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She is a
parent and a
den mother
and one
ordinary
morning, she
bumps into a
spy at the
train
station. She
(Kate
Jackson)
is in her
nightgown
and he (Bruce
Boxleitner)
is in
trouble and
before you
know it, the
two of them
are racing
through
garages and
breaking
into a post
office and
she winds up
rescuing him
in a
helicopter
and flying
down enemy
agents.....
"Have you
ever flown a
whirlybird
before?" she
is asked.
"No" Amanda
says, "but
its a lot
like my
dishwasher.
You give it
a good kick
and it
goes".
Scarecrow
and Mrs.
King
is a lot
like that.
It combines
snappy
patter with
good acting
and funny
situations. It
was the 4th
series for
Kate Jackson
(CBS
Channel)
which
brought her
again on the
top of high
ratings.
Also
starring are
Beverly
Garland as
Amanda's
energetic
mother and
housemate
Dotty West
and Mel
Stewart as
Billy
Melrose,
Scarecrow's
superior in
"The
Agency".
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Number of
episodes: 88 1
hour segments
(1983-1987 for CBS
Network)
The Cast:
Kate Jackson as
Amanda King, Bruce
Boxleitner as Lee
"Scarecrow" Stetson,
Beverly Garland as
Dotty West, Mel
Stewart as William
"Billy" Melrose,
Martha Smith as
Francine Desmond,
Greg Morton as Jaime
King, Paul Stout as
Phillip King.
Syndicator:
Shoot the Moon
Enterprises, Ltd
Warner Brothers
Television
Ex. Producers:
Juanita Bartlett
Creators:
Brad Buckner,
Eugenie Ross-Leming
Music:
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How many housewives,
bored with dusting
and diapers, have
fantasized about a
chance meeting with
a handsome spy and
being swept into a
world of intrigue
and danger?
 OK, maybe only a
few. But women who
haven't thought of
it can get the idea
from this CBS
adventure comedy. In
the pilot, Kate
Jackson was
introduced as Amanda
King, a nice
suburban divorcee
with two little
boys, a mother and a
dull boyfriend, the
highlight of her
week is being a Cub
Scout den mother.
Along comes Bruce
Boxleitner, who
thrusts a mysterious
package into her
hands, hustles her
onto a train, then
trots off, pursued
by a pair of
heavies. From there
on, she in such a
whirl of adventure
she hardly gets time
to do the vacuuming.
Boxleitner is a
CIA-type agent with
the code name
Scarecrow. He has a
tendency to wreck
cars and perform
impetuous illegal
entries in the
course of duty, so
he is usually in hot
water with his
section chief (Mel
Stewart). Mrs. King
quickly acquires a
taste for spying
though she screams
“Oh my gosh,” when
Scarecrow peels out
with her in stolen
limo pursued by a
car full of KGB
agents. When she
first gets into a
firing stance and
tells a hood to
“freeze,” she turns
to her new partner
and checks. “That's
what you say isn't
it? Freeze?” As this
irrepressibly perky
and sensible lady,
Jackson is as
adorable as you can
get without cuteness
overload--with her
clean, bright-eyed
good looks and that
pleasant little
scratch in her
voice. Boxleitner
plays his spy
breezily with a
slightly touchy ego
that gets agitated
when his
inexperienced
partner turns out to
be right about
something--or when
she wants to fit
some grocery
shopping into their
spying schedule.
Their quippy
tentatively sexy
relationship has
enough warmth to
keep simmering and
the espionage stuff
is played lightly
without descending
into spoof level. The stories won't be
in serious
competition if
there's an Emmy for
originality, but
they'll pass. In one
tale, Jackson was
stuck with baby
sitting a little boy
whose Soviet emigre
parents were being
held by the KGB. It
turns out the thugs
were really after
the kid, a 180-IQ
computer whiz who
could access secret
US satellite plans.
It didn't seem
likely that such a
whiz kid raised by
nice parents, would
also know how to
shoot craps and roll
drunks. But the
fights and chases
are pretty good,
with Mrs. King often
coming through in
the end, like a
fluttery version of
the cavalry.
Harmless fun is the
category I guess,
and if you like
Boxleitner and
Jackson you can tool
away a vicarious
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"Amanda King is the
most geometrically
scatterbrained person I
have ever met in my
life. She is so
scatterbrained, yet she does everything with
precision. Its the kind
of thing I used to see
in old movies and have
always wanted to do. I
am actually looking
forward to going to
work".
Kate Jackson, 1984
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 "I
guess in the first few months were our
teething problems, cause Lee was so
one-dimensional it was hard for me to
understand the character. I think Kate
had the same problem. Now we're closer
than ever, despite what some of the
supermarket papers have said. Kate's a
tough professional. All those reports of
us fighting . . . it just didn't happen.
For the first year the show didn't even
know what it was. You can't make
satirical statements about the CIA in
the 8 p.m. timeslot. Our show is
entertainment and adventure. No
messages; we're not a docudrama."
Bruce Boxleitner, 1984 |
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& Mrs. King
DVD Box Set
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Scarecrow and Mrs. King -
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Set consists of 16 DVDs
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