Amanda's


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From Wikipedia:

Amanda's (also known as Amanda's by the Sea) is a short-lived television sitcom based on the popular 1970s British sitcom Fawlty Towers which aired on ABC from February 10, 1983 to May 26, 1983.

Beatrice Arthur starred as the main character, Amanda Cartwright, a role similar to the Maude Findlay character she portrayed on Maude from 1972-78. Amanda was the owner of a seaside hotel called "Amanda's by the Sea" whose staff included her son Marty (Fred McCarren), his spoiled wife Arlene (Simone Griffeth), Earl the chef (Rick Hurst) and Aldo the bellhop (Tony Rosato).

Amanda's was cancelled in May 1983 after a short, four-month run and 10 episodes (3 more episodes remained unaired). This was Beatrice Arthur's first return to series television since Maude went off the air in 1978.

Other stars on Amanda's included Jerry Stiller, Leonard Stone and Todd Susman. The show was filmed in front of a live studio audience at ABC Studios, 4151 Prospect Avenue in Hollywood, California.

Starring

Beatrice Arthur

Fred McCarren

Simone Griffeth

Rick Hurst

Tony Rosato

Keene Curtis

Kevin McCarthy

Theme music composer Peter Matz

Country of origin United States

No. of episodes 13

Production

Running time 30 minutes

Production company(s) Viacom Productions

Broadcast

Original channel ABC

Original run February 10 – May 26, 1983

Who talked about this show

Beatrice Arthur

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Beatrice Arthur on working on various series, including Amanda's, which was based on the British show Fawlty Towers
04:53

Charles S. Dubin

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Charles S. Dubin on directing Jennifer Slept Here, Amanda's, The Four Seasons, Murder, She Wrote, and Hotel
02:47

Garvin Eddy

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Garvin Eddy on going from assistant to collaborator with Edward Stephenson on Amanda's and Victory at Entebbe
02:19
Garvin Eddy on his first non-assistant production design job on the Beatrice Arthur series Amanda's (misidentified here as "Amanda's By the Sea")
02:26

Howard Storm

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Howard Storm on directing Beatrice Arthur in Amanda's
04:54

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