Anyone have any episodes from this very short-lived sitcom series? It starred Ray Sharkey in one of his final roles before his tragic death from AIDS. It also featured Don Stroud and an early role for Leah Remini.

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He (https://notveryfamous.blogspot.com/2013/02/ray-sharkey.html) was hailed as the 'next Al Pacino' and a Golden Globe winner (https://groups.google.com/g/alt.gossip.celebrities/c/mLHh3WringY), but behind the swagger (https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/13/obituaries/ray-sharkey-40-actor-often-played-role-of-tough-guy.html) lay a deadly secret. This is the tragic, untold story of Ray Sharkey (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Sharkey)—the star who used his tough-guy mask to hide his battle with AIDS (https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1993/rt9306/930613/06140105.htm) until the bitter end.


Funny Man In The Family Sparkles. Fine Cast Backs Up Ray ... (https://books.google.com/books?id=2OMPAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA18&dq=Ray+Sharkey+The+Man+in+the+Family+ABC&article_id=4990,3481244&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjr4c6e49CSAxX48MkDHa8zF_cQ6AF6BAgMEAM)

Ray Sharkey Focuses On Authenticity. - Page 4 (https://books.google.com/books?id=ChFfAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4&dq=Ray+Sharkey+The+Man+in+the+Family+ABC&article_id=2475,6970916&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjr4c6e49CSAxX48MkDHa8zF_cQ6AF6BAgJEAM)

Flying Leap'. - Page 8 (https://books.google.com/books?id=3DkeAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA8&dq=Ray+Sharkey+The+Man+in+the+Family+ABC&article_id=6788,7131729&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjr4c6e49CSAxX48MkDHa8zF_cQ6AF6BAgNEAM)

Ray Sharkey Is The Man In The Family. On Abc. - Page 12 (https://books.google.com/books?id=CTBDAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA12&dq=Ray+Sharkey+The+Man+in+the+Family+ABC&article_id=3053,2400841&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjr4c6e49CSAxX48MkDHa8zF_cQ6AF6BAgHEAM)

Sharkey Puts Focus On Authenticity. - Page 5 (https://books.google.com/books?id=q8FRAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA5&dq=Ray+Sharkey+The+Man+in+the+Family+ABC&article_id=3177,348793&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjr4c6e49CSAxX48MkDHa8zF_cQ6AF6BAgKEAM)

The Heart, Soul Of A Sitcom. Sharkey-Jinn, In The Associated ... (https://books.google.com/books?id=JoNKAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA25&dq=Ray+Sharkey+The+Man+in+the+Family+ABC&article_id=6778,4293930&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjr4c6e49CSAxX48MkDHa8zF_cQ6AF6BAgIEAM)

Sharkey's On The Upswing. Actor Takes A Vacation From ... - Page 34 (https://books.google.com/books?id=1eMPAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA34&dq=Ray+Sharkey+The+Man+in+the+Family+ABC&article_id=5497,2941506&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjr4c6e49CSAxX48MkDHa8zF_cQ6AF6BAgLEAM)

The Durant Daily Democrat - Page 15 (https://books.google.com/books?id=GPNDAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA15&dq=Ray+Sharkey+The+Man+in+the+Family+ABC&article_id=5928,4642693&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjr4c6e49CSAxX48MkDHa8zF_cQ6AF6BAgPEAM)

'The Man In The Family Debuts Wednesday On ABC. - Page 31 (https://books.google.com/books?id=_e4gAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA31&dq=Ray+Sharkey+The+Man+in+the+Family+ABC&article_id=1538,3058137&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiezdGZ5NCSAxVuwhoGHcZlN344ChDoAXoECA4QAw)

Ray Sharkey Says His ABC Summer Series Has No Competition (https://books.google.com/books?id=lPJYAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA8&dq=Ray+Sharkey+The+Man+in+the+Family+ABC&article_id=2438,4021283&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiezdGZ5NCSAxVuwhoGHcZlN344ChDoAXoECAoQAw)

A List Of One Man's Opinion Of The Worst On Television For ... - Page 14 (https://books.google.com/books?id=-M4yAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA14&dq=Ray+Sharkey+The+Man+in+the+Family+ABC&article_id=2137,831071&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiezdGZ5NCSAxVuwhoGHcZlN344ChDoAXoECAsQAw)

Family Sitcoms Just Keep Growing. - Page 51 (https://books.google.com/books?id=0g4qAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA51&dq=Ray+Sharkey+The+Man+in+the+Family+ABC&article_id=1647,1866107&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiezdGZ5NCSAxVuwhoGHcZlN344ChDoAXoECAgQAw)

Series Is Sharkey's Shot At Stardom. - Page 13 (https://books.google.com/books?id=IFVWAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA13&dq=Ray+Sharkey+The+Man+in+the+Family+ABC&article_id=6627,4506286&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiezdGZ5NCSAxVuwhoGHcZlN344ChDoAXoECAkQAw)

