Charles in Charge: Curing the Common Cult


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Curing the Common Cult

Season 4, Episode 14

When Jamie takes to the teachings of Abba-Kahn (Charles Nelson Reilly), Charles warns that her teacher's out to fleece her. Jamie: Nicole Eggert. Kimberly Ross: Shannon Lee Beaty. Charles: Scott Baio.

repeat 1989 English
Comedy Family Sitcom

Cast & Crew
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Scott Baio (Actor) .. Charles
Nicole Eggert (Actor) .. Jamie Powell
Charles Nelson Reilly (Actor) .. Abba-Kahn
Willie Aames (Actor) .. Buddy Lembeck
Josie Davis (Actor) .. Sarah Powell
Alexander Polinsky (Actor) .. Adam Powell
James Callahan (Actor) .. Walter Powell
Ellen Travolta (Actor) .. Lillian
Shannon Beaty (Actor) .. Kimberly Ross
Robert Jayne (Actor) .. Peter Curtis

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Did You Know..
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Scott Baio (Actor) .. Charles
Born: September 22, 1960
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Trivia: Though he's had a very successful career as a television actor, tall, black-haired, and youthful-looking Scott Baio might be best remembered for dating seemingly every hot, blonde starlet to enter Hollywood. He made his first television appearance as a teen in 1976. He became a regular on the nostalgic sitcom Happy Days in 1977, playing the role of Fonzie's tough little cousin, Chachi, and became a favorite with many preteen girls. Later, he and fellow Happy Days cohort, Erin Moran, starred in the short-lived spin-off series Joanie Loves Chachi (1982-1983). When that failed, the two returned to their original series and remained with it through its demise in 1984. Baio was then cast in the lead of a new sitcom, Charles in Charge, as a conscientious young man who earns money for college by playing nanny to two lively teenage girls and their younger brother. The show ended in 1990, and the following year, Baio headlined another short-lived sitcom as the janitor/love interest on Baby Talk. In 1993, he played his first dramatic role in a series when he was cast opposite Dick Van Dyke in Diagnosis Murder. In the fall of 1997, Baio again returned to sitcom work with the Fox series Rewind in which he plays a marketing executive with a sense of déjà vu that leads him to return to his adolescent years during the '70s. Baio's movie work has been more sporadic. He made his first feature-film appearance as Bugsy in Bugsy Malone (1976). Most of his subsequent film work has been in such low-budget efforts as Skatetown (1979), Zapped (1982), and I Love New York (1988).In 2005, Baio took a recurring role on the cult hit Arrested Development, as lawyer Bob Loblaw. His deadpan delivery was a hit with audiences, as was the subtle in-joke of his appearing with fellow 80's teen star Jason Bateman. In 2007, Baio capitalized on his laundry list of hot and famous ex girlfriends with his own reality show, Scott Baio is 45 And Single. The series followed him as he faced up to his playboy past, working with a life coach to face up to his fear of marriage with the goal of proposing to his long-term girlfriend. The show was popular enough to create a follow-up series, Scott Baio is 46 and Pregnant.
Nicole Eggert (Actor) .. Jamie Powell
Born: January 13, 1972
Birthplace: Glendale, California, United States
Trivia: Lead actress Nicole Eggert first appeared onscreen in the late '80s.
Charles Nelson Reilly (Actor) .. Abba-Kahn
Born: January 13, 1931
Died: May 25, 2007
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States
Trivia: Having caught the theatrical bug early in life, Charles Nelson Reilly studied for his craft at the Herbert Berghof-Uta Hagen studio. While scrounging for acting jobs in the 1950s, Reilly supported himself as an usher, mail clerk and hospital orderly. In 1960 he was cast in a minor role in the Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie, understudying stars Dick Van Dyke and Paul Lynde. The following year, he played nasty "corporate nephew" Bud Frump in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, a characterization that won him a Tony Award. In 1964, he received the New York Critic's Circle award for his work as juvenile lead Cornelius Hackel in Hello, Dolly. During this period, Reilly showed up in such Manhattan-based TV programs as The Steve Lawrence Show, and also performed a cabaret act with his friend Eileen Brennan. In 1968, he was cast as Cleymore Gregg in the network sitcom The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, a role that typed him ever after in fussy, snippy, sarcastic roles. He went on to appear in the comedy ensemble of the 1970s variety series Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers; he starred in the Saturday morning kiddie shows Lidsville (1971-74) and Uncle Croc's