I hear that the show wasn't the best but I looove this theme opening. It's one of the hottest ones I've seen. It made me go to my mirror and start posing with me turning my face towards the mirror like it was the camera with my name imposed across the bottom. LOL.
@ivegotalongdong < Unfortunatly, I am old enough to remember this sit-com. I was a kid in the 70's and not all of the sitcoms from this era were THIS bad. "Happy Days" was much better. I think this sitcom only lasted half of one season. Ellen Travolta was actually John Travolta's mother.
Freaking Greg Antonacci got to marry Annie Potts,during her 'Corvette Summer' days. Lucky dog. How do you screw that up dude? And Denise Miller..what a cutie! Looks like she didnt do a lot after this. Great 70s times. Too bad they can never come back.
Wow, this is like a real blast from the past. I remember this, and here I thought I mostly slept through the Disco era. Can you believe the outfits man?
@jevilscientist Good for you. I was one of the firs Metal heads, but Donna Summer was still the Diva as far as I am concerned. I am a little younger to you and I was inspired by the 60s regarding how the young people questioned authority and challenged what the American public was being told. You are considered a "baby buster" which is the generation after the "baby boomers" the early Generation X. I wish this show would have had more of a chance.
@boudica67 Say, wasn't David Naughton's character a student in it too, or am I confusing it with American Werewolf in London? Did you ever see Midnight Madness? Ah, the late 70s and 80s, life was a lot more fun back then.
@jevilscientist I hear ya. I think you are really a baby buster at heart, but when you think about it in the final analysis, we are all people first and we should remember that more often. That is something we should remember more often. XOXO
I remember when the show first aired, I knew it would cancel in quick time..why? It was 1979, and the disco sound was already well into it's death rattle...the premise for this show was already dead in the water. I admit I danced to disco music, but with Pink Floyd "The Wall" and Breakfast in America by Supertramp making waves it was pretty hard to listen to the tepid studioed sound of Disco.
@illuminatioracle The actors do bare some resemblance, but it was actor Martin Shaker in "Saturday Night Fever" playing Frank Manero Jr., and David Naughton starring in (and singing the theme song for) "Makin' It". Travolta's real-life sister Ellen co-starred on the series.
One of the reasons this may have failed is because of so many people hating disco back then. If they could have only been able to see the future and the crap we have today.
Only the theme song became a success... and THAT was because it was used on the soundtrack of a Canadian-produced "gross-out" comedy Paramount distributed in the summer of 1979- "Meatballs".
lol I was right. It aired on ABC and or course straight out of the Miller-Boyett shit factory lmao. Never ceases to amaze me. No surprise this only lasted 9 episodes
@VaultMasterDBT lol true. They have some good shows under their belt, I admit it, I watched a lot of them lol. But some of the writing was just downnright corny at times. You had to laugh but maybe that was the point.
I remember watching every episode of this show when I was a kid. I may not have understood a lot of it (I was only ten) but it didn't matter. I had a really big crush on David Naughton.
I remember Rebecca Balding from Soap and Ellen (John's sis) Travolta was one of my faves back then. She was in everything in those days. Lou Antonio was always cool. And lil Denise Miller! I was so crazy about David Naughton then and later too! hehhe
Not at all. This was simply a sitcom, nothing more, nothing less. This was done during the Saturday Night Fever/Disco era. The show was good on its own merits & should've been given a longer run. David Naughton even released an LP around this time & had wonderful vocals singing the hit tune to the series.
Disco didn't die at this point. It was pretty BIG in 1979. The Disco years were mid 1970s to 1982. And Makin' It wasn't only a name, it was also a great tv show & hit single at the time.