Series Sharkey Tries Tv Comedy. Ray Sharkey Says He's Glad ... (https://books.google.com/books?id=6vRJAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA37&dq=Ray+Sharkey+The+Man+in+the+Family+ABC&article_id=1312,1932169&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiezdGZ5NCSAxVuwhoGHcZlN344ChDoAXoECAcQAw)

'Man In The Family Needs Doctor In The House. - Page 12 (https://books.google.com/books?id=4y4gAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA12&dq=Ray+Sharkey+The+Man+in+the+Family+ABC&article_id=7007,5878285&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi3s9_05NCSAxXOg4kEHYEdANk4FBDoAXoECAwQAw)

Summertime On Television Is Rerun Time. - Page 22 (https://books.google.com/books?id=PzgdAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA22&dq=Ray+Sharkey+The+Man+in+the+Family+ABC&article_id=6516,7961201&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi3s9_05NCSAxXOg4kEHYEdANk4FBDoAXoECAcQAw)

Ray Sharkey Settles Down As The Man In The Family'. - Page 90 (https://books.google.com/books?id=SPYcAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA90&dq=Ray+Sharkey+The+Man+in+the+Family+ABC&article_id=6718,5172060&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi3s9_05NCSAxXOg4kEHYEdANk4FBDoAXoECAsQAw)

SITCOM NOT ALL LAUGHS FOR `FAMILY` MAN RAY ... (https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/06/30/sitcom-not-all-laughs-for-family-man-ray-sharkey/)

355 Ray Sharkey Appearing In 'The Man Of The Family' Photos and High-Res Pictures (https://www.gettyimages.ae/search/2/image?family=editorial&phrase=Ray%20Sharkey%20Appearing%20In%20%27The%20Man%20Of%20The%20Family%27)


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Wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_Family) describes this 1991 sitcom (https://www.reddit.com/r/ForgottenTV/comments/1l7vej6/the_man_in_the_family_1991/) as 'The black sheep of the family takes over the family-owned grocery store in Brooklyn following his father's death.' It starred (https://variety.com/1993/scene/people-news/ray-sharkey-107765/) Ray Sharkey (https://johnnylawandorder.substack.com/p/hollyweird-babylon-ray-sharkey), ran for seven episodes, and the theme was 1928's 'When You're Smiling' by Larry Shay, Joe Goodwin, and Mark Fisher, sung by Louis Prima.

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DISCLAIMER 1: The individual depicted at 2:45 and 1:48:55 is not Cecelia Bonnie Sharkey* and is included "for illustration purposes only"
DISCLAIMER 2: Audio cuts out briefly at 38:59 and again at 45:24 thanks to copyright claims for the "Chico and the Man" theme and, somehow, Tina Turner's song from Beyond Thunderdome respectively.
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0:00 Prologue
6:27 Act I: Don't Look Down
29:22 Act II: Romance the Devil
1:13:38 Act III: The Guardian Angel
1:47:28 Epilogue


The messy, often disturbing, and occasionally brilliant life of gifted character actor, flashpoint for the revival of mafia-coded glamour and, according to some, the "Johnny Appleseed of AIDS" Ray Sharkey (https://www.google.com/search?q=Ray+Sharkey&oq=Ray+Sharkey&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQIxgnMgYIAhAjGCcyDAgDEC4YQxiABBiKBTINCAQQABiRAhiABBiKBTINCAUQABiRAhiABBiKBTINCAYQABiRAhiABBiKBTIHCAcQABiABDIHCAgQABiABDIHCAkQABiABNIBCDk0MmoxajE1qAIMsAIB8QXVFtFW837JiPEF1RbRVvN-yYg&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8), told here for the first time in depth.

Hollyweird Babylon: Ray Sharkey (https://johnnylawandorder.substack.com/p/hollyweird-babylon-ray-sharkey)

In 1991, Ray starred in a sitcom for ABC that had been years in the making and wound up cancelled before it even premiered. What ended up as The Man in the Family began its life in early 1989 as Timothy’s File. Based on author Lawrence Sanders’ Wall Street P.I. Timothy Cone, Sharkey told the AP, “My concept is to make a 47 minute movie every week. It lends itself to simple plots with a style like a movie. I’m calling on all my director friends to come to New York.” [Associated Press, February 21, 1989]

In November it was confirmed ABC had ordered a two-hour TV movie and 12 episodes. After a year passed and no shooting script available in time for 1990-91 season (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990%E2%80%9391_United_States_network_television_schedule), ABC passed Ray on to the comedy department, who went to work putting together The Ray Sharkey Show as a midseason replacement. When the pilot was taped in January 1991, the title had changed to When You’re Smiling. Three weeks later, when production wrapped on the first batch of episodes, the show was now called The Favorite Son. After finding itself lost in the midseason shuffle, Man in the Family’s seven finished episodes were burned off by ABC in the summer of 1991, leaving Ray forced to promote a show whose days were already numbered.

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