Vinnie & Bobby

Vinnie & Bobby is an American television sitcom[1] that aired on Fox from May 30 to September 5, 1992.[2] The series is a spin-off of the 1991 sitcom Top of the Heap, which was itself a spin-off of Married... with Children.[3] Series star Matt LeBlanc played the character of Vinnie Verducci on all three shows, as did Joey Lauren Adams as Mona Mullins,[4] although she only appeared in the backdoor pilot of the Married... with Children episode.[5]

Vinnie & Bobby
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Arthur Silver Ron Leavitt
Written by	Marjorie Gross Ron Leavitt Ron Zimmerman Ellen L. Fogle
Directed by	James Widdoes (episodes 1–6) Howard Murray (episode 7)
Starring	Matt LeBlanc Robert Torti John Pinette Joey Lauren Adams Sharyn Leavitt Ron Taylor Fred Stoller
Opening theme	"Vinnie & Bobby" performed by Jimmy Thrill Quill & Danny Harvey
Composer(s)	Jonathan Wolff
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	7 (list of episodes)
Production
Cinematography	Mark J. Levin
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	ELP Communications Columbia Pictures Television
Distributor	Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	Fox
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	May 30 (1992-05-30) – September 5, 1992 (1992-09-05)
Chronology
Preceded by	Top of the Heap
Related shows	Married... with Children

Premise

Set in Chicago, Illinois, the series centers on Vinnie Verducci (Matt LeBlanc),[6] 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.[7] 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").

Actor	Role	Appearances in Other Shows	Episodes Appeared	Total Episode Count
Matt LeBlanc	Vinnie Verducci	10, 3 episodes of Married... with Children, all of Top of the Heap	1-7	7
Robert Torti	Bobby Grazzo	1 episode of Top of the Heap	1-7	7
Joey Lauren Adams	Mona Mullins	10, 3 episodes of Married... with Children, all of Top of the Heap	1-7	7
John Pinette	Bill Belli	0, no reference or appearance	1-7	7
Ron Taylor	Stanley	0, no reference or appearance	2-7	6
Sharyn Leavitt	Winnie	0, no reference or appearance	2-7	6
Fred Stoller	Fred Slacker	0, no reference or appearance	3-7	5
	Jim Wotowski	0, no reference or appearance	1-2	2

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"Full Heap"	James Widdoes	Ron Leavitt & Ellen L. Fogle	May 30, 1992 (1992-05-30)
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.
2	"It's in the Bag"	James Widdoes	Marjorie Gross & Ron Zimmerman	June 6, 1992 (1992-06-06)
Bobby starts dating Vinnie's night school teacher. Guest appearances: Colleen Morris, Mike Genovese and Barbara Alyn Woods
3	"Killer Shiller"	James Widdoes	Ron Zimmerman	June 13, 1992 (1992-06-13)
A co-worker tells Vinnie that his date looks like a wanted serial killer. Guest appearances: Robin Christopher
4	"Vinnie Gets Sued"	James Widdoes	Marjorie Gross	June 20, 1992 (1992-06-20)
When Vinnie rescues an old guy from muggers, one of the attackers sues him. Guest appearances: 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.
5	"The Belli Ache"	James Widdoes	Calvin Brown, Jr. & Kim Weiskopf	June 27, 1992 (1992-06-27)
Vinnie and Bobby try to get rid of Bill when he moves in with them. Guest appearances: Robyn Killian
6	"Spring Is In The Air"	James Widdoes	Ron Zimmerman & Eddie Gorodetsky	July 4, 1992 (1992-07-04)
Vinnie must learn to write poetry and Bobby must become a physics professor to get dates with their high school girlfriends. Guest appearances: 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
7	"The Credit Card"	Howard Murray	Eddie Gorodetsky	July 11, 1992 (1992-07-11)
Bobby's shopping spree ruins Vinnie's plans of buying a motorcycle. Guest appearances: Cosie Costa, Colleen Morris as Casey, Hiram Kasten

References

1. "Google Translate". translate.google.com. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
2. "English Tv Serial Vinnie And Bobby Synopsis Aired On Fox Channel". nettv4u. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
3. Vinnie & Bobby (in French), retrieved 2019-11-05
4. "Joey Lauren Adams". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
5. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 1268. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
6. "Vinnie & Bobby | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
7. Mona shows her infatuation for Vinnie every scene, retrieved July 12, 2020

External links

• Vinnie & Bobby on IMDb