The chronicles of the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton and his distant cousin from eastern Mediterranean Europe, Balki Bartokomous.
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- Seasons
- 8
- Episodes aired
- 150
- Latest aired
- S08E05
- Total runtime
- 2d 10h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 March 1986 – April 1986 6 episodes
- Season 2 September 1986 – April 1987 22 episodes
- Season 3 September 1987 – March 1988 22 episodes
- Season 4 October 1988 – May 1989 22 episodes
- Season 5 September 1989 – April 1990 24 episodes
- Season 6 September 1990 – May 1991 24 episodes
- Season 7 September 1991 – April 1992 24 episodes
- Season 8 July 1993 – August 1993 6 episodes
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S01E01 Knock Knock, Who's There?
March 25 · 25min find the promo
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Larry Appleton has just settled in his new Chicago apartment after leaving home of one of nine kids and took a job at the corner discount store working for his greedy landlord Mr. Twinkacetti until he can eventually become a photo journalist. But one evening, Balki Bartokomous, his distant cousin and a Mediterranean sheep herder from the island of Mypos shows up on his door step looking for a place to stay. So Larry takes him in and tries to get him a job at Twinkacetti's store which may mean risking his own job.
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S01E02 Picture This
April 1 · 24min find the promo
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Larry tries to kickstart his career and gets tipped off that Dolly Parton is in town committing adultery. So he decides to follow her until he can get a picture to sell to newspapers. Meanwhile, Balki will do a favor for anyone who will ask for it so Larry teaches him to say "no" once in a while but it backfires on him.
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S01E03 First Date
April 8 · 24min find the promo
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Larry takes Balki to a singles bar to meet women and while Balki gets his first date, Larry gets beat up in a parking lot by a boyfriend of a woman he hit on.
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S01E04 Baby, You Can Drive My Car
April 15 · 24min find the promo
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Balki wants to get his driver's license but Mr. Twinkacetti doesn't think he can do it. But Larry is so confident that he can, that he bets $50 and offers Balki his car.
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S01E05 Check This
April 22 · 24min find the promo
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Larry takes Balki to the bank to open a bank account but Balki doesn't seem to understand everything about banking when he overspends with his checks and buys Larry new furniture. Meanwhile, Twinkacetti is going to a poker game and his wife, Edwina doesn't like him gambling. So he asks Larry to tell his wife that they were at a basketball game but Larry refuses to.
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S01E06 Happy Birthday, Baby
April 29 · 24min find the promo
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Larry is miserable on his 24th birthday after he blew a photo opportunity. So Balki tries to throw him a last minute surprise birthday party for him to cheer him up.