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  • I have seen Desperate ... | Matt Roush | 1/9/2006
    Question: I have seen Desperate Housewives compared to quite a few other past shows but never to the one that I think it most resembles: Picket Fences. What is your opinion about that comparison? Answer: An interesting idea, but I still think Knots Landing is the closest to a true precursor of what Desperate Housewives seeks to parody. Picket Fences did have elements of soap opera and satire in its often-twisted depiction of the dark undercurrents of society and family life, but it seemed to me more a comment on Americana than of actual suburbia and, being a David E. Kelley show, tended to resolve most stories in the courtroom (RIP, Ray Walston). Desperate Housewives' look and tone is beholden to the classic soap format, and Picket Fences was much harder to pigeonhole ... read more

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My Favorite Martian (Actor - Armitan) 1999 Movie
Tricks (Actor - Big Sam) 1997 Movie
House Arrest (Actor - Chief Rocco) 1996 Movie
Stephen King's 'The Stand' (Actor - Glen Bateman) 1994 TV Show Series
Of Mice And Men (Actor - Candy) 1992 Movie

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Posted: 11/25/2008 Length: 49m 20s
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The Incredible Hulk: My Favorite...
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Tall Story
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My Favorite Martian
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Posted: 7/26/2008 Length: 1h 33m 35s
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