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词条 Bridget Loves Bernie
释义

  1. Overview

  2. Cast

  3. Controversy over content

  4. Episodes

  5. Home media

  6. References

  7. External links

{{Infobox television |
| show_name = Bridget Loves Bernie
| image = Meredith Baxter David Birney Bridget Loves Bernie 1972.JPG
| caption = The wedding photo.
| runtime = 26 minutes
| creator = Bernard Slade
| starring = Meredith Baxter
David Birney
Audra Lindley
David Doyle
Harold J. Stone
Ned Glass
William Elliott
Bibi Osterwald
Robert Sampson
| country = United States
| language = English
| executive_producer = Douglas S. Cramer
| producer = Jerry London (pilot)
Don Nelson
Arthur Alsberg
| company = The Douglas S. Cramer Company
Thornhill Productions
Screen Gems
| distributor = Sony Pictures Television
| theme_music_composer = Jerry Fielding
Diane Hildebrand
| composer = Jerry Fielding
| network = CBS
| opentheme = "Love Is Crazy"
| camera =
| first_aired = {{Start date|1972|9|16}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1973|3|3}}
| num_episodes = 24
| num_seasons = 1
| website =
}}

Bridget Loves Bernie is an American sitcom created by Bernard Slade. Depicting an interfaith marriage between a Catholic woman and a Jewish man, Bridget Loves Bernie was based loosely on the premise of the 1920s Broadway play and 1940s radio show Abie's Irish Rose. It stars Meredith Baxter and David Birney as the title characters. It was canceled by CBS after only one season, despite high ratings.

Baxter and Birney married in real life after the program went off the air.

Overview

The series depicted an interfaith marriage between an Irish Catholic teacher (Bridget) from a wealthy family and a Jewish cab driver (Bernie), whom she had met at a bus stop. With a primetime slot between All in the Family and The Mary Tyler Moore Show on Saturday nights, the situation comedy was #5 in the ratings among all shows for the 1972-73 television season and obtained a 24.2 rating, tying with The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie. However, CBS executives canceled the show in response to negative reactions to the characters' marriage, making it the highest-rated television program to be canceled after only one season.[1]

Supporting cast members included Audra Lindley, David Doyle, Harold J. Stone, Ned Glass, and Bibi Osterwald. Lindley and Doyle played Bridget's wealthy parents, Walter and Amy Fitzgerald, and Stone and Osterwald played Bernie's working class parents, Sam and Sophie Steinberg. The Steinbergs owned a delicatessen above which Bridget and Bernie lived. Glass played Bernie's uncle, Moe Plotnik. Actor Robert Sampson played Bridget's brother, Catholic priest Father Michael Fitzgerald; he was more sympathetic than others to his sister's marriage. Bill Elliott played Otis, Bernie's best friend and fellow cab driver. Nora Marlowe was cast as Aunt Agnes in the 1972 episode "The Little White Lie That Grew and Grew".

Cast

  • David Birney as Bernie Steinberg
  • Bibi Osterwald as Sophie Steinberg
  • Meredith Baxter as Bridget Fitzgerald Steinberg
  • Harold J. Stone as Sam Steinberg
  • Audra Lindley as Amy Fitzgerald
  • David Doyle as Walter Fitzgerald
  • Ned Glass as Moe Plotnik
  • Robert Sampson as Father Michael Fitzgerald
  • Bill Elliott as Otis Foster

Controversy over content

The series was controversial due to the differing faiths of the married characters. Some Jewish groups charged that the series "mocked the teachings of Judaism."[2][3] Rabbi Wolfe Kelman, executive vice-president of the Rabbinical Assembly of America, called the show “an insult to some of the most sacred values of both the Jewish and Catholic religions."[4] Rabbi Meir Kahane devoted an entire essay to the series.[5] Orthodox rabbis met with CBS officials several times. A Conservative rabbi organized a boycott by advertisers, and Reform rabbis met with CBS staff in secret to have the show cancelled. Rabbi Abraham Gross, president of the Rabbinical Alliance of Orthodox Rabbis and Educators, described the show as a "flagrant insult" to Jews, protesting that intermarriage was strictly forbidden under Jewish law. Threats followed. Meredith Baxter said, "We had bomb threats on the show. Some guys from the Jewish Defense League came to my house to say they wanted to talk with me about changing the show." Threatening phone calls made to the home of producer Ralph Riskin resulted in the arrest of Robert S. Manning,[6] described as a member of the Jewish Defense League.[7] Manning was later indicted on murder charges, and fought extradition to the U.S. from Israel, where he had moved.[8]

