The Slap Maxwell Story

The Slap Maxwell Story
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Created by	Jay Tarses
Starring	Dabney Coleman Megan Gallagher
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22
Production
Running time	approx. 22 min.
Production company(s)	Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 23, 1987 – June 8, 1988
External links
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The Slap Maxwell Story (sometimes seen in print as The "Slap" Maxwell Story) is a situation comedy broadcast in the United States by ABC as part of its 1987-88 lineup.

It stars Dabney Coleman as "Slap" Maxwell, an egocentric sportswriter for a newspaper called The Ledger, somewhere in the American Southwest. The Ledger was a very old-fashioned newspaper—Slap still composed his column, "Slap Shots," on a typewriter) -- and Slap was a very old-fashioned guy. Despite the newly litigious environment of journalism, Slap insisted on filling his column with rumor and innuendo, drawing lawsuits and Slap's frequent termination, to be followed by a groveling apology and his rehiring.

He had an on-again, off-again relationship with girlfriend Judy (Megan Gallagher), one of the paper's secretaries, due primarily to his off-putting personality. Annie (Susan Anspach) was Slap's ex-wife, who nonetheless retained a (small) soft spot for him.

A recurring event throughout the series' run is that at some point in each episode, someone would hit Slap (hence the character's nickname), with a nun even doing the honors in one episode.

The show was created by Jay Tarses, who in 1983 was co-creator of Buffalo Bill, an NBC sitcom in which Coleman starred as a similarly off-putting character, the host of a TV talk show.

References

• Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows

External links

• The Slap Maxwell Story at IMDb