Real People
A weekly primetime newsmagazine that profiled funny, human interest stories. Instead of featuring celebrities, this show searched out humorous individuals, situations and events that highlighted the common man.
Seasons
1. Episode 1
Air Date: 1979-04-18
Bloopers News Outtakes, Mom Pop TV station, Sweet Thing, Funny Signs, Yoyo the Trucker, Sherlock Bones, Mark Russell GSA, IRS on Winnings, Love Italian Style, Breslin sneakers, and Typos.
2. Episode 2
Air Date: 1979-04-25
Features Car Dealers, Lady Weightlifters, Weightlifting Chiropractor, Typos, Mark Russell Hard Hat, 97 Year Old Editor, Dirt Eater, Stripper for God, Frog Man Brasher, Real Signs, Kudzu, and Love Stuttgart Style.
3. Episode 3
Air Date: 1979-05-02
Features Whistling the Star Spangled Banner, Spaceship Ruthie, Ed Ben Elsen, Real Names, Typos, Donkey Basketball, Mark Russell Rich Candidate, Chippendales, Car Dealer Vote, Bryan Bowers, Inventions Perpetual Motion, Motorized Jogger, and more.
4. Episode 4
Air Date: 1979-05-09
Features Uniball Trick Shot, Crime and Punishment, Happy Cops, Real Signs, Rowing Ladies, Honeymoon, Vampire Hunter, Jimmy Breslin Harlem, Mad Hugger, Mark Russell Park, Typos, Lady Bodyguards, and Neurotics Anonymous.
5. Episode 5
Air Date: 1979-05-16
Features Gas Crisis, Car Plane Bus Man, Fredrick's, Mark Russell ERA, Walking George, Typos, Skip's Wedding, Complex Apartment, Fiddlers Convention, Bureaucracy Bit, Waterloo Ike, Car Dealer Award, Circus Vargas, and 3 Mile Island Letter.
6. Episode 6
Air Date: 1979-05-23
Features Cheaper Crude, Carmathon Raft Race, Real Signs, Disco Harry, Senior Disco, Mark Russell Peace Treaty, Turkey Signs, Typos, School for Beggars, Confused, Jimmy Breslin Courts, Chuck Dillinger, Iron Zoo, and Faces.
1. Episode 1
Air Date: 1983-09-14
Features Chicago Farewell, Silver Belles, Niles, Michigan, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Train Route, Battle Creek, Michigan, Jackson, Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan, Greenfield Village/Ford Museum, Talking Car, and more.
2. Episode 2
Air Date: 1983-09-21
Features Niagara Falls/Maid of the Mist, Buffalo, NY, Rochester, NY, Stripping Philosopher, Syracuse and Utica, NY, Beaver Lady, Amsterdam and Albany, NY, Pittsfield and Springfield, MA, Lady Tap Dancer, Worcester, MA, Boston, MA, and more.
3. Episode 3
Air Date: 1983-09-28
Don Imus Story, New York Arrival, Trenton, NY Arrival, Hot Dog Lady, Philadelphia Arrival, Philadelphia Bellringer, Language Madness, Wilmington Delaware Arrival, Baltimore MD Arrival, Investigative Reporting, Flag Polers, Washington DC Arrival.
4. Episode 4
Air Date: 1983-10-12
Features Arm Wrestling, Not Safe, Federal Express, Guppies, Mozart in New Guinea, Texas Ranch, Ice Car Racing, Pet Visitation, and Goodnights.
5. Episode 5
Air Date: 1983-10-19
Polar Bear Air, Chippendale Aerobics, Quest, Vizmo/After Marriage, Two Fisted Bowler, Pig Obedience, Vizmo/Typos/For Sale, Mannequins, MIA Updates, Goodnights.
6. Episode 6
Air Date: 1983-10-26
Features SciFi Ball, Round/The Seance, Nixon Man, Red Gorilla Man, Healing Ears, Ghost Story, Warlock, Vizmo/Epitaphs, Elvira, and Goodnights.
7. Episode 7
Air Date: 1983-11-02
Flight Instructions, Buttons the Surfer, Hawaii on Fashions, Fun and Games, Kona Visit, Outrigger Canoes, Newspaper Wedding Clippings, Maui Visit, Banyon Trees, Wedding Preparations, Wedding, Goodnights.
8. Episode 8
Air Date: 1983-11-09
Features Chicano Medal of Honor, WASPS, Boot Camp, Humor in Uniform, 508th Parachute Reunion, USS North Carolina, Coming Home, and Goodnights.
