6.6 /10 1 Votes
6.5/10 TV Created by Brian Cooke Country of origin Canada Number of seasons 3 Program creator Brian Cooke | 6.7/10 IMDb Genre Sitcom Composer(s) Russ Little First episode date 21 September 1985 Number of episodes 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Developed by Arne Sultan
Stuart Gillard Starring Don Adams
Dinah Christie Networks CTV Television Network, USA Network, Broadcast syndication Cast Don Adams, Dinah Christie, Kathleen Laskey, Henry Beckman, Gordon Clapp Similar Hangin' In, Corner Gas, My Secret Identity, King of Kensington, Get Smart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Check it Out! is a Canadian television sitcom, which aired on CTV from September 1985 to April 1988. The series also aired in the United States in syndication and on the USA Network.
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Synopsis
Based on the British series Tripper's Day, Check It Out! was set in a fictional supermarket called Cobb's, located in Brampton, Ontario and stars Don Adams as manager Howard Bannister. The cast also included Dinah Christie, Henry Beckman, Gordon Clapp, Barbara Hamilton, Elizabeth Hanna, Kathleen Laskey, Jeff Pustil, Simon Reynolds, Aaron Schwartz and Tonya Lee Williams. The series was taped in front of a studio audience at CFTO-TV in Toronto.
Cast
Syndication
In 2008, four episodes of the series were featured on WGN America's "Outta Sight Retro Night" programming block. As of 2013, the program is seen on Comedy Gold in Canada daily.
International titles
In Argentina the show was called Supermercado 99 ("Supermarket 99"), a reference to Barbara Feldon's character in Get Smart, in Italy the show was called Il supermercato più pazzo del mondo ("The most crazy supermarket in the world").
In Sweden, comical duo Stefan & Krister star in Full Frys, a TV series largely based on Check it Out! and Tripper's Day.