GIMME A BREAK! - DVD-COMPLETE FIRST SEASON

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• Release Year: 1981
• Genre: Comedy, Family
• Plot: 'Gimme A Break, I sure deserve it...'; ; Nell Carter shines as Nellie Ruth 'Nell' Harper, the role that twice earned her Emmy and Golden Globe Award nominations, and helped redefine the meaning of 'family.' Available for the first time ever on DVD, Gimme A Break! is the funny, hip and sometimes poignant portrayal of the Kanisky family: widowed Police Chief Carl; his three daughters Katie, Julie and Samantha; and their unflappable housekeeper-turned-surrogate mother (Carter). This 3-disc set includes all 19 episodes from Season One, as well as a preview from Season Two, bonus episodes from the smash-hit sitcoms Kate & Allie and Charles in Charge, and a special featurette that takes a look back at other great TV shows of the eighties. Featuring renowned guest stars such as Danny Glover, Rue McClanahan and Helen Hunt, Gimme A Break! is the beloved sitcom that delivers both love and laughs.
• Cast: Nell Carter, Lara Jill Miller, Lauri Hendler, Kari Michaelsen, Dolph Sweet, John Hoyt, Joseph Lawrence, Telma Hopkins, Howard Morton, Matthew Lawrence, Jonathan Silverman, Rosetta LeNoire, Rosie O'Donnell, Paul Sand, Peter Schrum, Harrison Page, Jane Dulo, Alvernette Jimenez, Don Sherman, Robin Bach, Jack Fletcher, Michael J. Henderson, Victoria Carroll, Rick Fitts, James A. Watson Jr., Jay Johnson, Hazel Shermet, Bonnie Urseth, Nat Bernstein, Phil Leeds, Cliff Norton, Don Bovingloh, Lynne Thigpen, Patrick Collins, Judy Walton, Rue McClanahan, Nora Boland, Will Hunt, George Memmoli, Lewis Arquette, Frank Bonner, Basil Hoffman, Arlene Golonka, Hilda Haynes, Jack Carter, Phil Rubenstein, John Otrin, Patricia Veselich, Roslyn Kind, Liz Torres, Maggie Cooper, Jack Lindine, Allan Rich, Teddy Wilson, Michael Dorn, Leonard Lightfoot, Jeremy Sunderland, Nedra Volz, Ric Mancini, Pam Matteson, Raf Mauro, Fred McCarren, Charles Weldon, Kurt McKinney, Arnold F. Turner, Hakeem Abdul-Samad, Gerald Berns, René Le Vant, Rafael Mauro, Marie-Alise Recasner, Count Stovall, Mark L. Taylor, Gary Collins, Yvonne Wilder, Patrick Breen, Blake Clark, Todd Field, Joseph Maher, Susan Marie Snyder, Charles Zucker
• Runtime: 7:47
• Company: Universial Studios Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Series