Tournament Round One: Wings vs. United States of Al - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

icecream · 10-19-2021, 09:01 PM

Wings aired 8 seasons on NBC from 1990-1997. It comes from the same producers as Frasier and Cheers but has lived in their shadow. Personally I like Wings a lot better than Cheers, and I will take Wings any day over more popular 90s sitcoms I have no use for like Friends, Roseanne, and The Simpsons. Timothy Daly and Steven Weber play brothers Joe and Brian Hackett who are pilots but just have one plane to share at Sandpiper. Their rich competitor Roy Biggins who shares the same terminal in Nantucket has a lot more planes at Aeromass but acts boorishly. Crystal Bernard plays aspiring cellist Helen Chapel who is stuck running the lunch counter at the terminal. Helen marries Joe at the end of season 6. Also starring Rebecca Schull as Joe and Brian's eccentric receptionist Fay Cochran, Thomas Haden Church as the dunce mechanic Lowell Mather who works for both airlines, and future Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub as the Italian cabbie with eternal bad luck Antonio Scarpacci. In season 6 John Ritter's widow Amy Yasbeck joined the cast as Helen's sister Casey Davenport.

United States of Al just started its 2nd season on CBS. Two best friends from the army live together. Riley's interpreter from Afghanistan Al needed a place to stay. Also living in the same house are Riley's father and sister. He shares custody of his daughter Hazel with his ex-wife. Starring Adhir Kalyan, Parker Young, Dean Norris, Elizabeth Alderfer, Kelli Goss, and Farrah Mackenzie.

AMackII · 10-20-2021, 05:21 AM

Wings was one of the great 1990s sitcoms ever

icecream · 10-27-2021, 09:04 PM

In the most dominant opening match so far, Wings shuts out United States of Al 9-0 and will advance to the 2nd round.

View Poll Results: Which Show Do You Prefer?
Wings	9	100.00%
United States of Al	0	0%
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10-19-2021, 09:01 PM	#1
icecream Cat-tastic and Whiskerlicious Forum Celebrity Join Date: Sep 01, 2006 Location: The Catacombs Posts: 20,691	Tournament Round One: Wings vs. United States of Al Wings aired 8 seasons on NBC from 1990-1997. It comes from the same producers as Frasier and Cheers but has lived in their shadow. Personally I like Wings a lot better than Cheers, and I will take Wings any day over more popular 90s sitcoms I have no use for like Friends, Roseanne, and The Simpsons. Timothy Daly and Steven Weber play brothers Joe and Brian Hackett who are pilots but just have one plane to share at Sandpiper. Their rich competitor Roy Biggins who shares the same terminal in Nantucket has a lot more planes at Aeromass but acts boorishly. Crystal Bernard plays aspiring cellist Helen Chapel who is stuck running the lunch counter at the terminal. Helen marries Joe at the end of season 6. Also starring Rebecca Schull as Joe and Brian's eccentric receptionist Fay Cochran, Thomas Haden Church as the dunce mechanic Lowell Mather who works for both airlines, and future Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub as the Italian cabbie with eternal bad luck Antonio Scarpacci. In season 6 John Ritter's widow Amy Yasbeck joined the cast as Helen's sister Casey Davenport. United States of Al just started its 2nd season on CBS. Two best friends from the army live together. Riley's interpreter from Afghanistan Al needed a place to stay. Also living in the same house are Riley's father and sister. He shares custody of his daughter Hazel with his ex-wife. Starring Adhir Kalyan, Parker Young, Dean Norris, Elizabeth Alderfer, Kelli Goss, and Farrah Mackenzie.
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10-20-2021, 05:21 AM	#2
AMackII Member Forum Star Join Date: Oct 23, 2015 Location: St. Louis Posts: 17,214	Wings was one of the great 1990s sitcoms ever

10-27-2021, 09:04 PM	#3
icecream Cat-tastic and Whiskerlicious Forum Celebrity Join Date: Sep 01, 2006 Location: The Catacombs Posts: 20,691	In the most dominant opening match so far, Wings shuts out United States of Al 9-0 and will advance to the 2nd round.