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Glamorous Maddie Hayes (Cybill Shepherd) is an ex-model with a problem--her accountant just ran off with her money. Granted, he did leave her with a few broken-down businesses. One happens to be a detective agency run by charming loudmouth David Addison (Bruce Willis). Her attempt to shutter the agency fails when they stumble across a crime and David convinces Maddie to help him solve it. And with that, one of television's most popular partnerships was born. Moonlighting made a star out of newcomer Willis and turned Shepherd (Taxi Driver), who had already found fame through fashion and film, into a bona fide TV star.
Created for TV by Glenn Gordon Caron (Remington Steele), the romantic comedy/detective drama was a mid-season replacement that quickly became a hit. There were only six episodes in the first season, including the two-part pilot, but 18 were produced for the second. The first two seasons attracted an eclectic array of guest stars, including Tim Robbins ("Gunfight at the So-So Corral") and Whoopi Goldberg ("Camille"), who earned an Emmy nomination for her performance. The most notable guest was surely Orson Welles, who introduces the black and white noir spoof "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice". It would be his final TV appearance. Moonlighting ran for three more years. While the Emmy-winning Willis would abandon TV for the big screen, Shepherd found subsequent small screen success with Cybill. Caron, meanwhile, would launch another mid-season replacement series which became a surprise hit: NBC's Medium with Patricia Arquette. --Kathleen C. Fennessy, Amazon.com
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This series out of the 80s is wonderful!
Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis are a great couple and you just have to love them.
Maddie is a former now (thanks to her accountant) poor super-model, who has two choices: Closing and selling the detective agency she owns or make it a profitable business. Charming and funny David Addison - a childish detective- teams up with her to rescue his agency and together they make a hell of a team.
Some information on this DVD-Box:
This DVD-Box contains 6 DVDs (1&2 are season 1, the rest is season 2).
Languages: English, Italian, Spanish
Really this show is just wonderful and a must-have!
And as a special tip: The price for this DVD Box (seasons 1 & 2) is even too good to let it go!
Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis are a great couple and you just have to love them.
Maddie is a former now (thanks to her accountant) poor super-model, who has two choices: Closing and selling the detective agency she owns or make it a profitable business. Charming and funny David Addison - a childish detective- teams up with her to rescue his agency and together they make a hell of a team.
Some information on this DVD-Box:
This DVD-Box contains 6 DVDs (1&2 are season 1, the rest is season 2).
Languages: English, Italian, Spanish
Really this show is just wonderful and a must-have!
And as a special tip: The price for this DVD Box (seasons 1 & 2) is even too good to let it go!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
When I watched moonlighting as a young man, I found the quirky detective series great and I would watch every episode. Watching the DVD first 2 season set brought back all those laugh, with the much younger wise cracking Bruce Willis and Cybil Shepperd's foil. It still works, fantastic.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Firstly, you will need a DVD player that will play Region 1 DVD's.
This is where it began, 24 episodes including the double-length pilot. First shown in the UK on BBC 2 in 1986 (and rarely on terrestrial TV since the end of the series in 1989), Moonlighting has aged well even if the hairstyles and clothes haven't. If you can divert your eyes from Maddie's hair disasters, you will notice David's hairline receding as the series progresses.
But Moonlighting wasn't about clothes or hair. It was about Maddie Hayes and David Addison's love-hate relationship. They slam doors, argue, yell at each other at the same time and yet somehow always end up working very well together. Added interest is in the cases they solve, which almost always have an unexpected twist.
As well as being a romantic comedy, Moonlighting is also a spoof detective show. The characters break the "fourth wall" and walk off the set. They talk to the viewers in character. It snows in the office at Christmas. All great fun, and both Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis are at their best in this series.
When you've watched this set, you will want to invest in the other three series (or seasons) of Moonlighting. Despite the spoof nature of the show, and its refusal to take itself too seriously, it just about manages to avoid being too silly.
Definitely 5 stars.
This is where it began, 24 episodes including the double-length pilot. First shown in the UK on BBC 2 in 1986 (and rarely on terrestrial TV since the end of the series in 1989), Moonlighting has aged well even if the hairstyles and clothes haven't. If you can divert your eyes from Maddie's hair disasters, you will notice David's hairline receding as the series progresses.
But Moonlighting wasn't about clothes or hair. It was about Maddie Hayes and David Addison's love-hate relationship. They slam doors, argue, yell at each other at the same time and yet somehow always end up working very well together. Added interest is in the cases they solve, which almost always have an unexpected twist.
As well as being a romantic comedy, Moonlighting is also a spoof detective show. The characters break the "fourth wall" and walk off the set. They talk to the viewers in character. It snows in the office at Christmas. All great fun, and both Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis are at their best in this series.
When you've watched this set, you will want to invest in the other three series (or seasons) of Moonlighting. Despite the spoof nature of the show, and its refusal to take itself too seriously, it just about manages to avoid being too silly.
Definitely 5 stars.
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Big hair and shoulder pads... lovely
I loved Moonlighting in the 80s, and bought this DVD with some trepidation in case it was dated and dull.
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Published on 25 Jan 2010 by R. Cassidy
Over the moon (geddit?)
Moonlighting, like any other show, even 'Monty Python' (will the purists let me say that I wonder?) has a few turkeys in the batch, sometimes the jokes fall flat, sometimes if... Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2009 by P. J. Harris
Subtitles
I want to buy this DVD, but I need to know if it has portuguese subtitles?
Published on 21 Sep 2009 by Ricardo Pinto
Fabulous
BBC 2 9 O'clock, long time ago. It was compulsory viewing. Still is. This is a fabulous comedy series. Read more
Published on 24 July 2009 by Dodster
Once in a Blue Moon... something unique comes along.
THE SHOW
I have fond memories of Tuesday evenings, tuning into the exploits of Maddie and David - not to mention Ms DiPesto. Read more
I have fond memories of Tuesday evenings, tuning into the exploits of Maddie and David - not to mention Ms DiPesto. Read more
Published on 14 July 2009 by D. Brown
Nostalgic
I loved Moonlighting when it first aired.
Now, many years later, it is not exactly the same. To be perfectly honest, it is somewhat outdated and very corny. Read more
Now, many years later, it is not exactly the same. To be perfectly honest, it is somewhat outdated and very corny. Read more
Published on 14 July 2009 by Millan
still refereshing and entertaining
I really enjoyed this series when it aired on TV several years ago. It was with much anticipated joy that I greeted its release on DVD and quickly bought a copy to relive the... Read more
Published on 10 July 2009 by Uenna
Bloody Awful
I bought Series 1 and 2. Got through the 1st two episodes of series 1, just, and lost the will to live. I remember loving this series in the 80s - what a disappointment. Read more
Published on 24 Jun 2009 by Indeed
Moonlighting - How did I forget?
Surely one of the best TV shows of the 1980s, Moonlighting not only made stars of Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis but also set the standard for many shows to come, the stars'... Read more
Published on 6 Jun 2009 by Sharron Hather
moonlighting
season 1 starts off slow but by season 2, the plots, characters and chemistry between 'Maddie' and 'David' remind me why i bought this DVD set! ~Moonlighting rocks
Published on 1 May 2009 by D. Mckenna
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