Mark Cooper(Comedian Mark Curry)is a single high school teacher and basketball coach living in Oakland,Ca. Between coaching, teaching, dealing with neighborhood struggles and living with two beautiful female roommates (played by Holly Robinson Peete and Dawnn Lewis), Mr. Cooper keeps a humorous, positive outlook on life and provides advice and fun to the many people in his life that he encounters.
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05x13 Getting Personal Aired: Aug. 30, 1997Vanessa wonders if Mark really understands her. She places an advertisement in a section of the personals and then tests Mark by telling him … [continue reading]
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- Mark Linn-Baker (31 episodes)
- Tony Singletary (10 episodes)
- Joel Zwick (9 episodes)
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- Jeff Franklin (86 episodes)
- David Hoge (12 episodes)
- Dan Cross (7 episodes)
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- The first episode is filmed in the same set as Growing Pains. In the beginning of the episode, Mark Curry meets Alan Thicke in the set and they make some jokes about the Growing Pains.
- In the episode where Mr. Cooper plays basketball for the Golden State Warriors, the practice scenes were taped at the Warriors' home court in Oakland, but the game itself was recorded at the…
[show]In the episode where Mr. Cooper plays basketball for the Golden State Warriors, the practice scenes were taped at the Warriors' home court in Oakland, but the game itself was recorded at the University of California's gymnasium in Berkeley; it was an actual pre-season game against Phoenix, held in Berkeley because Kevin Johnson, who was playing for the Suns after graduating from Cal, was having his college number retired that night. The scenes of Mark Curry playing were not specially scripted; he did, in fact, actually play in the game.
[hide] - The series finale was preempted, halfway through, on the west coast, as ABC News was breaking the story of Princess Diana's fatal car accident in Paris. There were a few complaints from…
[show]The series finale was preempted, halfway through, on the west coast, as ABC News was breaking the story of Princess Diana's fatal car accident in Paris. There were a few complaints from viewers, but nothing of significant note as the show aired on a Saturday Night, and was one of the lowest rated programs on ABC at the time. The show aired in full in syndication.
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