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I have 29 episodes of Madame's Place and would like to know the episode numbers of them. I have looked all over the Internet and am surprised that I can't find any episode guides to help me figure this out. I have read on one site that there were 37 episodes and another site states that there were 75 episodes. I'm confused as to what is fact. Any help would be appreciated. Katie O. P.S. Does anyone know if the last episode had to do with Sara Joy returning from the Army to star in Madame's show with Pinky and Bernie?

Ive been on-line actually searching for Madame's Place on DVD and stumbled on to this site. I came aross Madame (yes, I know she's a puppet) on youtube.com and it brought back so many memories of my childhood: Solid Gold, Madame's Place; my parent's loved it. And for the first time I saw Madame in Manhattan on youtube. It was raunchy, irreverant, hilarious. The precursor to many hits today, like South Park, Family Guy,even Married with Children. Wayland was a gifted artist and comedian, unique. There will never be another like him. They should definitely release Wayland Flower's artistry on DVD.

Wayland was to macho for this show.

I was luck enough to see Madame, and Wayland Flowers in P Town around 1985. I never laughed so much in my entire life. Flowers was such a gifted individual. I am just so sorry that he had such a short life.

oh boy; does this show bring back memories; i can't really remember.. i would get my mom to wake me up; it was on saturdays at 1 am and i was what? hmm; back in 83... 11yrs old; sleeping; i LOVED it so much; i would be so upset if she said she'd tried to get me up and couldn't... i'm waiting for the sweet day when i can watch the 75 episodes again; it was my favorite(too bad i can't really remember details) i LOVE ren and stimpy humour(best in show); if that says anything; ... so if you know someone who knows someone....who can get it for me;
I WILL PAY !! !
HAHA; thanks;

Campy, corny junk food tv. Enjoy it for what it is. USA network used to run it years ago late at night. I mostly watched it for Judy Landers and her bodacious bod but got a few laughs along the way. Sometimes I'm in the mood for silly and corny. It's good bad TV not bad bad TV.

I THINK THIS WAS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST SHOWS IN TV HISTORY. I NEVER MISSED AN EPISODE ! I REALLY MISS IT.

ANY MAN WHO PREFERS THIS CRAP TO THE THREE STOOGES ISNT A MAN.

This show was pure crap.How it ever made it on the air still makes me wonder.
It now has a very strong gay cult following,which isnt very suprising.
I think the guy who made it was a flaming homo.

Madame's place wasn't supposed to be intellectually stimulating or comedic genius as there was a CAMP factor...The whole idea of a puppet being treated like it's a real person and then with that bawdy sense of humor...it had it's own charm....If you don't understand that and you need visual slapstick to crack you up, (let it be said that slapstick is just one type of humor) then you just don't get it. I think the movie 'Best in Show' as an example, is delivered completely straight and dry, and that is what makes it hysterical...However, I've watched it with people who didn't laugh once...and this is what I'm talking about.

I miss the talent of Wayland Flowers a lot. He and his creations, Madame, Jiffy, Baby Smedley, Crazy Mary, and others, were all wonderful, each in their own way. No, he wasn't a ventriloquist, but nobody ever held that against Jim Henson, when he occasionally appeared with Kermit, operated the very same way Madame was. I wish they would release Madame's Place as a set. Until they do, I'll make do with the only other record I know of Flower's genius, an HBO special called "Madame in Manhattan". Some day I hope to catch the act of another talented puppeteer named Mark Reilly who worked with Mr. Flowers for a number of years. His characters seem to be a tribute to Madame and the others.

This novelty show was never supposed to be Shakespeare in the first place, so finding an actual “jumping” point seems redundant! Junk shows are junk, and if done just right sometimes go down in TV history as gems of “future cult classics” that often don’t become popular until they’re in syndicated reruns. I don’t think “Madame’s Place” had that phenomenon going for it (Wow! A two-year run?!). I haven’t ever seen it in re-runs anywhere. The cheesy production quality, in my opinion, reminded me of shows like “Small Wonder”, “Clarissa Explains it all”, “New Zoo Review”, etc. where one or more gimmicky bits or character concepts that could really entertain carried the show while a weak, supporting “beginning acting class 101” cast ran around as padding to the background scenery; much like it was a “local TV station program” that somehow found its way on to the national television market. To the one that thought Judy and Audrey Landers were twins (no pun intended – that would be “quadruplets”, anyhow! > ). I believe they were sisters only. The Wayland Flowers act with Madame “uncensored” was always funnier to me. There was a video out for a while made before he died years ago that featured really funny stuff and some of his other, lesser characters. This show deserves kudos for trying it, but Madame “watered down” just doesn’t pack the full punch. Like a comic once observed about a network airing of “Blazing Saddles” where Madeline Kahn kept running around saying she was “Lilly Von…”, Lilly Von...”(dialogue blanked-out), WHY BOTHER if you can’t use the whole joke!

Let's face it, Wayland and Madame was nothing more than a cheap novelty act. Much like the pet rock and the mood ring, Wayland Flowers enjoyed a brief period of popularity, then quickly faded from the scene. Say what you will about the Three Stooges, but they have endured as masters of slapstick and true comedy legends since the 1930's. Forty years after the release of their final film, they still enjoy world-wide popularity, and are considered legitimate pop culture icons. The same cannot be said for Wayland and Madame. Fifteen years after his death, Wayland Flowers is, at best, the answer to a trivia question.