Episodes

NºTitleDirected byWritten byAir date{{Episode list EpisodeNumber = 1 Title = Bridget Loves Bernie DirectedBy = Richard Kinon WrittenBy = Bernard Slade1972|9|16}} ShortSummary = Series pilot: It's love at first sight when cab driver (and struggling writer) Bernie Steinberg picks up his fare, Bridget Fitzgerald, on a rainy New York day. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 2 Title = A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Vatican DirectedBy = Lee Philips WrittenBy = John McGreevey1972|9|23}} ShortSummary = Bernie's parents, Sam and Sophie, win a raffle ticket for a private audience with Pope Paul VI that was sold by Bridget's mother, Amy. Her father, Walt, fears that the Steinbergs may end up causing him major embarrassment. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 3 Title = Wake Up, We're Getting Married Today DirectedBy = Richard Kinon WrittenBy = Don Nelson and Arthur Alsberg1972|9|30}} ShortSummary = After being married in a civil ceremony, Bridget and Bernie agree to their parents' wishes to have a religious ceremony, but the conflict of religions causes havoc. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 4 Title = The Last of the Red Hot Playwrights DirectedBy = Richard Kinon WrittenBy = Bernard Slade1972|10|7}} ShortSummary = Despite several rejections, a reluctant Bernie decides to write a play drawn from his own experiences and personal acquaintances. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 5 Title = Who's Watching the Store? DirectedBy = Lee Philips WrittenBy = Jerry Mayer1972|10|14}} ShortSummary = Confusion and chaos reign when Catholic Bridget runs a Jewish delicatessen, aided by her socialite mother and brother who's a priest. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 6 Title = The Newlybeds DirectedBy = Richard Kinon WrittenBy = Warren S. Murray1972|10|21}} ShortSummary = Trying to replace a perennially-breaking bed results not only in sleeping trouble for Bridget and Bernie, but also causes an inter-family squabble. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 7 Title = Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Moe DirectedBy = Hal Cooper WrittenBy = Lloyd Turner and Gordon Mitchell1972|10|28}} ShortSummary = Bernie's Uncle Moe falls in love with Bridget's aunt, which leads to all sorts of trouble. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 8 Title = Bernie's Last Stand DirectedBy = Richard Kinon WrittenBy = Burt and Adele Styler1972|11|4}} ShortSummary = Despite a generous (and belated) wedding gift of one year's free rent on a plush apartment from Walt and Amy, she and Bernie are reluctant to accept the offer. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 9 Title = How to Be a Jewish Mother DirectedBy = Richard Kinon WrittenBy = George Burditt and Paul Wayne1972|11|11}} ShortSummary = After Bernie rejects Bridget's breakfast of ham and eggs, she decides to take a crash course in Jewish cooking, which leads to disaster. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 10 Title = The Little White Lie That Grew and Grew DirectedBy = Don Nelson and Arthur Alsberg WrittenBy = Lee Philips1972|11|18}} ShortSummary = Bridget and her parents become Jewish for the weekend when Bernie's devout aunt stops in New York on her way back from Israel. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 11 Title = The In-Laws Who Came to Dinner DirectedBy = Richard Kinon WrittenBy = Jerry Mayer1972|11|25}} ShortSummary = Walt and Amy fear that their ability to influence an important art collector will be compromised when the in-laws move in after smoke damage currently has their apartment under repair. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 12 Title = The Homecoming DirectedBy = Ezra Stone WrittenBy = Bernard Slade1972|12|2}} ShortSummary = Bridget and Bernie spend the weekend at the Fitzgerald country estate and after Bernie meets some of Bridget's friends, he becomes aware of the style to which she was previously accustomed. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 13 Title = You Are Cordially Not Invited DirectedBy = Hal Cooper WrittenBy = Ron Friedman1972|12|9}} ShortSummary = Sam and Sophie aren't invited to a party that Walt and Amy are holding for United Nations delegates. However, his mother is determined to attend after discovering Moshe Dayan will be the guest of honor. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 14 Title = 'Tis the Season DirectedBy = Alan Rafkin WrittenBy = Joanna Lee1972|12|16}} ShortSummary = Bridget and Bernie reach the holiday season unsure of whether to celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 15 Title = Belated Honeymoon DirectedBy = Coby Ruskin WrittenBy = Joanna Lee1972|12|23}} ShortSummary = Increasing tensions between Bridget and Bernie lead both sets of parents to send them on the honeymoon they never had. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 16 Title = Honesty Is the Worst Policy DirectedBy = Richard Kinon WrittenBy = Howard Merrill1973|1|6}} ShortSummary = Bernie is distressed when he discovers that Bridget was engaged when they met and never once mentioned there being another man in her life. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 17 Title = Life Begins at 65 DirectedBy = James Sheldon WrittenBy = Jack Hanrahan and Don Sherman1973|1|13}} ShortSummary = After Uncle Moe turns 65, he runs away from home after Sam and Sophie decide he should retire from the deli. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 18 Title = With This Ring DirectedBy = Ozzie Nelson WrittenBy = Gordon Farr and Arnold Kane1973|1|20}} ShortSummary = Bernie is finally able to buy Bridget an engagement ring, but she quickly loses it. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 19 Title = Into Every Life, a Little Snow Must Fall DirectedBy = James Sheldon WrittenBy = Elias Davis1973|1|27}} ShortSummary = Bridget and Bernie talk their fathers into spending a weekend at Walt's hunting lodge. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 20 Title = To Teach or Not to Teach DirectedBy = James Sheldon WrittenBy = Don Nelson and Arthur Alsberg1973|2|3}} ShortSummary = Bridget announces that she's going to teach a sex education class to her fourth graders. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 21 Title = Painting, Painting – Who's Got the Painting? DirectedBy = Ozzie Nelson WrittenBy = Bill Dana1973|2|10}} ShortSummary = Bridget has a hard time finding a home for a painting that once hung in her nursery until she discovers a potentially rare painting is found hidden under the surface of the canvas. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 22 Title = Steinberg and Son DirectedBy = Richard Kinon WrittenBy = Jerry Mayer1973|2|17}} ShortSummary = Sam and Walt each get the chance to realize their dream of having Bernie work for them. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 23 Title = The Information Gap DirectedBy = Ozzie Nelson WrittenBy = Marty Roth1973|2|24}} ShortSummary = In an effort to get some measure of privacy, Bridget and Bernie decide to ignore all questions and phone calls from their parents. LineColor = FFD700
}}{{Episode list		 EpisodeNumber = 24 Title = Greener Pastures DirectedBy = Bill Bixby WrittenBy = Rick Mittleman1973|3|3}} ShortSummary = Bernie is offered the opportunity to work for a newspaper in Providence. LineColor = FFD700
}}

