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1987 Roomies TV Show Intro with Burt Young & Corey Haim
Starring Burt Young & Corey Haim the show Roomies was an American sitcom television series created by Sy Rosen, that aired on NBC from March 19 until May 15, 1987. Reruns of the series later aired on Saturday mornings in 1991.
Plot:
The series centered on Nick Chase, a 42-year old former drill instructor who has retired from the U.S. Marine Corps and is now taking advantage of the GI Bill to attend Saginaw University. He gets assigned to room with Matthew Wiggins, 14-year old "boy genius", who has also enrolled at Saginaw to study marine biology.
Trivia:
This series was cancelled after only 8 episodes.
Burt Young himself served in the U. S. Marine Corps from 1957 to 1959. The "recruits" he was marching in the opening credits were real Marines from the Marine Barracks at the Seal Beach Naval Weapon Station.
The series is not available on DVD but some of the episodes are available on streaming services.
Below is the intro the the series, Enjoy and Be A Kid Again....
#roomies
#burtYoung
#CoreyHaim
#80s
#mikesdeadformats
Sources IMDB & Wikipedia
1987 Roomies TV Show Intro with Burt Young & Corey Haim
Starring Burt Young & Corey Haim the show Roomies was an American sitcom television series created by Sy Rosen, that aired on NBC from March 19 until May 15, 1987. Reruns of the series later aired on Saturday mornings in 1991.
Plot:
The series centered on Nick Chase, a 42-year old former drill instructor who has retired from the U.S. Marine Corps and is now taking advantage of the GI Bill to attend Saginaw University. He gets assigned to room with Matthew Wiggins, 14-year old "boy genius", who has also enrolled at Saginaw to study marine biology.
Trivia:
This series was cancelled after only 8 episodes.
Burt Young himself served in the U. S. Marine Corps from 1957 to 1959. The "recruits" he was marching in the opening credits were real Marines from the Marine Barracks at the Seal Beach Naval Weapon Station.
The series is not available on DVD but some of the episodes are available on streaming services.
Below is the intro the the series, Enjoy and Be A Kid Again....
#roomies
#burtYoung
#CoreyHaim
#80s
#mikesdeadformats
Sources IMDB & Wikipedia
