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952:Lang Elliott
946:"Hot Wheels"
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1497:October 29,
1265:Jim Geoghan
1236:Mady Julian
1203:"The Front"
1066:Jim Geoghan
1037:Mady Julian
980:Jim Geoghan
929:Directed by
884:Jim Geoghan
830:Jim Geoghan
797:"Handy Boy"
748:Jim Geoghan
719:Mike Marmer
685:"Moving In"
639:Directed by
593:Terri Ivens
560:Kiel Martin
525:Terri Ivens
410:Saint Peter
398:Kiel Martin
272:of episodes
203:Terri Ivens
177:Kiel Martin
1531:Categories
1445:2011-10-20
1420:References
1282:Production
1272:1988-05-07
1243:1988-04-09
1216:1988-03-19
1189:1988-03-12
1160:1988-03-05
1145:"The Gang"
1131:1988-02-27
1104:1988-02-20
1073:1988-02-14
1044:1988-02-06
1017:1988-01-30
988:1988-01-23
959:1988-01-16
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698:1987-10-03
671:1987-09-26
642:Written by
406:hovercraft
354:1988-05-14
344:1987-09-26
298:30 minutes
280:Production
261:of seasons
231:Rik Howard
151:Created by
69:newspapers
1366:saxophone
1327:, yellow
1261:Jim Drake
1121:Jack Shea
1091:Jack Shea
1034:Marc Gass
854:Jim Drake
827:Jim Drake
800:Jim Drake
776:Jim Mayer
773:Jim Drake
744:Jim Drake
715:Jim Drake
688:Jim Drake
660:Jim Drake
656:"The End"
513:alcoholic
509:Las Vegas
234:Bob Wirth
225:Composers
1491:Archived
1454:cite web
1335:. Also,
606:Episodes
574:as Helen
485:and the
170:Starring
99:May 2023
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1522:IMDb
1499:2023
1481:ISBN
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1368:and
1355:Time
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418:hell
62:news
1520:at
1374:Fox
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