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Material World (TV series)

释义

Episodes
Season 1 (1990) Season 2 (1991) Season 3 (1991-1992) Season 4 (1992-1993)
References
External links

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Infobox television

|show_name=Material World
|image=
|runtime= Approx. 22 minutes
|Director=
|creator=
|starring=Laura Bruneau
Linda Sorenson
Chris Potter
Jayne Eastwood
Angela Dohrmann
Karen LeBlanc
James Kee
|country=Canada
|num_seasons = 4
|num_episodes = 38
|network=CBC
|first_aired = February 5, 1990
|last_aired = March 1, 1993
|website=
}}Material World was a Canadian television sitcom, which aired on CBC Television from 1990 to 1993. In its first season, the show was a conventional sitcom, shot on videotape with a laugh track, but in subsequent seasons the show adopted a single-cam comedy-drama format.^[1]

The show starred Laura Bruneau as Kitty, a Toronto fashion designer. The cast also included Linda Sorenson as Kitty's mother Virginia (Seasons 1-4), Jayne Eastwood as her office assistant Bernice (Seasons 1-3), Chris Potter as her boyfriend Tim (Seasons 1-3), Angela Dohrmann as her downstairs neighbor and then roommate Angela (Seasons 3-4), James Kee as her business partner Martin (Seasons 3-4), and Karen LeBlanc as her store employee Lucy (Season 4).

The show's original theme song, "World of Wonder", was composed by series creator Jane Ford and performed by actress and singer Taborah Johnson. Johnson, who is the sister of actor Clark Johnson, appeared in the opening credits, singing the song on a street corner. Season four saw a change to the opening credits sequence, using Bob Wiseman's "What the Astronaut Noticed and Then Suggested" as its new theme music.

Episodes

Season 1 (1990)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 1	EpisodeNumber2 = 1	Title = Episode 1.1	1990\|2\|05}}	ShortSummary = Kitty launches her own fashion business despite her grandfather's interference.	LineColor = 7D0552 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 2	EpisodeNumber2 = 2	Title = Episode 1.2	1990\|2\|12}}	ShortSummary = A top fashion writer puts Kitty on a new TV show. Kitty learns that currying the friendship of a fashion columnist can be life-threatening.	LineColor = 7D0552 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 3	EpisodeNumber2 = 3	Title = Episode 1.3	1990\|2\|29}}	ShortSummary = Kitty falls for a fashion photographer who turns out to be gay.	LineColor = 7D0552 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 4	EpisodeNumber2 = 4	Title = Episode 1.4	1990\|2\|26}}	ShortSummary = Kitty's mother interferes with her possible success as an international fashion designer.	LineColor = 7D0552 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 5	EpisodeNumber2 = 5	Title = Episode 1.5	1990\|3\|05}}	ShortSummary = -	LineColor = 7D0552 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 6	EpisodeNumber2 = 6	Title = Episode 1.6	1990\|3\|12}}	ShortSummary = Kitty worries how her mother will react when she learns of an impending visit by her father, who left Virginia years ago for another woman.	LineColor = 7D0552 }}

Season 2 (1991)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 7	EpisodeNumber2 = 1	Title = Member of the Wedding	1991\|3\|11}}	ShortSummary = Kitty is asked to be a bridesmaid at the wedding of her best girlhood friend. When the groom turns out to be abusive, Kitty helps the bride-to-be see his flaws and think twice before going to the altar.	LineColor = 046628 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 8	EpisodeNumber2 = 2	Title = The Most Important Thing	1991\|3\|18}}	ShortSummary = Kitty gets involved in an AIDS benefit fashion show and meets a gay man who has the disease. He ends up in the hospital.	LineColor = 046628 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 9	EpisodeNumber2 = 3	Title = The Birthday Party	1991\|3\|25}}	ShortSummary = Upset that she's turning 49, Virginia waxes nostalgic about Kitty's 13th birthday.	LineColor = 046628 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 10	EpisodeNumber2 = 4	Title = The Little Me	1991\|4\|01}}	ShortSummary = Kitty's loses her self confidence after her designs are rejected by a buyer.	LineColor = 046628 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 11	EpisodeNumber2 = 5	Title = The Trouble With Pam	1991\|4\|08}}	ShortSummary = Kitty is attracted to Tim, who is dating Pam.	LineColor = 046628 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 12	EpisodeNumber2 = 6	Title = Confessions of a Third Wheel	1991\|4\|15}}	ShortSummary = Kitty confides in Bernice.	LineColor = 046628 }}

