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Welcome to Webster Online, devoted to
the popular sitcom that aired from 1983-1989 and starred Emmanuel Lewis,
Alex Karras, Susan Clark, Henry Polic II, Eugene Roche, Cathryn Damon, Ben Vereen,
Jack Kruschen, Chad Allen, Gabe Witcher, Carl Steven, Danny McMurphy, Nick DeMauro,
and Corin "Corky" Nemec.
Webster Online - all Webster, all the time...
Established: June 30th, 1999
Last Updated: October 10th, 2012
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Emmanuel Lewis is back as the endearing and adorable Webster Long for another string of laughter and life lessons in Webster - Season Three.
Former pro football player George Papadapolis (Alex Karras) and socialite and philanthropist Katherine Calder-Young Papadapolis (Susan Clark) team up as the more-than-capable but hilariously matched foster parents to Webster. Along for the ride are landlords Bill and Cassie Parker (Eugene Roche and Cathryn Damon), Webster's Uncle Phillip (Ben Vereen) and George's father, Papa Papadapolis (Jack Kruschen). While comedy is at the forefront, Webster balances out with touching storylines, making it one of the classic programs of 1980s television.
Created by Stu Silver and co-starring real-life husband and wife Alex Karras and Susan Clark, Webster premiered September 16, 1983, and ran for six seasons from 1983-1989 (1983-1987 on ABC and the final two seasons in first-run syndication).
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Our friend Eric of Just My Show has put up episode 62 of his podcast! You may know her simply as Ma'am. Stage and screen star Susan Clark joins Eric's podcast to take us back to her days as Katherine Papadopolis on the classic '80s sitcom Webster. From starring with her real life husband, Alex Karras, to the secret passageways you wish you had, Just My Show covers it all! Plus, Major League, GoBots and more cowbell in the latest edition of New News About Old Stuff.
So without further adieu and without losing track of the days (Webster theme pun), listen to Susan Clark on Just My Show!
Join the precocious Webster Long (Emmanuel Lewis) and his new parents, George Papadapolis (Alex Karras) and Katherine Calder-Young Papadapolis (Susan Clark), for their second season of family fun. In this season the family makes the move from their high-rise into an old Victorian house owned by elderly couple Bill and Cassie Parker (Eugene Roche and Cathryn Damon). Both a touching portrait of an unconventional family and a joyful ride through childhood adventures, Webster is a classic of ’80s television.
Created by Stu Silver and produced by real-life husband and wife Alex Karras and Susan Clark, Webster premiered September 16, 1983, and ran for six seasons from 1983-1989 (1983-1987 on ABC and then the final two season in first-run syndication).
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Emmanuel Lewis stars as the innocent and adorable Webster Long. When newlyweds George Papadapolis (Alex Karras) and Katherine Calder-Young Papadapolis (Susan Clark) return home from their whirlwind wedding, they discover they are the legal guardians of seven-year-old Webster, the only child of the recently deceased best friend of George. George, a retired football player now sportscaster, and Katherine, a socialite and philanthropist, are the perfectly hilarious odd parents learning how to raise a child, often with the help of Katherines highbrow secretary, Jerry (Henry Polic II). Both a touching portrait of an unconventional family and a joyful ride through childhood adventures, Webster is a classic of 80s television.
Created by Stu Silver and produced by real-life husband and wife Alex Karras and Susan Clark, Webster premiered September 16, 1983, and ran for six seasons from 1983-1989 (1983-1987 on ABC and then the final two season in first-run syndication).
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The diminutive actor went on to earn a theater-arts degree from Clark Atlanta University in 1997. In '02
he joined the reality show The Surreal Life, sharing a bunk bed with M.C. Hammer. Now 37 and living in
Atlanta, Lewis owns a label, Flex Floss Entertainment, and has a black belt in karate.
DETAILS Magazine has just launched its August issue that includes an article on childhood stars all grown up, titled "The Kids Stay in the Picture." The child stars who shaped Gen X are all grown up—and they’re all here in their exclusive photo portfolio. PLUS: Watch Webster, Winnie from The Wonder Years, and Bud Bundy talk about life after the limelight in their video Q&A. And, take their online quiz to find out what kind of kiddie star you would have been.
Here's who is featured:
Emmanuel Lewis - Webster
View it here - http://men.style.com/details/features/landing?id=content_5747
NEW YORK, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- VH1 has crowned Gary Coleman, of "Diff'rent Strokes" fame, the number one kid star. Macaulay Culkin, Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen, Jodie Foster, Drew Barrymore, Emmanuel Lewis, Ron Howard, Corey Feldman, Maureen McCormick and Danny Bonaduce round out the top ten on the list.
