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Mr. Smith

1983 · 1 season

A featherlight, silly sitcom with a talking-animal gimmick, easy to dip into and forget.

Genres
Comedy
Tagline
He's the chimp who can think
Overview
Mr. Smith is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23 through December 16, 1983. The series was based around the premise of a talking orangutan. Mr. Smith was canceled after thirteen episodes were aired. The orangutan who played Mr. Smith had previously been featured in the Clint Eastwood movies Any Which Way You Can and Every Which Way But Loose.
How it feels
Light, absurd, whimsical and satirical. Brisk and fine in the background.
About
Politics, identity, deception, friendship
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism2
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

Cast

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Details

Genres
comedy
Created by
David Lloyd, Ed. Weinberger, Stan Daniels
Written by
David Lloyd
Starring
Tim Dunigan, Leonard Frey, Stuart Margolin, Terri Garber, Laura Jacoby, Joaquin Phoenix
Length
1 seasons, 13 episodes, 30 min each
Network
NBC
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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