Shark Bytes

You ask me, I don't think it was on long enough to jump. I'm sure the backlash against disco helped kill it.

Wonder whatever happened to Char Fontane? I know that Paul Regina went on to star in the HBO sitcom "Brothers", playing a gay man in a working class family - very edgy for the early '80s.

I remember this show..I was 14-15 yrs old and the disco craze was in full swing.
Not many shows were made.
I enjoyed the part David Elliott played as Paulie.
He went on to do a small part in Shaws 2 but,then I never heard from him again.

I remember this show! If my memory serves me correctly, Joe's father was played by the great character actor Robert Costanzo, a guy whose name you might not recognize, but whose face you surely would.

This was a well done show capitalizing on the popularity of the disco craze. There was Joe and Valerie, played by Paul Regina and Char Fontane. And Joe's buddies Paulie, played by David Elliott, and ___?___ played by the late Bill Beyers. Joe's dad was played by Robert Costanza and Valerie's mom was played by Arlene Golonka of Mayberry RFD fame. (couldn't remember Bill Beyer's character name.)

I suppose it jumped the day it aired for the first time. It was of those "He's Italian and she's not" shows. I think at some point it changed to Joe Loves Valerie because there was the 'tension'. Otherwise it was forgetful, which really doesn't explain why I still remember it.