Jimmie Walker stars as Sonny Barnes, a former con artist, who has been caught by the authorities and sentenced to five years of community service. He is placed in the home of social worker Mimi Shaw (Vonetta McGee), who lives with four orphans: Rudey (Larry O. Williams, Jr.), Trish (Tyren Perry), Nikky (Aaron Lohr), and Sue Anne (Marie Cole). Sonny lives in the basement and works around the house doing odd jobs. Meanwhile, the kids all love listening to Sonny's often exaggerated tales.[2]
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This article is about the 1987 1988 television series For the 1977 situation comedy see Busting Loose TV series Bustin Loose is an American sitcom starring Jimmie Walker based on the 1981 film of the same name The show ran in first run syndication from September 19 1987 to May 28 1988 1 Bustin LooseGenreSitcomWritten byCindy Begel Lesa Kite Lisa Medway Chuck Tately Kevin WhiteDirected byMarlene Laird Bob Lally Alan MyersonStarringJimmie Walker Vonetta McGee Aaron Lohr Tyren Perry Reagan Marie Cole Larry O Williams Jr Theme music composerRon Boustead Greg PoreeCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons1No of episodes26ProductionExecutive producerTopper CarewProducersAlyce S Carew Allan Manings Alan Myerson Linda NieberEditorMike GavaldonRunning time22 24 minutesProduction companyUniversal TelevisionReleaseOriginal networkSyndicationOriginal releaseSeptember 19 1987 1987 09 19 May 28 1988 1988 05 28 RelatedBustin Loose film Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 Episode list 4 Award nominations 5 Stations 6 References 7 External linksSynopsis EditJimmie Walker stars as Sonny Barnes a former con artist who has been caught by the authorities and sentenced to five years of community service He is placed in the home of social worker Mimi Shaw Vonetta McGee who lives with four orphans Rudey Larry O Williams Jr Trish Tyren Perry Nikky Aaron Lohr and Sue Anne Marie Cole Sonny lives in the basement and works around the house doing odd jobs Meanwhile the kids all love listening to Sonny s often exaggerated tales 2 Cast EditJimmie Walker Sonny Barnes Vonetta McGee Mimi Shaw Aaron Lohr Nikky Robinson Tyren Perry Trish Marie Cole Sus Ann Taylor Larry O Williams Jr Rudey ButlerEpisode list EditNº Title Original air date1 The First Day of the Rest of My Life September 19 1987 1987 09 19 2 The Baby September 26 1987 1987 09 26 3 Turn Around October 3 1987 1987 10 03 4 Cold Water Blues October 10 1987 1987 10 10 5 Homeless Sweet Homeless October 17 1987 1987 10 17 6 Sisters October 24 1987 1987 10 24 7 Go for the Gold October 31 1987 1987 10 31 8 Wet Weather Ahead November 7 1987 1987 11 07 9 I Paint What I See November 14 1987 1987 11 14 10 Rain Rain Go Away November 21 1987 1987 11 21 11 Seems Like Old Times November 28 1987 1987 11 28 12 Words of Wisdom December 5 1987 1987 12 05 13 The Kindest Cut January 30 1988 1988 01 30 14 Doo Wop February 6 1988 1988 02 06 15 Oh Big Brother February 13 1988 1988 02 13 16 Scammed Straight February 20 1988 1988 02 20 17 The Grass Isn t Greener February 27 1988 1988 02 27 18 Snow Place Like Home March 5 1988 1988 03 05 19 The Parent Trap April 9 1988 1988 04 09 20 The Gang s All Here April 16 1988 1988 04 16 21 I Am Woman April 23 1988 1988 04 23 22 Nostalgia Ain t What It Used to Be April 30 1988 1988 04 30 23 Rudeo and Tricia ette May 7 1988 1988 05 07 24 It s a Great Big Wonderful World May 14 1988 1988 05 14 25 What s a Nice Girl Like You May 21 1988 1988 05 21 26 It s a Pizza Cake May 28 1988 1988 05 28 Award nominations EditYear Award Result Category Recipient1988 Young Artist Awards Nominated The Most Promising New Fall Television Series Outstanding Young Actors Actresses Ensemble in Television or Motion Picture Marie Cole Aaron Lohr Tyren Perry and Larry O Williams Jr Stations EditCity StationAppleton WXGZ 32 3 Atlanta WGNX 46 4 Chicago WGN 9 5 Detroit WXON 20 6 Los Angeles KTLA 5 7 8 New York WPIX 11 9 Philadelphia WPHL 17 10 11 Portland KPDX 49 12 Richmond WVRN 63 13 Tacoma KSTW 11Washington D C WFTY 50 14 Waterbury WTXX 20 15 York WPMT 43 16 References Edit Television Obscurities The Syndicated Season 1987 1988 tvobscurities com 2005 02 15 Retrieved 13 June 2010 Sonny Barnes is a small time scam artist with a big mouth who after a run in with the law is ordered to help a social worker raise four foster children of varying ages Loosely based on the 1981 Richard Pryor movie Retro Northern Wisconsin Sat July 9th 1988 Radio Discussions February 1 2018 Who aired what where Lesser known syndicated shows Radio Discussions August 15 2014 Retro Yakima WA Sat September 19th 1987 Radio Discussions June 30 2016 Retro Detroit Sun July 31st 1988 Radio Discussions October 15 2016 KTLA Comedy Preview Promo 2 9 14 87 on YouTube KTLA Comedy Preview Promo 1987 on YouTube Retro New York Metro Saturday August 13 1988 Radio Discussions April 11 2010 September 18 1987 WPHL 17 Philadelphia commercials on YouTube October 15 1987 commercials on YouTube Retro Portland OR Sat October 24th 1987 Radio Discussions September 15 2012 May 6 1988 Commercial Breaks WVRN Ind Richmond on YouTube WFTY commercials Week of December 13 1987 on YouTube The Syndicated Season 1987 1988 Television Obscurities February 1 2004 Retrieved November 15 2019 Retro Reading Philadelphia Sunday July 3 1988 Radio Discussions May 31 2018 External links EditBustin Loose at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bustin 27 Loose TV series amp oldid 1151023999, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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