Home media

On December 4, 2012, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the complete series on DVD in Region 1.[9] This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Amazon.com and WBShop.com and only in the US.

References

1. ^[https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A21263-2002Dec6 "'Live From Baghdad': The Cameras of War"], by Tom Shales, Washington Post, December 7, 2002, citing Brilliant But Canceled documentary on Trio (TV network) cable network. Retrieved 2007-11-12.{{dead link|date=December 2015}}
2. ^"'Bridget Loves Bernie' Attacked by Jewish Groups' The New York Times, Feb 7, 1973
3. ^"Some Jews Are Mad At Bernie; Intermarriage Religion, New York Times, Feb 11, 1973
4. ^Jewish Groups Score New TV Show for Intermarriage Theme The Jewish Daily Forward, Oct 24, 1972
5. ^{{cite web|last1=Kahane|first1=Meir|title=What Makes Bernie Run?|url=http://mkwords.com/text/index.php?i=60&a=What%20Makes%20Bernie%20Run?|website=mkwords.com|location=Manhattan, NY|date=1975}}
6. ^"Producer Gets Threat Call, Milwaukee Sentinel, January 19, 1973
7. ^"David Zurawik, The Jews of Prime Time, Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life, 2003, p. 94
8. ^[Murder Suspect Overdoses, Delaying Extradition to U.S. LA Times, July 14, 1993]
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Bridget-Loves-Bernie-The-Complete-Series/17826 |title=Bridget Loves Bernie DVD news: Update about Bridget Loves Bernie - The Complete Series |publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com |date=May 25, 2007 |accessdate=May 27, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313145737/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Bridget-Loves-Bernie-The-Complete-Series/17826 |archivedate=March 13, 2013 |df= }}

External links

{{Commons category|Bridget Loves Bernie}}
  • {{IMDb title|id=0068053|name=Bridget Loves Bernie}}
  • {{tv.com show|bridget-loves-bernie|Bridget Loves Bernie}}

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