@Nostalgia1950s1970s You're right....I remember this song being on the radio all the time back then. The show itself had a decent premise & a good cast but I guess it just bounced around the schedule too much to gain enough of an audience to keep it on the air.
considering meTV airs some short lived shows on sundays and also happy days and laverne/shirley air on sundays
I hope meTV will air this sometime. I would like to see it considering how good the song is.
even if the show isnt as good as the song, I think it deserves a second airing on tv
billiefan2000 3 days ago
check out those clothes!!! lol!!!!!!
kduideo 6 days ago
Absolutely horrible
onefoot7 1 week ago
Bill Murray dancing to this tv show's theme song in the Meatballs movie
nuwavevidspud 1 week ago
i have the pilot episode. wasn't bad.
lucyfan40 2 weeks ago
I hear that the show wasn't the best but I looove this theme opening. It's one of the hottest ones I've seen. It made me go to my mirror and start posing with me turning my face towards the mirror like it was the camera with my name imposed across the bottom. LOL.
JhomasE 2 weeks ago
Is that John Travolta's mum?
zapkvr 3 weeks ago
@zapkvr No, it is his older sister
robatsea2009 3 weeks ago
@robatsea2009 Looks like his mum
zapkvr 3 days ago
I WANNA BE KOOL LIKE THIS SOMEDAY
timpriddy73 1 month ago
The show lasted 1 season
manny11067 1 month ago
Damn...I´d love to see this show...
diuga1 1 month ago
Love the "Shake Your Groove Thing" melodic allusions in this.
Autostade67 1 month ago
WTF? anyone EVER, and i mean ever, see an episode of this show??
ivegotalongdong 1 month ago 2
@ivegotalongdong It wasn't on for very long but I used to watch it each week while it lasted
robatsea2009 1 month ago
@robatsea2009 How long did it last? I saw the promos for it but never seen it
Rollman1 3 weeks ago
@Rollman1 It was only on for 9 episodes
robatsea2009 3 weeks ago
@ivegotalongdong < Unfortunatly, I am old enough to remember this sit-com. I was a kid in the 70's and not all of the sitcoms from this era were THIS bad. "Happy Days" was much better. I think this sitcom only lasted half of one season. Ellen Travolta was actually John Travolta's mother.
DBro65 1 month ago
@DBro65 Actually, Ellen ws John's sister. I used to think that she was his mom, too.
JhomasE 2 weeks ago
@ivegotalongdong YUP
Obnox3235 4 weeks ago
@ivegotalongdong , yes, I saw several episodes.
MrVidaeverdade 1 week ago
@ivegotalongdong I remember watching the whole series in the UK in 1979, but I was only 9 years old...
ollie705 5 days ago
oh i remebr this show like the song , show welll bullshit
sierria64 1 month ago
70's & 80's were crap.
ffelix422 1 month ago
@ffelix422 ???????????
TheCHAGO77 1 month ago
@TheCHAGO77 ,
Your crap too dude.
ffelix422 1 month ago
I used to love this show!
funkychick60 1 month ago
Freaking Greg Antonacci got to marry Annie Potts,during her 'Corvette Summer' days. Lucky dog. How do you screw that up dude? And Denise Miller..what a cutie! Looks like she didnt do a lot after this. Great 70s times. Too bad they can never come back.
utility43210 2 months ago
@utility43210 Antonacci went on to The Sopranos, with less hair.
BufordStone 1 month ago
Does anyone know where I could get this series or watch it online? Thank you.
boudica67 2 months ago
Wow, this is like a real blast from the past. I remember this, and here I thought I mostly slept through the Disco era. Can you believe the outfits man?
boudica67 2 months ago
@boudica67 I was born in 63..best era was disco..I still am a discoholic..lol..I had all the disco clothes for men!!!lol
jevilscientist 2 months ago
@jevilscientist Good for you. I was one of the firs Metal heads, but Donna Summer was still the Diva as far as I am concerned. I am a little younger to you and I was inspired by the 60s regarding how the young people questioned authority and challenged what the American public was being told. You are considered a "baby buster" which is the generation after the "baby boomers" the early Generation X. I wish this show would have had more of a chance.
boudica67 2 months ago
@boudica67 Say, wasn't David Naughton's character a student in it too, or am I confusing it with American Werewolf in London? Did you ever see Midnight Madness? Ah, the late 70s and 80s, life was a lot more fun back then.
