"Noses Off" 10-8-92

Regular Cast TIM DALY STEVEN WEBER CRYSTAL BERNARD THOMAS HADEN CHURCH DAVID SCHRAMM REBECCA SCHULL TONY SHALHOUB Guest Cast SCOTT GRIMES PETER BROWN Lana Clarkson Kevin Brief Scott Williams

Peter plays slightly sleazy plastic surgeon

Wings was a top notch, very funny ensemble series which stayed relatively high in the ratings in its seven year run (1990-1997).  Yet it never got the kind of acclaim accorded shows like Seinfeld, MASH, Friends, Fraiser, etc.  It was the story of two brothers, Joe and Brian Hackett, who run a little one-plane commuter airline on Cape Cod.  Joe is the button-down responsible brother while Brian is the womanizing, irresponsible one.  However, trite as that premise sounds, excellent writing and  very funny supporting cast made this one of the best comedies of the nineties.

David Schramm as Roy Biggins

Rebecca Schull as Fay

Tony Shalhoub as Antonio Scarpacci

Thomas Haden Church as Lowell Mather

Crystal Bernard asHelen Chappel

In this episode, Joe is punched in the face by an irate man whose girlfriend went out with a man named Hackett.  Of course, the man he was really after was Brian.

Brian takes Joe to a plastic surgeon who turns out to be "while we're at it Lasker" who is infamous for talking patients into unneeded surgery.

Sure enough, Lasker  mentions that he could take care of the bump on Joe's nose.  When it's clear Joe isn't going to bite, he points out the supposedly bigger bump on Brian's nose.

Brian, of course, being both vain and insecure, frets over his unsightly nose until he rushes back to Lasker for surgery.  While he's goofy under the effects of Demerol, Joe talks him out of the procedure.

NiteOwl Review:  This was only Peter's second sitcom appearance and his first in the 20 years since he appeared on the third episode of the Bob Newhart Show.  It's a damn shame too.  Peter fit seamlessly into a genre many actors from dramas, especially Westerns, have trouble mastering.  Although he has only one central and one minor scene in this episode, his timing and presence was perfect. outrider@peterbrown.tv

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