Premiering on Monday, June 13 at 9 P.M.* and hosted by Christopher Knight, "100 Greatest Kid Stars" is a five-night special that follows the tradition of VH1's successful "100 Greatest ... " franchise. VH1 has assembled the definitive list of child stars, and counts them down using new, exclusive interviews with many of the stars themselves and that golden footage from way back when ...
VH1 "100 GREATEST KID STARS"
(AP) Eugene Roche, a paunchy character actor who played the kitchen-cleaning "Ajax man" in commercials and had memorable roles in such television shows as "All in the Family" and "Magnum P.I" has died at age 75. Roche died Wednesday (July 28th) after suffering a heart attack in an Encino hospital, family friend Timothy Wayne said Friday. He had been hospitalized Monday for tests after suffering a mild heart attack at his home in Sherman Oaks, Wayne said. Roche's name may not be familiar to most audiences, but his face surely was. Plump and jovial with glinting eyes, Roche costarred on TV's "Webster" as a lovable landlord, and was Archie Bunker's neighborhood nemesis Pinky Peterson on "All in the Family." Roche, born in Boston, also played the curmudgeonly "old school" private investigator Luther Gillis on "Magnum P.I.," the sly attorney E. Ronald Mallu on the sitcom "Soap" and the newspaper editor Harry Burns on "Perfect Strangers." One of his most memorable movie roles was in 1971's "Slaughterhouse-Five," based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Roche played a likable POW named Edgar Derby, who amid the scorched remains of a firebombed Dresden picks up an intact porcelain figurine as a souvenir and is promptly executed for looting by his German captors. Survivors include his wife, Anntoni, and their nine children.
SCI FI AIRS “THE DEVIL AND A GUY NAMED WEBSTER” Chode (voiced by Stephen Root) hires a guy named Webster (Emmanuel Lewis as himself) to litigate him out of a Faustian pact with the Devil on a very special April Fools episode of Tripping the Rift. "The Devil and a Guy Named Webster" airs Thursday, April 1 @ 10:30pm ET/PT, exclusively on SCI FI. Emmanuel Lewis Guest Stars on a Very Special 'Tripping the Rift'
Tripping The Rift NEW YORK, March 24 -- It's every April fool's dream - Webster back in primetime! When Chode sells his soul to the Devil to save his blobby purple behind, his crew searches desperately for a way out of the demonic pact. Looking back over history, they discover that a guy named Daniel Webster once successfully litigated his client out of a similar contract with the Devil. So they go back in time to get Webster to represent Chode. But, inevitably, the bumbling crew screws things up -- instead of finding Daniel Webster in the 1800s, they end up on the set of Webster in 1983. Unaware of the error, they kidnap series' star Emmanuel Lewis and bring him back to the ship. Emmanuel Lewis makes a special guest appearance as himself. Surreal. Based on an award-winning webisode of the same name, Tripping the Rift is a humorous and scandalously sexy send-up of all things sci-fi. The series follows the adventures of the Jupiter 42, a smuggling vessel led by a stumpy purple alien named "Chode" (Stephen Root, News Radio) who, along with his colorful group of misfit shipmates, battles archenemies and new obstacles in space each week. Chode's crew includes "Six" (Gina Gershon), a sexy cyborg who happens to be the most advanced android ever created; "Gus," (Maurice LaMarche, voice of "Brain" from Pinky & The Brain) Chode's sexually-confused and verbally-abused robot slave; "T'Nuk," (Gayle Garfinkle) the ship's aesthetically-challenged pilot; and "Whip," (Rick Jones) Chode's teenaged slacker nephew. "Stuttering" John Melendez provides the halting voice of "Spaceship Bob," the fastest ship in the galaxy.
