The Slap Maxwell Story 1987
The Slap Maxwell Story is a situation comedy broadcast in the United States by ABC as part of its 1987-88 lineup. It stars Dabney Coleman as "Slap" Maxwell, an egocentric sportswriter for a newspaper called The Ledger, somewhere in the American Southwest. The Ledger was a very old-fashioned newspaper -- Slap still composed his column, "Slap Shots," on a typewriter -- and Slap was a very old-fashioned guy. Despite the newly litigious environment of journalism, Slap insisted on filling his column with rumor and innuendo, drawing lawsuits and Slap's frequent termination, to be followed by a groveling apology and his rehiring. He had an on-again, off-again relationship with girlfriend Judy, one of the paper's secretaries, due primarily to his off-putting personality. Annie was Slap's ex-wife, who nonetheless retained a soft spot for him. A recurring event throughout the series' run is that at some point in each episode, someone would hit Slap, with a nun even doing the honors in one episode. The show was created by Jay Tarses, who in 1983 was co-creator of Buffalo Bill, an NBC sitcom in which Coleman starred as a similarly off-putting character, the host of a TV talk show.
- Released: 1987-09-23
- Runtime: 30 minutes
- Genre: Comedy
- Stars: Dabney Coleman, Jeff Doucette, Megan Gallagher
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1. Episode 1 1987-09-23
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2. Episode 2 1987-09-30
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3. Episode 3 1987-10-07
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4. Episode 4 1987-10-14
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5. Episode 5 1987-10-28
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6. Episode 6 1987-11-04
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7. Episode 7 1987-11-18
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8. Episode 8 1987-11-25
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9. Episode 9 1987-12-02
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10. Episode 10 1987-12-09
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11. Episode 11 1988-01-06
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12. Episode 12 1988-01-13
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13. Episode 13 1988-01-20
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14. Episode 14 1988-01-27
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15. Episode 15 1988-02-03
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16. Episode 16 1988-02-10
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17. Episode 17 1988-03-02
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18. Episode 18 1988-03-09
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19. Episode 19 1988-03-16
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20. Episode 20 1988-05-06
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21. Episode 21 1988-05-13
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22. Episode 22 1988-05-20
