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Babes
Babes is an American situation comedy series that ran for one season on the
Fox Television Network from September 13, 1990 to August 10, 1991. It was
produced by Dolly Parton and Sandy Gallin's Sandollar Productions for
Twentieth Century Fox Television. Parton even guest starred as herself in
episode #14 entitled "Hello, Dolly".
The show's premise revolved around the Gilbert sisters, a trio of plump
siblings who had other things on their mind other than their weight — like
work, relationships, popularity, and starting a family. The ladies also
shared a small apartment in New York City together, which added to the comic
friction.
The Gilbert sisters were Darlene (Susan Peretz), the eldest, who was a dog
groomer and recently divorced; Charlene (Wendie Jo Sperber), the middle
sister, who was a makeup artist for a commercial photographer and was the
more active one out of the three; and Marlene (Lesley Boone), the younger
sister, who was seen as a dreamer with a naive, yet trusting, personality.
At first, the show was criticized by several groups for making fun of
overweight people due to some of the jokes that were used in the show's
early episodes, but the controversy faded as later episodes began to put a
more positive spin on the characters when it came to weight issues. Although
it had good ratings (partially because of the controversy), it did not earn
a second season and was cancelled at the end of the 1990–1991 season with 22
episodes.
Trivia
Since the show's cancellation, two of the three stars, Susan Peretz and
Wendie Jo Sperber, have died, both of breast cancer.
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