Main Cast: Lex Medlin, John Sloan, Beth Lacke, Nat Faxon, Jamie Denbo
Release Year: 2006
Country: US
Run Time: 30 minutes
Plot
More "twentysomething sexual angst" in the tradition of Friends, the Fox sitcom Happy Hour also borrowed elements from The Odd Couple. The focus was on a pair of mismatched male roommates, described by the network publicity flacks thusly: "one disappointed by love, one blinded by love." The "disappointed" one was Henry Beckman (John Sloan), who after breaking up with girlfriend Heather (Brooke D'Orsay) moved in with his party-animal buddy Larry Cone (Lex Medlin). Having just lost a roommate named Brad (Nat Faxon), who defected in favor of marriage, Larry welcomed Henry as "The New Brad," assuming that both shared the same viewpoint about the opposite sex; they didn't, of course, and therein lay the series' comic contrast. Other cast members included Beth Lacke as Larry's main squeeze Amanda, and Jamie Denbo as the roommates' somewhat deranged next-door neighbor Tina. Happy Hour debuted on September 7, 2006, in tandem with another new Fox comedy series, 'Til Death. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Cast
Lex Medlin - Larry Cone
John Sloan - Henry Beckman
Beth Lacke - Amanda
Nat Faxon - Brad
Jamie Denbo - Tina
Brooke D'Orsay - Heather
Credit
Andy Ackerman - Director, Skip Collector - Editor, Eric L. Gold - Executive Producer, Tom Werner - Executive Producer, Jimmy Miller - Executive Producer, Jeff Filgo - Executive Producer, Jackie Filgo - Executive Producer, Scott Clausen - Composer (Music Score), Christopher A. Lee - Composer (Music Score), Garvin Eddy - Production Designer, Jackie Filgo - Production Designer, Steve Confer - Cinematographer, Marc Solakian - Producer, Jackie Filgo - Screenwriter, Rob Des Hotel - Co-Executive Producer, David Windsor - Supervising Producer, Casey Johnson - Supervising Producer
Happy Hour is a sitcom that debuted on Fox in the United States and on CTV in Canada on September 7, 2006. The show starred John Sloan as Henry Beckman, a young man rebuilding his life after losing his girlfriend, his job, and his apartment. The series was produced by husband/wife duo Jeff and Jackie Filgo of That '70s Show fame and has been stated to be "an edgier Friends."
Fox put the show on hiatus in September, 2006, and officially canceled it the following May. Thirteen episodes of Happy Hour were made, of which four have aired and nine remain unaired.
Henry Beckman has a girlfriend who convinces him to move to Chicago to work for her uncle. But his life is sent into a loop when she dumps him, which causes him to lose his job and to be thrown into an apartment with Larry, a man who has his own surreal opinions on life and women. Larry sets up Henry with a new job and life begins anew. Of course, one of the house rules is that every day at four is Happy Hour.
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September 14, 2006
The Mix CD
Henry finds a mix CD of love songs and gets details about Larry's one true love, Molly. Amanda is concerned when a doctor in her gynecologist's office cancels a date with her.
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September 21, 2006
Larry's Birthday
It's Larry's birthday and his friends all forgot about it.. all except Henry who got him a lame camping trip as a present.
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November 2, 2006
The Ring & I
When Larry discovers that Henry is hanging onto an engagement ring that he had planned to give Heather, he tries to get Henry to sell the ring and buy a wine refrigerator. Henry still hopes that Heather will come back to him; however he does agree to put his engagement ring to auction.
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Crazy Girls
When Henry dates a girl named Shauna, Larry warns him to stay away from her. After Henry ignores the warnings he returns to Larry to help him get out of the relationship.
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Thanksgiving
Tina is planning a Thanksgiving dinner, and her mother, Nannette (Jessica Walter), and sister are is planning to visit. Unfortunately Henry makes too good of an impression on his mother-in-law as she puts the moves on him.
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Bool This Party Sucks
Larry and Tina host separate Halloween parties and Brad begs everyone to attend Tina’s dreary party. Amanda and Heather wear identical sexy costumes to Larry’s party.
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The Election
With Tina and Brad’s rule on the tenants’ association coming to an end, Larry and Henry decide to run against them. Amanda gets bored with her doting husband.
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New Year's Eve
Everyone likes Amanda’s current boyfriend except for Larry, who gets a ‘bad vibe’ from him. Although Larry always protects Amanda, he goes too far this time and hurts her feelings.
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11:30 Snuggles
Larry and Brad almost get into a fight in a bar, and Henry calls the police to save them, forgetting that all three are impersonating police officers to impress women.
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A Dead Man's Ham
It’s Christmas and Larry’s friends leave to be with their families, however they then decide to stay with him because all flights out of Chicago have been cancelled. However, at the apartment, the only food available is a mail-order ham that arrived for a neighbour who has died
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The T-Shirt
Larry’s T-Shirt business soars in popularity after George Clooney is seen wearing one of his shirts, however the reverse happens when Kevin Federline. Heather then saves the business by changing the company slogan.
International Broadcasts
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Timeslot
Arab World
[[Orbit Network> Super Comedy Channel]]
The entire series has been broadcast from Saturday till Wednesday every week at 4:30pm GMT.
