Old Dogs & New Tricks

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Old Dogs & New Tricks
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Created byLeon Acord
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes24
Production
Production companyLarilee Productions/Greasy Pig Studios
Original release
Network YouTube
Hulu
ReleaseJanuary 2012 (2012-01) 
present

Old Dogs & New Tricks is a web series created by Leon Acord, and starring Acord, Curt Bonnem, David Pevsner and Jeffrey Patrick Olson. The comedy-drama series is about four middle-aged gay men living in "youth-obsessed West Hollywood".

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Cast

Leon Acord stars as Nathan Adler, a 50-year-old gay talent agent whose closest friends include: Brad King (Curt Bonnem), who was a "one-hit wonder" in the late 1980s; Ross Stein (David Pevsner), a former TV leading man in the 1990s; and Al "Muscles" Carter (Jeffrey Patrick Olson), a personal trainer. [1]

Old Dogs & New Tricks has featured guest stars including Greg Louganis, Thom Bierdz, Terri Garber, Ian Buchanan, Patrick Bristow, Rutanya Alda, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Gloria Gifford and Michael Kearns. [2] [3] [4]

Broadcast

The series premiered in January 2012 on YouTube. [1] It was later released on DVD by Wolfe Video, and then made available on Hulu in December 2013. [2] [3] [4]

The first season consists of five episodes, the second season is ten episodes, and the third season is eight episodes plus a special, "WeHo Horror Story". [5] A 2015 Indiegogo online fundraiser secured enough to fund a "4th & Final Season", scheduled for release in 2016. [6] [7]

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