Working (TV series)

"Working" (1997-1999) is a situation comedy which took a satirical (and sometimes over-the-top) look at office life within a big corporate company. The show starred Fred Savage as the naive Matt Peyser whose ideals are constantly challenged by his boss Tim Deale, played by Maurice Godin. Other characters included dim-witted Jimmy (Dana Gould), Hal (Sarah Knowlton) the under-respected secretary, the overly perky Abby Cosgrove (Arden Myrin), the acerbic DeLaney (Steve Hytner) and no-nonsense manager Evelyn (Yvette Freeman).

The show originally aired on NBC, and was later syndicated to USA Network (now a sister network to NBC).

econd season

Due to faltering ratings the network attempted to breathe new life into the show during the second season with some cast changes. This included writing out the characters of Jimmy and Hal. They were replaced by Debi Mazar as the ruthless Liz and Rebecca McFarland as Val.

As an in-joke, when Matt first sees Liz and Val he mistakenly calls them Jimmy and Hal.

Theme song

The show used a cover of the song "Working in a Coal Mine" performed by Devo, set over top of scenes of work, including marching workers from the film "Metropolis" and frantic work scenes from Terry Gilliam's "Brazil".

Cast

*Fred Savage ... Matt Peyser (32 episodes, 1997-1999)
*Maurice Godin.. Tim Deale (32 episodes, 1997-1999)
*Yvette Freeman ... Evelyn Smalley (32 episodes, 1997-1999)
*Steve Hytner ... John Delaney (32 episodes, 1997-1999)
*Arden Myrin ... Abby Cosgrove (32 episodes, 1997-1999)
*Dana Gould ... Jimmy Clarke (18 episodes, 1997-1998)
*Sarah Knowlton ... Hal (18 episodes, 1997-1998)
*Rebecca McFarland ... Val Gibson (14 episodes, 1998-1999)
*Debi Mazar ... Liz Tricoli (14 episodes, 1998-1999)
*Kate Hodge ... Chris Grant (10 episodes, 1998)

Danica McKellar, formerly a co-star of Savage's of "The Wonder Years", had a guest-starring role on the show. She played a woman Matt meets in a bar (who turns out to be related to his boss), and of whom he says "she reminds me of a girl I grew up with!"

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