Mr. Sunshine

1986TV Series⏱️ 30m

Comedy

⭐ 6.8

IMDB Rating

41 votes

The misadventures of a blind university professor (Jeffrey Tambor).

Director

N/A

Writers

N/A

Stars

Jeffrey Tambor, Leonard Frey, Nan Martin

Release Date

March 28, 1986

Language

English

Country

United States

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Nominations

💬 1

Reviews

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🎭 Top Cast

Jeffrey Tambor

as Prof. Paul Stark

Leonard Frey

as Prof. Leon Walters

Nan Martin

as Grace D'Angelo

Cecilia Hart

as Janice Hall

David Knell

as Warren Leftwich

Barbara Babcock

as Mrs. June Swinford

Molly Hagan

as Jane

Werner Klemperer

as Dean

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Annie Gagen

as Dean's Secretary

Patty McCormack

as Ellen

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.33 : 1

Sound

Stereo

Color

Filming Location

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production

Henry Winkler/John Rich Productions, Paramount Television

🏷️ Keywords

professor

🎯 Categories

Comedy

⭐ Featured Review

Who wants to laugh at a blind man?

by 15231 • 2003-08-04

"When this sit-com first was promoted, Henry Winkler and Jeffrey Tambor asked why a comedy could not have as its central character a person who happens to be blind. The initial equality seemed noble, but there soon was a good answer to their question: sighted people wrote the show for a sighted audience and resorted to sight gags at the blind character's expense. It just seemed wrong to laugh at this character when all he was doing was trying to function in a sighted world. Although the acting and production values were of quality, the plots and situations into which the character was thr..."