boudica67 2 months ago
@boudica67 Hi there ..thanks for the nice response,..actually I am the last of the babyboomers..Hatched in 63....lol
jevilscientist 2 months ago
@jevilscientist 64 last of the babyboomers...
jevilscientist 2 months ago
@jevilscientist I hear ya. I think you are really a baby buster at heart, but when you think about it in the final analysis, we are all people first and we should remember that more often. That is something we should remember more often. XOXO
boudica67 2 months ago
I remember this short-lived TV show on ABC WXEX Channel 8 (Richmond, VA)
kd4adv 3 months ago
I dont recall this show
56thAlbanyProd 3 months ago
Ehhhh! I remember this. I was 11 and STILL thought the disco lifestyle was lame as hell. What a bunch of douche bags at the end.
schultz970 3 months ago
I vaguely remember this show; wasn't on long enough.
hyancinth70 3 months ago
OMG....a cast of absolute no names (less ellen travolta) - but never heard of the rest of them
ivegotalongdong 4 months ago
LOU ANTONIO?!?!? I was just thinking...what ever happened to him? Then I thought,wait...just who in the hell was he?
Nerfherder1980 4 months ago
Will Farrell should of been in this for some reason.
kevineyago 4 months ago
This show came out in 1979, the same year that DISCO DIED!! any coincidence?
TheOusooner56 4 months ago 2
Wow this show looks horrible...thought I knew of every late 70s early 80s short lived sitcom..i like the breakdown "makin it...makin it"
wall91nutz 4 months ago
The show didn't last long, but the song was top 10.
BufordStone 4 months ago
whenever you see Ellen Travolta you think "this must suck".
JhonathanFree 4 months ago
@JhonathanFree OMG You are so right. When she is on your show it is doomed.
Lakeboy99 2 months ago
nobody wanted to be a pepper too
nuwavevidspud 4 months ago
I remember this. This was very short-lived TV series.
kd4adv 4 months ago
i can see why this show didn't Make It.
MotownMoJo64 5 months ago
Shown by a number of ITV companies in 1979/80 in the UK.
franksmith109 5 months ago
I remember when the show first aired, I knew it would cancel in quick time..why? It was 1979, and the disco sound was already well into it's death rattle...the premise for this show was already dead in the water. I admit I danced to disco music, but with Pink Floyd "The Wall" and Breakfast in America by Supertramp making waves it was pretty hard to listen to the tepid studioed sound of Disco.
tonybklyn 5 months ago
GARY PRENDERGAST?!?! This should have been HUGE!
Oldshirt 5 months ago
Who was it who played the creepy cab driver who was girl crazy but couldn't quite make it? Was that Antonnacci or one of the other guys?
Athenesword14 5 months ago
Nice
Peter1999 5 months ago
Hey it's Ralph Seymour?!?
clintbronson5 6 months ago
starring john travolta's brother in saturday night fever
illuminatioracle 6 months ago
@illuminatioracle The actors do bare some resemblance, but it was actor Martin Shaker in "Saturday Night Fever" playing Frank Manero Jr., and David Naughton starring in (and singing the theme song for) "Makin' It". Travolta's real-life sister Ellen co-starred on the series.
robatsea2009 6 months ago
@illuminatioracle I think you are mistaken...
diuga1 1 month ago
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DJSALSA 6 months ago
haha forgot about this. david naughton was a hottie.
zaynzaynzayn 7 months ago 5
I loved Denise Miller.
krelbar 7 months ago
lame music great actor loved Naughton in American Werewolf in London
Jlady43 7 months ago
@Jlady43
FAR from lame! 70s & Disco Rule!
Nostalgia1950s1970s 7 months ago
i like david naughton
jeremyandbabygirl201 8 months ago 6
@jeremyandbabygirl201 An American Werewolf in London…haha.
beutuoy1 5 months ago
@beutuoy1 yeah i used to be scared of that movie lol
jeremyandbabygirl201 5 months ago
One of the reasons this may have failed is because of so many people hating disco back then. If they could have only been able to see the future and the crap we have today.
