Gimme a Break! - Season 6 - Eps 19: Joey's Hero

1987-02-1130 min⭐ 6.7/10

When Joey's favorite television star ""Captain Jerk"", is hospitalized after swallowing a whistle, it is up to Nell to give him a blood transfusion since she has the same type of blod as him. However, as she goes to his hospital room to meet him, she finds out that he is predjudiced as she heards him talking to his co-stars about how much he hates blacks and how he organizes a group of people who are for a white society. She realizes that she must tell Joey the truth, that his favorite telvison star doesn't favor blacks. In the end, Capatain Jerk tells Nell to be on the show, but swallows his whistle again when he sees she is black. He gives her money, and tells her to not tell anyone she is black and gave him blood, which makes hm partially black as well. Joey hears this, and depite not believing Nell before, he finally knows that his hero is predjuduce and he and Nell leave the hospital knowing that Captain Jerk is nothing but one.

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About Gimme a Break!

Gimme a Break!

Title: Gimme a Break!

First Air Date: 1981-10-29

Last Air Date: 1987-05-12

Status: Ended

Rating: 6.7/10 (from 27 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 6

Total Episodes: 137

Network: NBC

Genres: Comedy, Family

Production Companies: Reeves Entertainment Group, Alan Landsburg Productions, Mort Lachman & Associates

Synopsis

Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC for six seasons, October 29, 1981, until May 12, 1987. The series stars Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief and his three daughters.

Cast

Nell Carter

Nell Carter

Nell Harper

Lara Jill Miller

Lara Jill Miller

Sam Kinisky

John Hoyt

John Hoyt

Stanley Kanisky

Joey Lawrence

Joey Lawrence

Joey Donovan

Telma Hopkins

Telma Hopkins

Addy Wilson

Matthew Lawrence

Matthew Lawrence

Matthew Donovan

Paul Sand

Paul Sand

Marty

Rosie O'Donnell

Rosie O'Donnell

Maggie O'Brien

Rosetta LeNoire

Rosetta LeNoire

Maybelle Harper

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