Big Wave Dave's

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show_name = Big Wave Dave's


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genre = Sitcom
creator = Ken Levine & David Isaacs
writer = Ken Levine & David Isaacs
director = Andy Ackerman
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starring = Adam Arkin
Jane Kaczmarek
Patrick Breen
Kurtwood Smith
David Morse
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language = English
num_seasons = 1
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executive_producer = Ken Levine & David Isaacs
co_exec = Dan Staleycite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105952/fullcredits#cast|title=Big Wave Dave's|publisher=The Internet Movie Database|accessdate=2008-07-26]
Rob Long
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channel = CBS
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first_aired = August 9, 1993
last_aired = September 13, 1993
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imdb_id = 0105952
tv_com_id = 4592

Big Wave Dave's is was a short living sitcom that ran from August 9, 1993 'till September 13, 1993. The main plot of the episode was that three friends, and one of the friends wife, decide to go and run a surf shop in Hawaii. When they arrive, they find out that it's not as easy as they thought it was. The show was distributed by Levine & Isaacs Productions in association with Paramount Television.

Almost all actors had later success with other tv shows, Adam Arkin with "Life", Jane Kaczmarek with "Malcolm in the Middle" and Kurtwood Smith with the "That 70s Show". Patrick Breen starred in the short living series "Kevin Hill", and David Morse starred in the short living "Hack", he also gained two Emmy Award nominations but those weren't for starring roles.

Pilot Synopsis

The pilot episode opens with three friends, Marshall Fisher (Adam Arkin), Richie Lamonica (Patrick Breen) and Dave Bell (David Morse), sitting in a café talking. Apparently, Marshall has just lost his job, and Dave is divorcing his wife. Dave, comes with the idea of starting a surf shop in Hawaii called "Big Wave Dave's", and the whole club starts dreaming about it. Dave suggests to really do it, the rest of the guys, are a bit doubtfull, but the eventually decide to go in. But than they think about Marshall's wife, and they have to convince her. That same night the three guys go over to Marshall's house to convince Marshall's wife Karen (Jane Kaczmarek). Out of the blue, Karen decides to go along with them.

All of them, very excited, arrive in Hawaii a few weeks later. Karen tries to help Dave and Marshall with decorating the store but they want to do that on their one. After looking around the store a bit Dave decides to go surfing. A few seconds later Richie comes into the store saying that he found himself in Hawaii. Meanwhile a men with a barrow carrying Dave comes in, saying that he blaims the Beach Boys for all the surfers at the beach. Dave seems to be okay, after a surfing accident. The man introduces himself as Jack Lord, he hates newcomers on the beach. He named himself after his idol, Jack Lord. When he leaves the shop, it starts raining. Two hours later, when it's still raining, Marshall decides to leave, except nobody want's to come with him. Dave doesn't want to go because this was his idea, and Richie still believes he's a different person in Hawaii. When a woman walks in, Richie want's to prove that he's different here, after saying Hi, he decides to go back to Chicago. Just when the guys are about to leave Karen walks in and gives them a speech that pulls them back in. When Marshall still isn't happy Karen reveals that she became pregnant the night they decided to go to Hawaii.

Characters

* Marshall Fisher (Adam Arkin), a former lawyer, who's the leader of the group. At first he needed some time adjusting to Hawaii, because he couldn't leave his old life behind, but later he fitted in just right.
* Richie Lamonica (Patrick Breen), a former high-school typing teacher who claims he found a new life in Hawaii, but eventually back's out. In the pilot episode he states that he never had any other friends that Dave and Marshall. Richie has a one room apartment.
* Dave Bell (David Morse), the person who thought of starting Big Wave Dave's which is named after him. Before he and his friends went to Hawaii he was Marshall's stockbroker. He also explained that the only day in his life that when he was ever happy was when he was surfing.
* Karin Fisher (Jane Kaczmarek), Marshall's wife, a lawyer like her husband used to be. According to Marshall, she knows everything. In the store she's in charge of the inventory, promotion, accounting, hiring, firing and any long range direction.
* Jack Lord (Kurtwood Smith), an elderly man that lives close to "Big Wave Dave's". He's a big fan of the real Jack Lord, he worked as an extra on "Hawaii Five-O", and, as he describes it, that's when the Lord came in to his life. He usually dreams that he's much bigger than he is in real life and he has lived on the beach for 20 years.

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