Check It Out! (Canadian TV series)

For the unrelated Adult Swim series, see Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule. For other uses, see Check It Out (disambiguation).

Check It Out!
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Brian Cooke
Developed by	Arne Sultan Stuart Gillard
Starring	Don Adams Dinah Christie
Composer(s)	Russ Little
Country of origin	Canada
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	66
Production
Executive producer(s)	Charles Falzon
Producer(s)	Ben Gordon Frank Peppiatt
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	DLT Entertainment
Distributor	D.L. Taffner Syndication Sales DLT Entertainment
Release
Original network	CTV (Canada) Syndication (United States) USA Network (United States)
Original release	September 21, 1985 (1985-09-21) – April 1, 1988 (1988-04-01)
Chronology
Related shows	Tripper's Day Slinger's Day Full Frys
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Check it Out! is a Canadian television sitcom, which aired on CTV from September 1985 to April 1988. The series also aired in the United States in syndication and on the USA Network.

Synopsis

Based on the British series Tripper's Day, Check It Out! was set in a fictional supermarket called Cobb's, located in Brampton, Ontario and stars Don Adams as manager Howard Bannister. The cast also included Dinah Christie, Henry Beckman, Gordon Clapp, Barbara Hamilton, Elizabeth Hanna, Kathleen Laskey, Jeff Pustil, Simon Reynolds, Aaron Schwartz and Tonya Williams. The series was taped in front of a studio audience at CFTO-TV in Toronto.

Cast

• Don Adams as Howard Bannister
• Dinah Christie as Edna Moseley
• Aaron Schwartz as Leslie Rappaport
• Elizabeth Hanna as T.C. Collingwood
• Tonya Williams as Jennifer Woods (season 1)
• Jeff Pustil as Jack Christian
• Kathleen Laskey as Marlene Weimaraner
• Henry Beckman as Alf (season 1)
• Simon Reynolds as Murray Amherst (seasons 1–2)
• Gordon Clapp as Viker (seasons 2–3)

Syndication

In 2008, four episodes of the series were featured on WGN America's "Outta Sight Retro Night" programming block. As of 2013, the program is seen on Comedy Gold in Canada daily.

International titles

In Argentina the show was called Supermercado 99 ("Supermarket 99"), a reference to Barbara Feldon's character in Get Smart, while in Italy, the show was called Il supermercato più pazzo del mondo ("The most crazy supermarket in the world").

In Sweden, comical duo Stefan & Krister star in Full Frys, a TV series largely based on Check it Out! and Tripper's Day.

External links

• Check it Out! at IMDb