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|title=<center>The Popcorn Kid</center>
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|imagecaption=Title card.
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>
|datefound=2010's
|datefound=2010s
|foundby=The Visual Wasteland, "mantronix4ever"
|foundby=The Visual Wasteland, and "mantronix4ever"
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'''''The Popcorn Kid''''' was a short-lived sitcom created by Barry Kemp. It aired from March 23rd to April 24th, 1987, in an 8:30 PM Eastern/Pacific slot on the CBS network, and centered around Scott Creasman (Bruce Norris), a high school student who dreams of becoming a big movie star while being stuck serving popcorn at the Kansas City Majestic Theater.<ref>[https://tvguide.com/tvshows/the-popcorn-kid/cast/203836 ''TV Guide'' webpage on ''The Popcorn Kid''.] Retrieved 14 Oct '22</ref>


'''''The Popcorn Kid''''' was a short-lived sitcom created by Barry Kemp. It aired from March 23rd to April 24th, 1987 and centered around Scott Creasman (Bruce Norris), a high school student who dreams of becoming a big movie star. Until then, however, he's stuck serving popcorn at the Kansas City Majestic Theater.
Despite the show being well received by critics, few people actually watched it and, as a result, the show was cancelled after barely a month on the air and fell into obscurity, receiving no home release and little notoriety in general.


==Availability==
==Availability==
Despite the show being well received by critics, few people actually watched it and, as a result, the show was canceled after barely a month on the air and fell into obscurity, receiving no home release and little notoriety in general.
While the show received no official release, all 6 episodes have been uploaded to YouTube, originally by The Visual Wasteland (episodes 1-4 and 6) and "mantronix4ever" (episodes 2 and 5).


Surprisingly, all six episodes have been found and are available online, originally uploaded onto Youtube by The Visual Wasteland (episodes 1-4 and 6) and "mantronix4ever" (episodes 2 and 5). A playlist can be found [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLULHdqLrlB0ChV0bLetbcoJKmCaQ4Oogp here].
==Episode List==
 
{| class="wikitable"
==Gallery==
|-
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
! style="background-color:lightblue" |#
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
! style="background-color:lightblue" |Episode Title
| {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_teYhaG7_I|320x240|center|Episode 2 Part 1}}
! style="background-color:lightblue" |Status
| {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83tjUB4b5_k|320x240|center|Episode 2 Part 2}}
|-
|}
|1||Pilot||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;"
([https://youtu.be/O7EiBQy6nDw 1]) ([https://youtu.be/bKzDfSvtZJ8 2])
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|-
| {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxkSzaGC2ro|320x240|center|Episode 5 Part 1}}
|2||There She Is, Vic Damone||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
| {{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=17&v=x9m9NJUDU0U|320x240|center|Episode 5 Part 2}}
([https://youtu.be/L_teYhaG7_I 1]) ([https://youtu.be/83tjUB4b5_k 2])
|-
|3||Career Day||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
([https://youtu.be/MBHHVbBVBfs 1]) ([https://youtu.be/dPzBI4liESQ 2])
|-
|4||The Break-Up||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
([https://youtu.be/0dAvdWr0eFw 1]) ([https://youtu.be/JDCVD0mLwmo 2])
|-
|5||A Day in the Life of Ed Asner||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
([https://youtu.be/LxkSzaGC2ro 1]) ([https://youtu.be/x9m9NJUDU0U 2])
|-
|6||A Car, a House, a Mouse and a Louse||<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''
([https://youtu.be/hHdKDURce64 1]) ([https://youtu.be/8veDMRiDZnk 2])
|}
|}


==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092427/ IMDb Page]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Popcorn_Kid Wikipedia page on ''The Popcorn Kid''.]
*[http://imdb.com/title/tt0092427/ IMDb page on ''The Popcorn Kid''.]
 
==References==
{{reflist}}


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Latest revision as of 22:05, 30 July 2024

PopcornKidCBS-TitleCard.JPG

Title card.

Status: Found

Date found: 2010s

Found by: The Visual Wasteland, and "mantronix4ever"

The Popcorn Kid was a short-lived sitcom created by Barry Kemp. It aired from March 23rd to April 24th, 1987, in an 8:30 PM Eastern/Pacific slot on the CBS network, and centered around Scott Creasman (Bruce Norris), a high school student who dreams of becoming a big movie star while being stuck serving popcorn at the Kansas City Majestic Theater.[1]

Despite the show being well received by critics, few people actually watched it and, as a result, the show was cancelled after barely a month on the air and fell into obscurity, receiving no home release and little notoriety in general.

Availability

While the show received no official release, all 6 episodes have been uploaded to YouTube, originally by The Visual Wasteland (episodes 1-4 and 6) and "mantronix4ever" (episodes 2 and 5).

Episode List

# Episode Title Status
1 Pilot Found

(1) (2)

2 There She Is, Vic Damone Found

(1) (2)

3 Career Day Found

(1) (2)

4 The Break-Up Found

(1) (2)

5 A Day in the Life of Ed Asner Found

(1) (2)

6 A Car, a House, a Mouse and a Louse Found

(1) (2)

External Links

References

  1. ↑ TV Guide webpage on The Popcorn Kid. Retrieved 14 Oct '22
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