The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively interjected clips from older black and white television series to punctuate Tupper's feelings or thoughts.
The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively interjected clips from older black and white television series to punctuate Tupper's feelings or thoughts.
Cast, crew and production details
About Dream On
Cast
Brian BenbenMartin Tupper
Wendie MalickJudith Tupper Stone
Chris DemetralJeremy Tupper
Jeffrey JosephEddie Charles
Dorien WilsonEddie Charles
Denny DillonToby Pedalbee
Dawnn LewisRema Hort
June GableLibby Friedman
Credits
Created by
David Crane, Marta Kauffman
Written by
David Crane, Marta Kauffman, Jeff Greenstein
Production details
Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
120
Original language
English
Networks & production
HBOUnited States
St. Clare Entertainment
MCA Television EntertainmentUnited States
Themes
datingdivorcednew york citysitcom
Season 4 episodes
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Martin gets a new video camera and inadvertently videotapes children's television celebrity Uncle Bouncy committing a sex act with a prostitute in a public alleyway. Martin opts to caution Bouncy himself about his behavior in person before turning the tape over to him. But, Bouncy's abusive and intransigent attitude convinces him to sell the offending footage to Eddie for broadcast on his show.
Directed by John LandisWritten by Jeff GreensteinGuest stars Jason Alexander, Tom Poston, Michael McKean, Sean Masterson, Roxanne Hart, James Woods, Elisabeth Shue, Jack Carter
Martin needs to find a tenant for his empty apartment in a hurry when the other tenants renege on their agreement to move in. Meanwhile, Julie is pregnant by a French exchange student and she asks Martin to pay for an abortion. Kate confronts Martin when a bill comes from the gynecologist.
Directed by Eric LaneuvilleWritten by Stephen EngelGuest stars Larry Miller, Roxanne Hart, Debra Mooney, Patience Cleveland, Kathy Griffin, Bill Zuckert, Joey Jupiter-Levin, Lawrence Mandley
Martin is disgusted by the quality of the books Gibby is forcing him to edit, and his lack of appreciation. Meanwhile, Eddie is fired from his talk show and his wife Jeanette leaves him on the same day. Eddie begins to reassess his life and Martin encourages him to make a change, proposing they collaborate on creating an up market magazine.
Directed by Peter BaldwinWritten by Stephen EngelGuest stars Joel McKinnon Miller, Michael McKean, Lou DiMaggio, Roddy McDowall
Martin's divorced father Mickey comes back to live in New York. Martin fixes him up with Toby's mom Angie on a dinner date. He takes her home, but to Toby's irritation ‘does nothing' to her. Martin visits the one- bedroom apartment Mickey is sharing with apartment owner Roger.
Directed by Betty ThomasGuest stars Paul Dooley, Dion Anderson, Doris Roberts
Martin finds his bar mitzvah bonds in a closet and suddenly has extra cash. Toby encourages him to invest $5,000 in a fledgling business she is setting up offering stock tips over the phone, 555-TIPS. The business goes terribly, until a wrong number mistakes it for an S&M phone-sex chat line and stays on for hours. Seeing where the real money is, Toby employs the services of her family – Gina, Angie – in order to cover the phones.
Directed by Nick MarckWritten by Stephen EngelGuest stars Valerie Landsburg, Doris Roberts, Mitchell Edmonds, Donna Baltron
Andre Williams, a militant black writer of Martin's, bemoans the lack of publicity for his new book ‘Yo! Homeboy', so Martin gets him a slot on Eddie's show. The appearance is a disaster, as Andre accuses Eddie of being ‘the world's whitest black dude'. Shortly thereafter, Eddie makes some changes in his life, trying to increase his 'blackness.'
Written by Jeff GreensteinGuest stars Glenn Plummer, Eddie De Harp, Juliette Jeffers, Darryl Sivad, Saxon Trainor, Harry Shearer
Martin, Eddie and Judith meet up at a secluded cabin for a reunion with old friends. Martin has ongoing mutual antipathy with Allison, an old writing rival who has since gone onto fame and success as an author. Eddie is anxious at seeing Cara - a woman he slept with once and never called again, although on first meeting she doesn't recognise him except from his TV show.
