5.6 /10 1 Votes
4.5/10 TV Country of origin Canada Original network CBC Television Final episode date 1981 Number of episodes 12 | 6.5/10 IMDb Created by Merv Campone No. of episodes 12 First episode date 29 May 1976 Network CBC Television Genre Sitcom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Michael J. Fox
Brent Carver
Charles W. Gray Running time approx. 0:30 (per episode) Cast Michael J. Fox, Brent Carver Similar Palmerstown - USA, Spin City, Family Ties, The Michael J Fox Show, The Beachcombers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leo and Me is a Canadian television sitcom that was originally produced in 1976 but did not air until 1981.
Contents
- Bill reiter in leo and me starring michael j fox brent carver ca 1981
- Synopsis
- Parkinsons disease
- References
It starred a 15-year-old Michael J. Fox, in his television acting debut, playing Jamie, the 12-year-old younger nephew of Leo (Brent Carver).
Leo and Me was produced by Don Eccleston, directed by Don S. Williams and written by Marc and Susan Strange.
Bill reiter in leo and me starring michael j fox brent carver ca 1981
Synopsis
Leo (Brent Carver) was a carefree, hard-living Italian adventurer who had won a large, decrepit yacht in a poker game, and had taken his orphaned nephew Jamie (Michael J. Fox) to live with him. Leo and Jamie lived on the yacht moored in the harbour. Leo's charm and good luck guided him through tricky but humorous situations and his young sidekick's adept mind helped the pair get out of trouble.
Parkinson's disease
In 2002, an investigation was launched into Leo and Me after an unusual cluster of Parkinson's disease cases was noted among former cast and crew members of the show. Fox and director Don Williams were among the four with the disease, along with a writer and a cameraman.
When asked about the cluster by Howard Stern in a September 25, 2013, interview on The Howard Stern Show, Michael J. Fox stated, "Believe it or not, from a scientific point of view, that's not significant." Donald Calne, a Vancouver neurologist, said the incidence of Parkinson's in society is about 1 in 300, but that four of the 125 people on the Vancouver set of Leo and Me developed the disease. Calne said, "It could be coincidence. But it's intriguing, it might be something they were exposed to."