Gung Ho (TV series)

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| genre = Comedy

| creator =

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| developer = Edwin Blum

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| starring = Gedde Watanabe
Scott Bakula
Patti Yasutake
Stephen Lee
Clint Howard
Rodney Kageyama
Scott Atari
Heidi Banks
Sab Shimono

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| composer = David Michael Frank

| country = United states

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 9

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| executive_producer = John Rappaport

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| runtime = 30 minutes (including commercials)

| company = Imagine Television
Four Way Productions
Paramount Television

| network = ABC

| first_aired = {{start date|1986|12|5}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1987|2|9}}

| related = Gung Ho (film)

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Gung Ho is an American sitcom based on the 1986 film of the same name. The series aired for one season on ABC from December 5, 1986, to February 9, 1987.[http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=201823&more=ucepisodelist Gung Ho on ABC - 1986, TV Show]

Synopsis

Just like in the movie, the TV series follows the exploits of Hunt Stevenson (here, played by Scott Bakula as opposed to Michael Keaton in the movie), a laid-back American employee liaison of a Japanese car company (Assan Motors) in the fictional city of Hadleyville, Pennsylvania. Much of the humor arises from the abounding clashes between Hunt and the new Japanese plant manager, Kaz Kazuhiro (Gedde Watanabe, reprising his role from the movie) while looking for ways to bridge the culture gap between one another.

Cast

Besides Watanabe, many of the other Japanese actors from the movie also reprised their roles for the series. Clint Howard (brother of Gung Ho movie director Ron Howard) was the only Caucasian actor from the film also to appear in the TV series.

Scott Atari as Kenji
Scott Bakula as Hunt Stevenson
Heidi Banks as Randi
Clint Howard as Googie
Rodney Kageyama as Ito
Stephen Lee as Buster
Gedde Watanabe as Kaz Kazuhiro
Patti Yasutake as Umeki Kazuhiro
Sab Shimono as Saito
Mary-Margaret Humes as Melissa
Wendy Schaal As Kelly
Kenneth Kimmins as Wacky Wally
Emily Kuroda as Yukiko

Episodes

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|EpisodeNumber=1

|Title=Pilot

|DirectedBy= Jeff Chambers

|WrittenBy= Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|12|5}}

|ShortSummary=Hunt, acting as labor's liaison to management, tries to restore the job of a fellow worker who brashly expressed his opinion of a new employee rule book.[http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/gung-ho-1986/episode-1-season-1/pilot/201823 Gung Ho, Ep 1: Pilot]

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=2

|Title=Line of Credit

|DirectedBy= John Bowab

|WrittenBy= Bruce Ferber & David Lerner

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|12|12}}

|ShortSummary=Hunt uses a new company credit card to entertain a date (Mary-Margaret Humes), an action that lands him back on the assembly line.

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|EpisodeNumber=3

|Title=Talk of the Town

|DirectedBy= Dick Martin

|WrittenBy=

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1986|12|26}}

|ShortSummary=Hunt invites Kaz to a civic meeting, where Kaz's straight talk is a hit with the crowd after Hunt's ramblings strike out.[http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/gung-ho-1986/episode-3-season-1/talk-of-the-town/201823 Gung Ho, Ep 3: Talk of the Town]

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|EpisodeNumber=4

|Title=Sick and Tired

|DirectedBy= Dick Martin

|WrittenBy=

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|1|2}}

|ShortSummary=The flu puts Kaz in bed, leaving Saito in charge, just as a reporter (Earl Boen) arrives to do a story on cooperation between the Americans and the Japanese.

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|EpisodeNumber=5

|Title=Love Me Tender

|DirectedBy= Art Dielhenn

|WrittenBy=

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|1|9}}

|ShortSummary=Hunt proclaims himself a one-woman man, but Kaz and Umeki have evidence that his girl friend isn't similarly inclined.

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|EpisodeNumber=6

|Title=Help Wanted

|DirectedBy= John Bowab

|WrittenBy= James Berg & Stan Zimmerman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|1|16}}

|ShortSummary=Hunt encourages Umeki to get a job selling TVs and stereos, but Kaz is outraged by the idea of his wife working.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=7

|Title=Kaz Over Easy (a.k.a. All Work And No Play...)

|DirectedBy= Dick Martin

|WrittenBy= Bruce Ferber

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|1|23}}

|ShortSummary=When Kaz's workaholic friend from Japan dies of a heart attack, Kaz drastically alters his own work habits.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=8

|Title=Where the Boys Are

|DirectedBy= Dick Martin & George Sunga

|WrittenBy= James Berg & Stan Zimmerman

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|1|30}}

|ShortSummary=Umeki can't contact Kaz to tell him that the prototype he plans to introduce at the auto show was totaled in transit.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber=9

|Title=Brother, Can You Spare a Dollar?

|DirectedBy= Thomas Lofaro

|WrittenBy=

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1987|2|6}}

|ShortSummary=A visit from Hunt's brother Eddie (Marc Poppel), a Chicago commodities broker, sparks sibling rivalry. Eddie gets Kaz and Saito to invest in a high risk investment where they end up losing money.

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