Directed by Betty ThomasGuest stars Christopher Rich, Chelsea Field, Kari Lizer, Don McManus, Michele Lamar Richards, Berlinda Tolbert
The beautiful widow of a famous author brings a new unpublished novel by her late husband to Martin with the one caveat that he cannot reveal the true origin of the book, thus giving Toby the opportunity to accept the kudos for the bestseller.
Written by Jeffrey KlarikGuest stars Michael McKean, Gates McFadden, Doris Roberts
It's summer, and New York is experiencing a chronic heatwave. Martin is sweltering in his apartment due to broken air-conditioning. He seeks out his building's new super, a gorgeous woman named Debra. After fixing the fan, the two of them go all the way in torrid fashion, and all is well until . . .
Directed by Paul LazarusGuest stars Elizabeth Peña
It's the Whitestone office party, and Martin is less than thrilled to be there, until he notices a hottie making eyes at him from across the room. He gets to know the woman, Alannah, better during the evening. Afterwards, Martin bumps into Gibby and is surprised when he shows off Alannah as his latest plaything. In the days following, Martin is paranoid that Gibby suspects he and Alannah are carrying on behind his back.
Directed by Michael EnglerWritten by Jeff GreensteinGuest stars June Gable, Michael McKean
When Jeremy visits his dad's apartment to watch a movie, Martin isn't happy to discover he's had a tattoo of a skull done on his arm. Judith drops by with Jeremy's bag and Martin brings the tattoo to her attention, but she is slightly less vocal in her condemnation than Martin. Judith asks Martin to talk rationally with Jeremy, but Martin decides that punishment is a better response.
Directed by John LandisGuest stars Marie Caldare, Robert LaSardo, Steve Blackwood
Martin is excited by the prospect of hooking up with an old school friend who he bumps into at Judith's birthing class, but when the irresponsible father reappears on the scene, he suddenly has a rival.
Guest stars Michael Cerveris, Danielle von Zerneck, Bianca Taylor
Martin and Judith take a pre-Xmas drive and get stranded in a barn, Eddie is stood up by a girlfriend and spends Xmas in a bar with Santa Claus, Toby wants to become a nun and Jeremy's special Xmas present from his girlfriend doesn't quite go according to plan.
Directed by Betty ThomasWritten by David Crane, Marta KauffmanGuest stars Valerie Landsburg, Bryn Erin, Danny Breen, Vanita Harbour
Martin and Judith take a pre-Xmas drive and get stranded in a barn, Eddie is stood up by a girlfriend and spends Xmas in a bar with Santa Claus, Toby wants to become a nun and Jeremy's special Xmas present from his girlfriend doesn't quite go according to plan.
Directed by Betty ThomasWritten by David Crane, Marta KauffmanGuest stars Vanita Harbour, Reginald VelJohnson, Robin Tunney, Beth Grant, Vasili Bogazianos, Marion Ross
Martin's sister Susan wants to get married in a small ceremony without the family knowing. Nevertheless, the whole family ends up getting involved, planning a big wedding party.
Guest stars Renée Taylor, Paul Dooley, Cliff Norton, Dion Anderson, Sydney Walsh
Trouble in their romantic relationship may spell the end of a book collaboration for two writers (Donna Mills and Jake Steinfeld), and it's up to Martin to help them work things out.
Directed by Jonathan PrinceGuest stars Jake Steinfeld, Heidi Sorenson, Donna Mills, Sydney Lassick, Christina Venuti
Gibby takes a vacation, leaving Martin in charge of Whitestone with one simple condition – he has to fire one of the company's book editors. Judith is depressed when her patient commits suicide.
Directed by John LandisGuest stars Jeff Doucette, John Landis, Michael McKean, Sean Masterson, John Fleck, Steven Gilborn, Nancy Giles, Merrill Markoe
Martin's irritating mother comes to New York for plastic surgery, but things take a turn for the worst when she has a heart attack on the operating table.
Directed by Ron WolotzkyGuest stars Renée Taylor, Cliff Norton, Joel Brooks, Patricia Belcher
Richard, Judith, Jeremy and the baby are moving to Washington D.C. Martin is despondent, but events take an unexpected turn.
Directed by Peter Baldwin, Michael McKeanWritten by Jeffrey KlarikGuest stars Gregory Alan Williams, Randall Kirby, Melissa Justin, Mark Voland, John Wesley
