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Just Our Luck is an American sitcom that aired on ABC for 13 episodes from September 20 to December 27, 1983. Created by brothers Lawrence and Charles Gordon, it was considered a modernized version of the 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie and starred Richard Gilliland as a mild-mannered TV weatherman for KPOX-TV, and T. K. Carter as a hip, fun-loving 3,000-year-old genie who is freed by Gilliland after being imprisoned in his bottle for nearly two centuries.
Original Release
09/20/1983 on ABC
US Release
09/20/1983
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| T.K. Carter | Shabu |
| Richard Gilliland | Keith Burrows |
| Ellen Maxted | Meagan Huxley |
| Rod McCary | Nelson Marriott |
| Richard Schaal | Chuck |
| Hamilton Camp | Professor Bob |
| Leonard Simon | Jim Dexter |
| Donald Gibb | (as Don Gibb) |
| Spice Williams-Crosby | Barbie the Wrestler |
| Earl Boen | Judge |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | Tuesday, 20 September 1983 |
| 2 | The Shabelles | Tuesday, 27 September 1983 |
| 3 | Transition | Tuesday, 04 October 1983 |
| 4 | Photo Finish | Tuesday, 18 October 1983 |
| 5 | Uncle Harry | Tuesday, 25 October 1983 |
| 6 | Something Alien This Way Comes | Tuesday, 01 November 1983 |
| 7 | Englebert Humpercricket | Tuesday, 08 November 1983 |
| 8 | No Holds Barred | Tuesday, 22 November 1983 |
| 9 | Wedding Bell Shablues | Tuesday, 06 December 1983 |
| 10 | Ballad of Dead Eye Dick | Tuesday, 13 December 1983 |
| 11 | King Kahommi's Curse | Tuesday, 20 December 1983 |
| 12 | Keith's Car Crusade | Tuesday, 27 December 1983 |
| 13 | Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Burrows | Friday, 23 March 1984 |
Directors
John Astin, Bob Sweeney, Alan Bergmann, Bruce Bilson
Writers
James Berg, Stan Zimmerman, Tony Colvin, Ria Nepus, Linda Morris, Vic Rauseo, Scott Spencer Gorden, Michael Russnow, Rick Kellard, Fred Rubin, Barry Vigon, Bob Comfort, Danny Jacobson
Creators
Lawrence Gordon, Charles Gordon
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| T.K. Carter | Shabu |
| Richard Gilliland | Keith Burrows |
| Ellen Maxted | Meagan Huxley |
| Rod McCary | Nelson Marriott |
| Richard Schaal | Chuck |
| Hamilton Camp | Professor Bob |
| Leonard Simon | Jim Dexter |
| Donald Gibb | (as Don Gibb) |
| Spice Williams-Crosby | Barbie the Wrestler |
| Earl Boen | Judge |
| Tab Hunter | Self |
| Olan Soule | Protestor |
| Doris Singleton | Harriet |
| Lynne Moody | Alana |
| Dody Goodman | Rose |
| Wink Martindale | Wink Martindale |
| Roy Orbison | Self |
| Joyce Brothers | Dr. Joyce Brothers |
| John Steadman | Uncle Harry |
| Raleigh Bond | Bosworth |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Lawrence Gordon | Executive Producer |
| Charles Gordon | Executive Producer |
| Rick Kellard | Executive Producer |
| Bob Comfort | Executive Producer |
| Ronald E. Frazier | Producer |
| Vic Rauseo | Producer |
| Linda Morris | Producer |
