Webster

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1. #001

   Emmanuel Lewis's mother grew angry at the cast members and crew who constantly picked him up to carry him to the set. Eventually the president of Paramount Television had to tell them to stop.

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2. #002

   Changing the title to "Webster" caused a major dispute between Alex Karras, Susan Clark and ABC. The series initially focused on an ensemble cast, but Emmanuel Lewis's character quickly became the main focus.

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3. #003

   The series initially featured only George and Katherine and depicted a newly married celebrity couple trying to adjust to ordinary home life. After Emmanuel Lewis signed with ABC to appear in an undeveloped and undefined series, the network decided to combine the two.

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4. #004

   Alex Karras (George) and Susan Clark (Katherine) married in real life. Alex Karras is no longer alive; he died of kidney failure on 10 October 2012.

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5. #005

   Jerry Seinfeld worked as a staff writer for exactly one week. None of his material was broadcast.

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6. #006

   Emmanuel Lewis was crushed by a horse during the filming of an episode on a farm in California.

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7. #007

   The series was originally titled "Another Ballgame," then "Then Came You," before it was named "Webster."

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8. #008

   Paramount Television agreed that it would continue the series' initial run if ABC cancelled it after fewer than one hundred episodes. ABC dropped the series in 1987 after one hundred episodes. Paramount had similar arrangements for Cheers (1982) and Family Ties (1982).

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9. #009

   Webster's age ranged from five to eight over the course of the series. In real life, Emmanuel Lewis was between 12 and 17 years old during the series. The finale aired just one day after his 18th birthday.

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10. #010

    This was Billy Sands's last role. He died on 27 August 1984.

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11. #011

    This series was ABC's response to the popularity of Diff'rent Strokes; Lewis was the new cute African American child adopted by a white family (or, in the case of Strokes, a father). By the time this series began, Gary Coleman had long outgrown the youth that Strokes was built around.

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12. #012

    Webster always referred to Katherine Calder-Young Papadapolis as "Ma'am" because it was the closest sound to "Mom" for someone who was not his mother, though the series' writers objected to this and claimed that this was the reason given to the audience. In real life, Susan Clark was quite angry that the series' concept had been changed to include an adopted son, and she insisted that Webster call her "Ma'am" and never "Mom."

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13. #013

    Henry Polic II (Jerry Silver) was reduced to a minor character in the second season.

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14. #014

    George is Alex Karras's real-life middle name.

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15. #015

    Stu Silver's original idea for the series was a modern variation of Woman of the Year (1942).

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16. #016

    Webster's birthday was changed; it was stated as 15 July in Season 1, Episode 2, and later became 16 January in Season 4, Episode 13.

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