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Moonlighting - Cybil Shepard and Bruce Willis

Posted on 1/12/25 at 10:13 am
Posted by blueridgeTiger
Granbury, TX
Member since Jun 2004
21683 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 10:13 am


My wife and I watched the pilot episode last night. Not a great detective series, but the interactions between Cybil Shepard and Bruce Willis make for a very entertaining story. It ran for five seasons from 1985 to 1989. We've discovered a pastime over the next few weeks.
This post was edited on 1/12/25 at 11:18 am
Posted by jimlsu1
Ellicott City, Md
Member since Oct 2008
1547 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 10:35 am to
Good series for the first few seasons then got a little stale.
Funny thing is from what I remember, but could be wrong, they really didn’t like each other at all.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
67918 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 10:46 am to
Whatchoo know bout

Some walk by night...
Some fly by day...
Posted by Dr Rosenrosen
Member since May 2006
3719 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 11:16 am to
Great theme song by Al Jarreau
This post was edited on 1/12/25 at 11:18 am
Posted by SPEEDY
2005 Tiger Smack Poster of the Year
Member since Dec 2003
85247 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 11:19 am to
One of my favorite series.

Won’t spoil it, but the show jumped the shark when the dynamic between Maddie and David’s relationship changed.



Do bears bear?

Do bees bee?
Posted by bluestem75
Dallas, TX
Member since Oct 2007
4539 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 5:21 pm to
The Taming of the Shrew episode is classic.

My whole family looked forward to this show every week.
This post was edited on 1/12/25 at 5:22 pm
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
60157 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 5:22 pm to
quote:

Won’t spoil it, but the show jumped the shark when the dynamic between Maddie and David’s relationship changed.

The audience got what they wanted and then immediately stopped giving a shite. It was the most abrupt drop-off of a TV show that I've ever seen.
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
54655 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 5:36 pm to
The finale with Whoopi and Judd is pretty funny
Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
60157 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 5:56 pm to
I don't know. I quit watching.

They tried to regain the magic by having them get in a fight, but I think that just reminded people of their own boring relationships.
Posted by RougeDawg
Member since Jul 2016
6786 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 5:59 pm to
My friends and I spent an afternoon trying to pause a VHS tape we recorded where Cybil fell over in a dress. We were certain if we timed it right we could see panties. The life of a young boy in the 80s...
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
54655 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 6:08 pm to
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
107517 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 6:36 pm to
quote:

The audience got what they wanted and then immediately stopped giving a shite. It was the most abrupt drop-off of a TV show that I've ever seen.


Remington Steele avoided this.

Interestingly, Glen Gordon Caron was the first supervising producer for RS. He would later produce Moonlighting
Posted by WheyCheddar
Member since Aug 2024
453 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 7:24 pm to
My memory is it was off the charts bad by 3rd season, so don’t get too comfortable.
Posted by panzer
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
4257 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 7:48 pm to
A great series from the 80's. It was wildly popular and we loved it.
Posted by Scoob
Near Exxon
Member since Jun 2009
21724 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 8:55 pm to
quote:

Not a great detective series, but the interactions between Cybil Shepard and Bruce Willis make for a very entertaining story

I don't think I recall a single storyline about a case;

It's 100% the chemistry between the 2.
Posted by dexy82
Madison, WI
Member since Sep 2004
1930 posts
Posted on 1/12/25 at 9:23 pm to
quote:

I don't think I recall a single storyline about a case;


Cybil Shepard was in ‘The Last Picture Show’ and was an absolute dime…

And I think Booger was on that show with some homely broad?

That’s what I remember
Posted by boxcarbarney
Above all things, be a man
Member since Jul 2007
24294 posts
Posted on 1/13/25 at 3:14 pm to
They would put Vaseline or something on the camera lens whenever there was a close up of Cybil Shepard. The rumor was it was to make her look younger during closeups.

I remember liking the show as a kid, though I can't really remember a specific episode, other than when they had Willis destroy his BMW in a parking garage

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