Vinnie & Bobby#Cast

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| genre = Sitcom

| creator = {{Plainlist|

Arthur Silver
Ron Leavitt

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| writer = {{Plainlist|

Marjorie Gross
Ron Leavitt
Ron Zimmerman
Ellen L. Fogle

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| theme_music_composer =

| opentheme = "Vinnie & Bobby" performed by Jimmy Thrill Quill & Danny Harvey

| composer = Jonathan Wolff

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 7

| executive_producer =

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| cinematography = Mark J. Levin

| camera = Multi-camera

| runtime = 30 minutes

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| channel = Fox

| first_aired = {{start date|1992|05|30}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1992|07|11}}

| related = {{Plainlist|

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Vinnie & Bobby is an American television sitcom that aired on Fox from May 30 to July 11, 1992. The series is a spin-off of the 1991 sitcom Top of the Heap, which was itself a spin-off of Married... with Children.{{Citation|title=Vinnie & Bobby|url=https://www.tvtime.com/fr/show/76943|language=fr|access-date=2019-11-05}} Series star Matt LeBlanc played the character of Vinnie Verducci on all three shows, as did Joey Lauren Adams as Mona Mullins, although she only appeared in the backdoor pilot of the Married... with Children episode.{{cite book|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present|year=2003|publisher=Ballantine Books|isbn=0-345-45542-8|pages=1268}}

As of November 2020, Canadian residents can stream the series on CTV's website.

Premise

Set in Chicago, Illinois, the series centers on Vinnie Verducci (Matt LeBlanc),{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/vinnie-bobby/205313|title=Vinnie & Bobby {{!}} TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-05}} a construction worker, and his roommate, Bobby Grazzo (Robert Torti) who share the same apartment Vinnie and his father once shared. Vinnie's father Charlie (Joseph Bologna) has apparently moved away, Vinnie's cat Mr. Fluffy has disappeared, and Bobby is moving his way in and has gotten Vinnie a job at a construction site. Others shown were Mona Mullins (Joey Lauren Adams), their 17-year-old neighbor, who still has a crush on Vinnie and is repulsed by her new neighbor Bobby. Other characters include fellow construction workers Bill Belli (John Pinette), Stanley (Ron Taylor) and Fred Slacker (Fred Stoller). One theme this show added to its predecessor is at the end of two episodes, the cast would begin an a cappella rendition of a song; for example, in episode 5 Vinnie, Bobby, Bill, Stanley and Fred begin to sing "Get a Job" by The Silhouettes before the end credits roll.

Cast

Note: This table counts the pilot of Top of the Heap, and the same-titled episode of Married... with Children as two different episodes. Without this change, Mona Mullins would not be in any Married... with Children episodes and Vinnie Verducci would be in two ("Old Ones But Young'ns" and "Kelly Takes Hollywood: Part 1").

class="wikitable sortable" ! Actor !! Role !! Appearances in other shows !! Episodes appeared
Matt LeBlanc	Vinnie Verducci	rowspan="1" align="center"\| 10, 3 episodes of Married... with Children, all of Top of the Heap	rowspan="1" align="center"\| 1-7
Robert Torti	Bobby Grazzo	rowspan="1" align="center"\| 1 episode of Top of the Heap	rowspan="1" align="center"\| 1-7
Joey Lauren Adams	Mona Mullins	rowspan="1" align="center"\| 10, 3 episodes of Married... with Children, all of Top of the Heap	rowspan="1" align="center"\| 1-7
John Pinette	Bill Belli	{{n/a}}	rowspan="1" align="center"\| 1-7
Ron Taylor	Stanley	{{n/a}}	rowspan="1" align="center"\| 2-7
Sharyn Leavitt	Winnie	{{n/a}}	rowspan="1" align="center"\| 2-7
Fred Stoller	Fred Slacker	{{n/a}}	rowspan="1" align="center"\| 3-7
Mike Genovese	Jim Wotowski	{{n/a}}	rowspan="1" align="center"\| 1-2

Episodes

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| EpisodeNumber = 1

| Title = Full Heap

| DirectedBy = James Widdoes

| WrittenBy = Ron Leavitt & Ellen L. Fogle

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|5|30}}

| ShortSummary = Dull-witted Vinnie Verducci, no longer living with his father, moves into another apartment in the building and takes a new job at a construction site where he meets Bobby Grazzo, a fellow construction worker whom he asks to become his roommate to help in paying the rent. Meanwhile, Mona Mullins is still pursuing Vinnie whom she still has a world-sized crush on.

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = It's in the Bag

| DirectedBy = James Widdoes

| WrittenBy = Marjorie Gross & Ron Zimmerman

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|6|6}}

| ShortSummary = Bobby starts dating Vinnie's night school teacher.

Guest appearances: Colleen Morris, Mike Genovese and Barbara Alyn Woods

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| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = Killer Shiller

| DirectedBy = James Widdoes

| WrittenBy = Ron Zimmerman

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|6|13}}

| ShortSummary = A co-worker tells Vinnie that his date looks like a wanted serial killer.

Guest: Robin Christopher

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| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = Vinnie Gets Sued

| DirectedBy = James Widdoes

| WrittenBy = Marjorie Gross

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|6|20}}

| ShortSummary = When Vinnie rescues an old guy from muggers, one of the attackers sues him.

Guests: Kevin Cart as Denny, Rocky Giordani as Gus, Debbe Dunning, Monica Lacy, Frank Lloyd as Frankie, Vidal Peter, Meg Register, and William Smith as Bean.

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| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = The Belli Ache

| DirectedBy = James Widdoes

| WrittenBy = Calvin Brown, Jr. & Kim Weiskopf

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|6|27}}

| ShortSummary = Vinnie and Bobby try to get rid of Bill when he moves in with them.

Guest: Robyn Killian

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| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = Spring Is In The Air

| DirectedBy = James Widdoes

| WrittenBy = Ron Zimmerman & Eddie Gorodetsky

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|7|4}}

| ShortSummary = Vinnie must learn to write poetry and Bobby must become a physics professor to get dates with their high school girlfriends.

Guests: Lori Butler, Mark J. Goodman, Vidal Peterson as Carl Sweetwater, John Pinette as William Melvin Belli, Jennifer Runyon as Hillary Bomgarden, Julie Uribe, and Kym Whitley

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| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = The Credit Card

| DirectedBy = Howard Murray

| WrittenBy = Eddie Gorodetsky

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|7|11}}

| ShortSummary = Bobby's shopping spree ruins Vinnie's plans of buying a motorcycle.

Guests: Cosie Costa, Colleen Morris as Casey, Hiram Kasten

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