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I-40 Paradise is a 30-minute daily cable TV sitcom broadcast on The Nashville Network from March 1983,[1] when the network was first launched,[2] and lasted until at least April 1986.[3]

The series was so popular that a weekly 30 minute spinoff, Pickin’ at the Paradise, began in December 1983.[4]

Premise

"The havoc and hi-jinks involved in running a restaurant and entertainment spot just outside Nashville are explored with hilarious results" was how early television listings described the series.[5][6]

The series was set in the small town of Crab Orchard, Tennessee, and most scenes took place in the roadside diner, I-40 Paradise, that had a separate-room tavern where country artists often stopped to perform.[7] There was a house-band, The Mighty Notes, headed by singer Buck Taylor. Buck's younger brother, Randy, was also in the band.[4]

Local residents frequented I-40 Paradise, and they were part of the episode storylines. Stories included: Sonny, Buck, Orvis and Calvin join a group that helps fatherless boys, but have to share Crab Orchard's only orphan;[8] Will Georgia quit her job to pursue a career in art?;[9] Lathrop is kidnapped and held for ransom;[10] and Velma and Calvin consider marriage.[11]

Cast

  • Barbara George as Paradise owner LuAnn Bledsoe
  • Bruce Camahan as mechanic Sonny Rollins
  • John Ribble as bartender Stogie
  • Trish Dougherty as waitress Georgia
  • Jack Crook as singer Buck Taylor[4]
  • Lionel Cartwright as singer Randy Taylor[4]
  • Kelli Warren as singer Melody Dawn Rainey[4]
  • Bruce Borin as shoe factory worker Calvin[12]
  • Mike McElroy as pool hall owner Lathrop
  • Park Overall as banker's daughter Tina Fudball (occasional role)[13]

Guest stars

Country music performers would drop in on their way to Nashville and sing a couple of songs on each episode. One of the first guest stars to tape segments for the show was Helen Cornelius, [14] and Ty Herndon was on several episodes before he became well known.[15] Reba McEntire was on two episodes. In one she just sang, but the other had her take part in a conversation about video games, which was one of her first opportunities to act.[16]

Production

The series was produced by Cinetel Productions in Knoxville, Tennessee. Producer Ross Bagwell rented a warehouse to use as a studio, and hired mostly local dinner-theater actors as regulars.[7] Outside shots of the I-40 Paradise building were of the nearby Mount Olive Trading Post, a grocery store that closed in 1987.[17]

Lionel Cartwright, who'd been working at the Wheeling Jamboree, wrote the series theme song, and acted as one of the house-band singers.[18]

Spin off series

On December 25, 1983 Pickin’ at the Paradise began a six-week pilot run as a 30-minute Sunday series, advertised as a weekly visit to the Paradise's music room, where Crab Orchard residents would stop by to hear the house-band sing. Regulars included Lionel Cartwright as Randy, Jack Crook as Buck, and Kelli Warren as Melody Dawn.[4] Lionel Cartwright wrote the series theme song.[18]

The Cineteo Productions[4] series was popular enough that additional episodes were made, and the series aired until at least March 1986.[19]


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  1. ↑ Daily Listings, The Times Recorder, March 18, 1983, page 15
  2. ↑ Coming Soon! - TNN ad, The Germantown News (Germantown, TN), March 3, 1983, page 5
  3. ↑ Television and Radio, The Boston Globe, April 25, 1986, page 23
  4. ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 4,4 4,5 4,6 New special is paradise, The Daily News-Journal (Murfreesboro, TN), December 11, 1983, page 80
  5. ↑ TV listing, Longview News-Journal, March 27, 1983, page 126
  6. ↑ Cable Tonight, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, April 13, 1983, page 46
  7. ↑ 7,0 7,1 Wolfe, Charles K, & Akenson, James E., Country Music Annual 2001 (ebook), University Press of Kentucky, page 16-17
  8. ↑ Weekday TV, New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung (New Braunfels, TX) December 14, 1984, page 34
  9. ↑ Weekday TV, New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung (New Braunfels, TX), November 4, 1984, page 55
  10. ↑ Weekday TV, New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung (New Braunfels, TX) March 31, 1985, page 49]
  11. ↑ Weekday TV, New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung (New Braunfels, Texas), December 23, 1984, page 43]
  12. ↑ Otto, Becky, Actor wants to contribute to new theater movement, Kingsport Times-News (Kingsport, TN), January 1, 1988, page 90
  13. ↑ Hull, Christopher, Actress learns to fly on television series, The Morning Star (Vernon, BC, Canada ), December 21, 1989, page 45
  14. ↑ Davis, Doug, Country Happenings, The Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio), March 11, 1983, page 31
  15. ↑ Oermann, Robert K., Herndon goes from 'pretty boy' to hit maker. The Tennessean, May 13, 1995, page 30
  16. ↑ Sandvold, Jon, Softball to benefit from McEntire show, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 13, 1983, page 33
  17. ↑ For Decades, Store Sold Beer On One Side, But Not On Other, The Herald-Sun (Durham, NC), May 17, 1987, page 41
  18. ↑ 18,0 18,1 'Chance' carries singer to top, The Tennessean, October 28, 1989, page 57
  19. ↑ Pay Television, The Province, March 27, 1986, page 158
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