The Ugliest Girl in Town predates Tootsie by more than a couple years.
I remember this hilarious sit-com, about Timothy Blair, a "nobody" who accidentally becomes a very hot actress. Offers come in and "she" is a hit. However, his dream is to become a successful ACTOR.
Finally, an offer comes in and his dream appears to finally come true. He can be finally free of his alter-ego, "Timmie". So he plots to have her "killed" in a helicopter mishap.
He puts his plan into action. Dressed as "Timmie", he falls to "her" death, swims to a secluded spot were his girlfriend is waiting with a change of clothes and a new life as an actor.
But there is one catch! He later discovers that the reason he is hired is because he looks so much like "Timmie". But with "Timmie" assumed dead, his big break dies as well.
So he is forced to dress up as "Timmie" and emerge with an alibi.
And like it or not, "Timmie" is here to stay.
With so much many gender-bending comedies out on DVD, like TOOTSIE and TO WONG FU, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, LOVE JULIE NEWMAR along with so many other movies that have become hits, how nice it would be if this series would likewise come out on DVD, or at least in syndication.
I remember this hilarious sit-com, about Timothy Blair, a "nobody" who accidentally becomes a very hot actress. Offers come in and "she" is a hit. However, his dream is to become a successful ACTOR.
Finally, an offer comes in and his dream appears to finally come true. He can be finally free of his alter-ego, "Timmie". So he plots to have her "killed" in a helicopter mishap.
He puts his plan into action. Dressed as "Timmie", he falls to "her" death, swims to a secluded spot were his girlfriend is waiting with a change of clothes and a new life as an actor.
But there is one catch! He later discovers that the reason he is hired is because he looks so much like "Timmie". But with "Timmie" assumed dead, his big break dies as well.
So he is forced to dress up as "Timmie" and emerge with an alibi.
And like it or not, "Timmie" is here to stay.
With so much many gender-bending comedies out on DVD, like TOOTSIE and TO WONG FU, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, LOVE JULIE NEWMAR along with so many other movies that have become hits, how nice it would be if this series would likewise come out on DVD, or at least in syndication.