EMMANUEL LEWIS: THE E! TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY Emmanuel Lewis -- "People Thought I Was The Doll Come To Life. So I Would Have Different People Just Treating Me Very Strangely As Far As I Was Concerned Because They Wanted To Just Touch Me To See If I Was Real." Los Angeles, June 18, 2003 - In the `80s, child star Emmanuel Lewis charmed America as TV’s cuddly orphan “Webster.” The sitcom turned the pint-sized actor into a television giant. Lewis performed for a U.S. President, danced with Sammy Davis Jr. and his best friend just happened to be the “King of Pop.” Behind the scenes, however, life on the sitcom set with Lewis’ co-stars was not as harmonious. In 1989, Lewis said farewell to his hit television series and goodbye to Hollywood. Lewis recognized his small stature prevented him from playing more adult roles and he spent most of the next decade out of the public spotlight, trying to decide whether his future included television. In this one-hour episode, Lewis sits down to expose his unique tale as an adored child to an obscure adult and express his eagerness for a comeback. Interviews for this episode include Emmanuel Lewis, along with his friends, family, and Webster producer Stu Silver. Emmanuel Lewis: The E! True Hollywood Story premieres Sunday, June 22 at 9:00 PM ET/PT. The Emmy®-nominated E! True Hollywood Story is a series of one- and two-hour docu-dramas chronicling the lives of some of entertainment’s most celebrated people, places and events. Utilizing E!’s unparalleled access to the entertainment industry, the program provides a true insider’s view of Hollywood, putting the star-making machine under a microscope with each new installment. The E! True Hollywood Story began life as a series of specials with the March 30, 1996 premiere of Dark Obsession: The Stalking and Murder of Rebecca Schaeffer and quickly established itself as the network’s most successful programming franchise. Based in Los Angeles, E! Networks is the world’s largest producer and distributor of entertainment news and lifestyle-related programming. The company operates E! Entertainment Television, the 24-hour network with programming dedicated to the world of entertainment; Style, the 24-hour network devoted to the way you live your life and E! Online, located at Eonline.com. E! is currently available to 80 million cable and direct broadcast satellite subscribers in the U.S. Style currently counts 32 million subscribers with commitments to reach over 40 million in 2004. E! Online, the #1 entertainment news and celebrity gossip Website, reaches 6 million monthly unique U.S. adult users.
There is life after stardom, and these actors prove it. “Child Stars, Then and Now” shows us the many different and often surprising life paths of 15 former young stars. The special features interviews with the stars and chronicles the rise to fame and current whereabouts of Lisa Loring and Ken Weatherwax (Wednesday and Pugsley Addams, “The Addams Family”); Cary Guffey (Barry Guiler, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”); Larry Mathews (Richard ‘Richie’ Petrie, “The Dick Van Dyke Show”); Willie Aames (Tommy Bradford, “Eight Is Enough”); Candace Cameron (Donna Jo ‘D.J.’ Tanner, “Full House”); Angela Cartwright and Bill Mumy (Penny and Will Robinson, “Lost In Space”); Jill Whelan (Vicki Stubing, “The Love Boat”); Butch Patrick (Eddie Munster, “The Munsters”); Emmanuel Lewis (Webster Long, “Webster”); Haywood Nelson (Dwayne Nelson, “What’s Happening!!”); Danielle Spencer (Dee Thomas, “What’s Happening!!”); Peter Ostrum (Charlie Bucket, “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory”), and Jason Hervey (Wayne Arnold, “The Wonder Years”). The special also contains private footage and photos of the stars then and now.
Related links: The Surreal Life (Official Website) Emmanuel Lewis bio, photos, and videoclips
Watch Where Are They Now on VH-1 on Tuesday, October 22nd at 8PM EST/7 CST Find out what the actors and actresses that played Blossom, Willis from Diff'rent Strokes, Webster, Rerun from What's Happening, and others are doing now. Hear interviews where they talk about what it was like being famous and how they felt after the limelight faded. To check out a larger list of your favorite TV kid actors and actresses, you can visit this link on VH1.com
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Wednesday, October 23 12:30 AM all times eastern standard time Emmanuel Lewis will be in an upcoming WB reality series called 'Surreal' with the likes of M.C. Hammer, Mindy "Natalie from The Facts of Life" Cohn, Brande " 'Baywatch' babe" Roderick, Corey "the Corey from 'Goonies' " Feldman, and Vince "Motley Crue" Neil. It will be airing midseason, 6 episodes have been ordered. For more news on this series, click here
Hello Todd It is a big surprise to see such a site in my show's honor. Thank you for hosting it and being a fan club administrator. I am totally speech less. Webster's fans are die hard fans and I love them whenever I go. Give them my best regards and one day we shall set up a chat session to shock them all. I once went on a chat line years ago and no one believed me, it was one of the funniest times in my life. They asked me who was Alex's best friend and I said I dunno ask me something about me. They decided that if I was (The Real Emmanuel Lewis), I should know. I will never forget that day. One day, I give myself a break and coordinate a time when we can set up a live chat or something. I would be great just as long as you screen them as you usually do. Again thank you and you organization very much for this site as I love making peoples day. GOD BLESS. Emmanuel Lewis ------------------------------------- Emmanuel has also posted on the message board and provided an update, you can say hello to him on there!