Attila709 9 months ago in playlist Playlist #28 2
@Attila709 so sad. I still LOVE disco!
Dawn
10Dec1971 9 months ago
Gary Prendergast looks like the quintessetial 70s high school d-bag.
gregmm1960 9 months ago 2
This is just fucking delicious!!!!
rellenoz 10 months ago
Only the theme song became a success... and THAT was because it was used on the soundtrack of a Canadian-produced "gross-out" comedy Paramount distributed in the summer of 1979- "Meatballs".
fromthesidelines 11 months ago
@fromthesidelines It wasn't a "gross out" comedy at all. It is actually a very funny movie with some of Bill Murray's best work.
BettinaBalser 9 months ago
David Naughton was in An American Werewolf in London.
Subatomic1000 11 months ago
I think it's sad that there's all these great sit-coms and tv-movies from the 70's that I'll probably never get to see. :(
tjcobra666 1 year ago 2
@tjcobra666 i'll make sure you see it
thelorinator 10 months ago
Cheezy and cornball. This has ABC written all over it.
njboricuaparati 1 year ago
lol I was right. It aired on ABC and or course straight out of the Miller-Boyett shit factory lmao. Never ceases to amaze me. No surprise this only lasted 9 episodes
njboricuaparati 1 year ago
Why would you hate on Miller/Boyett? They are one of the four ingredients of Americana, along with hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet.
VaultMasterDBT 1 year ago
@VaultMasterDBT lol true. They have some good shows under their belt, I admit it, I watched a lot of them lol. But some of the writing was just downnright corny at times. You had to laugh but maybe that was the point.
njboricuaparati 1 year ago
LOL!I cant believe this show is on dvd yet.But thanks for posting it as remember!
WOLF10307 1 year ago
I remember watching every episode of this show when I was a kid. I may not have understood a lot of it (I was only ten) but it didn't matter. I had a really big crush on David Naughton.
Liberal1969 1 year ago
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yarekhunt 1 year ago
I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE THIS SONG
yarekhunt 1 year ago
Happy Days meets Bosom Buddies meets disco meets David Naughton! How the hell didn't this show make it. (No pun intended... well... maybe a little.)
FleshTorturer 1 year ago
I remember Rebecca Balding from Soap and Ellen (John's sis) Travolta was one of my faves back then. She was in everything in those days. Lou Antonio was always cool. And lil Denise Miller! I was so crazy about David Naughton then and later too! hehhe
xenatikkanen 1 year ago
I totally remember this show.
Kagaines 1 year ago
I seen all 6 episodes in 79.
I loved this show. So sad it went off the air.
latinoguy 1 year ago
If anyone got the six episodes of this please contact me!
crap1453 1 year ago
This show had no chance of "Makin' It".
gatorcc70 1 year ago
@gatorcc70 Lasted all of six weeks. It was a Saturday Night Fever wannabe.
StoogeWatcher 1 year ago
@StoogeWatcher
Not at all. This was simply a sitcom, nothing more, nothing less. This was done during the Saturday Night Fever/Disco era. The show was good on its own merits & should've been given a longer run. David Naughton even released an LP around this time & had wonderful vocals singing the hit tune to the series.
Nostalgia1950s1970s 7 months ago
LOL, a disco show just as disco died. And they wonder why "Makin' it" was only a name.
DocLeggz 1 year ago
@DocLeggz Disco didn't die in 1979, there were several big Disco hits in the coming years, and in Europe Disco lasted until House took over in 1987.
crap1453 1 year ago
@DocLeggz
Disco didn't die at this point. It was pretty BIG in 1979. The Disco years were mid 1970s to 1982. And Makin' It wasn't only a name, it was also a great tv show & hit single at the time.
Nostalgia1950s1970s 7 months ago
@Nostalgia1950s1970s You're right....I remember this song being on the radio all the time back then. The show itself had a decent premise & a good cast but I guess it just bounced around the schedule too much to gain enough of an audience to keep it on the air.
ncdude367 5 months ago