The Slap Maxwell Story 1987
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- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 1987
- First aired
- Sep 23, 1987
- Genres
- Comedy
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- ★ TMDB users: 4.0/10
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Topic: Television series "The Slap Maxwell Story" (1987).
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
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Title: The Slap Maxwell Story.
Year/Period: 1987, 1987-88, 1987-1988.
Genre: Situation comedy.
Network: ABC (United States).
Star: Dabney Coleman.
Character: "Slap" Maxwell.
Character Profession: Egocentric sportswriter for a newspaper called The Ledger.
Setting: Somewhere in the American Southwest.
Newspaper Details: The Ledger was a very old-fashioned newspaper.
Character Details: Slap was a very old-fashioned guy. He composed his column, "Slap Shots," on a typewriter.
Plot elements: Despite a newly litigious environment of journalism, Slap insisted on filling his
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“An egocentric sportswriter refuses to modernize his controversial column at an old-fashioned newspaper.”
- Features a performance by Dabney Coleman as the titular character
- Explores the friction between traditional journalism and a changing media landscape
- Offers a glimpse into the 1987-88 ABC television lineup
- The protagonist's reliance on rumor and innuendo may be off-putting to some viewers
Watch it if you enjoy character-focused workplace comedies centered on a stubborn, old-fashioned lead.
The series maintains a comedic tone with a focus on the protagonist's professional and personal clashes.
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