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Guide: Bob Patterson
(l-r): SUSAN
DIOL, JAY PAULSON, JASON ALEXANDER
Synopsis:
Jason Alexander ("Seinfeld") is celebrity self-help guru Bob
Patterson. The author of the best-selling book "I Know More Than
You" (and its sequel, "I Still Know More Than You…") has helped
thousands of people reach the top. Bob's motto is simple, straight
and no-nonsense: "The only thing standing between you and your goals
is you… and your goals."
Yet for a man
who has inspired so many, Bob Patterson himself has a long way to
go. Bob's a complex guy… a sensitive guy, but he's also a little
self-important, self-absorbed and self-deluding. Thousands of Americans
may clamor to take his seminars, buy his tapes and read his books,
but the truth is, the public Bob Patterson is a facade.
You see, Bob's
been in a slump ever since his wife, Janet (Jennifer Aspen, "Party
of Five"), walked out on him eight months ago. As loathe as he is
to admit it, Janet gave Bob his edge. The tension she brought to
their relationship -- emotional and physical -- motivated the motivator.
But out of the blue Janet walks back into his life, and things get
even more complicated. Having spent the past eight months on a spiritual
quest to "find herself," Janet wants to rejoin the world and move
back in. Reluctantly Bob agrees, if only to reinvigorate his own
drive and perhaps give some direction to his son, Jeffrey (TBA),
whom Bob can't even motivate to get off the sofa.
Back at the
L.A. offices of Patterson Seminar Training, Bob's mentor and partner,
Landau (comedian Robert Klein), has his hands full constantly trying
to reassure Bob that he has plenty of hair left and that height
doesn't matter to women. Then there's his new assistant, Claudia
(Chandra Wilson), a newly wheelchair-bound klutz, and his intern,
Vic (Phil Buckman, "City of Angels"), who idolizes Bob but isn't
exactly the sharpest knife in the drawer.
To quote Bob,
"I'm just a guy; just a mortal man who tries to make his way in
this world by empowering others." Question is, can he practice what
he preaches? With the help of his family, friends and co-workers,
Bob just might find the proper motivation.
The
Cast:
Jason
Alexander as Bob Patterson
Robert Klein as Landau
Jennifer Aspen as Janet
Chandra Wilson as Claudia
Phil Buckman as Vic
TBA as Jeffrey.
Production
Credits:
Jason Alexander, Ira Steven Behr and Peter Tilden serve as executive
producers. "Bob Patterson," which is filmed before an audience,
is from 20th Century Fox Television and Touchstone Television.
Episodes:
Season One, 2001/2002
1-1 Pilot--10/02/2001
While desperately trying to prepare himself for a career rejuvenating
seminar
in La Jolla, Bob's world is thrown into further turmoil when his
mentor and partner, Landau (Robert Klein), surprises him by hiring
Claudia (Chandra Wilson), a newly wheelchair-bound klutz, as his
new assistant; and Janet walks back into his life on a spiritual
quest to "find herself," making things even more complicated when
she wants to move back in with Bob - on a purely celibate basis.
To make matters worse, Bob wants John Tesh (as himself) fired from
his new motivational infomercial due to his insecurity issues with
height; and Landau attempts to inspire Bob to re-enter the dating
world by challenging him to ask out a sexy water girl.
1-2
--10/09/2001
1-3
Naked Bob--10/16/2001
Bob surprises his family and co-workers when he accepts an offer
to pose nude for a book which features famous power players. But
when he discovers that the photographer is a beautiful French woman,
a sexually traumatic secret from Bob's adolescence rears its ugly
head, which leads him to take some drastic measures that could place
his masculinity in jeopardy.
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