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''Love, Sidney'' was an American situation comedy which ran on NBC from October 28, 1981 until June 6, 1983. The series was based on a short story written by Marilyn Cantor Baker, which was subsequently adapted into a TV movie entitled ''Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend'', which NBC aired on October 5, 1981, a few weeks before the series premiered. The premise involved a gay man and his relationship with a single mother and her five-year-old daughter whom he invites to live with him. Tony Randall stars as Sidney Shorr, with Swoosie Kurtz as Laurie Morgan and Kaleena Kiff as her daughter Patti. The series was produced by Warner Bros. Television. ''Love, Sidney'' was the first program on American television to feature a gay character as the central lead, although for the series, Sidney's homosexuality was almost entirely downplayed from its subtle yet unmistakable presence in the two-hour pilot. ==Synopsis== ''Love, Sidney'' was a continuation of the television movie ''Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend''. Randall played the title character, a well-to-do gay New Yorker in his 50s, who befriends a single woman, Laurie Morgan (Lorna Patterson) and the daughter she gives birth to. At the end of the movie, he is brokenhearted when the mother and daughter move to California. Laurie's daughter Patti is played in the later stages of the movie (once time lapses to her being five years old) by Kaleena Kiff, who retains the role in ''Love, Sidney''. With the debut of the series, Laurie Morgan (now played by Swoosie Kurtz) and Patti returned to New York when Laurie's marriage in California didn't work out. Sidney, Laurie and Patti were now all living under the same roof again, still in Sidney's Manhattan apartment. In the movie, viewers had seen Laurie work her way up in the ranks of show business; by the time frame of ''Love, Sidney'', she had already become a known actress, primarily in television and commercials. She resumed her acting career in New York, appearing as vixen "Gloria Trenell" on the (fictional) daytime soap opera ''As Thus We Are''. Sidney continued to be a doting father figure to precocious Patti, whose innocence filled his life with sunshine and provided him with the child he never had. Laurie and Sidney's relationship, from the outset, could be interpreted as running the gamut from being overprotective parents to that of brother and sister, with only fleeting displays of affection that could have suggested a more-than-platonic connection to the novice viewer. More attention was paid in the series to Sidney's career as a professional illustrator; his frequent business deals were made with young ad agency director Jason Stoller (Chip Zien), who worked at Graham & Ludwig, Sidney's biggest account. Also showing up was Sidney's friend and neighbor in his building, local Judge Mort Harris (Alan North), who was dropped after the first season. At the start of the second season, the role of prominent neighbor was given to busybody Mrs. Gaffney (Barbara Bryne). She was the wife of the building's superintendent and was out on a neverending quest to gain Sidney's affections. Also added to the cast that season was Nancy (Lynne Thigpen), Jason's secretary at Graham & Ludwig. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Love, Sidney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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