Season 3 (1991-1992)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 13	EpisodeNumber2 = 1	Title = Carry Your Heart	1991\|11\|04}}	ShortSummary = Kitty struggles to accept the sudden news that her beloved grandfather has died. Adding to her struggle is the fact that her mother kept his serious illness a secret.	LineColor = F87217 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 14	EpisodeNumber2 = 2	Title = My Favourite Martin	1991\|11\|11}}	ShortSummary = Kitty hopes that taking on a new partner will resolve some of her financial problems, and then struggles with her decision when he insists that she lay someone off.	LineColor = F87217 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 15	EpisodeNumber2 = 3	Title = Different for Girls	1991\|11\|18}}	ShortSummary = Kitty has to face up to life in the urban jungle when Angela's apartment is broken into. Things go from bad to worse when Kitty and Angela discover a rapist is on the loose in their neighbourhood and the cops have been keeping it from the public.	LineColor = F87217 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 16	EpisodeNumber2 = 4	Title = Our Boyfriends, Ourselves	1991\|11\|25}}	ShortSummary = Kitty and Tim turn to each other on the rebound.	LineColor = F87217 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 17	EpisodeNumber2 = 5	Title = Getting to Know You	1991\|12\|09}}	ShortSummary = Kitty's sweet dreams turn into nightmares when she wakes up next to Tim and shortly afterward her mother and Angela arrive on the scene.	LineColor = F87217 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 18	EpisodeNumber2 = 6	Title = The Picture of My Life	1992\|1\|06}}	ShortSummary = Kitty evaluates her relationship with Tim after she meets an artist at Martin's party.	LineColor = F87217 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 19	EpisodeNumber2 = 7	Title = The Art Is a Lonely Hunter	1992\|1\|13}}	ShortSummary = Kitty confesses to Tim that she kissed another man.	LineColor = F87217 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 20	EpisodeNumber2 = 8	Title = Always a Woman	1992\|1\|20}}	ShortSummary = Kitty is terrified by the discovery of a lump in her breast, and doesn't know who to turn to for comfort.	LineColor = F87217 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 21	EpisodeNumber2 = 9	Title = The Road to Heaven	1992\|1\|27}}	ShortSummary = Kitty visits a wholeness guru.	LineColor = F87217 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 22	EpisodeNumber2 = 10	Title = Kitty Chills Out	1992\|2\|03}}	ShortSummary = Kitty and Angela spend a week together.	LineColor = F87217 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 23	EpisodeNumber2 = 11	Title = Heart and Sold	1992\|2\|24}}	ShortSummary = The focus is on Kitty after one of her dresses is worn to a wedding that gets front-page coverage, but she has trouble dealing with her instant "celebrity" status.	LineColor = F87217 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 24	EpisodeNumber2 = 12	Title = Death of a Salesman	1992\|3\|02}}	ShortSummary = Martin develops a cologne and names it for Kitty; Tim quits teaching.	LineColor = F87217 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 25	EpisodeNumber2 = 13	Title = Just a Couple of Working Girls	1992\|3\|09}}	ShortSummary = Martin's cologne smells awful; Kitty learns that she is pregnant.	LineColor = F87217 }}

Season 4 (1992-1993)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 26	EpisodeNumber2 = 1	Title = Things Change	1992\|11\|05}}	ShortSummary = Kitty sells Classy Fashions and opens a fashionable Queen Street boutique called Material World, with an apartment above that she and Angela share. Meanwhile, Virginia starts a dating service.	LineColor = 169DF7 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 27	EpisodeNumber2 = 2	Title = Leap of Faith	1992\|11\|12}}	ShortSummary = Kitty's new teenage employee, Lucy, alarms the customers with her candid honesty.	LineColor = 169DF7 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 28	EpisodeNumber2 = 3	Title = It's a Chemistry Thing	1992\|11\|19}}	ShortSummary = Kitty becomes jealous when her mother arranges a date for Angela with a medical doctor; Martin spies on his wife.	LineColor = 169DF7 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 29	EpisodeNumber2 = 4	Title = A Little Something in Plaid	1992\|11\|26}}	ShortSummary = Kitty romances a bagpiper; Virginia romances Martin's father.	LineColor = 169DF7 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 30	EpisodeNumber2 = 5	Title = Clash of the Tartans	1992\|12\|03}}	ShortSummary = Kitty and Angela both fall for the same street musician; Lucy tells Martin how to make male friends.	LineColor = 169DF7 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 31	EpisodeNumber2 = 6	Title = Paying for It	1992\|12\|10}}	ShortSummary = Martin dreams up a scheme to help improve business, but Kitty has a plan of her own.	LineColor = 169DF7 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 32	EpisodeNumber2 = 7	Title = A Kiss Is a Kiss	1992\|12\|17}}	ShortSummary = Kitty's business meeting becomes a date; Martin attends a class being taught by Angela.	LineColor = 169DF7 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 33	EpisodeNumber2 = 8	Title = Up to Her Neck	1992\|12\|31}}	ShortSummary = Kitty asks Angela for help with a creativity block; Angela has a job setback.	LineColor = 169DF7 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 34	EpisodeNumber2 = 9	Title = Double Exposure	1993\|2\|01}}	ShortSummary = Lucy is arrested for indecent exposure and Kitty comes to her aid; Martin suspects there is a peeping tom outside his house.	LineColor = 169DF7 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 35	EpisodeNumber2 = 10	Title = Straight to the Bone	1993\|2\|08}}	ShortSummary = Kitty hires Angela, Lucy and Virginia for a fashion show instead of professional models, in order to show 'real' women in her clothes.	LineColor = 169DF7 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 36	EpisodeNumber2 = 11	Title = Lost and Found	1993\|2\|15}}	ShortSummary = Kitty is shocked to learn she has a second mother; Martin agrees to take care of his girlfriend's pet ferret.	LineColor = 169DF7 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 37	EpisodeNumber2 = 12	Title = Lingering Doubts	1993\|2\|22}}	ShortSummary = Kitty and Angela track down Kitty's first boyfriend; Martin tries to prevent his father's marriage proposal to Virginia.	LineColor = 169DF7 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 38	EpisodeNumber2 = 13	Title = The Dinner Party	1993\|3\|01}}	ShortSummary = Surprise guests, distressed friends and a frozen roast spoil Kitty's careful plans for a perfect dinner party.	LineColor = 169DF7 }}

References

1. ^"Material World star waits for word on show's third year". Ottawa Citizen, April 17, 1991.

External links

{{IMDb title|0146384|Material World}}
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