Max Glick

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Max Glick
Genre Comedy drama
Created by Phil Savath
Stephen Foster
Based onThe Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick by Morley Torgov
Starring
ComposerGraeme Coleman
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producerStephen Foster
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesGlick Productions
Sunrise Films
FosterFilm Productions
Original release
Network CBC Television
ReleaseNovember 5, 1990 (1990-11-05) –
December 27, 1991 (1991-12-27)

Max Glick is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, which aired on CBC Television from 1990 to 1991. [1] Based on the Morley Torgov novel The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick and its 1988 film adaptation, the series centred on Maximilian Glick, a young Jewish boy coming-of-age in Beausejour, Manitoba in the 1960s. [2] Though set in Beausejour, the series was filmed on location in Vancouver and Agassiz, British Columbia.

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Synopsis

The series starred Josh Garbe as Max, Alec Willows and Linda Kash as his parents Henry and Sarah, Jan Rubeš and Susan Douglas Rubeš as his grandparents Augustus and Bryna, Melyssa Ade as his classmate and love interest Celia, and Jason Blicker as Rabbi Teitelman.

Jan and Susan Rubeš were the only cast members to reprise their roles from the film; [3] Noam Zylberman, who had played Max in the film, was also originally slated to star in the series, but had undergone puberty and grown too tall to believably play a 13-year-old by the time the series entered production. [4]

The series was created by Stephen Foster and Phil Savath, who had been the producer and screenwriter of the original film. [5]

Critics commonly compared the series to the contemporaneous American series The Wonder Years . [6]

Episodes

The series aired 26 episodes over two seasons in the fall of 1990 and 1991, and then aired in reruns in 1992. [7] It was not renewed for a third season. [8]

Season 1 (1990–91)

No.
overall 		No. in
season 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date
11"The Power of Positive Thinking"Stefan ScainiStephen Foster, Phil SavathNovember 5, 1990 (1990-11-05)
22"Love's Labour" Paul Shapiro Leila Basen, Stephen Foster, Phil SavathNovember 12, 1990 (1990-11-12)
33"Can I Get a Witness?"Stefan ScainiStephen Foster, Phil SavathNovember 19, 1990 (1990-11-19)
44"The Beausejour Bonspiel" Paul Shapiro Stephen Foster, Charles Lazer, Phil SavathNovember 26, 1990 (1990-11-26)
55"The Nuclear Family"Stefan ScainiStephen Foster, Phil SavathDecember 3, 1990 (1990-12-03)
66"Time Is on Your Side" Paul Shapiro Stephen Foster, Phil Savath, Charles LazerDecember 10, 1990 (1990-12-10)
77"Make Room for Daddy"Stefan ScainiStephen Foster, Phil Savath, Rick DrewJanuary 6, 1991 (1991-01-06)
88"The 12 Labours of Maxules"Stefan ScainiStephen Foster, Phil Savath, Charles LazerJanuary 14, 1991 (1991-01-14)
99"Music Hath Charms" Stuart Bass Stephen Foster, Phil Savath, Charles LazerJanuary 21, 1991 (1991-01-21)
1010"Divine Comedians"Allan A. GoldsteinLeila Basen, Stephen Foster, Phil Savath January 28, 1991 (1991-01-28)
1111"Queen for a Day" Sandy Wilson Leila Basen, Stephen Foster, Charles LazerFebruary 4, 1991 (1991-02-04)
1212"Watch the Skies"Stefan ScainiStephen Foster, Rick DrewFebruary 11, 1991 (1991-02-11)
1313"Give Me Puberty or Give Me Death" Stuart Gillard Stephen FosterMarch 4, 1991 (1991-03-04)

Season 2 (1991)

No.
overall 		No. in
season 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date
141"The Wife of Bath's Tale"George BloomfieldStephen Foster, Phil Savath, Charles LazerOctober 4, 1991 (1991-10-04)
152"Future Shock" Al Waxman Stephen Foster, Jim MakichukOctober 11, 1991 (1991-10-11)
163"Career Moves"Stacey Stewart CurtisStephen Foster, Rick DrewOctober 18, 1991 (1991-10-18)
174"Cousin Sophie" Al Waxman Stephen Foster, Charles LazerOctober 25, 1991 (1991-10-25)
185"Odd Couple" Stephen Surjik Leila Basen, Stephen FosterNovember 1, 1991 (1991-11-01)
196"Max and Dougie and Stephanie and Max"Stefan Scaini Jack Blum, Sharon Corder November 8, 1991 (1991-11-08)
207"We Stand on Guard"Stefan ScainiDavid Barlow, Charles LazerNovember 15, 1991 (1991-11-15)
218"Get an Afterlife"Patrick CorbettStephen FosterNovember 22, 1991 (1991-11-22)
229"Anybody Feel a Draft?" Rex Bromfield Stephen FosterNovember 29, 1991 (1991-11-29)
2310"Das Winnebago"Stacey Stewart CurtisLeila Basen, Stephen FosterDecember 6, 1991 (1991-12-06)
2411"Of Mice and Max" Al Waxman Stephen Foster, Rick DrewDecember 13, 1991 (1991-12-13)
2512"Dear Sarah" Rex Bromfield David BarlowDecember 20, 1991 (1991-12-20)
2613"This Half-Hour Has 2 1/2 Days"Stacey Stewart CurtisDavid BarlowDecember 27, 1991 (1991-12-27)

Awards

The series received three Gemini Award nominations at the 6th Gemini Awards in 1992, for Best Guest Performance in a Series (Marilyn Lightstone), Best Costume Design (Karen L. Matthews) and Best Original Music Score for a Series (Graeme Coleman); [9] at the 7th Gemini Awards in 1993, Coleman was again nominated for Best Original Music while David Barlow won the award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Bob Blakey, "CBC show worth the wait". Calgary Herald , November 5, 1990.
  2. ↑ Antonia Zerbisias, "Max Glick a terrific family show on CBC". Toronto Star , November 5, 1990.
  3. ↑ "Role brings actress back to her roots; CBC's Max Glick revives painful memories of fleeing the horrors of Hitler's Reich". Edmonton Journal , November 11, 1991.
  4. ↑ Quill, Greg (November 17, 1990), "The Max Factor", Starweek, Toronto Star, p. 6
  5. ↑ John Haslett Cuff, "Glick kicks into high gear episode 4: After the first three shows, Max Glick finds a rhythm and a purpose and manages to be pertinent, funny and touching". The Globe and Mail , November 5, 1990.
  6. ↑ "CBC's Max Glick looks like the Canadian Wonder Years". Waterloo Region Record , November 5, 1990.
  7. ↑ "CBC re-runs 'Max Glick'". Ottawa Citizen , January 6, 1992.
  8. ↑ "CBC shuffle is a big gamble". Calgary Herald , June 3, 1992.
  9. ↑ "And the nominees are..." Hamilton Spectator , March 7, 1992.
  10. ↑ "Beleaguered McKenna honored with two Geminis". Montreal Gazette , March 7, 1993.
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