3rd ROCK FROM THE SUN {THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN}: BRAIN AND EGGS {SERIES PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
The premiere/pilot of this comedy series about the Solomons, a family of aliens who have landed in a small Ohio college town to study human civilization. In this episode, the Solomons arrive on Earth in a vintage convertible and begin adjusting to their new human forms. The aliens rent a third-floor attic apartment, and Dick, their high commander, takes a position as a professor at a local college. Dick unexpectedly finds himself experiencing some very human emotions when he is attracted to his colleague, Dr. Mary Albright, but he can't seem to keep from saying all the wrong things to Mary -- and unintentionally hurts her feelings when he mistakes her doctoral thesis for a joke. Meanwhile, Dick's sister Sally -- a rugged subcommander on their planet -- begins a painful transition to a female role in a buxom body; and Tommy, the former group elder, finds himself a fourteen-year-old boy in the throes of puberty. Dick concludes that humans are far more complex than his people had ever imagined, and decides to extend their stay on this "third-rate planet." Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: January 9, 1996 Tuesday 8:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:22:47
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:45729
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; She Made It Collection (Marcy Carsey); She Made It Collection (Caryn Mandabach)
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1996-2001
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Marcy Carsey … Executive Producer
- Tom Werner … Executive Producer
- Caryn Mandabach … Executive Producer
- Bonnie Turner … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
- Terry Turner … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
- Patrick Kienlen … Producer
- Timothy Ryder … Associate Producer
- Garvin Eddy … Production (Misc.), Production Designer
- Henry Lange … Production (Misc.), Unit Production Manager
- Patrick McManus … Production (Misc.), Production Coordinator
- Courtney B. Conte … Production (Misc.), Executive in Charge of Production
- James Burrows … Director
- Jo Ann Singer … Direction (Misc.), First Assistant Director
- Sandra Pearson … Script Supervisor
- Ben Vaughn … Music by
- Lana Hale … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Supervisor
- John Lithgow … Cast, Dick Solomon
- Jane Curtin … Cast, Dr. Mary Albright
- Kristen Johnston … Cast, Sally
- French Stewart … Cast, Harry
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt … Cast, Tommy
- Elmarie Wendel … Cast, Mrs. Dubcek
- Simbi Khali … Cast, Nina
- Ian Lithgow … Cast, Leon
- David DeLuise … Cast, Bug
- Chris Hogan … Cast, Pitman
- Danielle Nicolet … Cast, Caryn
- Jennifer Rhodes … Cast, Mrs. Sumner
- Marne Patterson … Cast, the Volleyball Girl
- Susan Leslie … Cast, the Kissing Woman
- Dan Gilvezen … Cast, the Radio DJ