8010]

Angie also starred Robert Hays who was in Starman. Also starred Debra Lee Scott.

[@jeremyhodge6216]

I saw a couple of episodes and it was alright. Why did they cancel it after a few episodes 🤔

[@VinnieRattolle]

Uh, it's cited as the American version of "Open All Hours" in every book and website I've ever looked it up in, and there's a photo from the unaired pilot in circulation of Dzundza in a uniform that's very similar to Arkwright's attire from the British series. Matter of fact, it's just Dzunza and Whipple in the photo, which makes me think the pilot may have been more heavily derived from the Britcom than the series became.

[@shadegreen5351]

not what imdb says

[@JETJOOBOY]

The only similarity is the title and exterior of the shop at the end.. Brilliant though.. it has the feeling of Fawlty Towers to me...

[@JETJOOBOY]

@@shadegreen5351 OH, IMDB says.. go ask IMDB if you can take a pee pee break.. IMDB says you can't go out wearing that short skirt...

[@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci]

As far as quality goes it can't touch open all hours which is really a monumentally wonderful show

[@oomgowah]

Terry is the original Napoleon Dynamite.

[@JETJOOBOY]

He'd make a good Bagboy

[@christophertracy2807]

I dont remember this show at all and I watched everything in the 80s

[@GP9167]

Same…nothing about this was familiar

[@JETJOOBOY]

What was the mini mart TV Show that Steve Brule pastiche in Bagboy..?

[@VinnieRattolle]

Should be noted that the series bears only a slight resemblance to its British counterpart (no clue if the unaired pilot was more heavily derived from the BBC show). The rampant sex jokes are missing, married Feester's not a cantankerous miser, his assistant is his step-son, not his nephew, and there's a bigger roster of regular and recurring characters.

[@lamareaton]

I'm so fucking old that actually remember watching this show for a few weeks. I am going to say it lasted about 8 shows? Damn I'm old.

[@homelesshannah50]

Join the club lol

[@Johnnyboy792]

Hey Vincenzo... do you have the 5th episode... I think it was called FIRST LOVE. That was a standout :)

[@VinnieRattolle]

Nope, what you see on You Tube is all I've been able to get. Loved this show and would kill to find the rest of 'em.

[@Johnnyboy792]

Too bad Buddy... Sam Whipple had me in stitches in the show. I thought I was the only one who remembered it. Would you mind if I used the opening of the show in my next video ?

[@hatednyc]

8:06 fairly certain that actor was one of the Oz Munchkins in 1938

[@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci]

You are absolutely right I can't remember his name but he was the last one to leave he died a few years ago

[@CoreReactionz]

So the Russian tank commander became a store owner in America ?

[@unit2655]

I watched one episode of this, as it first aired. I thought it was a pretty good show.

[@yaywhewclips242]

I see JLA 194!! (1981) and Superfriends

[@JETJOOBOY]

It's the PROTO BUNDY!

[@hatednyc]

🤔 yeah I see it

[@firefly48342]

Gordon Feester was more like able than Al Bundy.

[@cjd6734]

So, early in the episode Dzundza puts the cake dish cover on his head to prove to his wife he's a fun guy (?)--possibly getting hair on the cover--then later on his son lifts the cover and takes a brownie from the dish. This is why I don't eat food from convenience stores.

[@RoderickFernandez-ps5ci]

A recipe reviews about this show and they just hated it I think it's really funny I never heard of it I just happened on it and I'm laughing the only thing is the store doesn't look really real it looks kind of run down and you know no canned goods but I like it

[@firefly48342]

This show actually reminds me of Bob’s Burgers.

[@jalamanta]

Why is the intro so long

[@KaydeyRai]

I didn't know that there was a U.S version of 'open all hours', it's not much like the original - not terrible though

[@shadegreen5351]

it is not based on that show according to imdb

[@pierrepinson2906]

😊I remember the guy hates his son's wife. It was happy when the son' wife decided to live with his real father....And he was desapointed, when the young man returned back to live with her mum again😂😂😂.

[@paulhumphries9430]

I guess even back in the 70's women didn't realize that men actually have to work to keep their business open.

[@JETJOOBOY]

Huh...

[@cl759]

The fbi guy beats the rest of them.

[@JETJOOBOY]

Police Brutality... again.. Actually, sounds like he LIKES getting beat, judging by his business cards collection!

[@mattrogers9574]

This show replaced Maggie after it was canceled.

[@DJRitty]

this theme is silly lol...good lord it's long and obnoxious...

[@CaptGage]

You mean this is yet another US show based on another show?

[@shadegreen5351]

not really. although it is about a family run store and bears a similar name this show is not related to open all night from the bbc

[@JETJOOBOY]

I never really got the link between Steptoe and that American one.. Sanford and Sons was it!? Not a bit alike ... nothing wrong with it though... it just didn't have the same tragic comedic rhythm

[@WhatsUpWithSheila]

@@JETJOOBOY The 1st time I saw a Steptoe & Son. Something Kept nagging at me... Then I realize this is where *Sanford and son* came from. Pretty much exactly the same shows, Except as you said , that underlying *sadness* (which seem to get worse at the end of the series) was not present in the US version.

[@jasonlassiter9229]

I can see why this got canceled…lmao 👎🏻

[@davidgerard4369]

Wow.....this is show is bad. Like "Hello Larry" bad. Maybe worse. It feels like "Married With Children" in a 7/11. Was Susan Tyrell's character the inspiration for Peg Bundy? Jus' askin'.

[@gordondean9189]

ffs

[@trewqpoiutl9774]

If it wasn't for youTube, you would never know about the copious amount of crap sitcoms that never saw the light of day.

[@VinnieRattolle]

I know, it's wonderful!

[@TheEggplantThatAteChicago]

@@VinnieRattolle This one, however, is hardly crap.

[@cl759]

This is not crap. I like it.

[@JETJOOBOY]

Bagboy is the best evolution of the mini mart genre.. Go watch that and continue to not get humour...

[@davanmani556]

I really appreciate actors and what they do because of KZbin.

[@cl759]

Is it me or the annoying foreign guy is Raymond from everybody loves raymond

[@christophertracy2807]

no it is not

[@homelesshannah50]

It's Joey Mategna aka Fat Tony

[@homelesshannah50]

RIP Susan Tyrell and Bubba Smith

[@firefly48342]

I guess Gurggle is this show’s version of Buzz Cola, (Simpsons)or Slurm, (Futurama.)