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Sean · 11-15-2004, 02:25 PM

Greetings,

I'm trying to think of a show that aired in the 1980s--I'm not sure if it was a sitcom, drama, or TV movie, but I distinctly remember certain features of the show.

First, it was about a homeless man who sleeps under newspapers on a bench. A group of kids find him and take him home. He has some sort of medical test done (like a stress test--he's wearing those sticky things they put on your chest for an EKG).

Second, the homeless man looked like the dad from Punky Brewster or the doctor from Empty Nest. I looked at both of their profiles on imdb.com, but nothing matched.

I don't know if this was a serious kids show or what. But this has been bothering me lately! I hate when these things bug you.

Hope you can help.

jamesanthony · 11-15-2004, 09:42 PM

Was it "Bill" with Mickey Rooney? That was a tv movie in 1981 and there was a sequel to it in 1986, but I don't think it was ever a series.

snl75 · 11-15-2004, 10:39 PM

your problay thinking of a family for joe starring robert mitchum it aired on nbc around 1990 and one of the kids on that show was juliett lewis who a few years would co star in a remake of mitchums classic film cape fear

vze3t9q9 · 11-24-2004, 07:50 PM

Yes it could be Family for Joe. I guess that was Robert Mitchum foray into tv.

11-15-2004, 02:25 PM	#1
Sean Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Dec 02, 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 7	A Show about a Homeless Man? Greetings, I'm trying to think of a show that aired in the 1980s--I'm not sure if it was a sitcom, drama, or TV movie, but I distinctly remember certain features of the show. First, it was about a homeless man who sleeps under newspapers on a bench. A group of kids find him and take him home. He has some sort of medical test done (like a stress test--he's wearing those sticky things they put on your chest for an EKG). Second, the homeless man looked like the dad from Punky Brewster or the doctor from Empty Nest. I looked at both of their profiles on imdb.com, but nothing matched. I don't know if this was a serious kids show or what. But this has been bothering me lately! I hate when these things bug you. Hope you can help.

11-15-2004, 09:42 PM	#2
jamesanthony Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 30, 2004 Posts: 2,180	Was it "Bill" with Mickey Rooney? That was a tv movie in 1981 and there was a sequel to it in 1986, but I don't think it was ever a series.

11-15-2004, 10:39 PM	#3
snl75 Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 25, 2004 Location: in the formen basement watching snl Posts: 1,377	your problay thinking of a family for joe starring robert mitchum it aired on nbc around 1990 and one of the kids on that show was juliett lewis who a few years would co star in a remake of mitchums classic film cape fear

11-24-2004, 07:50 PM	#4
vze3t9q9 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 31, 2003 Location: ROCKCOVE Posts: 548	Yes it could be Family for Joe. I guess that was Robert Mitchum foray into tv.