9. Episode 9
Air Date: 1983-11-16
Cincinnati Arrival and Board, Ship, Mark Twain Round, Tom Sawyer Days, Gone With The Wind, Talk, Elvis Reunion, Shaggy Cycle Dog, Louisville Arrival, Churchill Downs Visit, Spirit Of Delta Spot, Man's Best Friend, Cajun Humor, Evansville Arrival, and more.
10. Episode 10
Air Date: 1983-11-30
Touch Of Class, Lady Miner, Typos in Personal ads, Deaf Dog, Flirting School, Woman Racer, 108 Year Old Bowler, Skydive 2, Goodnights.
11. Episode 11
Air Date: 1983-12-14
Steamboat Springs, Florida Snow, Mrs. Santa, Helicopter Reporter, Cast Round/Americans, Santa Collector, Bowling Pig, Signing Santa, Vizmo Photos, Christmas Shopping, Sur Williams, Old Folks, Goodnights.
12. Episode 12
Air Date: 1984-01-04
Baby Races, Fortune Bagels, Muscle Control, Miss Pete, Vizmo Photos Fireman, Firefighter Calendar, Baby Ostrich, Woman In Olympics, Wilma Rudolph, Goodnights.
13. Episode 12
Air Date: 1984-01-11
Al Oerter, Greenspan the Tanzanian Runner, Vizmo LA Photos, Fujimoto, Flag/Owens, Rafer/Yang, Wottle, Pat McCormick, Synchronized Swimmers, Truce Of God Parade.
14. Episode 14
Air Date: 1984-01-18
Features Hog Named Spot, Cast Round/Hogs, Hammer Inventor, Kid Soccer, Burbank Van, Lady Hockey Coach, Vizmo/Photos-Advice, Wet Nightie Contest, Paul Watson, and Goodnights.
15. Episode 15
Air Date: 1984-01-25
Elephant Lady, Singles Hot Line, Vizmo/Typos Eye Catching, Most Physical Female, Lint Lady, Coal Skiing, Footless Mountain Climber, Goodnights.
16. Episode 16
Air Date: 1984-02-01
Cypress Gardens, Crazy Cars, Fastest Softball, Soccer Playing Horse, Vizmo Photo Ingenuity, Iris Chacon, Best Dressed Dog, Vizmo Photos Auto Problems, CHP Lovebirds, Bataan Reunion, Goodnights.
17. Episode 17
Air Date: 1984-02-08
Hawaii part 2, Windsurfing Couple, Recap of part1, Events, Hilo Festivities, Kilauea Volcano Visit, Hawaiian Birdman, Sand Castle Builder, Legislators Pig, SS Constitution, Maui Festivities, Helicopter Ride, Island Progress, Girl Talk, Kauai Festivities.
18. Episode 18
Air Date: 1984-02-15
Features Baby Gorilla, Sergio, C.B. Jamboree, Vizmo/Photos/Eat Out, Rodeo Annie, Bone Player, Typos/Dogs, and Goodnights.
19. Episode 19
Air Date: 1984-02-22
Canoe Ski, Vizmo/Photos/Surprises, Tennis Champ, Watch Bird, Skunk Catcher, Plane Pinning, Bottle Boatman, High-Rise Photographer, Goodnights.
20. Episode 20
Air Date: 1984-02-29
Features Free Solo Climbing, Vizmo/Photos, Phlugerhagen, Rainbow Division, Baja 500, Miss Piggy, Vizmo/Typings/Clippings, Make a Wish, and Goodnights.
21. Episode 21
Air Date: 1984-03-07
Bull Rider, Trash Recycler, Sardine Packing, Jesse James, Opera Cow Lady, Vizmo Photos/The Ladies, 74 Year Old Marathon Runner, Goodnights.
22. Episode 22
Air Date: 1984-03-21
Features Skateboard Mama, Sod Roof, Vizmo-Photos/Women's Lib, Flight Simulator, Fire Hero, Mosquito Festival, Homemade Bikini, Vizmo/Cemeteries, Musical Chairs, Forgotten Children of War, and Goodnights.
23. Episode 23
Air Date: 1984-05-09
Features Cigargrams, Charlotte's Cafe, Vizmo/Typos-Pets, Ultralights, Tollbooth Yodeler, Missile Silo, Vizmo/Photos-Housing, Ski School, Mother Waddles, and Goodnights.
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Rating
4.0/10
Release Date
1979-04-18
Episodes
29 (6 seasons)
Status
Ended
Cast
Production Companies
NBC