Jack Kruschen, a versatile character actor whose six decades in movies and television included an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor for his 1960 role in "The Apartment," died on April 2. 2002, at the age of 80, following a long illness. News of his death, which was reported by the show business publication Variety, did not appear in major newspapers at the time. Known to many television viewers as Papa Papadapolis in the 1980's series "Webster," he was one of the stalwarts of radio, television and the movies, often playing tough guys early in his career and irascible but lovable neighbors later on. Jack Kruschen was born in Winnipeg, Canada, on March 20, 1922. He was discovered by CBS while acting in a student operetta production at Hollywood High School. His first job was on a Christmas radio special. After working for the Armed Forces Radio Service during World War II, he returned to network radio, doing voice characterizations for "The Danny Thomas Show," "Dragnet," "Sam Spade," "Gunsmoke" and other popular shows of the late 1940's and early 50's. Mr. Kruschen appeared on television almost from its inception, portraying cowboys, detectives or criminals in programs like "The Adventures of Superman," "Zorro," "Bonanza," "The Rifleman" and "Wanted: Dead or Alive." He assumed similar roles in many of his 75 films, playing a Southern bigot in "Cape Fear" (1962) and a gangster in Elvis Presley's "Follow That Dream" (1962). He was nearly ubiquitous in television in the 1970's and 1980's, appearing in episodes of many medical dramas, police shows and situation comedies, often returning to the same programs in several different roles. It was his role as Dr. Dreyfuss, the bemused and benevolent neighbor of Jack Lemmon who saves a suicidal Shirley MacLaine in "The Apartment," that presaged his success as the warm patriarch on "Webster" (1985 to 1987). In 1994 he played another Greek grandfather — one who dies while visiting the sitcom family — in an episode of "Full House." His final role was in the 1997 film "'Til There Was You."
An in-depth look at the psychological effects of finding fame at a young age. Dana Plato didn't believe Diff'rent Strokes was ill-fated. "I would have crashed and burned no matter what," the ex-primetimer said in 1997. And then, two years later, she crashed and burned for good - dead of an apparent suicide. She was 34 and, commonly perceived as the latest victim of something far greater than Diff'rent Strokes - Plato had succumbed to the former child star "curse." Or had she? Former Child Star is the first in-depth look at a generation's virtual peers - from Dana Plato to Gary Coleman, from Ricky Nelson to Rick Schroder and beyond. No mere where-are-they-now? retread, Former Child Star asks the question: Why are they now? Why do most ex-kid actors turn out just fine, while others dwell in tabloid (or worse) hell? Author Joal Ryan, the journalist and keeper of an acclaimed Web site on tv former child stars, is ready with answers. Tracing the behind-the-scenes history of the tv child actor from the 1950s to today, Ryan examines the successes of the Ron Howards, the trying times of the Gary Colemans, the burnouts of the Dana Platos. She finds that the real curse faced by these familiar faces is our "celebrity-or-bust" culture. Drawing on first-hand interviews with players who appeared on My Three Sons, The Brady Bunch, One Day at a Time, Diff'rent Strokes, and more, Ryan weaves a compelling tale that is as much a treatise on the culture of celebrity as it is a really cool book about kids we grew up watching grow up. For more information and to purchase:
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09/06/06: Webster joins the ME-TV (WMME-TV in Chicago) lineup September 18th - weekdays at 4PM CT
Webster can be seen in the Toronto, Ontario Canada area on CTS weekdays
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Webster can currently be seen on Monday mornings at 8:30 on KQBN (a Spanish station) in
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Henrik "Lewis" of Sweden has informed me that he watches Webster on a station in Norway
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Natasja Haast has said Webster is being re-run in Holland/The
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Lucy Tsappis and Ernie Colaco have told me Webster is shown in Cyprus
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Cesar Dominguez writes that Webster airs in Peru
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Lee e-mailed me and said "for more than 2 years tvdanmark 2 in denmark has been showing webster on
saturdays and sundays at 10 am. I have a link to prove it
http://www.tvdanmark.dk/indhold/subsites/alle_programmer/
well, actually its just a list showing all the programs on the channel, u'll find webster under
'serier'. This information was also provided by Jesper Thiesen.
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