Wings is a sitcom which ran from 1990 to 1997, focusing on the staff of a single charter plane airline and other hangers-on at a Nantucket airport. Created by three Cheers writers/producers and set in the same state (Massachusetts), various Cheers bar denizens visited on occasion.
Muppet Mentions
- In the second season premiere "The Puppetmaster," Helen rattles off a series of qualities she thinks make for the perfect male. Joe remarks, "Sounds great, Helen. But, Kermit is a frog."
- In the fifth season episode "Terminal Jealousy," Lowell ponders, "If you're driving a car down Sesame Street, would you, in fact, end up in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood?"
- In the eighth season episode "The Gift of Life," Joe gripes that his only, last-minute choices at a Halloween costume store were Pinocchio or Miss Piggy.
References
- When Wings star Tim Daly and Grover were both guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Daly spent much of his spot disparaging Sesame Street. When Grover comes out, after initially refusing to talk, he teases Daly by saying "I loved you in Sideways" (thus confusing Daly with Thomas Haden Church, who played Lowell on Wings and at the time had received an Oscar-nomination for Sideways).
Connections
- Abraham Benrubi played R. J. Biggins in "There's Always Room for Cello" and "Sons and Lovers"
- Peter Bonerz directed 11 episodes (1994)
- Dan Castellaneta played George Wexler in "Moonlighting"
- Ray Charles appeared as himself in "A Decent Proposal"
- Charles Dougherty played a hotel manager in "Boys Will Be Girls"
- Thomas Haden Church played Lowell Mather (1990-1995)
- Tim Daly played Joe Hackett
- Tyne Daly played Mimsy Borogroves in "My Brother's Keeper"
- Brian Doyle-Murray played Coach Snyder in "Say It Ain't So, Joe"
- Lloyd Garver was a creative consultant (1993)
- Gilbert Gottfried played Lewis in three episodes (1993-1995)
- Kelsey Grammer played Frasier Crane in "Planes, Trains, and Visiting Cranes"
- Pat Hingle played Jack Hackett in "B.S. I Love You"
- Phil LaMarr played Gil in "Labor Pains"
- Jenny McCarthy played Dani in "Maybe It's You"
- Megan Mullally played Cindy in "There Once Was a Girl from Nantucket"
- Bebe Neuwirth played Lillith Sternin-Crane in "Planes, Trains, and Visiting Cranes"
- Jonathan Palmer played a priest in "The Naked Truth"
- John Ritter played Stuart Davenport in "Love Overboard"
- Soupy Sales played Fred Gardner in "Miss Jenkins"
- Tony Shalhoub played Antonio Scarpacci (1991-1997)
- Susan Watson played a passenger in "Stop in the Name of Love"
- George Wendt played Norm Peterson in "The Story of Joe"