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Action: Summary

Airs Next:FOX at Thursday 9:00 PM (30 min.)
Status:Ended
Premiered:September 16, 1999
Last Aired:December 2, 1999
Show Categories:Comedy

Action was one of the first politically incorrects to hit the air in the late 90's. It was rude, prejudiced, sexist, homophobic, and one of the funniest shows of all time.

Peter Dragon is a movie-producer whose latest movie has just gone down the tubes. His next flick has to be the greatest action film he's made. So when his company buys the wrong script from a wanna-be screenwriter, he enrages himself to the limit. He meets up with his new friend Wendy Ward, a child-star turned adult-prostitute. Peter asks her to read the scripts and she picks Beverly Hills Gun Club, the script Dragonfire Films mistakenly bought. The show is based around Peter's insanity being hung on a rope "faster than O.J. at a clan rally" as Peter put it.

The show was doomed from the start when it was on at 9:00 on Thursday nights, which NBC has ruled since Seinfeld. And when it didn't pick up right away, the show was put on hiatus for their new hit game-show GREED. After the cancellation in December, the people blitzed FOX's e-mail with over a thousand letters a day for one month straight. When hope let down, FX announced that they would re-run the show and play the five un-aired episodes. The final re-run of the show on FX was in January of 2001. The show later surfaced on Bravo's schedule in their "Brilliant But Cancelled" showcase, and was again resurrected by Comedy Central, where it currently airs. Action was one of the first politically incorrects to hit the air in the late 90's. It was rude, prejudiced, sexist, homophobic, and one of the funniest shows of all time.

Peter Dragon is a movie-producer whose latest movie has just gone down the tubes. His next flick has to be the greatest action film he's made. So when his company buys the wrong script from a wanna-be...

Lights, Camera, Action

Aired: Thursday December 2, 1999

It's the first day of shooting on "Beverly Hills Gun Club" and there are a lot of problems. Peter freaks out, has a heart attack and dies in the ambulance.

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Jarrad PaulAdam Rafkin
Jack PlotnickStuart Glazer
Jay MohrPeter Dragon (photos)
Buddy HackettUncle Lonnie
Illeana DouglasWendy Ward (photos)

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foolishmoon
member since: May 7, 2006
The Bottom Line: "Personal favorite"
One of the funniest shows ever. ...Continue »
05/07/06 06:54am | report abuse
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tshooteara16
member since: Mar 20, 2006
The Bottom Line: "Personal favorite"
Action is an excellent show. it is far better than any of todays shows.i wish that someone would put the series out on good quality dvds. i am certain that many individuals would buy the dvds.much junk shows areon dvds--why can't a quality showlike this o ...Continue »
04/12/06 10:59pm | report abuse
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gbradt
member since: Mar 3, 2005
The Bottom Line: "Absolutely fabulous"
Best satire on Hollywood ever made in any medium. ...Continue »
03/07/06 03:14pm | report abuse
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falderich
member since: May 12, 2004
The Bottom Line: "Absolutely fabulous"
one of the funniest shows ever ...Continue »
02/16/06 03:49pm | report abuse
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Lazercatz
member since: Feb 7, 2006
The Bottom Line: "Ahead of its time"
A treasure too good and true for this world. ...Continue »
02/06/06 08:30am | report abuse