Block (1975-76); and, along with Richard Dawson and Brett Sommers, he served as a semi-permanent panelist on the long-running quiz show The Match Game and as a staple on the game show The Hollywood Squares, where his flamboyant personality (he typically appeared wearing oversized glasses and a colorful ascot) became an audience favorite. Game shows, however, reportedly downgraded Reilly in the eyes of producers, and made it next to impossible for him to find a healthy amount of work. During the '80s and '90s, Reilly became active in the field of cartoon voiceovers, performing in such animated feature films as All Dogs Go To Heaven (1989), Rock-a-Doodle (1992) and The Troll in Central Park (1993), and in TV cartoons like Smurfs and Spacecats; he also appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson a record 95 times. On the theatrical scene, Reilly directed the one-person plays Belle of Amherst and Paul Robeson, and staged several operas throughout the U.S. Charles Nelson Reilly was the founder of The Faculty, a Los Angeles-based drama school.In the mid-2000s, Reilly headlined a one-man performance film, The Life of Reilly (2000). As co-directed by Barry Poltermann and Frank Anderson, the picture found the actor-comic sitting before an audience and expostulating at length on his long career in showbusiness, his open homosexuality, and - occasionally - how the two intersected in the early years by making it difficult for him to find work. The picture opened to critical raves but received extremely limited distribution in the U.S. Tragically, it marked Reilly's last major effort, and not one year later, the actor died from complications of pneumonia. He was 76.
Willie Aames (Actor) .. Buddy Lembeck
Born: July 15, 1960
Birthplace: Newport Beach, California, United States
Trivia: American actor Willie Aames, born Albert William Upton, spent his youth working steadily on television and occasionally in low-budget foreign and domestic features. He first began making guest appearances on television in 1969. In 1975, he was cast in Irwin Allen's short-lived adventure series The Swiss Family Robinson. One of his co-stars was a young Helen Hunt. By this time, he had also appeared in a few television movies, including Unwed Father (1974). In 1977, Aames began a long stint in one of his best-known roles, that of rebellious teen Tommy Bradford in the popular domestic comedy/drama Eight Is Enough. With his mop of dark blonde hair, slim physique, and handsome face, Aames became a popular teen idol. In 1979, Aames made his feature-film debut in Scavenger Hunt. When Eight Is Enough was finally canceled in 1981, Aames went on to appear in a couple more films, including Zapped (1982), before returning to series television in the role for which he may be best remembered, as Scott Baio's irresponsible foil in the sitcom Charles in Charge (1984-1990). Through this period he continued to show up in movies. Through much of the '80s, Aames battled with cocaine and depression and became notorious in Hollywood for his erratic behavior. By the time Charles was canceled in 1990, he had cleaned up his act, become a born-again Christian, married for the second time, and in 1991, decided to move to Kansas City where he became a producer and director of videos and commercials. In the mid-'90s, he began starring as an evangelical superhero in the Bibleman series of youth-oriented musical videos.
Josie Davis (Actor) .. Sarah Powell
Born: January 16, 1973
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Trivia: Began her career at the age of three, starring in television commercials.Was a straight-A student in high school.After graduating high school, had the option of entering USC's prestigious writing program, but decided to continue acting.At age 24, auditioned and became a member of the Actors Studio.Does volunteer work with animals in South Central.Is an avid photographer.
Alexander Polinsky (Actor) .. Adam Powell
James Callahan (Actor) .. Walter Powell
Born: October 04, 1930
Trivia: Supporting actor James Callahan appeared onscreen from 1959.
Ellen Travolta (Actor) .. Lillian
Born: October 06, 1939
Birthplace: Englewood, New Jersey, United States
Trivia: Grew up in an acting family and used to practice and perform in the basement. After college, she performed on stage in New York before taking a 10-year break to raise her children. Played Scott Baio's mother in three different series—Happy Days, spin-off Joanie Loves Chachi and Charles in Charge. Began actively participating in summer theater in Idaho in 1990. Performed opposite her husband, daughter and sister Margaret in a 2012 production of Hello, Dolly! at the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre.
Shannon Beaty (Actor) .. Kimberly Ross
Robert Jayne (Actor) .. Peter Curtis

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